Expert Details
Cloud Technology, IT, and Implementation Processes
ID: 738274
Illinois, USA
He possesses an analytical mindset and has long honed the ability to quickly conduct IT cost estimation and financial analysis through a combination of industry multiples, benchmark data, and statistical tools.
Expert's significant pre-deal IT due diligence and post-merger implementation expertise focuses on setting business directions, driving growth, and running the business effectively. He has accrued, and regularly leverages, extensive business process proficiency in demand-to-plan, plan-to-produce, source-to-settle, quote-to-order, order-to-cash, and record-to-report processes.
He holds deep expertise in how technology enables the business strategy and the role IT organization, IT processes, applications, infrastructure, cloud, and cyber-security play in the success of the business. He has demonstrated a proven record of driving technology-powered positive business outcomes -- helping clients cut costs, increase efficiencies, improve cross-functional visibility, reduce risks, and grow profits.
Expert has a detailed, contemporary knowledge of current technology trends in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Internet of Things, and 5G -- and their confluence and near future in disrupting traditional industries.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2004 | Degree: MS | Subject: Systems | Institution: LSU |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2016 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Master Principal | Department: Cloud |
Responsibilities:Among other achievements in his current role as Master Principal in the CLoud department of this major IT leader, Expert has:• Framed sources of targets’ technological and operational risks along with technical debt, in pre-deal IT due diligence; • Framed and identified a $21.2 million investment following the transaction above;. • Uncovered value in the target’s IT environment during pre-deal IT due diligence -- foundational for the successful merger of two major HR solutions providers; • Designed, managed, and executed the post-integration implementation program to realize cost synergies and transformational opportunities by 30% ($17 million in annual savings); • Architected a private equity company's post-merger target operating model across all functional areas: Inbound and Outbound Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, and Human Capital; • Directed a post-merger planning initiative with presales engineers, product development, and consulting teams to uncover clients’ current IT debt and potential solutions to overcome it; • Maximized client’s technology ROI by designing solutions and reducing IT costs by more than 15% while meeting their strategic business objectives; • Assessed technology architecture from a data, infrastructure, security, and integration standpoint to provide a high-level roadmap of a reliable, secure, and scalable IT environment and reduce TCO by 20%; and • Generated $17.4 million in annual revenue with an average 5-year contract ($90 million total contract value) with 9 ERP business transformation wins in 2021. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2011 to 2016 | Employer: PricewaterhousCoopers (PwC) | Title: Implementation Leader | Department: Technology Advisory |
Responsibilities:In addition to other accomplishment, Expert:• Headed post-merger IT integration for two major healthcare providers -- combined entity over $7 billion in revenue; 22 hospitals; ~40,000 employees -- resulting in $21.6 million annual saving from synergies; • Engineered a framework and tools for pre-deal IT due diligence to capture the benefits of modern business process adoption based on revenue multiples, industry benchmarks, and customer KPI's; • Oversaw interdependent projects in a post-merger program: Procurement, ERP Migration, Disaster Recovery, and Security, 3rd Party integrations, and system consolidations, improving SLA's by 20%; • Managed cutover planning and execution across twelve functional workstreams and ensured a successful transition of 20,000 employees and 70+ systems across NA, EMEA, and APAC; • Protected business momentum during the signoff to day-one phase by crafting and executing on the guiding principles and systems readiness checkpoint plan across all functional areas; • Oversaw a $30 billion retail company through a $20 million large, complex business transformation effort aimed to consolidate 30+ systems to ERP; • Identified gaps and risks with the current operating model, IT maturity levels, and technical debt; and • Provided recommendations to mitigate the risks and achieve the target operating model. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2008 to 2010 | Employer: DXC Technology | Title: IT Manager | Department: IT |
Responsibilities:In an IT leadership capacity, Expert managed geographically diverse large teams of software professionals in a $30 million multi-phase, multi-year, global ERP business transformation project for a large HR service provider. Among other accomplishments, he:• Established the PMO Hub and designed the management discipline, tools, metrics, and reporting structure to balance scope, quality, risk, time frame, and cost within a complex environment; • Steered a team of 7 consultants on a pre-sales assessment project; • Influenced the decisionmakers with customer-centric selling, understanding their pain points, and focusing on business drivers; • Prescribed the use of point of view (POV) and best practices across the entire practice; • Maintained, reviewed, and refined proprietary POV's and best practices database; • Drove steering committee meetings and served as the primary contact for client executives on a large multi-year, multi-phase, global deployment; and • Identified the key business challenges, leveraged leading business practices and points of view, and used innovative approaches to develop recommendations. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to 2008 | Employer: Unimind | Title: IT Business Analyst | Department: IT |
Responsibilities:Expert headed the implementation of finance and supply chain business process initiatives that resulted in overall annual cost savings of $10 million. In this role, he:• Executed testing efforts for full ERP suite at one of the State’s treasury departments. Coordinated with the project team of 30+ resources and facilitated testing of 650+ various business scenarios.; • Implemented Accounts Payable and Expenses business process improvement initiatives at a major cellular service provider; • Reduced cost by centralizing Accounts Payable; • Converted Accounts Payable, a cost center, into a profit center by implementing programs such as ePayables and P-Card. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2007 | Employer: Sandvik | Title: Methods Engineer | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:In this engineering role, Expert:• Directed business process improvement initiatives to reduce end to end cycle time; • Streamlined SCM processes and optimized the planning system; • Designed functional and technical enhancements for a best-in-class manufacturing software – Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP) for Sandvik; • Deployed new releases of the software that included significant enhancements to its Inventory Accounting module and Shop Floor Control system; • Managed a team of analysts and software engineers in completing design, programming, and testing of the new performance excellence appraisal software. |
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Fields of Expertise
cloud, SaaS, PaaS, supply chain management, supply chain sustainability, supply chain optimization, cost reduction, business growth coach, digital growth, technology development, enterprise application integration, enterprise data management, enterprise resource planning, business analytics, Data and analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence