Robert Betts
BLOCNETS, Inc.
678-***-**** / ******@********.***
Key Competencies
• Global ERP/SAP
Implementation
• Project /
Program
Management
• Business
Process
Reengineering /
LEAN / Six
Sigma / TOC
• High
Performance
Team &
Organizational
Development
• SAP / Kinaxis / Logility
based Sales &
Operations Planning
• Data Analytics &
Internet of
Things
• Large Scale
Business
Transformation
Program
Development &
Management
• Strategic
Planning
• Full Scale M&A
Strategy
Implementation
• Blockchain
Hyperledger and
Ethereum
• FDA Regulations
Validation
• RFID, SAP AII /
Mobility Platform
• Supply Chain
Marketing &
Development
Strategies
• Warehouse &
Shop Floor
Integration
• Consumer Driven
Supply Chain Network
Development
Career Summary
• 22 successful years of ERP implementations for all major platforms, creating solutions using SAP, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Oracle — successfully completing 16 end-to-end installations on time, on budget, managing multimillion- dollar budgets — 100% are still in continuous operation across many industries (Consumer Products, Food, Heavy Manufacturing, Automotive, Hi-Tech Electronics, Consumer Electronics, Food, CPG, Paper, Lumber, Pharmaceuticals, and Consumer Staples)
• A record of successful performance in strategic planning and project implementations, in both domestic and international environments and markets
• Has lead the re-engineering and business transformation of companies by dissecting technology, dismantling organization from financial perspective, assessing market performance, developing strategies and applying technologies that afford sustainable leverage
• Has executed Change Management strategies and organization-wide adoption of large-scale system process changes, applying best practices to manage impact to both stakeholder and organization
• Partners with executive management to formulate business strategies that have typically reaped the highest return on technology investments
• Communicates effectively at all levels of the organization from shop floor to executive suite Education & Development
B.S. Physics Pennsylvania State University
APICS CPIM
Black Belt Certified
Emory Business School Executive Program
IBM Executive Management School
• Certified Project Manager
• Certified Principal Executive
Industries Supported
Aerospace & Defense
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) - consumer staples
CPG – Food & Dairy
Heavy Manufacturing
Paper & Wood Products
Oil & Gas
Specialty & Bulk Chemicals
Automotive
Medical Devices & Pharmaceuticals
Career History
BLOCNETS, Inc.
CEO 2017 – Present
BLOCNETS was founded by integrating the intellectual property of three participants. MainStreet Applications contributed over 80% of the intellectual property. BLOCNETS is an application startup focused on delivering a new generation of Supply Chain applications integrating Blockchain, AI, and IoT technologies. Responsibilities include:
• Lead the founding of the company including the development of the PPM (private placement documentation for investors)
• Developed and got commitment on the business model of BLOCNETS, including the cadre inventor model
• Developed and sold the business plan to the cadre of investors
• Hired the development, market facing, and deployment teams
• Delivered the 62-page MainStreet intellectual property package which is the basis of BLOCNETS products
• Lead the company to deliver the first product to market
• Lead the sale of products to the first customers – Raytheon, Mitsubishi, Bumble Bee Foods, Boeing MainStreet Applications 2004 – 2017
President & Managing Partner (see project list on last page for details) As one of the founders, and the Managing Partner for MainStreet, Bob is 100% accountable across the company for all client deliveries, revenues, and profits. MainStreet works on a client referral basis and has no dedicated sales team. The average length of a MainStreet client engagement for a re-engineering / ERP implementation project is eighteen months. MainStreet has a 100% on time, on budget, on functionality client delivery rating.
• Maintained 100% customer satisfaction, planned program / project profitability, and team satisfaction
• Grew company revenue from 0$ to an annual average of $4M per year for an average company size of 6 people supported with an average of 8 subcontractors per year
• Worked with “C” level executives to define new business and operating models based on the high-level strategy
• Defined and delivered the business transformation processes
• Advised and made functional, operational, and technical recommendations to the “C” level executives
• Presented to CEO / CFO / CIO program budgets and ROI
• Defined the IT architecture with the CIO for on premise, outsourced, and cloud computing strategies
• Supported the selection of the system integrator, when used
• Developed programmatic / project scope
• Gained and maintained support of the operations management
• Developed and delivered the organizational change management strategy and tactical plans
• Managed teams of clients, integrator consultants, and independent consultants to deliver the program / project scope
• Resolved technical, functional, and management conflicts that would compromise delivery of the ROI
• Re-engineered Supply Chains using Six Sigma, TOC, LEAN to support the program / project ROI
• Engineered Supply Chains to support FDA for food, FDA for medical implants, FDA for pharmaceuticals, military / FAA MRO requirements
• Engineered and integrated company and third-party manufacturing and warehouse assets into Supply Chain planning and execution MRP, KANBAN, and advanced planning processes
• Defined and implemented agile CPG / Retail processes into Order to Cash processes
• Develop and maintain deliverables-based project plan by program / project phase
• Performed and supported workshops and reviewed documentation to ensure continuity of project scope and deliverable functionality to support the committed ROI
• Used a mix of Agile, waterfall, Scrum program / project techniques based on applicable technique
• Developed and monitored five level testing programs inclusive of end user acceptance testing
• Performed both short and long-term operations support based on need Timogen Systems 2003 – 2004
President
Recruited by venture capital owners to manage company into and through the product develop and first customer deliveries. This included managing the monthly burn rate, the managing the off shore (China) development shop, and managing the aggressive expectations of the venture capital fund investors. SAP AG 2000 – 2003
Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain
Recruited by SAP founder, Hasso Platner, to “fix” SCM Products and market share globally. This included improving the product revenues from less than €800M to €2.5B within 24 months, raising market share from 5th to 1st of about 18 competitors within 24 months, and eliminating 100% of customer product satisfaction issues by creating and deploying the first SAP global customer realization teams.
• Responsible for all SCM products globally
• Increased revenues from €800M to €2.8B using same product base
• Initiated Customer Ramp Up program to ensure 100% initial customer success Responsibilities Included:
• Member of SAP extended operating board
• Responsible for all Supply Chain Management software, marketing, product development, and customer engagements globally
• Responsible for technical product strategy, global customer engagements, and marketing and sales strategies to attack the incumbent to rated companies; developed and implemented strategies and tactics to move SAP from 5th to 1st
• Required to improve SAP SCM market share and market standing from 5th to 1st; achieved 1st place within first year
• Responsible for generating approximately 22% of global revenue annually; improved from 16% in prior years IBM 1999 – 2000
Strategic Project Executive
Led and turned around troubled large-scale ERP implementations Riverwood International 1994 – 1999
CIO, VP Supply Chain
Sold and lead the corporate (SAP project based) transformation to enable company survival. Prior to the program, customer service performance was in the 60th percentile, 385-day DSO, 36 months of finished goods inventory, 25% of inventory below-par quality, and only 50% on time delivery rate. In the 18 months of the transformation project, we doubled the companies EBITDA, made process improvements in customer-based services from 60% to best-rated 98%.
• Reengineered focus from manufacturing to CP-based processes using SAP as application platform
• Doubled the EBITDA of the company in 18 months
• Led the first global implementation of APO, BW
James River Corporation 1993 – 1994
Director IT, Applications Development
One of first the 100 SAP customers in U.S.
IBM Corporation 1981 – 1993
Principle – IBM Consulting Group
Consulting Engineer – IBM Mid-range Systems
Advisory Engineer – IBM Federal Systems Division
Summary Table of Projects Directed
Client Name Role Duration Industry Proj. $
Proj. $
Value
Description Technologies
Raytheon
Missiles and
Space
Supply Chain
Functional
Consultant /
Supply Chain
Network &
Persistent
Analytics
Integration
Program
Officer
12 mox. Aerospace
& Defense
$32M $1B+ Redesign the Supply Chain
for Standard Missile 3, block
IB & IIA.
Design & develop Sub-Tier
Supplier Collaboration
System
HANA
PAL
Lumira
Kinaxis
TOC / LEAN
Smith & Nephew PM & SCM
Architect
12 mo. Medical $10M $350M Global Supply Chain
Redesign & Integration
SAP ECC 6.0 / 7.0,
5.0 Core MRP,
APO XI, AII, BPCS,
MAPICS, Axapta,
Kinaxis, Logility,
JDE, HANA,
HADOOP, BOBJ,
FDA Medical /
Pharmaceutical
System Design
regulations, Clarity
General Atomics PM & PS /
SCM
Architect
12 mo A&D –
Discrete
Manufacturi
ng
$1.3M $58M Project Systems Redeploy,
Multi-System Re-
Implementation
SAP ECC 6.0
Core, PS, XI, GPD,
MRP, APO, SRM,
Mobility, WinChill,
Kinaxis
U.S. Army – LMP
Corpus Christi Army
Depot
Letterkenny Army
Depot
Red River Army
Depot
Rock Island Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal
PM, LEAN /
TOC, MRO
Lead, &
Change
Management
36 mo. A&D –
Discrete
Manufacturi
ng,
Machining,
Foundry
$13M $1.3B Process Engineering to LMP
– Manufacturing / Inventory
Optimization
ECC 6.0 / 7.0 Core,
MRP, PS, PM, XI,
AII / RFID, CAMS,
LEAN, TOC, GPD,
WinChill, Aircraft
MRO, CAMS
Pilgrim’s Pride PM 10 mo CPG –
Food
$1M $25M Re-build APO & ECC SCM ECC 5.0 / 6.0 Core, MRP, APO, Catch
Weight, TOC,
RFID, FDA, XI
Pepsi Co. – Frito
Lay
SCM RFID
SME
12 mo CPG –
Food
$600K $18M Re-design of route driver
Supply Chain – Order to
Cash
ECC 5.0 / 6.0 Core,
MRP, APO, Catch
Weight, TOC,
RFID, Mobility, XI,
BOBJ, EWM, FDA
Johns Manville PMO 24 mos. Process
Industry
$155M $650M Full Implementation ECC 5.0 / 6.0 Core, MRP, APO, PPPI,
XI, PS, PM, Vertex,
Extended GL, Auto-
ID, Mobility, GTS,
Red Prairie
Weyerhaeuser PMO 36 mos. Wood
Products
$4M $130M Re-implement SCM ECC 5.0 Core,
MRP, lumber cut
optimization, PM,
Mobility,
Dean Foods –
WhiteWave
Foods
PMO,
business
model &
change
management
24 mos. CPG –
Food /
Dairy
$148M $420M 3 way M&A, Business &
Operating model
Development &Full
Implementation
ECC 5.0 Core,
MRP, PM, PI,
Vertex, FDA Milk &
Food Regulations
for System Design
and Recall
Operations, Milk
Payments,
Proctor &
Gamble
RFID, SCM
SME
12 mos CPG $1.5M $900M RFID / SCM ECC 5.0 Core,
MRP, APO, Auto-
ID, Mobility