Gary R. Arico
513-***-**** ****.*****@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/garyarico
SENIOR IT BUSINESS ANALYST / IT PROJECT MANAGER
Over twenty years IT experience across a broad range of experiences in
businesses and technical areas. Proven technical and project manager
abilities to assess and deliver innovative, cost saving, and game-changing
software solutions that solve challenging problems, simplify processes, and
improve productivity.
Areas of Expertise / Skills Include:
Management Business Analysis Systems / Operations
Project Management Strategic Planning Global Deployments
Operations Management Process Simplification Computer Sys Validation
Strategy / Vision Change Control /
Service Management Development Versioning
Team Leadership Business Process Analysis Technical Requirements
Vendor Management Systems Testing /
Client Relationships Innovative Thinking Traceability
Document Management Compliance & Governance Safety & Clinical Systems
Multi-Level Quality Systems
Communications HR Systems
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati, OH 2013-Present
IT Business Analyst for Quality Systems
Oversee dual $3.5M projects integrating global supply chain management
processes on time and within budget.
. Standardize / simplify workflow processes to enhance global quality
corrective and preventative actions (CaPA).
. Develop and implement a corporate quality strategy to digitize, track,
and measure workflow quality metrics from external regulatory audits and
internal quality assessments.
. Increased efficiency saving over $20M annually by mapping business
processes and documenting user requirements.
. Manage quality solutions and engineer design new work flows for
assessment scheduling, incident management, and corporate quality
measures.
. Approve computer system validation, testing, requirements traceability,
and change control as required by 21CFR Part 11.
Purchasing & Sourcing IT Service Manager (2011-2013)
Led projects through entire application development lifecycles for
corporate purchase / finance organizations. Matrix managed three separate
teams.
. Tracked purchasing cost savings initiatives and corporate cost
forecasting estimates for Wall Street by spearheading and managing
deployments of custom solutions for purchasing department.
. Simplified global processes to purchasing organization after documenting
user requirements and designing database architecture.
. Monitored offshore vendor developers' ongoing / new applications to
ensure delivered solutions met business' requirements.
Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati, OH (continued) 2013-Present
IT Business Analyst, Corporate Human Resources Systems (2006-2011)
Engineered corporate global human resources systems projects (budgets,
development, delivery, implementation, and maintenance) for performance,
learning, and career development.
. Named business process engineer / application manager of delivered HR web
solutions and Oracle databases.
. Led operations / support teams who achieved 8 / 9 ratings on 10 point
scale for user satisfaction.
IT Systems Manager for Clinical, Safety, Regulatory (1998-2006)
Managed operations and SDLC (System Development Life Cycle) for
requirements gathering, system documentation, validation documentation,
test plans, traceability matrices of the product safety system (Argus),
clinical coding system (TMS), and regulatory document management system
(Documentum).
. Designated team lead for 4 to 15 employees depending on project.
. Spearheaded auto coding solutions for safety and clinical systems by
planning, developing, and implementing medical dictionaries (MedDRA, ICD-
10) using Oracle and SQL.
. Maintained regulated systems in validated state as required by company
and country regulatory organizations.
Fluor Daniel - Cincinnati, OH 1990-1998
Manager / IT Developer
The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH 1981-1985
Research Chemist
EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Software Engineering - Ohio State University -
Columbus, OH
Associate of Applied Science in Plastics (AAS) / Chemical Engineering Tech
University of Toledo - Toledo, OH
. TrackWise Application Manager Training - Sparta, Inc.
. Change Management Principles.
. Corporate Regulatory Fundamentals.
. Computer Systems Validation.
. Financial Project Management for Project Managers.
. Introduction to Budgeting and Forecasting for Project Managers.
. Project Management, SIMPL Process.
. Supplier Relationship Management.
. Information Security Training.