Dallas - Fort Worth Technology Executives Networking Group

Experience:  Extensive experience in the management of operations, P&L management, strategic planning, vendor and contract management, project management, outstanding  communications, and excellent negotiating skills. Solid functional & technical skills leading to  business process improvements and increase in net margins.  Introduced industry leading new  products and technologies. Managed staff of  20 - 2,000 and budgets exceeding $100 million. :p>

Successes:  Increased net income over $89M.  Reduced operating costs 40%. Managed $50  million P&L across 10 independent locations. Implemented a disaster recovery plan ensuring 99 .9% business availability. $600M outsourcing engagement with Big 5 firm. Re-engineered back-office reducing costs by 40%. Led IT staff through three years of reorganization, consolidation, pre-merger, and post-merger with 5% turnover rate. Grew highly successful business unit from $3M to $22M through new product  dev., revenue and profit growth, cost reduction, quality management and process improvement. Developed Information technology strategy and direction to upgrade and replace old technology and communication networks in over 340 remote processing sites and over 66 retail and distribution centers in the U.S.