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LSC CommunicationsVice President of Technology
Jan. 2022Houston, Texas, United States · RemoteHired to turnaround LSC’s Center of Expertise (CoE) Technology team, responsible for enabling business outcomes across five business units ($3B business operation) and co-own merges, acquisition & disposition (M&AD) initiatives. Responsible for a team of 100+ technologists across Application Development, Information Security, Cloud & Compute, Networks and Business Intelligence. Oversee $26MM budget. ►Delivered better than expected EBITDA by streamlining the management structure, modernizing the technology stack, and implementing cost-optimization strategies for IT readiness-to-serve. ► Led major acquisition of a new business unit and supported a large divestiture from an existing business segment as part of PE value generation strategy.
Ascend SCVice President & Chief Technology Officer
Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2022Houston, Texas, United StatesRecruited due to broad digital transformation and corporate innovation experience, tasked with guiding organization of 50 in developing and launching digital products while building a culture of innovation to serve corporate short- and long-term goals. Implement and leverage advanced analytics and CRM solutions to pinpoint actionable business intelligence, building relationships with customers and executives to deliver superior digital products and targeted, effective sales and marketing strategies. Trained and mentored cross-functional teams to improve performance. ► Co-built blockchain startup projected to generate $253M in first 5 years, collaborating with oil and gas company to reduce B2B cycle time and to accelerate cash collection. ► Project-managed $21M budget primarily for new product build including SaaS solution supporting track-and-trace capabilities; delivered project on time and generated $1.2M in first year on the market. Oversaw 4 additional successful product launches. ► Achieved 100% on-time project delivery—a 100% improvement—by leveraging Waterfall and Scrum methodologies, expert project management, and hands-on team mentorship. ► Sliced inventory by $16M, increasing product movement and decreasing overhead costs through innovative tactical initiatives.
CEVA LogisticsVice President of Digital Transformation
Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2020Houston, TexasHand-picked to develop and launch revenue-generating digital products for American markets, governing budgets up to $10M and team of 6. Analyzed operations and improved processes to boost efficiency, data collection, delivery times, and quality of goods and service. Devised business development solutions that improved brand representation. Cultivated partnership to add corporate innovations strategies for North America. ► Cut transportation costs $3.8M by launching data analytics projects that pinpointed ways to optimize the distribution network. ► Launched eCommerce platform in North and South America, a freight management transportation platform projected to generate $1M in first year.
Marathon Oil CorporationDirector of Talent, Technology & Innovation
Jan. 2017 - Dec. 2020Houston, Texas AreaSelected to serve as subject matter expert in recruitment, training, and leadership development of IT and technology innovation team members. Drafted talent models, training, and development structures to ensure capturing and retaining top talent, supporting organizational culture shift and technology transformation. Managed diverse stakeholders to affect positive change with maximum buy-in while optimizing $8M budgets and supporting 2 teams across the United States and Africa. ► Spearheaded launch of Premier Leadership Development program to foster individual growth and company advancement through delivery of 100+ training sessions to 1400 employees. Earned usefulness rating of 80% and net promoter score of 6. ► Instituted training in innovation for IT and technology innovation teams—encompassing 600 members—to affect internal culture shift and expanded digital capabilities in single year.
GESenior Director, Technical Product Management
Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2017Houston, Texas, United StatesMultiple fast-track promotions throughout 16 years at GE with proven expertise developing and deploying digital solutions and bolstering services revenue. Tapped to take on additional workload, doubled in scope and number of employees and full ownership of a high percentage of the current Digital Technology (DT) portfolio, covering Business Operations (Finance, Manufacturing, Investment, and some commercial. Enable horizontal benefits through software solutions reuse, collaboration, and enterprise architecture practices. ►Boosted revenue millions of dollars (in 5-year period) by accelerating Digital Industrial transformation initiatives inside GE Oil & Gas, enabling new service deals and leveraging newly developed Predix platform to create two Predix-powered digital solutions – Field360 (to mine installed base data) and WellVault (a customer collaboration platform). ►Built organizational capabilities to enable IoT services for automation and optimization of oilfield production. ►Accelerated cash collection and recovered revenue (in the 7 figures) ¬by empowering team with a new digital tool (ServiceMax) that digitized Order-to-Cash process and streamlined field ticketing and invoicing processes. Resolved significant number of past-due invoices due to large amounts of paper-ticket backlogs across 50+ service shops throughout NA and drove adoption rate of new digital tools to almost 100%. ►Architected a digital solution to turnaround margin erosion by providing customers with modern analytics to manage product reliability and enable interactivity during the repair process, reducing the customer’s operational costs generated by unplanned downtime and traveling to repair facilities. The new product expects to recover several million dollars in revenue (2017).
GEClient CIO & Director Of Business Simplification LATAM
Jan. 2013 - Dec. 2015Hand-picked to build simplification-driven ERP roadmap for Drilling & Surface (D&S) P&L in Latin America and create IT strategy for Logging Services business segment. Earned promotion to divisional CIO – Logging Services & Downhole Technologies. Recruited by CIO of parent company. ►Mitigated cost liability, improved on-time delivery, increased order capturing, and reduced lead-time. Built ERP roadmap for LATAM (10 implementations / 3-year period), accelerated plan 2x by using FastWorks methodology (Lean Startup). ►Generated additional revenue, through commercialization of internal process improvement capabilities as supplement to traditional sales channels and mapping of a strategic action plan. ►Added upwards of triple-digit revenue YOY by introducing innovative, competitive solutions in Colombia. ►Implemented business IT strategy with GE-wide corporate initiatives, building favorable relationships with key business stakeholders and creating a shared pool of programs and resources across the region.
GEDirector of Analytics
Jan. 2011 - Dec. 2013Melbourne, Florida, United StatesHired to improve global end-user IT experience and manage global BI strategy, million-dollar budget, and program portfolio, and provide support to GE Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) P&L. ►Enabled sizeable increase in global productivity – North America & Europe – and earned recognition with a “Far and Beyond” award for taking risks and using new approaches to solve business problems. Created new data conversion and data delivery strategy for all areas of business (finance, manufacturing, supply chain, and project management); hired new team members; and created a talent pool to execute the strategies, validate the data, and ensure success from a business perspective. ►Saved millions of dollars by turning around complex ERP data conversion project, reducing operational expenses, and aligning commercial solutions with the industrial internet initiative. ►Earned reputation for driving digital transformation and delivering projects on time and within budget, including implementation of GE Transportation’s Oracle ERP single global instance for ITS Sweden (supporting multimillion-dollar commercial project).
GEDelivery Manager, Software Solutions
Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2011Erie, Pennsylvania, United StatesSelected to deliver IoT solution that was behind schedule and to lead globally dispersed teams in the full lifecycle design and delivery of solutions and products for internal and external customers – enabling continued competitive growth on global basis. ►Won Innovation Award for leading the first IoT program in Transportation and spearheading the largest customer-facing digital program in the history of the business. Entire team recognized by the CIO of GE. ►Reduced therapeutic reboots and incremental operational costs by delivering targeted solutions to the customer, on-premises in China, on time. Collected millions of dollars with no penalty fees paid. ►Created blueprint and organizational framework for future deliveries of the same / similar products along with proposal to create new delivery and customer support organizations and structure for executing pilots to capture customer interest.
GEProgram Manager Process Improvement & ERP
Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2009Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilPromoted and relocated to Brazil to accelerate ERP simplification across the entire business, manage the rollout of Oracle ERP system at GE Transportation South America, and replace legacy systems. International regions – Europe, Asia, and Brazil. ►Delivered assignments on time and on budget generating savings, cost avoidance, and productivity gains. ►Team recognized for 1st successful implementation of Oracle ERP in Brazil across all of GE. ►Reduced IT infrastructure footprint by migrating skills and assets to regional or HQ-shared services.
GEProgram Manager, Commercial Excellence
Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2007Erie, Pennsylvania, United StatesPromoted to oversee the design and implementation of value-driven technology, process, and business solutions to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and improve productivity of the Inquiry To Order (ITO) processes.
GEInformation Management Leadership Program (IMLP)
Jan. 2003 - Dec. 2005Erie, Cincinnati, BrusselsSelected for highly competitive two-year rotational leadership program to further develop Digital leadership skills by planning and overseeing the delivery of key solutions to meet strategic business initiatives.
Successshop.comChief Technology Officer
Jan. 2000 - Dec. 2001Bogota, D.C., Capital District, ColombiaDeveloped the eCommerce and content management platforms for Taller del Exito (Success Shop).
AxesnetSoftware Engineer
Jan. 2000 - Dec. 2000Bogota, D.C., Capital District, ColombiaLed the development of B2B integrations between Microsoft and Carvajal S.A.
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