Professional Project Management & Servant Leadership

Senior-level Project Management and Diverse Business Systems Implementations: Over 21 years of waterfall and Agile-supported system-enabled business process redesign, CI, and system implementation expertise at international firms as a functional team lead, SME, PMO Manager, and professional project manager. Over 30 years of formal SAP live systems operations, and implementation experience, super-user to "Big 5" consultant/analyst level.
Practical Hands-On Business Experience: Over 40 years of combined aerospace and defense, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, public sector, and high-tech experience. This includes manufacturing, quality management, data, security, supply chain, communications, operations support, and cross-organizational team leadership in a PMO.

Career Summary

2016-2023 L3Harris Technologies (formerly L3 Technologies) -- Salt Lake City, Utah

Manager - Material Projects & Implementation Team, Operational Excellence Group, 2022-2023: Served the Broadband Communication Systems sector as the manager of a team of business/inventory analysts and internal project managers in a discrete PMO model. Provides servant leadership to a team that delivers day-to-day SAP/Ariba (procure-to-pay) operations, SAP-based material planning, shelf life, obsolete and excess material management, PMP credential training course delivery, as well as PMO leadership for a wide variety of internal business process re-engineering programs including vendor-managed inventory, systems company re-engineering, new facility customer tour initiative, and inter-divisional work process optimization.
Lead/Senior Project Manager - MP&I Team, EBPE/Material Control, 2016-2022: Served L3/L3Harris as a lead internal business process optimization project manager. Led multiple SAP-enabled internal manufacturing and business process optimization initiatives including two VMI projects, an SAP P2P (material master record) optimization for production tools, and a stand-up of Ariba for our Melbourne, FL site. Served as a mentor for three junior project managers in my group, 2018-2022. Completed my MBA while working full-time as a lead project manager. Implemented two custom PMIS systems for internal project PMO support

2008-2016 IBM - Global Business Services / SAP (Procure to Pay) -- Worldwide Locations

Senior Managing Consultant / Project Manager (IBM Certified Professional Consultant): Served IBM and its clients in various high-profile capacities in the following roles/assignments, worldwide:

SAP Project Manager:

o Catalyst Paper's 'Standup & Separate' SAP Divestiture Project, Dayton, OH, 2015-2016
o AGCO Corporation's "Project Cornerstone" ETL Project, Duluth, GA, 2015
o Pratt & Whitney's SAP Data Extraction and Migration Project, East Hartford, CT, 2013-2015
o Amgen's "CDSS-R" SAP Project, Longmont, CO, 2009-2010

SAP Specialty Role (Lead, SME):

o Business Security Manager at Johnson & Johnson's "Back to Basics" SAP Project, Piscataway, NJ, 2013
o Procure-to-Pay Lead at General Motor's Enterprise SAP Project, Detroit, MI, 2010-2011
o Transition Solution Lead at Sara Lee's "E-BUY" (Hubwoo procure-to-pay) Project, Downers Grove, IL, 2010
o Central Site Coordinator at ConvaTec "Project Foundation" SAP Project: Warsaw and Prague CZ, 2009
o Logistics/Supply Chain Team Lead at the State of Louisiana "LaGOV" SAP Project, Baton Rouge, LA, 2008

SAP Data Lead/Project Manager/PMO:

o Caterpillar's "Mach 1" SAP Project, East Peoria, IL, 2011-2013
o IBM's "Blue Harmony" SAP Project, Southbury, CT, 2010

2006-2008 CIBER Inc. / Ciber-Novasoft - Enterprise Solutions/SAP -- U.S. Project Locations

SAP Consulting Practice Manager: Logistics/retail supply chain manager and PM serving the following clients:

Logistics Team Support (Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, 2007-2008): Served the PTC as a change management SME supporting the rollout of Logistics (MM, PM, PS) at 40 sites of the 521-mile turnpike
Logistics/P2P Team Lead (Fulton County Public School System, Atlanta, GA, 2006-2007): Served FCS as the Logistics Lead for a $19 Million multi-module ECC 6.0 implementation of SAP MM, PS, PM, FICO, and HR functionality for the third-largest public school system in Georgia
Supply Chain (P2P) Lead/Project Manager (Western Stone & Metal, Denver, CO, 2006): Served as the Supply Chain Team Lead Project Manager supporting 23 US retail sites for a $10M SAP ECC 5.0 Retail Implementation.

2004-2006 Delta Consulting (d.b.a. Information Technology Int'l, ITI) -- Salt Lake City, Utah

Health Systems Business Analyst/Project Manager: Responsible for supporting ITI's web-based (SaaS) N.E.D.S.S./ PHIN-compliant PHS3 (Public Health Sentinel Surveillance System) software application. Supported the California State Department of Health "Web-CMR" and the Utah Department of Health "SERPH" Projects as part of an internal PMO.

2002-2004 Educational Services, Inc. / Resource Consultants Inc. (RCI) -- Salt Lake City, Utah

Marketing/Recruiting Consultant: Supported the marketing and sales operations of an ITT Technical Institute.

2000-2001 International Game Technology (IGT) -- Reno, Nevada

Project Director -- ERP: Led a $50+ million-dollar multi-module international implementation of SAP R/3 4.6c (ECC). Reported to the CFO and Executive Steering Committee: Led a matrixed project team of over 100 people to support financials, sales, supply chain, inventory, customer service, and H.R./payroll.

1999-2000 PETsMART, Inc. - Store Support Group (SSG) -- Phoenix, Arizona

IT Project Manager: Provided IT project team leadership and methodology development for a 120-person IT Department / PMO supporting a live 500-store SAP R/3 v4.5a IS-R (Retail) system. Reported to the CIO. Details include:

Testing Lead Project Manager: Provided project management expertise supporting the CIO's initiatives for a successful SAP R/3 4.5 IS-Retail implementation. Led five primary supply-chain task forces.
Cutover Lead Project Manager: Planned and led the final data cleansing/trial load and conversion team, mock testing event, and batch job documentation sub-teams. Co-designed, implemented, and participated in the final go-live enterprise-wide support organization (change control team and go-live support group task force.)

1994-1999 Ernst & Young, LLP - Management Consulting (SAP Service Line) -- Worldwide Locations

Manager, SAP Service Line: Responsible for SAP implementation delivery as a Project Manager and Team Leader. Specialized in the MM module with a primary focus on Procurement. Partial project details include:

Project Manager (PCS Health Systems, Phoenix, AZ, 1997-98): Led a team of 30+ project personnel in successfully implementing functionality to support a custom pharmacy payments/healthcare system.
MM Team Lead (Claris, Inc. [Apple], Santa Clara, CA and Dublin, IE, 1996-97): Sole MM consultant for the 15-month, multi-module international implementation of SAP R/3 supporting global software manufacturing.
MM Team Lead (PCS Health Systems, Inc. Phoenix, AZ, 1995): Sole MM consultant for a 6-month domestic, single-site rapid implementation of SAP R/3 to support FICO, AP, MM, and IM.

1987-1994 Mobil Chemical Company - Plastics Division -- Rochester, New York

SAP Business Systems Analyst, Purchasing Supervisor, Foreman: Supported a national 15-site SAP R/2 procurement and MRO system. Led an SAP-enabled purchasing department in direct and indirect materials, and contract management services. Manufacturing foreman leading a blown plastic extrusion and thermoforming department.

1982-1987 U. S. Army -- Ft. Bragg (Ft. Liberty), North Carolina & Ft. Benning (Ft. Moore), Georgia

Commissioned Officer, Active Duty, Infantry Branch (MOS: 11A005S) with Secret Security Clearance:

Primary Staff (S-1) and Special Projects Officer: US Army Ranger Department (US Army Infantry School, The School Brigade), Ft. Benning, GA 1986-1987
Rifle Platoon Leader, Support Platoon Leader, Battalion Adjutant, and Special Projects Officer: 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (1st Brigade) of the 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg NC, 1983-1986. Includes combat operations leadership in Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada,) 1983.

Education:

MBA-Project Management -- Indiana Wesleyan University, DeVoe School of Business, Marion, IN, 2019, GPA: 4.00
BS, Engineering (Mechanical/Automotive Engineering) -- United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, 1982

Certifications:

Project Management Professional PMP #1916758 -- 2016 (PMI.org)
IBM Certified Professional Consultant -- 2010
Certified Implementer of ERP Systems (CIERP) -- 2002 (cibres.com)
SAP R/3 Materials Management (MM) Certified #14341 -- 1997