Lenny Suarez

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Houston, Texas 77088 Email: acx126@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Senior Management position that will utilize my proven IT technical experience, management and leadership skills.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Goal-achieving business professional with expertise in:

Business Process Improvement

Project Management

ERP / Corporate System implementation and sustainment

System and security controls

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Processes

Service Level Agreements

Reporting and data analysis

Team/resource management

Departmental forecasting and budgeting

Contract review and evaluation

Vendor management

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Tervita (US Operations) LLC, Houston, TX 2012 – 2015

IT Manager (US Operations)

Established a successful IT technical sustainment team for newly implemented ERP application, eliminating additional costs for contract support resources

Developed and maintained procedures for tracking and migrating necessary system and code changes

Co-managed the enterprise reporting team facilitating the understanding of relevant data necessary for financial reporting

Successfully established and tested disaster recovery and business continuity procedures for ERP applications

Coordinated Infrastructure and Service Desk efforts between the Houston office and the Calgary headquarter office

Provided budgeting, forecasting and monthly variance reporting for multiple departments

Worked with third party to implement a B2B integrated solution, streamlining the invoice processing for a specific client

Dynegy Inc., Houston, TX 1997- 2011

IT Director

Responsible for supporting corporates areas and respective systems – Financials, HRMS, Legal, Ethics & Compliance, Internal Audit, and Facilities

Implemented SharePoint as the corporate collaboration platform

Developed an in-house scanning/imaging solution for General Ledger journals and Payables invoices, integrating the financials and document management systems

Managed and supervised departmental managers

Evaluated software maintenance agreements for renegotiation and renewal

Prepared departmental budgets and monitored and addressed variances

Involved with resource outsourcing and insourcing

Successfully developed and maintained service level agreements

Participated in merger/sales/acquisition activities

Managed security controls (SOX) for the ERP applications. Developed the necessary processes and procedures to ensure compliance with audit requirements

Established disaster recovery plans and testing

Managed both the IT technical and functional teams for ERP applications

Responsible for the support of Tax and Treasury applications

Defined processes and procedures for reporting, batch uploads, interfaces and integrations

Developed training documentation and trained business users

EDUCATION

BA Management Information Systems, University of Houston, Houston, TX

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION/MEMBERSHIP

Project Management Professional (PMI) - No. 1455522

ITIL Foundation (PEOPLECERT) - No. GR750071586LS

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