Project Management
Resume:
GEORGE SARABIA
Allen, TX.
********@*****.***
www.linkedin.com/in/georgesarabia
IT Executive
Dedicated, direct leader with 18 years of experience in multi-company and multi-divisional projects for
domestic and international businesses through Information Technology services and solutions. Excels at
leading teams in faced-paced environments to achieve project excellence in challenging projects. Deployed
ERP systems, integrated ERPs from divisions, and built Project Management Office and methodology.
Proven record of achieving results while able to communicate and influence leaders at all levels. Technology
Savvy with both Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees in Computer Science.
Areas of Expertise Technologies
• Technology Implementation & • JDE, Oracle, PRMS
Optimization • QAD MFG/Pro, SAP
• Project Management Office • Great Plains, Navision
• Compliance & Risk Management • Sage100/MAS200
• Talent Management & Development • Infor, APA
• Strategic Planning & Execution • MSSQL/PLSQL/DB2
• Budget & Vendor Planning, and • Cognos, MSBI, Hyperion
Management
• SalesPulse, Kirby, Saleforce.com
• Systems Development & Infrastructure
• SharePoint, Exchange, AD
Management
• Unix/Linux/Mac, iSeries, Windows Server
• Innovation Fostering
Professional Experience
Stryker Corporation, Dallas, TX 2003-2015
IT Director, Business Operations and Transformation, US (2012-20015) – Oversight of Enterprise
Systems for sites across US supporting divisions representing more than $2.2B of Stryker’s revenue located
in the following states: Michigan, Florida, Utah, Arizona, and Pennsylvania. Currently supporting Projects
and day-to-day operations of the ERP, MES, and Reporting systems, as well as the supporting technologies
and processes.
• Systems supported: ERP, Business Intelligence/Reporting, MES, and back-end operations systems.
• Led the ERP deployment of JD Edwards at the Medical division. A project done on time and under
budget representing immediate business performance improvements of 15%.
• Implemented the MDET (Medical Device Excise Tax) project as part of Government mandate to pay
additional taxes and reported on it for all US divisions.
• Completed Wave 2014 of the UDI (Unique Device Identifier) project and worked on Wave 2015, a
multi-year government mandate to standardize medical device ID numbers.
• Led divisional team currently going through ERP upgrade to Oracle EBS R12 and supported the
early stages of the project.
• Worked on the transformation of the business from a change management perspective as the
business processes were being revisited as part of the ERP implementation.
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• Transformed the IT team and positioned members to grow careers as team gained the Oracle skillset
during the project.
Stryker Corporation Dallas, TX (2008 – 2012)
Regional IT Director -- for fast-growing Stryker division: Latin America division.
In charge of IT department spanning 6 branch offices located in 5 countries throughout Latin America, and
doing business in 32 countries.
• Featured in Industry Week article (http://www.industryweek.com/companies-amp-executives/med-
tech-firm-finds-rx-multi-office-reporting). Article describing related to how Stryker Corp. finds a
short cut to centralize data collection across incompatible ERP systems and five different time
zones.
• Managed implementation of Product Registration system for tracking and follow up of registration
status at the country level.
• Led the Business Intelligence Project which brought the reporting level visibility, traceability and
efficiency to savings of 20%.
• Applied leadership skills in development of reporting Intranet, Extranet, and generation of near real-
time reports.
• Directed creation of a system for tracking and reporting of toolkits, which improved efficiencies in
logistics and operations by lowering inventories by 30% and reducing the purchase of expense kits
by 25% while improving change controls and segregation of duties.
• Managed and negotiated contracts with outsourcers and contract teams; lead team, which
implemented DVPN architecture fully managed and monitored.
• Created the PMO (Project Management Office) at the division, establishing formal and repeatable
project management practices based on the PMI methodology.
Set an example company-wide and have been asked to speak at various conferences through the organization
on the many achievements from a technology and a systems perspective where the focus has been in business
efficiencies led through IT initiatives. SOX and HIPPA Compliance achieved.
Stryker Corporation Miramar, FL / Dallas, TX (2003 – 2008)
Regional IT Manager for Stryker Latin America division overseeing rapidly growing business. Led number
of projects and initiatives, which positioned the business for effective growth:
• Standardized the Active Directory structure by consolidating the multiple sub domains into a single
domain across the countries.
• Implemented a robust DR structure to prepare the division for better business continuity.
• Ran ERP upgrades of QAD’s MFG/Pro for Chile, Argentina, and Mexico; and implemented new
ERP in Brazil and newly opened Colombia office.
• Implemented quality tracking and alerting system, which synchronized information from
transactional systems quality system.
• Improved operations and distribution departments with a system-follows-the-process approach to
establish and customize the ERP to adjust to the needs of the business.
Raytheon Systems Plano, TX (2000- 2003)
Software Engineer Lead/Network Administrator Lead -- for the Visualization and Simulation Lab. Key leader
in implementation of application software and Network maintenance of Defense Projects for the Electronics
Division of Raytheon. Worked on Application Software development, project management, and process
improvement to deliver projects and initiatives on time and under budget. Worked closely to engage teams
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through the SDLC and CMMI processes improvements and improved delivery times, cost, and project
quality.
• Lead Engineer in Web-Based project management -knowledge-base application developed with PHP
and SQL.
• Lead Engineer in the Compos-able Integration Test-Bed for Requirement Analysis (CITRA) Port.
• Developed reused and integrated code on Onesaf Test-Bed Semi-Automated Forces (OTBSaf); also
served in configuration and build manager duties.
• Developed sensor systems for the Command and Control Future Combat Systems (C2 FCS) Project.
• Oversaw backup of systems for the various projects and Coordinated system upgrades and
maintenance.
• At CMMI level 5 and ISO 9001 compliance. Hold Department of Defense Secret Security
Clearance.
Siemens ICN Boca Raton, FL (1997-2000)
Software Engineer -- for the Administration Development group of the Information and Communication
Networks division
Responsibilities included requirements, analysis, development, and maintenance of client-server software
going through the software lifecycle process taking the Object Oriented approach. Design performed on
UML, while the implementation included C++ and embedded C/SQL for the server and Java for the client;
also maintained Database servers, Unix servers, and Exchange servers. Work performed covered setup
programming development and support of the telecom switches and PBX systems.
Applications were client server management tools for telecom PBX configurations such as the Hicom 150
and Hicom 300. ISO 9001 compliant.
Education
University of Texas at Dallas (Dallas, TX)
Master of Science in Computer Science with Major in Software Engineering
Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL.)
Bachelors of Science in Computer Science
Skills
Leading change and transformation in large organizations
Business Systems Application Development
Budget approval and procurement; Technology Vision
Enterprise Systems deployments (ERP, BI, Web-Based, B2B, B2C)
Staff development and Talent selection
Business-focused systems initiatives and Project Management
Management of IT infrastructure environments (LAN, WAN, WLAN, VPN)
Enterprise Systems Configuration, Customization, Storage, and Backup Solutions
Enterprise Systems Security, Compliance, and Risk Assessment
Distributed Networking Architecture and Object Oriented Software Engineering
Multi SW and HW platform Support (Unix, Linux, Windows, VMS, OS X, iSeries/AS400)
Virtual Platforms (VMWare, Citrix XenApp, Microsoft App-V)
Leadership and Memberships
Association for Computing Machinery
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers' Computer Society
Association of Software Engineers
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Languages
Also fluent in Spanish (read and write)
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