Hugh Springer, Jr.
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Bramble Berry Handcraft Provisions
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United States
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Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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VP Technology
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Aug 2017 - Present
Transforming the technical landscape to enable digitally engaging tools and services that inspire Handcraft Provisions in the beauty, home care, & crafting industry. + Strategic investments, tech stack execution, and digital business transformation + Enabling 2x topline growth over 5yrs + Roadmapping plans to repeat in 3yrs Enterprise Digital Transformation Milestones: * digital shipping station rollout * social sentiment & engagement integration * email, content, & marketing campaign scheduling * customer relationship management enablement * global ecommerce replatform * custom manufacturing cloud ERP replatform * made to order, kitting, & collection inv. mgmt * digital bin, barcode, & pick wave order mgmt * payment integration replatform & mobile wallet payments * domestic & intl tax compliance integration * accounting, procurement & supply chain channel optimization * content & product publishing workflow enablement * product attribution mgmt for label printing * remarketing services, data feed mgmt, social ad integration & organic seo standardization * marketing automation & customer journey monitoring * digital wallet payment integration * customer engagement & crm channel mgmt * b2c & b2b multi channel order mgmt * dropship channel expansion * agile & lean organizational transformation * loyalty program launch * Product Mgmt & PDCA sprint planning processes * BI platform integration * sms program launch Growth Driver Support * category expansion * business unit/division & facility expansion * order channel/partner expansion * international & global expansion * segmentation & personalization maturity * internal process flow standardization Show less
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Adapt Solution Partners
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United States
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Information Technology & Services
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Principle Consultant
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Jan 2010 - Aug 2018
Partnering with Agencies, Consulting Firms, Application Development Firms, System Integrators, Staffing Firms, Fortune 100-500 clients, small to medium sized business clients, start-ups, & Non-Profit Organizations. Understanding business needs, providing industry leading solution capability insights, and driving change through digital strategy and transformation. Partnering with Agencies, Consulting Firms, Application Development Firms, System Integrators, Staffing Firms, Fortune 100-500 clients, small to medium sized business clients, start-ups, & Non-Profit Organizations. Understanding business needs, providing industry leading solution capability insights, and driving change through digital strategy and transformation.
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Amplifi
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Architect, Manager Digital Strategy & Transformation
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Apr 2015 - Dec 2016
Amplifi is a digital transformation consultancy that helps brands thrive in today's always connected society. We holistically integrate business strategy, user experience design, marketing and technology execution, operations, enterprise governance, and innovation to deliver a portfolio of best-in-class digital services. Client Work: Stage Stores, Fox Racing, HomeAway/VRBO, Goodman/Daikin, Cost Plus World Market Amplifi is a digital transformation consultancy that helps brands thrive in today's always connected society. We holistically integrate business strategy, user experience design, marketing and technology execution, operations, enterprise governance, and innovation to deliver a portfolio of best-in-class digital services. Client Work: Stage Stores, Fox Racing, HomeAway/VRBO, Goodman/Daikin, Cost Plus World Market
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ToggleGreen
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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Advisory Consultant
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Jan 2014 - Apr 2016
Product capability planning, on- and off-shore delivery strategy, stakeholder presentation input, competitive analysis, market opportunity assessment, communication & marketing plan approach. Tools: Jira, Confluence, Slack, Parse, Azure, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides; MailChimp, etc. Product capability planning, on- and off-shore delivery strategy, stakeholder presentation input, competitive analysis, market opportunity assessment, communication & marketing plan approach. Tools: Jira, Confluence, Slack, Parse, Azure, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides; MailChimp, etc.
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Publicis Sapient
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. Business Consultant, Contract
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Jan 2013 - Jan 2015
(Formerly SapientNitro) Best Place to Work - AdAge (2014) #1 B2C Global Commerce Service Provider - Forrester Wave (Q1-2015) #1 B2B Global Commerce Service Provider - Forrester Wave (Q1-2015) Top 10 Agency A-List - Adage (2015) #1 Innovation Agency - Forrester Wave (Q4-2014) #1 Global Digital Marketing Agency - Gartner Magic Quadrant (2012, Q4-2013, 2014); #1 Global Commerce Service Provider - Forrester Wave (Q1-2012); #1 US Digital Agencies - Mobile Marketing Strategy & Execution - Forrester Wave (Q1-2012); #1 Largest Digital Agency: US - Ad Age Agency Report (2013); #2 Largest Mobile Marketing Agency: US - Ad Age Agency Report (2013); #4 Largest Digital Agency: Worldwide - Ad Age Agency Report (2013); Adobe's Global Digital Marketing Partner of the Year (2012, 2013); OMMA Agency of the Year - Best Creative (2013); Campaign Magazine's Digital Innovation Agency of the Year. Providing Greater Mpls/St Paul clients with platform-based eCommerce, eBusiness, Mobile, Marketing, & Digital Transformation Strategy & Implementation services. Client Work: Target, Medtronic, United Health Group, Carlson Wagonlit, 3M Show less
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Horizontal Digital
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United States
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Information Technology & Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Sr. Business Consultant
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Jul 2012 - Dec 2012
Digital Marketing, Technology, & Strategic Staffing Services. Ranked in the Top 5 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal Fast50, Fastest Growing Private Companies, for the past 4 years. Ranked in the top 1000 of the INC 5000 Fastest Growing Companies, for the past 5 years. http://bit.ly/16i41DF Independent, platform agnostic, contract consultant - acting as client advocate through pre-RFP software application requirements elicitation, post-RFP vendor assessment exercises, scoping and estimation review, cross-functional team requirements workshop facilitation, as well as offshore full life-cycle business analysis and project implementation. Client Work: Lifetouch Show less
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REV Solutions
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sr. Business Analyst
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Feb 2010 - Jul 2012
PSF Web (formerly REV Solutions) is a leading Enterprise Ecommerce Implementation & Delivery Partner, utilizing Retail Industry Ecommerce expertise with Systems Integration IT Consulting experience to deliver cross-channel business-critical integrated solutions to clients across various industries. Client work: AnnTaylor/Loft, Kohler Plumbing US, Brookstone, American Home Shield PSF Web (formerly REV Solutions) is a leading Enterprise Ecommerce Implementation & Delivery Partner, utilizing Retail Industry Ecommerce expertise with Systems Integration IT Consulting experience to deliver cross-channel business-critical integrated solutions to clients across various industries. Client work: AnnTaylor/Loft, Kohler Plumbing US, Brookstone, American Home Shield
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Art Technology Group
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United States
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Software Development
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500 - 600 Employee
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Business Systems (Integration) Analyst, Contract
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Feb 2010 - Aug 2010
Oracle CommerceCloud (Formerly ATG) has helped power the growth and commerce success of more than 1,200 companies, including many of the world’s top brands serving consumers and corporate customers in more than 50 countries. With field offices throughout North America and Europe, and an extensive worldwide partner channel, they ensure that companies in retail, telecommunications, consumer manufacturing, media/entertainment, financial services, travel, high tech, distribution, and business/consumer services, can offer the most engaging, relevant, and profitable commerce experiences for their customers. Their focus on online and cross-channel commerce makes us uniquely capable of powering the most creative and successful commerce experiences, with results that outperform industry norms. Worked on business/systems requirements and integration definitions for a client implementation with REV Solutions, Inc. Show less
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BlueSky Online Charter School
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Analyst
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Jan 2010 - Jan 2010
Joined BlueSky's Leadership Team during 2010 Strategic Planning Sessions as a Technical Business Analyst. Gathered general requirements and concerns for their current technical landscape and operations. Captured the translation of their future goals and relevant objectives. Aligned traceability to the core elements of their organization's mission and vision. Joined BlueSky's Leadership Team during 2010 Strategic Planning Sessions as a Technical Business Analyst. Gathered general requirements and concerns for their current technical landscape and operations. Captured the translation of their future goals and relevant objectives. Aligned traceability to the core elements of their organization's mission and vision.
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Persolvent
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United States
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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IT Manager
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Jan 2008 - Aug 2009
- Lead web development, seo, online marketing implementation efforts; coordinated website issue support as well as analytics tracking and implementation. - Proposed and Participate in new business development research and integration solutions. - Supported, trained, and improved internal processes through the introduction of technical tools and services; managed and supported internal hardware and software issues. - Lead web development, seo, online marketing implementation efforts; coordinated website issue support as well as analytics tracking and implementation. - Proposed and Participate in new business development research and integration solutions. - Supported, trained, and improved internal processes through the introduction of technical tools and services; managed and supported internal hardware and software issues.
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Accenture
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Ireland
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Retail Systems Integration Consultant
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Sep 2003 - Jan 2008
Lead teams in Project Management, Full Life Cycle Software Development Support & Testing, Custom Web Development, Database Design, Integration Implementation, Batch Management, and Computer-Based Training. Client Work: Oracle Retail (Retek), Gap, Best Buy, AT&T Lead teams in Project Management, Full Life Cycle Software Development Support & Testing, Custom Web Development, Database Design, Integration Implementation, Batch Management, and Computer-Based Training. Client Work: Oracle Retail (Retek), Gap, Best Buy, AT&T
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AT&T
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United States
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Systems Integration Consultant
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May 2007 - Dec 2007
Worked on a blended client / consultant team designing and building a custom SQL Server database and coordinating development / integration efforts on a Coldfusion web application, designed to managed internal change requests, track requirements, and cross-reference downstream impacts for application interface modifications that take place on the matrix of 500+ systems operating behind the scenes of multiple technology services that AT&T offers to their customers. Worked on a blended client / consultant team designing and building a custom SQL Server database and coordinating development / integration efforts on a Coldfusion web application, designed to managed internal change requests, track requirements, and cross-reference downstream impacts for application interface modifications that take place on the matrix of 500+ systems operating behind the scenes of multiple technology services that AT&T offers to their customers.
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Oracle
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Quality Assurance Consultant
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2007 - 2007
Participated in quality assurance testing efforts for a Retail Price Management (Pricing and Promotion scheduling) software application (Java Platform / Oracle database) for multiple retail grocery retail clients nationally and internationally, during version upgrade and support phases of the software lifecycle. Participated in quality assurance testing efforts for a Retail Price Management (Pricing and Promotion scheduling) software application (Java Platform / Oracle database) for multiple retail grocery retail clients nationally and internationally, during version upgrade and support phases of the software lifecycle.
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Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Systems Integration Consultant
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2006 - 2007
The premier retailer of home furnishings, culinary and serving equipment, and specialty food and cooking ingredients in the United States and Canada. Brands including Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Teen, Pottery Barn Kids, West Elm, and Rejuvenation are among the best known and most respected in the industry. Successfully marketing through all three major channels — retail stores, catalogs, and ecommerce. Supported batch job processing and optimization for online ecommerce operations integrated with Oracle Retail Merchandising (catalog/merchandising) and Customer Order Management (CSR) applications. Show less
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Oracle
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Application Quality Assurance Consultant
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2004 - 2006
Test planning, execution, and coordination with IT's release management for Retail customer service, catalog, & online order management system application. Custom sql query validation, business logic and use case validation, ticket resolution & support, UI validation, and quality upwards reporting.
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Software Traning Design Analyst
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Dec 2003 - May 2004
With more than 380,000 customers—including 100 of the Fortune 100—and with deployments across a wide variety of industries in more than 145 countries around the globe, Oracle offers an optimized and fully integrated stack of business hardware and software systems. Oracle engineers hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in your data center–from servers and storage, to database and middleware, through applications. Specialties: enterprise, software, applications, database, middleware, Retek. Show less
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Best Buy
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Portal Content Development and PM Support Analyst
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2004 - 2004
Multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services with a commitment to growth and innovation; on the forefront of technology’s rapid advancements, we thrive on challenge and change and we empower our people to do the right thing every time. Internal People Portal Initiative to support IT outsourcing engagement, providing portal content development and project management support. Multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services with a commitment to growth and innovation; on the forefront of technology’s rapid advancements, we thrive on challenge and change and we empower our people to do the right thing every time. Internal People Portal Initiative to support IT outsourcing engagement, providing portal content development and project management support.
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Gap Inc.
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Quality Assurance Analyst
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Oct 2003 - Nov 2003
A leading global specialty retailer offering clothing, accessories and personal care products for men, women, children and babies. With about 132,000 employees and about 3,000 company-operated stores and over 200 franchise stores, our presence is felt around the world. A leading global specialty retailer offering clothing, accessories and personal care products for men, women, children and babies. With about 132,000 employees and about 3,000 company-operated stores and over 200 franchise stores, our presence is felt around the world.
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Education
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1999 - 2003
St. John's University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science -
1995 - 1999
Trinity School At River Ridge
Highschool Diploma, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
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