Experience

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  Palm Beach State College

  • Florida

  • Director ERP, Data Warehouse and Applications

    • Sep 2004 - Jun 2016
    • Florida

    Responsible for:* managing, enhancing and production support for a consortium built ERP system including Student Information, Financial Aid, Finance, HR/Payroll, Purchasing, Student Accounts and Facilities* Student & Employee portals* College Website* Document management * custom student trac...

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  Spherion Group (Randstad Holdings Worldwide)

  • Ft Lauderdale, Florida

  • Vice President - ERP and Applications

    • Sep 2001 - Jun 2003
    • Ft Lauderdale, Florida

    Hired to re-organize separate applications development groups (140+ application developers) into a cohesive corporate function and to reduce overall applications costs. This was completed within 6 months allowing us to start a long stalled ERP implementation within my first year. Managed the tran...

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  ERA Consulting (India)

  • Greater New York City Area

  • President US Operations (Principal in charge of US ERP & Technology Proje...

    • Sep 2000 - Sep 2001
    • Greater New York City Area

    Managed the day-to-day operations of the US arm of an off-shore consulting company. Key clients and projects included: Adecco Staffing’s billing, e-commerce, and compliance reporting; PartMiner.com’s conversion from 3 custom legacy systems to Oracle, Siebel and Crossworlds; Thrupoint.net’s Oracle...

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  Adecco Group (Adecco North America & Olsten...

  • Greater New York City Area

  • AVP, Oracle ERP, Custom CRM & Data Warehouse

    • Jul 1997 - Aug 2000
    • Greater New York City Area

    Managed the setup, installation and deployment of Oracle Financials for the USA and Canada. Multi-Org/Multi-Currency General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, and Fixed Assets modules were installed and running within 6 months of taking over this project. Accounts Receivable, including a high...

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  Oxford Health Plans

  • Connecticut

  • Enterprise Architect / Systems Consultant & Systems Migration Manager

    • Jan 1995 - Jul 1997
    • Connecticut

    Responsible for technology planning and infrastructure implementation, supporting the migration of all core business systems from Pick/Universe to client/server and Oracle. The new system supports over 3,000 users (using PCs, MAC’s and X Terminals) communicating to 30+ RS/6000 application servers...

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  Actmedia Inc

  • Connecticut

  • Director - Systems Migration

    • Feb 1992 - Dec 1994
    • Connecticut

    Responsible for the design, development and migration of all business systems from multiple WANG systems to a client/server environment. The system was built using Oracle and an 8 CPU Sun 2000. Managed a project team of 15 and a capital budget of over $5 million.• Created new marketing opportuni...

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  Weight Watchers International

  • Greater New York City Area

  • General Manager & CIO Information Services US and UK

    • Oct 1989 - Jan 1992
    • Greater New York City Area

    Developed and implemented Information Services strategies and detailed action plans. Ensured effective deployment of technology in support of business objectives. Managed annual budget of $4.5 million plus a capital budget of $3 million and staff of 42.• Restructured and revitalized information s...

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  JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Assistant Vice President - Emerging Technologies & Technology Consulting ...

    • May 1981 - Oct 1989
    • Greater New York City Area

    Managed technology review process, laboratory testing, user trial and full release of new technologies.* Managed Relational Database trial and roll-out over three-tiered, mainframe, minicomputer and PC, networked architecture* Selected and standardized systems design and development using DMR&#39...

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  Ernst & Young J&M Management Consulting...

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Senior Consultant - Management Information Systems & Retail Systems

    • Oct 1979 - May 1981
    • Greater New York City Area

    Performed consulting assignments including requests for proposals, proposal analysis, manual and automated systems design and organizational studies. Guided clients with hardware and software product selection, customization and implementation. Conducted computer hardware and software audits for ...

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  Grumman Data Systems / Calldata Systems

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Product Manager - Retail Services / Systems Specialist

    • Jun 1974 - Oct 1979
    • Greater New York City Area

    Product Manager - Retail Services: Managed the design, programming and support functions for a time-sharing based, retail accounting and inventory control system. Created a distributed processing environment using in-store Point-of-Sale terminals and warehouse receiving with price-tag generation....