Michael Reilly

734-***-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-reilly-b357747 acwe6a@r.postjobfree.com

IT MANAGER

Enabler of Business Goals and Strategies through IT

Intentional Integrity, Honesty, & Dedication-Based on truth and trust we can build the strong

foundation of relationship; from there what we can build is limitless

Decisive & innovative leader-Strategic planning and problem-solving skills combined with information technology expertise, the capacity to motivate others and to translate operating needs into productive solutions can be of immediate value

Inquisitive & Analytical Thinker-Adept at recognizing and defining problems and needs, establishing priorities,

visualizing alternatives and implementing effective, results-producing plans

Confident & Effective Communicator-Present concepts clearly and concisely, skillfully communicating with IT professionals, executives, and all organizational levels

- ERP / MES / EDI - - Application Integration - - Disaster Recovery Plan -

- Strategy and Road Map - - Project Management - - Network Operations -

Career Highlights

TWB COMPANY, LLC, Monroe, MI (A division of Worthington Industries) 1996- 2016

Corporate IT Manager

Exercise overall management responsibility for Information Technology operations in U.S., Canadian, and Mexican plants for Automotive Tier 1 manufacturer. Establish technical, procedural and policy standards and provide direction for implementation. Apply expertise guiding developing projects from conception through development to assure performance consistent with corporate goals. Formulate and administer Strategic plans, IT budgets, manage capital spending and human capital, develop and maintain security and disaster recovery plans. Led cross-functional teams; manage vendor contracts, outsourcing and consultants.

“Provided Leadership in the Following Areas”

Corporate

-Successfully led the organization through the Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance process

-Restructured the IT organization in US and Mexico to improve teamwork, reduce cost, improve services

-Established standardized corporate IT policies and procedures throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico

-Managed system resources (human and capital) through a 40% business growth period. Anticipating needs and projecting solutions to support key business objectives

-Established a low cost ERP system for a startup Mexican facility in 2001. I led the effort to expand the ERP system to support four manufacturing facilities in subsequent years

Department Mentoring

-Established ITIL, Change Management, Help Desk Ticket system, Weekly Department meeting, standard policies and procedures, and a disaster recovery plan

-Established IT Metrics to measure success; Operational: Ticket system – open tickets, Uptime – percentage of uptime by system /application, Delivery: Project performance – on-time / on-budget, Software development – number of bug fixes after production release, Financial: Budget – tracking and analysis

-Worked with each IT employee on personal development plans including SMART goal setting, conducted yearly performance reviews and 6 month progress report. Counseled on training and career path plans

Michael Reilly

Department Mentoring

-Worked with direct reports to limit or reduce vendor and support cost; 5% reduction target in 5yrs

-Established an effective IT team by recruiting and hiring technology talent; reducing dependence on consultants resulting in cost avoidance of $2 million dollars over 5 years

-The average years of service in IT was 10 years. People enjoy working where there is effective leadership

-I created and managed the IT Budget and the development staff; I oversaw outsourced development and consulting, created / presented proposals communicating at all organization levels including the executives

Vision and Strategy

-I created ERP and MES system replacement proposals in 2006, 2012, and 2014, during these years president and ownership changes occurred 3 times. Each president chose to augment the existing system

-Proposed incorporating four Mexico facilities into the ERP system in the US to establish standard data gathering methods, enabling automated uniform metrics reporting of critical business measurements

-Established and executed a strategy to standardize IT policies and procedures in Mexico establishing Internal Audit compliance and setting the foundation for SOX compliance

-The technology capabilities envisioned and created under my direction provided a competitive edge thru advanced integration of EDI into the manufacturing processes, unique Quality Data access to address customer concerns, and real-time visual productivity metrics tracking

Technology

-Managed the effort to rebuild the network foundation on cutting edge SAN and Virtualization technology, expanded the network into Mexico, and rebuilt all of the hardware infrastructure

-I was the primary driver to establish an Avamar disaster recovery system. Creating an automatic offsite data storage process and laid the foundation for a hot site

-Gained executive approval to establish Convergent Plant Wide Ethernet (CPWE) in manufacturing areas to improve data network reliability and performance. Reduced processing downtime 5% through system up-time reliability increases

-US / Canada major ERP upgrade – established and worked with internal technology team to re-architect the technology foundation for a 20 year old ERP system. Utilizing current oracle database technologies, including pluggable databases, Oracle Identity and Enterprise management (OIM and OEM) products

Software Development

-Developed the idea and managed the execution enabling EDI transactions from outside processors to automatically update the ERP system, reducing inventories 10%, and improved AP accuracy

-Conceptualized the idea of an intranet WEB application called The Weld. This application is used throughout the company as a portal for mission critical custom applications; fully integrated into the ERP system. The Weld improved the accuracy of information and is an important application for all QS and TS certifications, and audit events. The WEB portal currently hosts 15-20 mission critical custom applications.

-Led a technology team that designed processing line overhead displays with real time machine efficiency data displayed as the product is produced. The software was integrated with the processing line PLC and the ERP system. Improved efficiency and critical metric visibility thru visual communication was achieved

Business Process Improvement

-Production Excellence Projects (PEP) – I developed an idea to capture, execute, and internally commit to ideas submitted by anyone in the company. Execution of the submitted ideas was a cross functional effort. I initiated this idea in 2001; the PEP remains an effective continuous improvement tool to this day

-Led the effort to reduce the month end finance closing from 5 days to 3

-Initiated an idea to develop a Quality Data Command center for reactive/proactive data analysis of products

-Outside Processor (OSP) WEB Page – I developed the idea to capture production data from manufacturers that do not have EDI capabilities. Reduced AR errors and scrap claims 10% thru timely and accurate data

-Implemented time and attendance collection system, reducing number of employee check errors by 90%.

-Participated in the design / execution of a customized scheduling system to manage JIT to reduce inventory overhead cost and accurately determined maximized machine efficiencies to increase capacity. The application reduced operator errors by 10% related to schedule changes due to real time update capability

Additional Relevant Experience

WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES, Columbus, OH - Network Architect

Researched and recommended network architecture to support entire company enterprise

“Promoted” to manage the IT environment for TWB subsidiary.

SAM STEIN INC., Sandusky, OH - Network Administrator

Initiated / coordinated personal efforts and consultant to establish a company wide network

SAM STEIN INC., Sandusky, OH – Mechanical Designer Apprentice

Gained valuable experience as a CAD draftsman performing mechanical drawing layouts

“Promoted” to Network Administrator.

Education & Training

BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY, Bowling Green, OH

BS Computer Science – Course work taken

SANDUSKY HIGH SCHOOL, Sandusky, OH

CAD, Mechanical and Architectural Design Technology

SENIOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT – 2013

ADVANCED MANAGEMENT – 2010

ITIL, BUSINESS WRITING, ANTI-HARRASSMENT - 2007

Affiliations

Original Equipment Association (OESA)

CIO Council 2004 thru 2015

Foundation Stone Church and Other Community Associations

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