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PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE EMAIL AVAILABLEhttps://LINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLESenior Information Technology ExecutiveAn accomplished senior level technology professional with deep skills in designing and implementing ERP solutions, Oracle ERP Cloud, PeopleSoft, J. D. Edwards, Salesforce, NetSuite, and SAP. Information Technology Transformation Leader specializing in ERPs Global Supply Chain, AI/BI, Lean Manufacturing, and Industry 4.0. Successfully completed a $2.1B acquisition of Lifescan Global from Johnson & Johnson to Platinum Equity migrating data from J & J, Oracle, SAP, and JD Edwards ERP systems into a single Oracle ERP Cloud solution within twelve months. Effectively implemented multiple global large-scale projects, managing team sizes of 600+ and spend of $1B, as well as smaller more focused projects. Effective at anticipating and solving emerging problems in a rapidly changing environment. A resourceful and respected leader recognized for pioneering innovative solutions with a deep understanding of how technology impacts business.Areas of specialization include:ERP Implementations (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, QAD)PMO BuildVMO BuildQMO BuildPharma FDA ComplianceIT Transformation LeaderSalesforce.comSupply Chain / LogisticsVendor PartnershipsTeam Building & ManagementClient Needs AnalysisTeam Leadership/DevelopmentTraining, Development, & MentoringData Center OptimizationContract Negotiation and ReviewBudget ManagementCapital Expenditure PlanningSystems Integration & Amin.Machine Learning, BI, AI, Big DataHelp Desk / Call CenterIoTProperty / Facilities ManagementBlockchainFDA, FAA, Lean ManufacturingM&AFDA ComplianceCloud (AWS, Azure, VMWARE & GCP)InfrastructureExceptional interpersonal skillsDR/BCCybersecurityPCI DDS, SOXTurnaround/ Change ManagementGlobal Purchasing/ Contract NegotiationsProfessional ExperienceCHNCT September 2023 - PresentCommunity Health Network of Connecticut, Inc. (CHNCT) is a 501(c)(4), not-for-profit organization. CHNCT was founded in 1995 by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that sought to bring non-profit oversight to Medicaid managed care in Connecticut. CHNCT goal is to retain and grow the Connecticut Medical Assistance Program (CMAP) provider network, expanding availability of services in each of the states five regions.Executive IT / Security Consultant:Executive Security Consultant assisting the VP, CISO of CHNCT with the oversight of DLP solutions. My assignment is to review CHNCT current DLP Emails solutions and process to enhance and strengthen the review of all outgoing emails for PII / PHI data.The assignment core responsibility is to reduce the complexity of the PII / PHI security review of all outgoing email currently in place. I developed a new solution that will eliminate two separate DLP systems and approx. $80,000 annual spend by transiting the DLP review process to Microsoft OS 365 Cloud solution. We will further enhance the overall process by utilizing MS OS365 Cloud email encryption features.My responsibilities were extended to design and build a Test Environment that can be utilized as for End-to-End testing and if needed to support CHNCT Disaster Recovery requirements. Proposal sent to Executive Management for final approval and funding.Mercury Medical May 2021 September 2023Mercury Medical is a Specialty Healthcare Organization dedicated to bringing innovative medical devices to the market.COO, CIO, CSOResponsibilities: As the CIO/CSO, I provide the vision and leadership for developing and implementing information technology solutions for Mercury Medical. In my CSO role I had responsibility for the daily operations of the IT security program, oversight of the annual and ongoing risk assessment process, policy and procedure management, monitoring regulatory program compliance, and investigation and tracking of incidents and breaches and in compliance with federal and state laws including being designated role of HIPAA Security Officer In my role as the COO, I oversee the implementation of company strategies that are created by senior management and Im responsible for "delivering results on a day-to-day, quarter-to-quarter basis".I spearheaded new initiatives, led specific strategic imperatives to support the expansion of the company, oversee organizational change and build the foundation of our rapid expansion.Key Accomplishment:CIO/CSO Role:Mercury Medical implemented Oracles NetSuite ERP solution in May 2020. The implementation was poorly managed and caused significant business issues and declining revenues. I was tasked with addressing the multiple system issues, reengineering the business workflows and establishing confidence in the staff that the system was producing correct and valid data.Rebuilt the IT staff from the ground up. Hired Help Desk team and implemented ticket tracking solution.Implemented new Bar Code solution for new NetSuite WMS SystemDesigned and executed the first product price increase in over ten (10) plus years.Designed and executed the first Cost of Goods Sold and Overhead increase in over ten (10) years.Implemented new NetSuite WMS solution in six (6) weeks. Completed a full physical inventory seven (7) weeks later. On $9.1M inventory value we had less than a $24K variance.Reimplemented the core NetSuite modules to address implementation failures from July 2020 NetSuite Implementation Responsibility for the daily operations of the IT security program, oversight of the annual and ongoing risk assessment process.Created policy and procedure management, monitoring regulatory program compliance, and investigation and tracking of incidents and breaches and in compliance with federal and state laws.Special focus on providing Executive management services in support of Business Operations, HITRUST, PII/ PHI Security, & Information Technology services. Provide Strategy & Program Management for Business Process Redesign, Cloud technology especially the compliance requirements of HIPPA and Security Assessment of insurance and training services. Developed and executed Security Assessment Responses in PHI / PII processing environment; IT Services process documentation (including IRP, Patch Mgt, Change Mgt, Vulnerability Mgt) and IT Infrastructure reviews.Implemented a corporate wide PCI DSS SDWAN solution while doubling voice and data bandwidth including redundancy into Corporate HQ.Implemented new CISCO Meraki SwitchesImplemented Microsoft Intune Cloud Solution. The Cloud solution addressed my extended MDM and Endpoint management needs.Replaced On-Prem data storage with MS Azure including Azure AD and Azure DNS.Performed Penetration Test, created Business Continuity plans and documented a new Disaster Recovery Strategy. Implemented NIST Cybersecurity standards. Ensure that the disaster recovery, business continuity, risk management and access controls need of the facility are addressed.Ensures the institution/organization complies with HIPAA administrative, technical, and physical safeguards.COO Role:Established business process and procedures to support business following industry standards.Manage all bottom-line factors, including but not limited to long range planning, product management, third-party contracting, technology projects, and personnel.Improve overall productivity while simultaneously reducing staffing and operational costs by 20%.Increased company profits with a 15% savings cost by restructuring 4+ operating procedures and translating strategies into actionable goals for performance and growth.Enhance operations by conducting operational analysis and recommending changes in policies and procedures.Established Operational policies and procedures.Manage day-to-day operations planning and production schedule.Maintain efficiency operational reports including management reports.Oversight of FDA compliance requirements for all Mercury Medical productsOversight of all Federal, State and Local government complianceResponsible for yearly FDA government auditCreate/manage FY budgets.Establish policies and procedures to promote Mercury Medical culture and vision.Mentor and develop staff.Collaborate with Sales and Marketing teams to ensure product availability.Improved Operational KPI's by 18%Reengineered process to reduce time from sale to shipment by 70%Reduced on-hand inventory by 40%Reduced transportation costs by 20%Member of Executive Leadership Teams with responsibilities of collaboration with ELT on all business subjects.Track Industry trends to ensure Mercury Medical product mix is addressing our customer needs.Oversight/management of all staffing levels to ensure optimum levels.Thomas Foods International, USA February 2020 May 2021Thomas Foods International provides premium quality Australian meat, seafood, and fresh produce to businesses and food markets worldwide. (Venture Capital, VC backed)Director of Information TechnologyResponsibilities: Provided the vision and leadership for developing and implementing information technology solutions and Security oversight for Thomas Foods International, USA operations.Key Accomplishment:Developed Thomas Foods International IT RoadmapInfrastructure strategy including on-prem vs. hosted and SaaS strategy.Performed recurring Penetration test including creation and publication of DR strategy.Replaced all Routers, Servers and switches.Implemented PCI DDS SDWAN solution.Developed URS (User Requirements Specifications) as part of the selection process for the new ERP. The list contained over 350 requirements.Consolidated and eliminated 30% of the home-grown systems to reduce business complexity and simplify End Users day-to-day operations.Implemented MS Azure Cloud services.Outsourced Help Desk responsibilities to third party providerImplemented new 24X7X365 device monitoring on all IT equipment.Secured all needed funding through Board of Directors to advance TFI, USA IT DepartmentDesigned the future based Microsoft Cloud Architecture to be adopted by Thomas Foods globally.Provided the needed Leadership and Vision to TFI, USA Executive team, Owners, and staff.Upgraded AFS ERP and Microlistics WMS solution to latest release.Implemented eMaint solution for production floor improving production line availability by 40%Implemented RedZone Digital Production System increasing overall plant productivity by 30% to average line efficiency of 84%. Responsibility for the daily operations of the IT security program, oversight of the annual and ongoing risk assessment process.Created policy and procedure management, monitoring regulatory program compliance, and investigation and tracking of incidents and breaches and in compliance with federal and state laws.Special focus on providing Executive management services in support of Business Operations, PII/ PHI Security, & Information Technology services. Provide Strategy & Program Management for Business Process Redesign, Cloud technology especially the compliance requirements of HIPPA and Security Assessment of insurance and training services. Developed and executed Security Assessment Responses in PHI / PII processing environment; IT Services process documentation (including IRP, Patch Mgt, Change Mgt, Vulnerability Mgt) and IT Infrastructure reviews.Implemented Salesforce.com to provide Sales Team with real time inventory levels and process room production output. Designed a system to use the collected data to better focus the Sales Team on products to specific retail customers. Improved company sales by 15%.Reduced mobile phone spend by 50%Reduced overall IT spend by 15%Prepare annual IT fiscal year IT budget. Work with Controller at every month-end close on IT spend.Created remote access to have 75% of office workforce work remotely because of Corvid 19 within two weeks of decision. Trained over 300 staff members on MS Teams.Implemented MS Intune MDM to manage all mobile devices to support WFH staff required because of Covid-19.Designed and implemented e-commerce solution for TFI, USA.Created the policies and procedures for the organization to comply with HIPAA administrative, HITRUST technical, and physical safeguards.Collaborated with piers in senior management, our Privacy Officer to establish and publish data/security governance programs.Designed and implemented e-commerce solution for Walmart.com selling TFI, USA products via Walmart.com site.Implemented EDI solution for multiple retail customers.Implemented Oracle NetSuite solution (SaaS solution) within six months, on time and under budget using the URS document as our source roadmap.Implemented Project Management principles company wide.Reorganized the IT Department to better support the growing business while reducing headcount.Completing all the above, while the business grew by 30%, sales increased by over $150MM during COVID 19.LIFESCAN GLOBAL, INC., Malvern, Pa. August 2018 December 2019A world leader in blood glucose monitoring. (Platinum Equity, PE Company)Director, IT Strategy and GovernanceOversight responsibilities of the implementation of Oracle eProcurement for indirect spend, Order-to-Cash, and Supply Chain Management, SCM, ERP platform End-to-End, provided strategy adaptation to business process best practices including Supply Chain, Order to Cash, Financials and Master data management.Integrated Lifescan non-Oracles systems into Oracle to create One System of Truth.Established Lifescan IT PMO Department including all global policies and procedures to centralize all BAU projects eliminating business complexity. Created and published the IT PMO Playbook including a World-Wide Intake process addressing corporate goals and objectives, ROI, EBITDA requirements, to ensure all IT Projects were properly analyzed, evaluated, funded and approved.Built IT VMO Department including all global policies and procedures. Created and published IT VMO Playbook including a World-Wide Vendor Intake process including legal and IT Security review and approval, Vendor Quality assessment, MSA, NDA, SOW reviews and approvals, thus centralizing and reducing the overall IT spend.Conceived the creation of the IT QMO Department including all Global policies and procedures. Created and published the IT QMO Playbook including a World-Wide Intake process addressing corporate Goals and Objectives, validating all testing was completed such as regression, UAT, Integration, and if needed GxP validation requirements. The Vision for the IT QMO was to ensure all training, documentation, proper change, and release management was audited as and completed prior to migration into the production environment.Collaborated with the Quality Department to establish an IT Quality Compliance Group. Based on understanding of U.S. and EU life science regulations and guidance. The team had in-depth knowledge of FDA 21 CFR, Parts 11, 210, 211, 820, 821 and FDA DQSA / DSCSA, US HIPAA / HITECH, EU GDPRSecure new Salesforce.com licenses for Lifescan worldwide including oversight responsibilities of the 70-country implementation of Salesforce.com including the data migration from J&J to Lifescan Salesforce.com systems.Coordinated the establishment of the Enterprise Architecture Group established the IT future state relying on MS Azure Cloud and SaaS technology. Reduced the J&J systems prior to the acquisition from 496 systems to less than 120 for Go Live.Migrated multiple Cloud Environments (AWS, Azure & GCP) into one MS Azure Cloud environment with preferred vendor, Rackspace. Rackspace Cloud environment certified and validated as HITRU, HIPAA and FDA qualified exceeding FDA recommendations. Designed and built Lifescan new Infrastructure based on Microsoft core products suites of Azure, Intune and Defender Security.Transitioned the J&J TSA agreement into BAU (Business as Usual) steady state for all Department and Groups.Developed and implemented BC/DR global strategy.Oversaw Deloitte SOX IT audit of new company to remain SOX compliant.STATE OF NEW JERSEY, OIT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, Trenton, NJ. January 2016 July 2018Deputy Chief Technology Officer for the Office of Information Technology for the State of New Jersey servicing all Public Safety Departments.Deputy Chief Technology OfficerResponsibilities:Concentrated on Private Sector business models and principles within the Public Sector environment for rapid system development, producing logical business solutions based on ROI principles at the State Government level.Directed all technology solutions for Public Safety Departments for the State of New Jersey including the office of the Attorney General, Motor Vehicles, New Jersey State Police, Homeland Security, Department of Corrections, Department of Parole Board, JJC, Law & Public Safety, Military and Veterans Affairs.Reorganized the OIT Public Safety Department to provide an agile / scrum environment placing the standard Waterfall development process within the State for quicker development cycles, reducing costs to the taxpayers.Implemented an education solution to introduce an aging workforce to newer Java & .NET technologies decreasing development time to new distributed systems.Oversaw a combined IT spend of over $400 million.Manage all 24X7X365 Data Center activities and support. Established new BC/DR requirements to address all New Jersey State Systems.Overall responsibility for all application security, disaster recovery and business continuity systems supporting the Public Safety Department.Overall responsibility of over 25,000 custom applications, network communications, all Data Center / Infrastructure functions on a 24X7X365 schedule, Customer Support and Help Desk Support.Designed the transformation process for the Public Safety Department systems to Cloud technology.QPSI, LLC. Burlington, NJ. October 2011 October 2015A leader in Pharma Packaging, contract packaging and supply chain solutions in the U.S. (Venture Capital, VC)Chief Information Officer / Chief Information Security Officer Responsibilities:Initiated the integration of Johnson & Johnson SAP, Oracle and JD Edwards ERP solutions with the QPSI AS/400 solution producing real time transactional interfaces reducing costs and business complexity. Received Johnson & Johnson Global IT Innovation of the Year Award.Reengineered QPSI Informational Technology Department eliminating older vendor-based support model resulting in a three-year cost savings of $1.5MM.Migrated all QPSI Network Servers to a Cloud Based solution.Administered the design and implementation of new MPLS Network and VOIP Network based on a Fiber Backbone at all locations reducing QPSI MPLS spend by $400K per year.Implemented EDI solution to manage approximately $30MM per month of sales, invoices, PO, GR, and release transactions between P&G, Rock Tenn, and QPSI. Yearly cost savings of over $175K.Implemented Serialization technology solution on all Pharma Production lines at Macungie, Pa. facility, increasing sales revenue by 20 percent.Leader of the QPSI Executive Committee responsible for securing a multi-million-dollar deal with Kraft to be their 3PL for selected foods including 3PL Services, Warehousing (In-Out Charges), EDI, and Production Packaging Services.Completed a $6MM build of a new State-of-the-Art Pharma Packaging facility in Macungie, PA., entire project was completed in less than five months.Introduced cost reduction measures totaling over $4 MM.Implemented the QAD ERP SaaS solution at all manufacturing facilities and corporate headquarters.Implemented MS Azure Cloud solution.Created policies and procedures for the organization to comply with HIPPA administration technical and physical requirements.Collaborated with piers in senior management to establish and publish data/security governance programs.Implemented Salesforce.com CRM at QPSI including the integration of Salesforce with QAD.MACMILLAN PUBLISHING, LTD., New York, NY September 2008 October 2011Macmillan Publishing, Ltd. is one of the worlds largest and best-known English-language publishers. (Private Equity, PE)Director, Global Business ApplicationsResponsibilities:Designed and implemented the CPSC solution within 45 days to address new congressional legislation requiring the testing of lead and other components in all childrens toys and books.Implemented new Kronos Time and Attendance system corporate wide.Created an MDM, Master Data Management teams to incorporate all Master Data into a signal source that would then feed all core Macmillan applications.Introduced Salesforce.com to Macmillan Sales Team including global implementation responsibilities. Sold Salesforce.com to Macmillan largest business unit to replace outdated ACT! Solution.Outsourced the Macmillan Help Desk and Network Operations, Hyperion Solution and fifty percent of the Macmillan server farm to a World Class Hosting provider reducing the IT spend by $20M over three years.Designed and developed the front-end solution to address the Macmillan eBook business with companies such as Apple, Barnes and Noble and Amazon. The new eBook business generated approx. $35MM in new business within the first year.Managed the requirements gathering for Macmillan Oracle ERP selection.SERMATECH INTERNATIONAL, Pottstown, PA. May 2007 August 2008A global leader in the manufacture and application of protective coatings for critical manufacturing components. (Venture Capital, VC)Vice President, Information TechnologyResponsibilities:Implemented a job costing solution which increased profit margins by 18%.Acquired the Micro Strategy and HP Neoview Data Warehousing strategy by agreeing to be a Beta Tester saving Sermatech over $2M in costs, while providing advanced Sales and Marketing Data never generated for the Executive Leadership.Inc. Magazine & Fast Company June 2006 May 2007Intern Chief Information OfficerResponsibilitiesPerformed detailed assessment, created fifteen internal and external projects within the first thirty days. Negotiated vendor contracts for the outsourcing of Mansueto Ventures payroll process, outsourcing of the WEB hosting of INC.com and FastCompany.com in less than thirty days.Negotiated contracts with SBC for voice and data services. Designed the network topography for a VOIP network solution and negotiated contract for ISP services.Created the Infrastructure Architecture from the ground up to meet the requirements of the business, while achieving the predetermined IT budget.Created standardized matrixes to determine which vendor to select for Mansueto Ventures WEB Hosting outsourcer, Reengineered INC.com & Fastcompany.com WEB portals to Yahoo, AOL and Google. Introduced state-of-the-art architecture, databases and software to optimize throughput.Implemented the Oracle ERP solution using solutions from previous owners.Gerresheimer Glass Kimble Glass December 1999 Jume 2006Vice President, Chief Information OfficerResponsibilitiesDirected corporate North American SAP implementation, creating integrated transactional system to support all business processes. Project highlights:Twelve-month project750 User CommunitySeven North American LocationsAll SAP ModulesOn Time, Under BudgetReduced global IT costs over 50%, to 1% of sales, through constant review of service cost components (standardization, simplification of enterprise data model, and decrease in IT support, vigilance and renegotiations on global vendor contracts) without deterioration in service levels.Supervise 4 managers, 22 permanent staff, and 7 dotted line personnel at remote sites along with 45 contractors/ consultants on major projects.Reengineered business processes resulting in major restructuring and turnaround of the three Business Units.Managed the Corporate Purchasing Department with responsibility of all corporate purchases, including raw materials, global sourcing and CAPEX.Education/CertificationsWidener University, Chester, PA. |
