Application Development, Supply Chain, RFP, Management, negotiation
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St. Petersburg, FL USA
www.linkedin.com/in/david-cook-397679a0/
SKILLS
IT executive with experience in Transportation, Retail, Insurance, and Pharmacy Benefit Management industries. Expertise includes budgeting, RFP, implementing and Managing 3rd party software, all aspects of the SDLC, Contract Negotiation and Compliance.
CERTIFICATIONS
PROJECT RELATED SOFTWARE
EDUCATION
Masters of Business Administration
Concentrations in IT and Finance
University of South Florida
Bachelor’s Degree / Geography
Minors in Computer Science/Business
Villanova University
DAVID COOK
INFORMATION SYSTEMS EXECUTIVE
EXPERIENCE
Bealls, inc. - Director of Supply Chain and Transportation Systems
2023–Present
Responsible for Bealls’ Transportation Management Systems (TMS) related functions. Applications include internally developed and commercially available systems. Responsibilities include managing system integrations, bug/enhancement activity, end user support, and contract negotiation. Participates in annual Budgeting and Planning for IT, including Long Range Planning (LRP). Presents weekly IT updates to senior leadership regarding business initiatives. Participates in annual Disaster Recovery Plans for critical software. Implemented FourKites Load Management system for 570 Bealls stores in Florida, the Sun Belt and the Mid-West. Integrated SMS messaging from FourKites to handheld devices in the stores to facilitate immediate notification of unscheduled load events from carriers. Trained the Transportation Inbound and Outbound business teams to manage the FourKites application including all reporting capabilities of the system. Successfully transitioned FourKites to the business team using a train the trainer approach. Created FourKites system and user documentation for the Transportation Business team. Successfully transitioned Bealls from Kewill to the e2open Transportation Management System (TMS) utilizing domestic and offshore development teams.
Bealls, inc. - Director of Application Development
November 2015–October 2023
Director of Application Development for Corporate Systems, encompassing Finance, Payroll, Human Resources and Loss Prevention. Implemented and supported Kronos Work Force Management for 14,500+ associates across 550+ stores, 5 Distribution centers and 2 Corporate offices. Participated in contract and renewal negotiations for Oracle HCM/Fusion & Kronos. Independently negotiated 3rd party software and service contracts for multiple smaller software systems for a combined value of over $500,000 yearly. Participated in annual Budgeting and Planning for IT. Participated in vendor selection (RFP) and management. Managed internal servers used for hosting non cloud applications. Organized disaster planning for the payroll department. Managed bugs and enhancements for internal developed applications. Managed FTE’s and national and international contingent workers. Participate in bi-weekly change management meetings. Supported Root cause analysis.
Healthesystems (Pharmacy Benefit Management) - IT Manager
February 2008–November 2015
Hired and Implemented a Business Analysis department. Established the Healthesystems SLDC including Project Management and Quality Assurance. Expanded help desk operations to 12 hours a day and introduced Service Level Agreements (SLA’s). Incorporated Agile development into the SDLC. Monitored server health using Orion to ensure response times in accordance with SLA’s. Developed and managed a Problem Management system based on ITIL Foundations to eliminate system errors.
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