Information Technology Technical Project

Hugh David Wax

Plainville, Ma *****, Mobile 508-***-****

***********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/hugh-wax-47646a5

Leader, Driver, trusted partner within Information Technology

Accomplished technology executive with a founder personality of driving implementations, enterprise IT strategies, and digital workplace transformation to achieve business objectives. Skilled in prioritizing IT and digital initiatives, fostering innovation with a forward engineering mindset, and overseeing the evaluation, deployment, and management of enterprise IT systems.

Core Skills and Competencies

Strategic Vision, Ideation, Planning & execution

Lead the way approach & Teaming

IT Infrastructure, cloud & on-premises or transitioning

M&A, Divestitures & Due Diligence

Expertise in Emerging Technologies

Building & managing Portfolio & Project Management

Change Management/Process Modeling

Cybersecurity Governance

Enterprise Risk Management

Data Analytics, GenAI

Budget control and forecasting

Financial & Business Acumen from Mfg., through engineering to delivery

Vendor Negotiation & Management

Data-Driven Decision-Making

Engineering, producibility & cost mindset

Selected Career Achievements

Bluebird bio & freelance engagements: Guided technology assessment and project implementation for the Commercial, G&A, R&D, focusing cloud infrastructure, automation, and process efficiencies development.

ORGANOGENESIS: Recovered a four-year failed D365F&O implementation, that also added Salesforce Service cloud, health cloud, marketing cloud and validated MFG and qualified like validations financials. While in parallel working with third parties to rebuild all new key SOX controls.

Sanofi/Genzyme: Led corporate IT strategy through product approvals and successful multi-country launches, enabling MES – Warem, LIMS and ERP systems through the globe operationalizing single site solutions to global enterprise platforms and in some cases brought through to federated platform controls. Built, configured in cloud infrastructure CRM, Salesforce.

IT SPECIALTY NETWORK 11/2024 – PRESENT

Co-Founder/CTO

Creating a network of trusted technical advisors and domain experts specializing in information technology. Using AI and decision support tools, ITSN helps businesses procure IT and Telecommunication products and services globally. Ensure that our clients information systems (hardware, software, data infrastructure or network) are aligned with the strategic efforts of their business units.

the focus has been on conducting overall business development including pre-sales consulting, content and social media marketing, cultivating partnerships, and ensuring the company's growth and success.

IMMUNOVANT (FREELANCE) 8/2024-11/2024

Senior Director, IT Operations, G&A Systems and strategy

Lead business functions from a technical need and collaborated with Finance, Procurement, and Human Resources (HR) technology initiatives

Selected and drove overall enterprise InfoSec access and Identity management controls initiative.

Lead the IT support services internal and external resources. Overall accountability for the Overall accountability for the company infrastructure and Managed Service Provider.

Developed and execute the strategic roadmap for finance, procurement, and HR systems in alignment with organizational goals and objectives.

Ensure the security, integrity, and availability of data by directing vendors to implement appropriate controls and best practices.

Provide guidance, mentorship, and professional development opportunities to team members to foster a high-performance culture.

BLUEBIRD BIO (FREELANCE, SECOND ENGAGEMENT) 1/2024 – 7/2024

Senior Director, Head of IT Commercial, R&D Systems with Data Architecture & Strategy

Managed IT business partners and executed strategic initiatives, leveraging technology to foster organizational growth and innovation.

Supervised and improved the technological aspects of sales and marketing operations. With Architectural design advanced the technological frameworks for sales and marketing operations, encompassing areas such as pricing strategies, contract management, sales forecasting, demand planning, and the integration of customer relationship management systems, specifically Veeva CRM.

Work with interdisciplinary teams and refined the processes, pinpoint areas of operational lag, and enact enhancements that bolster both productivity, controls and profitability.

Guided a dedicated group of analysts in gathering, scrutinizing, and presenting data, which formed the backbone of strategic business decision-making and key initiatives.

Employed cutting-edge analytical methods to extract actionable insights and strategic recommendations, enhancing business operations, boosting revenue, and improving cost-effectiveness.

Constructed and upheld a suite of key performance indicators (KPIs) and analytical dashboards to track and report on the efficacy of commercial operations to executive management for their decision-making needs.

Implement and manage corporate data governance frameworks starting with R&D and then began the same for commercial operations that included IT policies and procedures.

Functioned as a principal influencer in data strategy, fostering thought leadership and stimulating innovative practices.

ORGANOGENESIS 11/2021 – 1/2024

Vice President of IT, Chief Information Officer

First creation of the CIO role in the organization’s history, First build of an IT PMO in the organization’s history. Managed IT business partners and executed strategic initiatives, leveraging technology to foster organizational national alignment internal and consignment to foster maneuverability, growth and innovation. The major initiative was an ERP rescue operation stated in 2017 that required a program restart. In parallel to implementing ITSM and refresh twelve-year-old national sites network equipment.

Successfully remedied a faltering D365F&O deployment and enhanced the order entry process by building out and integrating Salesforce.

Establish a fully operational IT Project Management Office (PMO) from the ground up, integrating IT Service Management (ITSM) to streamline and govern the intake, management and control of IT work.

Execute a comprehensive overhaul of the existing onsite network infrastructure.

Direct the implementation of strategic deployment processes within Information Technology and establish systematic operating rhythms to track and measure progress.

Guide, cultivate, and advise the IT team to ensure the timely delivery and maintenance of strong systems, processes, and IT infrastructure, while concurrently advancing the management competencies required to steer a swiftly expanding enterprise.

Developed a scalable infrastructure designed to accommodate the anticipated expansion of the company.

Collaborate with the Executive Team to identify and rank the most critical initiatives throughout the organization.

Advanced Corporate security operations by strengthening security assessments, incident response protocols, vulnerability management, and employee security awareness. In addition to BOD reporting.

Pinpoint initiatives that enhance operational efficiency by leveraging metrics informed by data analysis.

Spearheaded the transition of the company’s IT infrastructure to a cloud-based environment, achieving enhanced scalability and performance.

Guided a team of IT experts to the successful and timely completion of a significant IT project, adhering strictly to the allocated budget.

Lead in the development of MS Datalake building with DataFactory. Then worked to categorized the secured data and then build the Datalakehouse Arch to more easily develop reporting and automate flagged concerns. All this building was done in MS Azure DC, new for Organo and leveraging MS DevOps that expanded to the building and rollouts of Salesforce and MSD365F&O.

Owned and manage IT technology budget, ensuring fiscal responsibility while optimizing IT investments and vendor partnerships.

Developed and execute people roadmaps upskilling or securing technology teams in alignment to new business needs.

Began this journey with seven resources, at peak was leading sixty-five across the globe.

EARIER CAREER (Roles)

Sanofi/Genzyme/Genzyme Genetics Global Director infrastructure, Development Operations & integration; Associate Director, North American & Eastern EU; Principal Project Manager, National labs

Lifespan Hospitals Group Senior systems application analyst, regional hospital group, W/PM lead PM role; BP responsivities for business functions assigned such as pathology, surgical systems, organ transplant and blood bank.

Senior Aerospace Senior Project Engineer / Program Manager, assistant chief engineer; aerospace and space systems

GE Aircraft Engines Design Engineer, repair development engineering and new systems support equipment design

Education

Brandeis University, Master of Science: Information Technology Management, GPA 3.8

Fitchburg State University, Bachelor of Science: Industrial Science, Manufacturing Technology (Core focus robotics and automation)

Wentworth Institute of Technology, Associate: applied Science, Welding Engineering

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