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James (Jim) Lazear is a seasoned executive with 31 years of experience in management, strategic planning, and operations improvement. He has held senior roles at UCLA, Deloitte, and FMC Corporation, overseeing budgets, financial analysis, and process re-engineering. Lazear holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Accounting and Finance from the University of Arkansas.

Experience

    • Director, Finance and Information Systems
      • Feb 1993 - Present

      Manage the finance, information systems and material management departments of UCLA’s Administrative Services with combined budgets of $190 million employing over 1,150 people. Administrative Services provides physical plant maintenance, energy generation and utilities distribution and environment, laboratory and workplace safety. • Consolidating multiple Kronos timekeeping systems into enterprise-wide Kronos timekeeping system. Moving over 5,000 employees with score of timekeeping profiles into single Kronos platform. Establishing interface for centralized Kronos to PeopleSoft/Oracle HR system. • Implementing new Maximo Maintenance system for Campus Housing to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the maintenance and operations of the dorms and off-campus apartments. Re-engineering the business process flows to eliminate waste and take advantage of software capabilities.• Developing and implementing new utilities billing system as a Cold Fusion application, using Oracle as a database, making it more dependable and expandable. • Rolling-out new generation of mobile workforce technology, including new cell phones and mobile applications. The new mobile technologies are used to track work orders, to issue stock from the warehouse, support job costing and in some cases to provide phone, text and push-to-talk capabilities. • Developing and deploying campus maps using geographic information system (GIS) from ESRI. Enhancing map information using geo-referenced data on all buildings and infrastructure and integrating with the space inventory system. Providing planning and management data on all facilities owned or occupied by UCLA programs, including off-campus leased space. • Programming mobile applications for the UCLA community. Mobile map to navigate the campus and provide community information. UCLA Services application to report service needs, to request trouble call requests and to track those requests through completion.

    • Consulting Manager
      • Jan 1986 - Jan 1993

      Consultant specializing in operations improvement, business process e-engineering, profit improvement and financial & managerial control.Clients included Toshiba America Medical Systems, University of Washington, Toshiba Information Systems, Coldwell Banker, Kaiser Permanente, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Greyhound.

    • Finance & Strategic Planning Manager
      • Jul 1981 - Jan 1986

      Part of turnaround team for municipal products division.

Education

  • 1979 - 1981
    Harvard Business School
    Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, General
  • 1973 - 1977
    University of Arkansas
    Bachelor of Science of Business Administration, Accounting and Finance

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