Experience

Barnhardt Manufacturing Company

• United States
• Textile Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President Information Technology

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  Manage IT organizational team supporting a diversified multi-product, multi-brand manufacturing company with 8 plants across the US. Responsible for all areas of Information Technology reporting to the CEO of Barnhardt Manufacturing Company. Member of the Executive Leadership Team, SI&OP Steering Committee and Data Governance Steering Committee. • Driving force behind introduction of IoT implementation, system modernization, data analytics and machine learning. • Established and managed company’s first PMO. • Implemented Cyber Security Roadmap • Create Executive IT Steering Committee to align IT with business goals. • Introduced SI&OP program to multiple divisions of the company to increase margins and reduce inventory • Led financial justification for moving to a new best of breed ERP system • Designed and led implementation of enterprise application integration model using Dell Boomi • Successfully implemented Technology Change Management Process to improve solution delivery and minimize system downtime Show less



AccuPointe

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Jan 2015 - Sep 2018

  Manage all technical responsibilities for the company supporting over 100 customers across the US. Responsible for all solution architecture and design. Served as Lead of the Sales and Marketing Committee to drive significant gains in digital marketing initiatives. ▪ Hold multiple leadership roles: Applications Manager, Project Manager & Product Manager. ▪ Accountable for P&L including forecasting, budgeting, and staffing. ▪ Serve as Architect on complex development projects. ▪ Contribute to business development: pre-sales, discovery meetings, and product demos. ▪ Escalation point for client issues. ▪ Built a top-performing team; hired staff, re-aligned team, and implemented extensive training to update skills to newer technologies (Pivotal Cloud Foundry, IoT, Dell Boomi, .NET, JavaScript, ERP, and Cloud). ▪ Increased team utilization from -50% to 75% in 12 months. ▪ Introduced PMI-based project methodology to both operations and delivery teams. ▪ Created Managed Services Practice including Amazon AWS hosting and support contracts. ▪ Established ERP partner programs with Acumatica Cloud ERP. ▪ Influential Marketing Committee member, developing annual marketing calendar and in-bound marketing solutions including blogs, white papers, SEO, social media, and educational events. ▪ Transitioned client applications to Cloud; reduced number of servers from 32 to one. ▪ Led 10-12 ERP implementations through the lifecycle annually, 4-5 concurrently. ▪ Automated repetitive tasks by developing custom .NET applications and scripts. ▪ Designed custom integrations between ERP applications and third party applications. ▪ Performed system integrations with Cloud-based business automation solution providers. Show less



KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation

• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Director of IT

  • Sep 2008 - Jan 2015

  Manage IT organizational team of 20+ supporting a $1.5 billion business, with over 1000 active users and footprint of 28 manufacturing facilities across the US. Responsible for all areas of Information Technology reporting to the President – Packaging Division. Member of the Executive Leadership Team and S&OP Team. ▪ Served on leadership team for KapStone Container Corporation. ▪ Co-Chair IT Steering Committee, establishing strategic direction of technology investments. ▪ S&OP team member, defining and implementing best practices. ▪ Followed COBIT principles in providing project oversight, contract administration, and management support. ▪ Established and managed company’s first PMO. ▪ Created custom acquisition methodology to seamlessly integrate M&As. ▪ Upgraded MES and implemented industry best practices at all legacy container facilities, increasing productivity by over 10% per plant. ▪ Proposed and secured buy-in for new process for corporate release management. ▪ Ensured IT project compliance to Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 IT General Controls Audit. ▪ Pivotal contributor to finance transformation project, encompassing process re-design, productivity studies, staffing plans, and service level agreements. ▪ Managed the design and implementation of ERP and software applications including: ▪ Mobile customer supply chain applications ▪ Salesforce mobility suite of applications ▪ 3 portals: executive reporting, enterprise reporting, and customer portal ▪ Automated invoicing process, resulting in a $500K development and maintenance cost savings. ▪ Designed over 200 custom integrations utilizing Microsoft BizTalk 2010. ▪ Responsible for design and architecture of integration of ERP components. ▪ Innovative solution design was featured in a Microsoft Case Study – Acquisition Company Supports Growing Operation with ERP and SOA Saves Millions Show less