Consultant mindset with CIO experience

Senior Technology Executive

Creative, results driven technology leader with an accomplished history of business process reengineering and applying technology to solve complex business problems. Change agent with the talent for making rapid assessments then moving quickly from vision and strategy to execution and follow-through. Extensive experience leading Technology Infrastructure, Application Development/Integration and Business Intelligence initiatives across several business verticals including technology, finance, manufacturing and marketing. A hands-on, business focused technology leader with excellent communication and team building skills.

• Technology Architecture & Integration • Executive Leadership and Communication

• Enterprise Systems Planning and Integration • Organization and Staff Development

• M&A and Change Management • Vendor Contract Optimization

• Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing • Strategic Assessment and Planning

• Management Consulting • Project Management

• Data Center Migrations • Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

• ERP Systems • Supply Chain Management

Experience

Independent Consulting August 2009 - Present

Currently assisting two start-up companies to define and document their business plans and start their operations and sales processes. Efforts have centered around revenue and cost projections, identifying operational partners, initial sales meeting and meetings with venture capital firms. Additionally, I have been providing technical guidance to investments firms and private companies.

GD Medical Systems, LLC June 2008-August 2009

Founder

Focused on reducing medical sending fraud GD Medical Systems provides a fast, effective method for public and private healthcare providers to verify the account status of a cardholder’s insurance policy without compromising patient care.

As an unfunded start-up company my focus was developing the business plan along with the operational and financial models for presentation to venture capital firms. While there was sincere interest in the business model, the company was unable to secure the necessary funding to continue due to current economic conditions along with the uncertainty surrounding the future of healthcare.

Bowater Incorporated, Greenville, SC June 2006-April 2008

AbitibiBowater, Montreal Canada

Chief Information Officer

AbitibiBowater, created through the merger of Abitibi Consolidated and Bowater Incorporated in October 2007, produces a broad range of forest products marketed in more than 90 countries. AbitibiBowater's pro forma 2007 annual revenues were nearly $7 billion with 16,000 employees. The merger is expected to produce $375 million in synergies.

Managed business systems, infrastructure, product management, project management and process improvement initiatives company-wide. Directed a staff of over 260 personnel. Oversaw an annual operational budget of approximately $44 million along with a $12.5 million capital budget.

• Reduced the overall operating budget by 30% through renegotiating vendor contracts

• Produced a plan to reduce the combined corporate IT headcount by over 35%

• Architected primary systems consolidation (financial, order to cash, email, etc.)

• Routinely participated in Sarbanes-Oxley compliancy and auditing

• Developed Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning

Bowater Incorporated, Greenville, SC

Chief Information Officer

A global leading producer of coated and specialty papers and newsprint.

Managed business systems, infrastructure, telecommunications and process improvement initiatives company-wide. Directed a staff of 130 personnel. Oversaw an annual operational budget of approximately $27 million along with a $9 million capital budget.

• Managed the successful implementation of J.D. Edward's 8.x financial system consolidating 16 general ledgers from various systems throughout the company

• Successfully implemented J.D. Edward's 8.x Order to Cash system replacing a proprietary legacy system

• Consolidated all Technology spending resulting in an 18% savings

• Reduced the Capital Expenditure budget from over $14 million to $9 million

• Reduced overall spending by $4.3 million across the organization while increasing efficiency

• Introduced Project Management methodology improving visibility and accountability of all approved Information Technology initiatives

• Led the successful merger with Abitibi laying the foundation to support $375 million in corporate synergies

• Championed the effort to move from an internal data center to an external partner resulting in a 40% reduction in data center expenses

• Created a Business Intelligence Group to facilitate information availability to the proper business leaders

• Served as a member of the Disclosure Committee

Senior Consultant (Independent)

• Reviewed Bowater's current systems architecture, personnel and cost structure relative to the business vision

• Delivered a set of recommendations and changes necessary to support the business going forward

FleetCor Technologies, Atlanta, GA May 2001-June 2006 Senior Vice President of Information Technology

FleetCor serves over 750,000 businesses with over 3.5 million active cardholders processing over $14 billion of fuel annually.

Hired as FleetCor redefined itself from a processor to a service provider which included 18 M&As. Directed a 50+ personnel staff. Managed business systems, technology infrastructure, telecommunications, product management and process improvement initiatives company-wide. Oversaw an annual operational budget of approximately $11 million along with a $3.5 million capital budget.

Chief Technology Officer CFN Division October 2004 - June 2006

• Led the efforts to stabilize the CFN processing platform

• Responsible for hiring and training a new team to maintain the processing platform

• Led the effort for cross acceptance between the FuelMan and CFN networks

• Restructured existing vendor contracts resulting in a 20% savings

• Successfully led the migration to a tier-one data center with zero downtime

Senior Vice President of Information Technology May 2001 - June 2006

• Managed the Application Development, Product Management, Infrastructure, QA, Configuration Management and Technical Support groups

• Responsible for the completion and successful rollout of the FleetNet processing platform

• Led the successful acquisition and integration of 18 FuelMan licensees

• Created a Business Intelligence platform to facilitate information availability to the proper business leaders

• Introduced Project Management methodology which improved visibility and accountability of all approved Information Technology initiatives

VerticalOne, Corp, Atlanta, GA August 1999-May 2001

Vice President of Engineering

VerticalOne, a dot-com company, pioneered the internet account-aggregation business allowing users to access personal account information with one master password through a secure and easy to use web interface.

Directed a staff of 65 with an annual budget of $14 million. Managed Application Development, Provider Solutions, QA, Configuration Management and the Database Solutions groups.

Vice President of Engineering July 2000 - May 2001

• Reorganized the development staff resulting in $300,000 of annual salary savings while increasing output and efficiency

• Introduced Project Management methodology which improved visibility and accountability of all approved Information Technology initiatives

• Restructured and recruited staff for multiple technical departments focused on delivering e-business solutions

• Introduced structured design methodology resulting in a shorter deployment window for new features

• Outsourced the QA department increasing QA efficiency by over 50% while reducing staff cost by 30%

• Supported clients including: Yahoo!, Wells Fargo, OnMoney, LifeMinders, WFN.com, AMP, GO.com and InTrust

• Led the initiatives and RFP process to determine buy vs. build for development and system tools including ETL, CRM, ad-serving solutions, telecom and database

Vice President of Database Solutions August 1999 - July 2000

• Led the development of a fully functional data warehouse in 90 days

• Selected strategic partners employing a buy vs. build strategy saving over $400,000 of FTE costs

• Pioneered a partnership with DoubleClick to enable targeted advertising, automated reporting and custom data analysis

Harte-Hanks, Inc., Langhorne, PA February 1992 - August 1999

Vice President of Database Development

Harte-Hanks is a worldwide direct and targeted marketing company that provides direct marketing services and shopper advertising opportunities to local, regional, national, and international consumer and business-to-business marketers.

Directed a development staff of 35 professionals with an annual budget of $5 million. Responsible for all custom development in addition to performing technical due diligence for acquisition targets. Integrally involved in the sales process of custom solutions supporting the client's marketing initiatives.

• Responsible for all custom systems development in addition to being the primary technical resource for sales support, platform selection, prototyping, design and deployment

• Created a variety of systems including sales automation, CRM, acquisition, retention, cross-sell, up-sell, brand awareness and loyalty

• Supported clients including: SouthTrust, BellSouth, BCBS Illinois, BCBS Texas, BCBS Florida, BCBS Nebraska, CNA, United Family Life, Jefferson Pilot, Principal Financial Group, Famous Footwear, HAP and HIP

• Led the effort to create a new loyalty system for Famous Footwear and migrated all customers with no downtime

AGS Information Services, Philadelphia, PA June 1986 - January 1992

Senior Consultant - on site at DuPont, Wilmington, DE

AGS Information Services provides consulting resources to Fortune 500 companies.

• Designed and implemented a corporate sales and use tax liability system. The system was responsible for taking feeds from all of DuPont’s invoicing systems and calculating all federal, state, county and city tax liabilities

• Designed a PC-based software solution to automate the state, county and city sales & use tax return process

• Created a PC-based Accounts Payable system used to process all of DuPont’s AP

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