Management Engineering

BAYARD R. BECK

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Business/IT Project Manager

Innovative, Business Results Manager who drives a Faster/Better/Cheaper mentality. Skilled at identifying the critical operating tasks necessary to meet/exceed the strategic initiatives and customer demands. Very proactive at identifying the value added tasks and driving their completion through collaborative problem solving and creative thinking to solve difficult problems while managing day-to-day tasks.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project Management

System Migrations/Deployments

SAP/ERP Technology

Six Sigma Methodology

Negotiations

Team/Organization Mediation

Vendor Management

Information Security Officer

Supervisory Development

Software Compliance Mgmt.

Continuous Improvement

Server Consolidation

Process Improvement

Cost Reduction

Change Management

Hardware Procurement

Software Procurement

Contract Administration

Organizational Effectiveness

Quality Assurance

Training Programs Design/Implementation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HR Personnel Specialist – ShopRite Corporation (August 2015 – November 2015)

HR Personnel Specialist

Technical Writer (ShopRite Corporation)

Self-Employed (June 2013 – Current)

Investments (Stock Trading)

Contract Work (Home Improvement Construction)

E.I. DuPont de Nemours Company (1984 - 2013)

Global leader in science-based products and services for various markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation operating in more than 90 countries with 60,000 employees generating $38 billion in revenue.

IT Six Sigma Black Belt - Corporate IT Six Sigma Center of Excellence

Manage cost efficiency projects in support of business objectives. Manage project teams with system development/upgrade/migration and implementation of software/hardware applications.

Managed Vendor Support Personnel to review Batch Network for Unused Batch jobs for removal ($46k)

Reviewed IBM Software Inventory in SAP Environment for unused software removal ($1.1M).

SAP Technology Specialist (Managing SW Inventory and Server Inventory/Architecture)

Managing LAN Owner of SAP Wintel/Unix/AIX Server Environment including vendor support management software/hardware inventory, storage requirements and leading the Business outage coordination including the ORT verifications.

Managed yearly IT Security Compliance of the Wintel server environment.

Managed Software/Hardware Consolidation project in Wintel Environment (Dell Power Edge, IBM Blades, and HP Proliant servers). Move from IBM Blade and HP Proliant servers to Dell virtual servers (savings $380k).

Vendor technical services management

Desktop Services Leader / Wilmington Area IT Security Officer (Eng. Polymers Business)

Hardware/Software Procurement

IT Security Communications to the organization

Managed the remediation team to mitigate desktop intrusion

Managed yearly desktop and server compliance reviews

Desktop employee supervision

HR / Personnel Specialist

Managed Affirmative Action Plans and Consulted to 17 DuPont Internal Businesses in this area to assure Federal Government Compliance.

Performed Yearly Analysis and Execution of Incentive Compensation Program.

Development Specialist/Operational Consultant (33 Completed Projects)

As example; Utilizing Continuous Improvement and Process Flow Methodology; I led the following teams:

Materials & Logistics Procurement Leadership Team - Led the strategic design, role definition and implementation of their Strategic/leadership/Operational activities.

DuPont Materials & Logistics Contract Convergence Activity (designed and led process):

- Supplementary Personnel Team - $7M in cost savings (received Certificate of Excellence award).

- Mechanical Contractors - $16M in cost savings (received Certificate of Excellence award).

- Structural Steel - $19M in cost savings (received Certificate of Excellence award).

Engineering THFâ - Project in Asturias, Spain. Mediated financial process that generated an agreement to secure $40M in cost savings (received Certificate of Excellence award).

Corporate “Individual Career Development” Team - Designed/Implemented/Trained DuPont Engineering Leadership Group.

Managed the Engineering Continuing Education Program.

Engineering Leadership Development Workshop - Designer/Trainer.

Information Management Services Training Effort in Team & Leadership skills (Designer/Trainer).

Designed and implemented restructuring of 90 employees in the DuPont Information Management Services organization.

A consultant for individuals, leaders and teams regarding Total Quality Management principles.

Leader of Project Information/Documentation Task Team which was instrumental in identifying proprietary information concerns which led to a major effort in regulating electronic mail transfer of Engineering drawings and documents.

Led a functional core group through multi-task efforts. This endeavor was instrumental in coordinating the activities of 300 people in the Information Management and Office Service Professionals arena.

Team leadership responsibility to drive individual career management skill development and process development for an organization of 60 people within the Information Management organization.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

MS Project, MS Office 2010 Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project), MS Visio, BMC Remedy, Minitab, Igrafx, Lotus Notes, Process Flow Mapping, Continuous Improvement and Organizational Effectiveness.

CERTIFICATIONS

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified 2/2010 (currently pursuing Black Belt certification).

EDUCATION

Graduated with BA at Immaculata University – Double Major in Psychology & Business (GPA – 3.94)

Inducted into the Alpha Sigma Lambda – National Honor Society

Inducted into the Sigma Beta Delta – Business Honor Society

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Training and Development Programs

Corporate “Individual Career Development” Team - Designed/Implemented/Trained DuPont Engineering Leadership Group.

Managed the Engineering Continuing Education Program in 1993 ($100K Budget).

Engineering Leadership Development Workshop - Designer/Trainer (3 Years).

Information Management Services Training Effort in Team & Leadership skills (Designer/Trainer).

Total Quality Management

Designed and implemented restructuring of 90 employees in the DuPont Information Management Services organization.

A consultant for individuals, leaders and teams regarding Total Quality Management principles.

Team Management

Leader of Project Information/Documentation Task Team which was instrumental in identifying proprietary information concerns which led to a major effort in regulating electronic mail transfer of Engineering drawings and documents.

Led a functional core group through multi-task efforts. This endeavor was instrumental in coordinating the activities of 300 people in the Information Management and Office Service Professionals arena.

Team leadership responsibility to drive individual career management skill development and process development for an organization of 60 people within the Information Management organization.

Consulting/Project Teams

Materials & Logistics Procurement Leadership Team - Enabled the strategic design, role definition and implementation of their 1991, 1992 and 1993 activities.

DuPont M&L Contract Convergence Activity (designed and led process):

- Supplementary Personnel Team - $7MM in cost savings

- Mechanical Contractors - $16MM in cost savings (received Certificate of Excellence award).

- Structural Steel - $19MM in cost savings.

Engineering THFâ - Project in Asturias, Spain. Mediated financial process that generated an agreement to secure $40MM in cost savings.

SEMINARS & SPECIAL TRAINING/DEVELOPMENT

Engineering Process Improvement Seminar

East Coast Public Series (Krone Technology/System and Organization Development - 3 years)

Continuous Flow Manufacturing

Supervisory Development Program

A Matter of Respect (Sexual Harassment/Discrimination Awareness)

Individual Career Management

Leadership Resource Development Series

Operational Resource Development Series

Continuous Improvement Criteria (TQM Malcolm Balridge Award Criteria)

Resource Development Workshop and Ongoing Network Member

Substance Abuse Awareness

Six Hat Creativity Training

Transformation for Management of Quality and Productivity (Deming)

Multi-Cultural Awareness

Engineering Leadership Development

Employee Transportation Coordinator Training Program

Benchmarking for Superior Performance

SAP Overview (SAP01)

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (3/27/2010)

Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Training Completed 5/2011

AWARDS

Winning Spirit Award – Cost cutting work as part of the Engineering Polymers Sustainable Growth effort.

Bronze Award - Enabled DuPont Engineering Office Support Professionals to create communications network.

Bronze Award - Initiated cultural change program for 180 DuPont Engineering Office Support Professionals.

Bronze Award - Lead role in the “Organizational Effectiveness Series” for DuPont Engineering.

Bronze Award - Contribution to team work for DuPont Engineering Safety Committee.

Bronze Award - Consultant for DuPont Corporate Office Support Professionals Development Team.

Bronze Award - Organized musical group and performed for the 1989 Engineering Safety Kick-off.

Certificate of Excellence - Consulting effort on the M&L Mechanical Contractor Convergence Team. I was the process designer and a significant contributor that led their organization to find $16MM in cost savings to DuPont by converging on a small select list of Mechanical Contractors.

Kaizen Event Award – For work on Mid-Range Server Acquisition Project

Work Life Award - For recognized commitment to caring for people.

DuPont iScar Award - For Consolidation and Foot Print Reduction in Wintel Server Environment.

DuPont iScar Award – For $1MM reduction in IBM Server Software

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