Information Technology Management

Donald Adamson

Telephone: 608-***-****

Email: ***********@*****.***

***** ****** **** ** ******, IN 46528

LinkedIn: www.linkedIn.com/in/donadamson

CIO / VP IT / Director of Information Technology

Experienced IT professional with over 15 years of increased responsibilities and demonstrated leadership in fulfilling critical business objectives directing cross-functional teams from concept to deployment. Proven experience in IT infrastructure, strategic planning, project management, software development, ERP implementations and security measures.

Areas of Expertise

Project Lifecycle Management

Strategic Planning & Execution

IT Staff Training & Development

Technology Evaluation/Selection/Gap Analysis/ROI

ERP selection, Migration & Implementation

Leveraging Vendor Alliances & Service Agreements

Instituting Cost Conservation Measures

Increasing eCommerce Revenues

Career Highlights

Entrusted by Alltrista Consumer Products Company senior management with transitioning their facility in Canada from MAS 90 ERP to SAP R3 the company standard. This was instrumental in developing a consistent platform for all business activities. As planned, this produced more accurate and timely financial reporting and improved the Canadian plants on-time deliveries by using SAP EDI.

Migrated as Assistant Vice President and Director of Information Systems for Starcraft Corporation, a multi-site, multi-division major RV manufacturer from a legacy custom system to a full featured ERP system on-time and on-budget. The planned productivity gains and improved efficiency provided the expected ROI by the second year.

Deployed wireless technology in the production and office area for Stoughton Trailers, LLC. Allowing supervisors access to vital information in a timely manner from wherever they were and saved more than 50 man-hours weekly in time walking to/from their office to obtain this information from a desktop computer.

Redesigned as Director of Information Technology for Starcraft Marine their Web site allowing the Sales Department to enter full product specifications and photos directly. As a result, this significantly reduced time to market, improved customer inquiries, and substantially enhanced overall customer satisfaction.

Developed a Radio Frequency (RF) barcode system designed to track chassis inventory for Starcraft Corporation on more than 4,000 van chassis and improved staff efficiency by 20%. The new system produced ROI in less than 1 year while generating accurate and timely information to meet production, purchasing and sales needs. It improved response time to customer inquiries from hours to less than a minute.

Benefit Statement

Demonstrated 15+ year track record of accomplishments in managing ERP software integration projects, implementing continuous process improvements, mentoring staff and building effective IT teams and supporting multi-site environments that consistently increased company productivity.

Key Areas of Competency

Technology Leadership by Example

Exceeding Performance Metric Targets

Technical Startup/Implementation Situations

Facilitating Inter-Departmental Cooperation & Collaboration

Building & Leading High-Performing Teams

Developing Project Methodologies/Roadmaps

Conducting Risk & Vulnerability Assessments

ERP migrations, mergers and interfaces

Creating a Shared Technology Management Vision

Amending Technology Plans According to Conditions

Job History & Accomplishments

Career Break - Reconnect with family, volunteer work

06/2014 to 12/2015

After working and living in Wisconsin for 6 years, away from my family I realized how much I had missed out in their lives and decided it was my top priority to reconnect with them. I also did volunteer work for the elderly.

Stoughton Trailers, LLC, Stoughton, Wisconsin

04/2008 to 03/2014

One of the top four semi-trailer manufacturers in the US.

Director of Information Technology – Scope of duties consist of managing all IT related systems and staff, including computer hardware/software, network, phones and Web sites. Additionally, managed department budgeting and long-term and short-term planning (road maps). Report to senior management on project status and the State of IT.

Worked with consultants and management to select a new ERP system to replace an outdated heavily modified system.

Managed the project to migrate this multi-site company from Novell to Microsoft Network. This included changing from GroupWise to Exchange Server (Outlook) for email and from Novell to Windows on multiple servers that supported over 400 PCs that were also upgraded to the latest version of Microsoft Office eliminating many compatibility issues.

Starcraft Marine, Topeka, Indiana

02/2004 to 03/2008

A long standing premier sport boat manufacturer.

Director of Information Technology – Primary duties focused on managing all electronic equipment and systems such as computers, network, phones, Internet and Web sites. Responsible for budgeting, determining ROI and managing all projects, the infrastructure and UPS (power backup). Administration of the ERP system and database. Programming and managing outside consultants.

Updated their Syteline ERP application to the latest release. Reviewed all custom modifications and reprogrammed those needed and used standard software capabilities for others. I employed an outside consulting company to help with the major programming. The result was improved system utilization and by using more standard features future release upgrades will be easier and less costly.

Alltrista Consumer Products Company, Muncie, Indiana

12/2001 to 03/2003

Manufacturer of Ball jar lids and distributor of consumer products to major box stores.

Manager, Corporate IT – Responsibilities included supervision of all IT staff and managing all computers and communication systems. Reporting to management on IT project status, concerns and problems. Incorporate Strategic Plans into the IT Roadmap. Project management, backup/recovery processes, disaster recovery and system reliability.

Transitioned their facility in Canada from MAS 90 to SAP R3. This was instrumental in developing a consistent platform for all business functions. As planned, this produced more accurate and timely financial information, and improved their on-time deliveries to customers utilizing EDI.

Consolidated the executive office in Indianapolis to the Muncie office (all hardware and software) reducing administrative overhead by $1 Million/year.

Managed the installation of a conference room audio/video system. This allowed direct contact with their many remote locations and significantly reduced travel and improved meeting quality.

Starcraft Corporation, Goshen, Indiana

03/1985 to 07/2001

A major RV manufacture with a Marine Division, Automotive Division and RV Division with multiple locations.

AVP/Director of IS – Managed all IT functions through several major company organization and ownership changes. Supervised staff of systems analyst/programmers, database administrator and operations staff. Worked closely with management to keep IT in sync with long term goals.

Managed the project to migrate the mainframe system to networked client servers running Symix/Syteline ERP.

Administered the Progress database and managed program changes to separate 3 divisions and 6 plants so they could access and update their own data (security control). This was a priority after being acquired by an investment group.

Migrated the company from Remote Job Entry (service bureau) to an in-house Burroughs (Unisys) mainframe. I managed the custom development of a manufacturing system integrated with Lawson Accounting. Hired the staff to operate and maintain the system, developed new programs, installed all hardware, software and networking.

Academic Credentials & Professional Development

Bachelor of Science, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Major: Computer Science & Mathematics, Minor: Psychology

Other education experiences:

Increasing Human Effectiveness (Edge Learning Institute)

Front Line Leadership (Zenger Miller)

Effective Speaking and Human Relations (Dale Carnegie)

Strategic Business Planning (Goshen College)

Strategic Information Systems Planning (American Management Association)

Manufacturing Resource Planning (Starcraft Training Center)

ERP Administration (Symix)

Structured Systems Analysis and Design (Yourdon)

Customer Quality Assurance and Project Management

Technology Software Experience

Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Win 7, Win 8, Win 10

Symix/Syteline ERP 4.5, 6.0, 8.3, 9.0

Microsoft Office 2000 through 2013 (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Configurator, BI, Report Writer

Microsoft Terminal Server, Citrix Metaframe, Citrix XenApp

Progress 8.3B, 9.1E, Sonic, Webspeed

Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange Server

Jet Forms & Advanced Printing

Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, NT Server

Foresight MXP ERP 8.3 (originally Varnet)

Microsoft Server 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008

Virtual Private Network, VNC

CommVault backup/recovery system

Lawson Accounting Software

Ethernet, Novell Netware, GroupWise Email

SpiceWorks for customer service

SCO UNIX, XENIX, Sun Solaris, Linux

SAP R/3 4.0b Fl, SD, PP, MM, WM

VMware, Barracuda & SonicWall security appliance

Familiar w/other ERP: JD Edwards, Friedman, Microsoft AX, Epicor

Websphere appliance server

Technology Hardware Experience

Cisco routers, Switches and Firewalls

T1, Frame Relay, Leased Lines

NetApp SAN, Cisco ESX Servers (virtual servers)

IBM Tivoli Tape Library

Compaq Proliant Servers (800, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3000, 5500)

Adtrans CSU/DSU

Dell PC and Poweredge Servers

HP 9000 RISC

MPLS, WAN, LAN, Nortel Meridan One (phone system)

UPS (battery backup)

Sun Ultra II Enterprise Server with Sparc Array

Modems, Multiplexers, Hubs

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