Experience

TABACALERA USA Inc.

• United States
• Tobacco Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Information Officer

  • Mar 2023 - Present



ITG Brands

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Feb 2016 - Dec 2022

• • Jul 2015 - Jan 2016



Commonwealth - Altadis, Inc.

• United States
• Tobacco Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Mar 2013 - Jun 2015

• • Jul 2012 - Feb 2013



G4 Analytics

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Manager

  • Jan 2010 - May 2012

  Managed implementation and support of the Company's software offerings (Promotion Planning & Optimization) for various clients. Managed a team of 5 professionals on the design development and implementation of a business intelligence solution to support a multi-vendor Promotions Planning and Analytics project for a consumer packaged goods company with annual revenues in excess of $4 Billion. Directed US and off shore teams in software design, development and database architecture. Lead the design, development and implementation of an integration project for a large sales and marketing broker. Participated in Business Intelligence strategy consulting projects as needed. Show less



UST Inc.

• Consumer Goods
• 100 - 200 Employee

• • Oct 2008 - Sep 2009

  Provide expertise on business rules and practices to facilitate a successful consolidation of functional responsibilities following acquisition.Manage demand planning project to forecast volume demands to facilitate manufacturing planning, minimize waste and reduce costs.Manage effort to outsource fulfillment of finished goods, samples and POS materials. Executed recovery option when project was disbanded due to acquisition.Managed team of 12 IT professionals to support JD Edwards World implementation (GL, AP, Purchasing, Sales Order Management, Inventory Management, Product Management, Shop Floor Control, AR, Fixed Assets, Fulfillment), Sales Force Automation, Consolidated Data Warehouse, internal sales representative and external customer ordering websites.Interact with internal/external auditors and Corporate Compliance department to ensure implementation and adherence to proper IT controls. Show less

• • Feb 2005 - Sep 2008

  Designed and led a large-scale development project with a $5 million budget; directed a team of 25 IT professionals to implement a new sales force automation system. Ensured project completion within budget under an aggressive one year schedule inclusive of requirements definition, hardware evaluation, database and application design, development of client and back office components, testing and implementation. This system facilitated significant process improvements through automation of manual tasks, reduced inefficiencies through enforced edits and controls, introduced new hardware to expedite in-store activities (30% reduction in time spent completing administrative tasks) and provided a single platform for planning and execution of sales initiatives. The system was readily adopted by 1,000 sales force employees across the country.Formed a strategic partnership with the business on core team responsible for selection of a Third Party Logistics provider to provide finished goods fulfillment services. Provided expertise on integration needs, business rules and acceptance criteria.Managed project to design, develop and implement a secure ordering website for the company’s direct customers.Provided technical support to corporate initiative to revamp taxation of the Company’s smokeless tobacco products. Developed easy to use tools to calculate taxes and pricing and assisted with education efforts through collaboration with external customers.Managed team of IT professionals in the ongoing support and maintenance of JDE applications supporting supply chain, financial and manufacturing requirements. Show less

• • Nov 2002 - Jan 2005

  Co-managed $2 million initiative to implement a Business Intelligence solution utilizing Microsoft Analysis Services to create a Consolidated Data Warehouse. This tool significantly reduced time involved in performing analytics by mapping data from five internal and external data sources to like dimensions reducing work in some cases from three weeks to two hours.Designed, led development and implemented an internal website to facilitate order placement by the company’s sales force. The website provides a vehicle to process sample, vendor, POS, returned goods and car stock replenishment activities. Reduced overtime needs and accelerated fulfillment timelines by enforcing business rules and distributing order management.Designed, developed and implemented the Company’s first foray into automated analytical tools utilizing OutlookSoft software (MS Analysis Services backend). Built cubes, processed data from disparate data sources and developed a tool to automatically generate “canned” presentations for use by the sales force. Distribution of these tools drastically improved availability of analytical data to enable Sales to better manage customer relationships.Participated on team to select an HRIS provider; retired in-house system and converted data.Developed a sales planning application to facilitate consolidation of Regional and Departmental plans.Developed an application to facilitate the Company’s annual merit increase and bonus programs. The system was utilized by senior executives to manage employee raises and bonuses annually and eliminated redundant data entry needs.Developed promotional order allocation management system to enable sales and manufacturing to collaborate on planned vs. actual order quantities of 250 promotional items distributed with varied frequency. Show less

• • May 1997 - Oct 2002

  Key member of JD Edwards implementation team with focus on order entry, fulfillment, accounts receivable and financials in support of weekly domestic shipments of $35 million. The project entailed significant process re-engineering, design and development of an automated shipping system.Implemented JDE to address sales order management, distribution and inventory management in support of Point of Sale materials for the sales force.Led effort to implement JDE to address sales order management, distribution, inventory management and accounting for the Company’s International operations.Directed upgrade of JDE ERP to accommodate Y2K.Designed interface to Manufacturing systems to automate posting of production transactions. Show less

• • May 1989 - Apr 1997

  Performed general controls and application audits at various company locations on numerous platforms.Designed automation tools to speed audit procedures.