Experience

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  Lakewood Ranch CERT

  • Sarasota, Florida Area

  • President

    • Jan 2019 - Present
    • Sarasota, Florida Area

    Lakewood Ranch CERT educates neighbors about disaster preparedness andtrains and equips our volunteers to provide basic disaster responseuntil professional first responders arrive.

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  SCORE Mentors Manasota

  • Sarasota, Florida Area

  • Certified Mentor, Member of Executive Committee

    • Apr 2017 - Oct 2018
    • Sarasota, Florida Area

    Helping businesses grow and succeed through mentoring, technology and business training. The Manasota Chapter of SCORE covers Sarasota and Manatee counties on the west coast of Florida. We have over 70 volunteers to assist you with your business problem solving. We offer Education and Mentoring on a wide range of business issues.

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  Florida Department of Children and Families

  • Tallahassee, Florida

  • Family and Community Services

    • Feb 2012 - Jul 2013
    • Tallahassee, Florida

    Completed the Education Scorecard project and Prevention project, on time and on budget in 2012. Completed the Florida Child Abuse Hotline Transformation project in November, 2012. The team transformed business processes and deployed 4 disparate technologies successfully.

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  SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business"

  • St. Paul, Minnesota

  • Mentor, Membership Chair for St. Paul Chapter

    • Apr 2010 - Jan 2012
    • St. Paul, Minnesota

    Provide business leaders, entrepreneurs and small business clients with confidential business mentoring. Mentoring can be conducted at the client's place of business, at the St. Paul SCORE office, at one of SCORE's remote centers located in the St. Paul area or via email. Mentoring clients have included technology, agriculture, retail, health care, food service, and professional services ventures.* Prevented a family dispute from disrupting a construction company.* Coached a home inspection business through a successful product change.* Introduced an agricultural business to new business partners.* Assisted a cleaning company through a marketing strategy change.* Supported the merger of an agricultural business with a food operations business.

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  Land O'Lakes Inc.

  • United States
  • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Vice President | Applications | Information Systems |

    • Jul 2006 - Jan 2010

    Company Officer responsible for setting Information Systems application direction, lead implement and support for all business applications for Land O'LakesResults-oriented executive responsible for systems integration of company consolidations, mergers, and acquisitions.In less than six months, implemented the first on-line transportation management system to reduce $180M annual spending on freight. ~~ The Result: $3M of operational savings annually.Areas of specialization:* Implementation and support of SAP ERP* Implementation and support of JD Edwards ERP* Application Portfolio Rationalization for cost reduction

  • Vice President | Chief Information Officer | CIO

    • Oct 2001 - Jul 2006

    Led the systems integration of newly acquired Purina Mills into Land O'Lakes.Implemented JD Edwards ERP across nationwide manufacturing plant locations in 30 months, including converting Purina Mills SAP plants to the new platform.Defined and implemented a consistent information systems strategy for $2.5B Land O'Lakes Purina Feed, LLC, consolidating four enterprise systems into one, seven formulation systems into one and seven pricing systems into one. ~~ The Result: Savings of more than $2M annually.

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  Purina Mills, LLC

  • Greater St. Louis Area

  • Executive Vice President | Chief Information Officer | CIO |

    • Jul 1998 - Oct 2001
    • Greater St. Louis Area

    Change management agent. Led the de-integration of Purina Mills' technical infrastructure from Koch Industries.Hired to complete a failing SAP implementation across the company. ~~ The Result: Under my leadership, SAP was implemented on schedule for all transactional business processes at 52 Purina Mills manufacturing locations. -- Completed SAP implementation to prevent Y2K issue from affecting the company. -- I was recognized for building one of the top SAP implementations in North America.* Implemented radical new business strategies, as a member of the Purina Mills Executive Team. ~~ The Result: The company rebounded from a 2000 bankruptcy filing. * Delivered solution of deteriorating legacy systems. ~~ The Result: Realized more than $7M in back-office savings annually. * Aligned five diverse PC operating systems into one for improved systems support. ~~ The Result: Reduced infrastructure cost 60% while improved performance.* Created a strategic communication systems platform to improve the technology investment. ~~ The Result: Reduced annual corporate communications expenditures from $5M to $2M.* Built the company's first integrated messaging environment for all locations across the United States.* Improved Help Desk performance by measuring quality and increasing output from 60% with 40% staff reduction.* Outsourced payroll processing for 2,700 employees in 90 days.~~ The Result: Savings of $2.40 per paycheck.

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  Compaq Computer Corporation

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Director, Corporate Manufacturing Systems

    • Apr 1991 - Jun 1998
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Led first world-wide manufacturing systems team in Compaq.Implemented SAP for manufacturing operations worldwide.