Below are the 5 CIO's & 6 Vice Presidents of IT with multiple industries & technical/systems expertise The Thor Group® provides CIO's & vice presidents of IT who know your industry and systems on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Does a chief information officer with experience in marketing, distribution and manufacturing industries who utilized JDA, Salesforce, CAD and Retail POS System pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes JDA, Salesforce, CAD and Retail POS System. Educational background includes MBA, Finance and BA, Economics.

Major responsibilities of this chief information officer included leading the rollout of the systems in 1st 12 months: final phase of ERP system with multi-plant manufacturing, production planning and production scheduling, as well as handling the CAD-enabled design systems. Salesforce order status and inventory-availability systems were also administered, long with the consumer order website, version 1.0, Retail POS system and JDA MMS, Retail Ideas and Arthur Planning retail systems. Key roles covered leading the IT function, including the definition, execution and management of company- wide IT system efforts. Driving strategic definition and leadership of supply chain, including manufacturing, operations (planning, demand forecasting and customer service), distribution and logistics was efficiently carried out.

The job covered establishing the first financial planning and analysis department for the business and driving the development of effective and impactful financial reporting enterprise-wide. Contributions involved leading the speed-to-market product development efforts, reducing time from product concept to distribution center from 86 weeks to 50 weeks. In addition, leading ambitious effort to transition the supply chain from 50% internally manufactured/50% outsourced to 100% outsourced in 18 months, resulted in $12 to $17 million in annual cost savings. An additional role consisted of spearheading the creation of a lean infrastructure to support the business. Impact spanned sourcing, supply chain, finance, IT, legal, HR, compliance and product development, functions and implemented without disruption to the business.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a chief information officer with work background in technology, software and business services industries who is skilled in PeopleSoft, SAP Oracle and Salesforce? Technical skills cover PeopleSoft, SAP Oracle and Salesforce. Educational attainment includes BA Math.

Main functions of this chief information officer were comprised of handling IT strategy “roadmaps”, execution and operations of global technology strategies, as well as enterprise architecture planning and delivery. This included architecture, integration, phase-out of legacy systems using SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle Financials + HRM, Business Objects, Salesforce and workflow applications. This individual drove plans for business process reviews and reengineering in finance, HR, Sales, PMO, supply chain and logistics. Part of the duties involved architecting a secure global redundant MPLS multi-megabit network for voice and data (VoIP). Delivering Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, audit and business risk compliance, project risk reduction initiatives required for IPO with focus on asset management and fixed assets process improvements were carried out.

Notable achievements involved increasing service delivery thresholds and customer satisfaction by use of ITIL framework: change management, configuration management, multi-tier 25x7x365 customer service desks using (Remedy, workflow). Strategy presentations, M&A activity, budgets and personnel responsibility for global support team were efficiently handled. Delivering cost containment was done via innovation targeted towards productivity such as renegotiation, bandwidth optimization, virtualization, server elimination and consolidation to gain most bank for buck in a 24×7 environment servicing over 600 external clients. In another company, tasks involved managing all internal systems, data centers, Points of Presence (POPs) and networks globally.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this chief information officer who worked in engineering, technology and logistics industries, as well as utilized PeopleSoft, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP and MS Dynamics? Technical competencies involve PeopleSoft, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP and MS Dynamics. One of contributions involved IT transformation in complex global organizations ranging from $1.0B to $25B in revenue. Educational background includes PhD. Bus Admin; MS Systems Management; and Bachelor of Business Administration.

Important contributions of this chief information officer included leading a 7-year $1 billion new outsourcing contract negotiation for legacy services and renegotiating the acquired outsourcing contract from the purchase of an electronics company. This resulted in a 23% ($460 million) reduction in the cost of services. A software development center was opened, resulting in a 40% reduction in legacy applications support costs. Work was done closely with the local government and 2 Nobel Peace prize winners to make this a reality. The job entailed leading the CIO technical team that created the infrastructure architecture for the aerospace exchange. The architecture allowed the exchange to be operational in 90 days, far ahead of competing exchanges.

This specialist created development standards and a strategic architecture plan and communicated it to the end-user community with defined service levels (SLA’s) and led the negotiation of contracts resulting in $183 million in software and hardware licenses savings. Reducing the IT budget from $1 billion to $550 million in three years was efficiently carried out. This included implementation of SAP Financials and Procurement at Corporate 3 months early, at a savings of $2 million.

What can a Chief Information Officer Work Background in Oil, Gas and Technology Industries. Used Salesforce, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, MS Dynamics AX and Maximo bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve Salesforce, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, MS Dynamics AX and Maximo. Technical strengths include Cloud readiness and application subscription deployment (including SAP, MS Office 365, and ERP MS 365FO). Educational attainment includes BA and MBA. This individual obtained Certifications in PMP and CISM.

Working with areas such as leading all global technology and security functions including for manufacturing/plant across NA/EMEA/APAC were some of the responsibilities of this chief information officer. Part of the duties covered developing the board approved global technology strategy for 14 national and international business units. ERP/MRP/CRM/IOT deployments included Office 365 cloud, Microsoft Dynamics F&O ERP, Salesforce, OnBase document management, SolidWorks engineering PLC/PLM and related accounting/back-office. Other functions consisted of digital revamping of web sites, online sales, loyalty programs, CRM, and sales force/e-commerce solution, in addition to handling ERP strategy and deployments that included Oracle ERP and Salesforce. The job covered deploying across fleet new onboard systems/Point-of-Sale/satellite networks (Micros/Fidelio/Oracle).

Other functions involved growing and executing global technology solutions practice focused on delivering business, technical, cyber/security, and engineering solutions, advisory, projects, and managed services to clients. Clients span many industries including utilities, energy, transportation, manufacturing, retail, distribution, financial services, health, and government. Improving internal systems and processes that lead to enhanced client experiences was efficiently carried out. This individual was responsible for global infrastructure, security and migration to SAP ERP from Syspro ERP/legacy systems.

Could your organization use a chief information officer with experience in manufacturing, distribution and marketing industries who utilized SAP, Oracle, Epicor and Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Plans? Technical proficiencies cover SAP, Oracle, Epicor and Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Plans. Core competencies include strategy and planning; presentation/communication, business process re-engineering and vendor management. Educational background includes MS Management Information Systems, Bachelor of Science in Systems Science, Associate in Arts in Computer Science and Associate in Science in Business Data Processing Computer Programming.

One of the impact contributions of this chief information officer included managing all information technology related activities in support of the US operations which include 17 locations across the US. Implementing new ITIL governance procedures was done to better support a growing organization in the US (17 locations). This individual collaborated with business leaders throughout the organization to ensure all technology needs were in place to support the needs of each business unit. Aside from managing the IT budget, other roles involved procurement, deployment, and support of all technology (hardware and software) utilized by all locations. Developing, presenting and implementing a 3 year IT strategic plan with support from executive management were carried out. The implementation of new Manufacturing Execution Solution (MES) for operations was overseen for executive plane manufacturing and military plane manufacturing integrated with organizations SAP ERP solution.

In another company, the job consisted of overseeing and facilitation a major SAP ERP upgrade (4.6B to ECC 6.0) which reduced the annual software maintenance fees by over $750K. Key results included ensuring payroll processing, reducing custom code, and upgrading the technology utilized to interface with other business critical systems. Both on/off shore resources were utilized.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this vice president of IT who worked in financial services, engineering and IT industries, as well as proficient in ADP, VMware, MS SQL, Flex Cloud, AWS and Azure? Technical competencies involve ADP, VMware, MS SQL, Flex Cloud, AWS and Azure. Educational background includes Engineering as well as Business & Finance. This individual obtained a Certification in CompTIA Network+.

One of the important contributions of this vice president of IT included updating the entire IT data & voice infrastructure to significantly improve reliability, scalability, flexibility and performance. The job entailed managing 1 direct report, up to 8 indirectly on various projects and served as backup to CIO, as well as directly reporting to and working closely with CIO on IT vision & strategy. Interacting with all staff levels and working closely with the executive team were also carried out. Tasks covered hands- on technical architecture, engineering, & senior administration role with accountability and management of growth, transformation and overall stability of the IT Infrastructure to support massively scalable business goals (100+ new locations). Technologies utilized were ADP HR Portal, VMware 5.x / 4.1, Hyper-V, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.x.

This specialist worked on datacenter design, virtualization & Cloud Systems, LAN/WAN network architecture, engineering, administration, and escalated support for aggressively growing financial services company, with growth from 230 users at 9 sites to a 400-user 23-site network in 2 years. Achievements consisted of improving reliability, scalability, efficiency and flexibility by designing and implementing Virtualization, Centralized SAN Storage, managing MPLS WAN network, new IP Scheme and upgrading of all network switches.

What can a vice president of IT with work background in manufacturing, marketing and distribution industries, as well as specializations in JD Edwards, Network Management and SIP Design and Architecture bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve JD Edwards, Network Management and SIP Design and Architecture. Core competencies include IT strategy/transformation, IT operations, architecture/resilient network design and central infrastructure management/monitoring tools. Educational attainment includes MBA in Technology Management and BA Degree in Computer and Information Sciences. This individual obtained a Certification in Project Management Professional (PMP).

Working with areas such as developing and leading the execution of the company’s IT vision and strategy, while maintaining the current technology stack inclusive of all network infrastructure, servers, JD Edwards and application development were some of the responsibilities of this vice president of IT. As part of the leadership team, work was done closely with the executive team to identify, recommend, develop, and implement cost- effective technology transformation for all business units. This individual led a team of highly skilled technical resources, business analysts and application developers to implement company-wide continuous technological evolution, using data analytics. Streamlining and integrating disparate systems, establishing core metrics/KPIs, and instituting development best practices were carried out.

Other functions involved ensuring IT strategy and policies align with business priorities, compliance, and security, in addition to taking overall responsibility for management of MRP and PLM platform. The job covered managing the IT budget ensuring its alignment with the company needs and objectives and building effective partnerships with 3rd party vendors and service providers to ensure cost effective business solutions.

Could your organization use a vice president of IT with experience in manufacturing, distribution and retail industries who is proficient in MS Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain, NetSuite, WMS, CRM and POS Systems? Technical proficiencies cover MS Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain, NetSuite, WMS, CRM and POS Systems. Areas of specialization include implementing strategic technology plans, technology roadmaps, digital transformation strategies to increase sales, revenue, profitability, improve business processes, increase efficiencies while cutting cost with an understanding of meeting business objectives. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and Major Studies in Information Systems Administration, Network Systems Engineering & Telecommunications.

Some impact contributions of this vice president of IT included performing due diligence and leading the ongoing global digital transformation implementations of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain ERP, WMS, CRM and POS systems in manufacturing, distributions and retail stores facilities/subsidiaries. This individual managed Onshore and Offshore NetSuite ERP administration and developers teams. Developing the organization technology strategy & roadmap (1, 3, 5 years) and presenting to C Suite executive management team and investor committee were carried out.

Skills brought to the table involved creating and implementing tools for regular reporting of risk management activities and progress across all areas of information security. Engaging leaders from technology and the business to understand and prioritize cyber security risks through formal risk assessments was part of the job. Functions covered identifying and evaluating complex business and technology risks, internal controls which mitigate risks, and related opportunities for internal control improvement.

Would a vice president of IT with familiarity in genealogy, software and technology industries, as well as skilled in Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft, .NET, UNIX and Linux help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft, .NET, UNIX and Linux. Educational attainment includes BA in Physics with minors in Mathematics and Music.

Making a positive difference with leading the digital transformation of all technology groups, supporting 3X customer growth, 4X revenue growth and lowering technology costs by 40% over 5 years were some of the key achievements of this vice president of IT. Business performance was enabled to successfully execute 2 public equity transactions in 4 years. One of the responsibilities covered transforming the existing IT Security function into a board level cyber-security/risk management function supported by a skilled team with industry leading best practices. An additional role involved delivering the first multi-cloud service for active-active apps and data availability. Technologies managed included cloud-based services including Oracle Financials, ServiceNow, CRM tools, Marketing tools, Data Science and Machine Learning tools.

Notable tasks included building world-class innovative engineering teams for IT, DevOps, DevSecOps and software development that integrated new technologies increasing speed-to-market, improving performance, increasing security and lowering capital and operating expense. This individual architected, designed, and engineered the systems implementing PCI, SOX, HIPAA and FDA regulations. This technology staff managed the domain, employee productivity tools and services, employee productivity software (HR, Expense Management, Time Tracking, Data Management and Analytics). Organizing and transforming to form DevOps and DevSecOps with an automation cloud-native orientation were carried out.

Could your organization use a vice president of IT who is experienced in digital media, marketing and advertising industries, as well as proficient in Salesforce, MS Dynamics Great Plains, Cold Fusion, Java, SAN and CRM System? Technical proficiencies cover Salesforce, Cold Fusion, Java, SAN and CRM System. Educational attainment includes MBA Information Technology Management and BS Marketing. This individual obtained Certifications in ITIL and Project Management.

Primary tasks of this vice president of IT included serving as technical leader of a large geographically diverse team focused on rebuilding the brand name, as well as handling CapEx and operation budget for all enterprise and online technologies, approximately $22M. Key roles covered leading IT support and infrastructure teams, IT operations, data center, network, service delivery, messaging and telecommunications, in addition to migrating the organization to Cisco VOIP system, including four office locations. Salesforce.com CRM was implemented and the functionality was integrated with Great Plains Accounting package to create real-time dashboards outlining sales revenue and inventory.

Contributions in another company involved leading Cloud transformation to Office 365 and multi-cloud tenants leveraging SaaS and PaaS solutions and reducing dependency on on-premises technologies for corporate offices and theatre partners. This individual authored the company data retention policy which accounted for over 900 TB of data and communicated/drove technology strategy through business needs, financial considerations, and strategic business goals. Budget (Operations and CapEx) responsibility for Enterprise Technology and In-Theater network, approximately $36M was efficiently carried out. Developing change management system was done to schedule, track and execute major infrastructure and software releases for all Enterprise systems and increased accountability and reduced errors in development/deployment cycles.

What can a vice president of IT with work background in technology, business services and pharmaceutical industries, as well as specializations in SAP ERP, CRM, S/4 HANA, .NET, Java, BI and SAAS Cloud bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve SAP ERP, CRM, S/4 HANA, .NET, Java, BI and SAAS Cloud. Areas of expertise include systems development, integration & operations, process engineering, data management, and information security in the trading, banking, investment, and asset management businesses. Demonstrated leadership abilities include creating & aligning IT strategic plans, completing projects on-time and on- budget, as well as reducing automation and operating costs. Educational background includes PHD-IT Business Management; MBA-Master of Business/IT Management; BIT-Business of Information Technology; and Associate in Computer Science. This individual obtained Certifications in MCSE, PMP and ITIL.

Working with areas such as managing the entire IT organization such as application management team, development team, e-commerce team, program management team, database team, infrastructure team, and IT support help desk team was one of the skills brought to the table by this vice president of IT. Duties covered IT budget planning and managing the entire department budget. Designing, implementing and leading a highly successful three-year IT strategic transformation roadmap were done to migrate completely outdated legacy technology into SAP ERP and cloud solution to bring long- term permanent technical solution and service for the client hosting system.

Accomplishments involved building and leading a highly effective multi- location technology team supporting 37 locations and 10000 plus users. Replacing the ERP system with SAP improved organic growth scalability to continue 10%+ annual growth and allowed room for multiple acquisitions and international expansion.