Chief Information Officer

• Apr 2020 - Present

Vice President, Senior Technology Officer

• Jul 2017 - Apr 2020

Director of Business Process & Architecture

• Dec 2014 - Jun 2017

CalPortland is an international building materials and construction company with yearly revenue near $1B USD. CalPortland manufactures and transports portland cement, ready mix concrete, aggregate and asphalt materials. With hundreds of operations in the western United States, Canada and Alaska, CalPortland is one of the largest domestic manufactures of cement and producers of ready mix concrete in the United States.Responsibilities & Achievements- Directs senior level staff who manage CalPortland's entire SAP ERP implementation including SD, LE, FI/CO, PP, MM, PM, HCM and Basis.- Manages non-SAP sales and logistics systems which are directly responsible 95% of CalPortland's sales. - Manages Business Intelligence team which is responsible for SAP Business Objects including Web Intelligence, Dashboards, Crystal Reports, Universe Design, Information Design Tool, Data Services, and Microsoft SQL Server data warehouses.- Directs programming staff responsible for developing in-house hourly employee time tracking, approval and time classification system.- Participates in IT Executive Steering Committee and builds strong relationships with all C-level executives and Senior VP's.- Leads IT and business units during rapid business acquisitions to ensure seamless transitions to new systems and business processes with the goal of minimizing the impact of go-live activities. Most recently, successfully lead IT team during $420M acquisition of cement plant and distribution terminal assets.- Ensures all IT applications and process are compliant with CalPortland's internal and external controls and meet J-SOX compliance. - Major projects include: Credit Card Processing (Paymetric XiPay), AP Electronic Invoicing and Automation (Wells Fargo Invoice Manager and ScanOne), Sales & Use Tax System (Avalara Avatax, CertCapture), SAP Fiori implementation, SAP Process Orchestration implementation. Show less

Information Architect

• May 2013 - Dec 2014

Manages entire Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence platform including Database Design, Data Modeling, ETL, Universe, and Report Design. Monitors and maintains all ETL jobs from a variety of sources including SAP ECC. Works with all business units to collect functional requirements and translates these into technical solutions in partnership with Technology team. Strives to provide users the best possible BI experience to allow them to continue to optimize their time and improve the company.• Implemented SAP Business Objects BI stack, following best practice guides, using lean team of 2 in-house resources and finishing the project under budget and ahead of schedule in less than 4 months. • Designed ODS for sales, logistics and billing that utilize Web Intelligence reports and automated email notifications which resulted in a reduced cycle time in the Order to Cash process and faster month end close.• Created centralized data marts for 12 separate 3rd party logistics systems, which allowed management and operations to see across all systems in a single location to make more informed decisions that impact the entire company.• Implemented Infoburst report distribution software to allow Web Intelligence reports to be delivered to various recipients and locations based on complex business rules and requirements both quickly and easily.• Developed financial and tax Universes used for reports during tax audits that provided extremely precise detail which saved the company over $1 million. • Centralized ETL job scheduling using SQL Server Agent, which allowed a more elegant scheduling model, reduced job failures and increased business acceptance and trust of report data. Show less

Senior Application Developer

• Jul 2010 - May 2013

Managed all enterprise development covering a vast number of functional areas and technologies. Rapidly engineered solutions for a continually growing number of requirements from business users across entire organization. Always strived to deliver cost effective solutions without sacrificing functionality or usability. Encouraged business process improvement, standardization and simplification in every project, whenever possible. Engaged with key business users, owners and executives to determine actual business needs in order to provide the best possible end product. • Designed, developed and participated in project management of CPmobile, an intranet web application interacting with SAP ERP in real-time for mobile devices. Functionality included Purchase Order Approval, Work Order Entry and Fuel Usage Entry. Presented at SAP Sapphire conference in 2013 and 2014 about this project and our success with SAP Gateway. Solution has yielded a large savings in man-hours and cost reduction for equipment maintenance.• Designed and developed internal web portal and Windows service application for managing automated Invoice Receipt processing. Windows service application handles processing of XML files, storing in SQL Server database and creating invoice documents in SAP ERP through web services. Web portal provides business users detailed information about outgoing and incoming files along with processing exceptions.• Participated in technical development and project management of migration between credit card processing services that were used in both SAP ECC and 3rd party sales systems. Developed standardized web service as proxy between 3rd party system and new credit card processing provider in order to minimize cost and development time while keeping the company PCI compliant. Show less

Software Developer

• Aug 2006 - Jul 2010

Served as a member on a development team, which designed and developed applications for the ready mix concrete business unit using Visual Basic 6.0, .NET and SQL Server. Developed dispatching application that included: sales, logistics, quality control and materials management. Developed real time vehicle tracking software and mobile device software for fleet drivers. Team utilized Agile and Scrum methodologies to quickly deliver solutions to the customer.• Integrated dispatch system with various 3rd party plant automation systems, which significantly reduced manual user input and eliminated costly data entry mistakes.• Designed reports for analyzing target versus actual material usage in near real-time conditions to provide operations instant insight into how business was performing.• Enhanced mobile device software for drivers by adding printing functionality via Bluetooth printers inside of vehicles. Show less

Field Technician

• May 2004 - Aug 2006

Installed, diagnosed and repaired GPS tracking and sensor hardware on large fleet of ready mix concrete mixer trucks. Worked directly with hardware vendor to provide troubleshooting and diagnostic information to improve performance, accuracy and reliability of hardware. ¬• Designed maintenance tracking database for field technicians which helped identify vehicles with recurring issues and schedule preventative maintenance on vehicle hardware.• Developed stored procedures to analyze hardware and sensor information to identify malfunctions, which were distributed to field technicians through automated reports. Show less

Computer Technician

• Jan 2002 - May 2004

Customer service technician. Repaired PC computers brought into retail store for service. Customer service technician. Repaired PC computers brought into retail store for service.