IT Director / Program Manager / Project Manager

Stewart E. McCaslin

Spotswood, New Jersey *****

*******.********@*****.*** 908-***-****

LinkedIn.com/in/stewartmccaslin/

Information Technology Executive

25+ years’ success leading IT innovation for Fujifilm and Church & Dwight

Repeated success guiding global IT infrastructure strategy for data centers, cloud-based systems, networks, telecommunications systems, mobile devices, and PC services. Talent for launching programs related to major projects and implementations, onshore/offshore resource management, infrastructure development, strategic planning for technology operations and technical team training. Expert manager of people, business units, and technology operations capable of guiding businesses into the future through new technologies and process improvements.

Highlights of Expertise

Strategic & Tactical Infrastructure Planning

Data Center and Network Establishment

Vendor & Supplier Relationship Management

Contract Development / Negotiations

Full Life Cycle Project Management

Cloud-Based Systems

Multi-Million Dollar Budgets

Onshore/Offshore Resources

Technical Team Leadership

Global IT Infrastructure

Career Experience

Wipro Limited, East Brunswick, New Jersey

Providing leadership and strategic insight to modernize and transform client IT infrastructure landscape.

Transformation Head – Confidential Client (8/2018 to Present)

Leading the transformation tower for the Wipro engagement at a large global client with a user community over 50,000 and gross revenues greater than $10B. Responsibilities include oversight and overall responsibility for all project managers and their associated projects as well as driving technological change within the client’s systems and infrastructure. This position requires continuous engagement with senior IT leadership, vendor management, and business leaders within the client organization.

Developing strategy to move to Hyper Converged compute and storage infrastructure.

Developing strategy to implement SD-WAN network methodologies

Refresh all end-of-life network, server and storage hardware and operating systems

Build out of IT landscape in new manufacturing locations

Church & Dwight Co, Inc., Ewing, New Jersey

Provided executive-level leadership with full accountability for global IT Infrastructure, Data Centers, Cloud Systems, Networks, and Telecommunications Systems.

DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE & GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (8/2015 to 5/2018)

Managed all aspects of technology planning, strategy, and implementation; oversaw selection of new technologies and implementation of best practices. Led a 15-member team of technology staff and over 65 consultants in the provision of global IT services with oversight of a $25M budget. In charge of vendor relations, offshore operations partner collaboration, and program management.

Conceptualized, developed, and initiated global deployment of OneDrive, resulting in over $500k in annual storage cost savings.

Successfully oversaw Citrix migration across manufacturing locations, improving manufacturing team productivity by over 25%.

Improved overall company productivity by 30% through global Windows 10 standardization and deployment of new computer systems.

Initiated implementation of Hyper-Converged infrastructure to best leverage server and storage technology in the company’s manufacturing and distribution landscape.

FUJIFILM Holdings America, Inc., Valhalla, New York

Specially selected to lead IT Infrastructure across North America for leading global corporation.

DIRECTOR OF IT INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY & SERVICE (4/2010 to 8/2015)

Held bottom-line accountability for Infrastructure strategies, including leadership of a 40-member team in the deployment and maintenance of services to over 7,000 users across 14 companies; orchestrated all aspects of PC systems and services, data centers, networks, telecommunication systems, and mobile devices. Collaborated with executives regarding global IT strategies and implementations and served as a key leader in implementations of shared services models, cloud-based systems, IT Helpdesk, phone systems, and data centers.

Captured $1M in annual savings through deployment of Shared Services IT Delivery Model.

Saved significant money through process improvements and streamlining, including $750k/annually through a unified hosted phone system and call center and $300k/annually through consolidation of 14 area networks.

Implemented and effective Disaster Recovery infrastructure that facilitated continued operation during hurricane Sandy for multiple group companies.

FUJIFILM Hunt Chemicals, Inc., Allendale, New Jersey

Oversaw $4M Information Technology operations as a senior leader on Applications Development, PC/LAN Support Group, and Operations Group.

DIRECTOR, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & CORPORATE LOGISTICS (12/1999 to 4/2010)

Directed major projects and implementations across North America, including daily operations, facility management, disaster recovery and contingency planning, outsourcing, remote desk support, corporate website, and establishment of new data centers.

Effectively created Disaster Recovery infrastructure responsible for over $1M in annual savings by recapturing lost operational costs during region wide disaster events (Hurricane Floyd and North East grid blackout).

Successfully outsourced Helpdesk operations and saved over $100k in annual costs.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Consultant (3 years) Seiko Corporation/Seagram/Liz Claiborne

Project Manager (3 years) Saville Systems

Systems Analyst (5 years) Government of Alberta

Education & Credentials

Westerra Institute of Technology, Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

ADVANCED TECHNICAL DEGREE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Coursework in Computer Systems, Systems Analysis, Programming, Data Communications, Microelectronics, Microcomputer Design, Electronics Manufacturing.

Technical Proficiencies: ITL Processes, Project Methodologies, Windows Suite (Office, Project, Skype for Business, Sharepoint, etc), G-Suite (G-Mail, Docs, Sheets, etc), ServiceNow, Planview (Innotas), Workfront, Cisco Security Suite, Okta, MobileIron, i-Series (AS/400), JDEdwards. SQL, Disaster Recovery, 21 CFR Part 11, GDPR, SOX, J-Sox.

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