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Operations / Technology Executive
Successful at starting and growing new businesses and improving existing ones, where technology is the product or the key enabler of the service.
Especially skilled in leadership, change management, strategic planning, team development, and consulting.
Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Product Data Management (PDM).
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Independent Consultant (Contractor) - Global Health Services, Supply Chain Solutions (SCM, ERP, PDM)
Computer Sciences Corporation - CSC Consulting Group, West Orange, NJ
For more than 40 years, CSC has helped governments and businesses around the world manage—-and capitalize on—-profound and sweeping changes in Information Technology. We partner closely with our clients to develop a deep understanding of the real-world challenges and opportunities they face, and deliver innovative Consulting, Systems Integration, and Outsourcing services tailored to their specific needs.
CSC Consulting offers clients best practices, technologies, and business models to help them quickly adapt to changing IT environments. Our offerings range from strategy and IT consulting, to business process design, to technology services (including data modeling and enterprise system architecture and design).
Client: Schering-Plough Corporation
Project: Global Supply Chain Initiative, Enterprise Master Data Management Project
Role: Senior Data Architect and Data Management SME (Subject Matter Expert)
Schering-Plough is a world-wide pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription products for allergy and respiratory (Clarinex), cardiovascular, dermatological, infective, and other disorders. It also has an animal health business, and leading consumer brands of foot care (Dr. Scholl’s), over-the-counter (Claritin, A+D Ointment), and sun care (Coppertone) products.
The company has embarked on several strategic initiatives for global consolidation of local operations, processes, and legacy IT systems. One such initiative, Global Supply Chain, will consolidate in a common world-wide SAP installation (i.e., R/3, APO, BW), the Plan, Purchase & Source, Manufacture, and Order-to-Cash processes and data that today are in several dozen legacy systems and processes. One key to the success of Global Supply Chain is common master data (on customers, vendors, materials, etc.)
• Develop a conceptual model and a logical model for material master data that is SAP-independent, but that will eventually feed the common SAP system as well as other to-be-determined enterprise systems.
• Design and propose a process for moving from a logical to a physical data model, including alternatives for potential prototyping of custom software for master data management.
• Design and propose alternative processes for mapping, conversion, cleansing, and augmentation of legacy master data for population of the new physical database.
• Define, plan, and conduct activities required to design, build, and test interfaces between the material master database/application and selected legacy systems (e.g., warehouse, datamart, MRP, etc.)
• Deliver conceptual, logical, and physical model documentation, including Context Diagrams, Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs), Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs), a Data Dictionary, and SQL DDL.
• Develop a repeatable methodology and approach to identify other master data types, map master data to legacy local data, and specify how to implement the master data models in SAP and other systems.
• Design and propose a model for corporate governance of the mater data models.
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VP of Operations and IT / Acting General Manager - Structured Content Business Unit
The Hearst Corporation - Hearst Business Media, Garden City, NY
2001 to 2003
With 140 businesses in 80 countries, Hearst is one of the largest diversified media companies in the world. Its interests include magazine, newspaper, and business publishing, cable TV networks, TV and radio broad-casting, TV production and distribution, newspaper features distribution, real estate, and internet businesses. Hearst Business Media operates 20 B2B information services, databases, and publications, most notably in the automotive, electronic, and pharmaceutical industries. Among its core competencies is aggregating time-sensitive product pricing and technical data, which subscribers integrate into their own business processes.
Structured Content, a unit of Hearst Business Media, provided Data Engineering services to businesses that needed to organize, transform, and enrich data for a variety of purposes, from installing enterprise systems (e.g., ERP, PDM, CRM, etc.) to implementing data-driven strategic initiatives in the B2B and B2C domains. Our services included conceptual and logical data modeling, distributed and physical database design, and custom software application development and integration with commercial systems (SAP, Oracle, JDE, etc.)
• Recruited initially to be VP of Operations and IT. After the first six months of start-up operation, assumed duties of the General Manager, and overall responsibility for all aspects of the business.
• Took Structured Content from a $725,000 loss in 2001 to a $400,000 profit in 2002 by securing new business, introducing process improvements that cut costs by 21%, and renegotiating vendor terms.
• Led and conducted data modeling, database design, and application development for clients in the oil and gas, residential construction products, electronics distribution, and aviation maintenance industries.
• Analyzed new and competing technologies, and specified the architecture for our proprietary software. Supervised software development, data center, helpdesk, support, and systems administration personnel.
• Forged and maintained strategic alliances with two offshore data capture and software development houses in Romania and India, and began building a third data factory in the United Kingdom.
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Director of R&D Operations - Advanced Verification Products Group
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. - Logic Design and Verification Division, New Providence, NJ
1999 to 2001
Cadence Design Systems (NYSE: CDN), headquartered in San Jose, CA, is the world’s largest supplier of electronic design technologies, methodologies, and services. Its solutions help hi-tech companies develop new products, by giving electronics engineers tools and techniques to design electronic devices and systems. The Advanced Verification Products (AVP) group created software for certifying the error-free performance of integrated circuits (ICs) at the front end of the design cycle, before millions were spent on final design and production. AVP was headquartered in Chelmsford, MA, with sites in CA, NJ, PA, India, and Taiwan.
• Line management of 17 employees in Project Mgt., Configuration Mgt., Quality, Documentation, and IT. Matrix management of 120-member cross-functional team, across 3 product lines and 3 countries.
• Achieved 6 major software releases. Reduced schedule slippage from 2 quarters to 2 weeks, and feature drop rate from 35% to less than 20%, while increasing bug fixes and decreasing deviations from plan.
• Introduced into the R&D organization (1,000 people) and the company (4,000 people) new Web-based, data-driven information systems that increase efficiency and reduce costs. Conducted data modeling and database design, and worked with Oracle representatives to implement requirements in Oracle PDX.
• Led process refinement and reengineering initiatives, and intra-company exchanges of best practices.
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Senior R&D Program Manager - IC Design Products Group
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. - Deep Sub-Micron Division, San Jose, CA
1997 to 1999
Cadence’s IC Design Products Group created software for designing ICs from their constituent components, and then predicting certain aspects of their behavior through complex computer modeling. The group was headquartered in San Jose, CA, and had sites in Taiwan and France.
Responsible for meeting financial and technical goals by balancing the demands of the software release schedule with the content and cost of each release. Primary responsibilities included organizing effort, marshalling and allocating resources, operational execution, building positive work environments, developing future leadership and management, and applying my business and engineering expertise to solve multifarious problems. Co-founded the Leadership Forum for middle managers in all functional domains.
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Deputy Director and Acting Director - Stockpile Computations and Modeling (Weapons Supercomputing)
U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Defense Programs, Washington, DC
1996 to 1997
DOE/DP designs, produces, certifies, retires, and dismantles nuclear weapons systems. By international treaty, these operations are now supported by supercomputer simulations of nuclear weapons, rather than the traditional underground testing of actual weapons. Stockpile Computations and Modeling (SCM) directed and oversaw such supercomputing activities at the three nuclear weapons National Labs in NM and CA.
Recruited from within DOE/DP during initial SCM staffing. In addition to serving as General Engineer, Computer/Software Engineer, and SCM Program Manager, was appointed Acting Director, and then Deputy Director. Planned, allocated, and managed a $155M budget, and provided federal oversight for over 70 physicists and computer scientists. Established the strategy, vision, and mission for SCM at three National Labs. Crafted specific technical milestones, in the areas of hardware, applications, and network connect-ivity, to achieve tera-scale computing by 2004. Served on committees and working groups charged with solving challenges in data-sharing, software verification, code validation, and cross-platform porting.
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Program Manager/Engineer - Nuclear Weapons ProgramsU.S. Department of Energy - Office of Defense Programs, Albuquerque, NM
1995 to 1996
Plans and Operations Officer - Nuclear Weapon Accidents and Terrorist Incidents
Defense Nuclear Agency - Emergency Actions Division, Washington, DC
1992 to 1995
In these two similar positions, served as a member of the U.S. first-response team for nuclear weapon accidents and terrorist incidents world-wide. Developed international plans, policies, and procedures, and authored documents for Cabinet-level signature. Planned and conducted preparedness exercises involving thousands of participants from the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and other federal agencies, as well as U.S. Embassies, NATO and other foreign nations, and the former Soviet Union. Managed technical programs and federal budgets in excess of $10 million, and groups of 20 or more scientists, engineers, and logisticians. Mediated multinational working groups and committees. Led two process reengineering teams. Created and administered a performance-based technical training program.
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Division Officer - Nuclear Submarines
U.S. Navy - USS Whale (SSN 638), Groton, CT
1987 to 1992
Responsible directly to the Captain for a $1 billion submarine and the lives of 140 men. Orchestrated ship's operations under wartime conditions with minimal guidance and supervision. Headed various shipboard divisions, and managed up to thirty people at one time. Supervised operation and maintenance of virtually all of the ship's systems, and administered an industrial Quality Assurance program. From 1987 to 1989, received classroom and hands-on training in nuclear propulsion plant and submarine theory and operations.
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Education
Master of Software Engineering - Minor in Database Systems and Technologies
University of Maryland - University College, College Park, MD
In Progress
Master of Business Administration - Concentration in Finance and Accounting
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, College Park, MD
1992-1995
Postgraduate Certificate - Nuclear Engineering
U.S. Navy - Nuclear Propulsion Directorate, Orlando, FL and Ballston Spa, NY
1988-1989
Bachelor of Science - Systems Engineering (Electronics)
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
1983-1987
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Technical Skills / Security Clearances
Programming (C, C++, C#, Perl), platforms (Windows, UNIX), and Internet technologies.
Data modeling and database design. Oracle, MS SQL Server, MS Access.
Business process architecture and reengineering.
Federal government proposals and contracts.
Prior security clearances (DoD TS, DOE Q, SCI) and CMS/SCIF custodial experience.
Personal
Married with three children. Avid player and supporter of Rugby Football. |
