Below are the 4 Directors of IT & 4 Managers of IT with multiple industries & other systems experience. The Thor Group® provides directors of IT & managers of IT who know your industry and systems on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Does a director of IT with experience in real estate, insurance and IT services industries, as well as knowledgeable in MS Dynamics CRM, VMware, IBM AS/400, Hyper-V, Azure and Red Hat Linux pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes MS Dynamics CRM, VMware, IBM AS/400, Hyper-V, Azure and Red Hat Linux. Other technical skills include AWS, Rackspace, EvolveIP, VMware Horizon View & vSphere, OSX, CentOS and SUSE. Educational background includes MBA, Computer Information Systems and BBA, Management Science.

Major responsibilities of this director of IT included managing a staff of 4 and acting as the top tech, managing Yardi and all Cloud systems. Key roles covered reducing IT expenditures by 25% by renegotiating contracts, consolidating systems, and eliminating redundancy, in addition to acting as the primary procurement contact for all vendors. Migrating the infrastructure to a Hybrid Cloud system and migrating the company to Azure and Office365 were positive experiences brought to the business table. This individual implemented MS SharePoint based file management system within Office365 and migrated the entire company to cloud-based file system. Managing IT systems for multiple divisions that required their own technology and managing SOX compliance were efficiently carried out.

The job covered implementing a hosted VOIP communications system (8×8) to enable all employees to be in constant contact and work “outside the box”. Tasks consisted of managing multiple projects both technically and financially, along with managing both internal and external staff. Functions involved serving as primary IT trainer for entire organization and training the company staff on all new technology. Managing multiple hosting entities were efficiently carried out.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a director of IT with work background in financial services, banking and technology industries, as well as skilled in Oracle ERP, HCM SaaS, Financials, JD Edwards and Hyperion? Technical skills cover Oracle ERP, HCM SaaS, Financials, JD Edwards and Hyperion. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

While working for a financial services company, main functions of this director of IT were comprised of directing a global team of 150 IT professionals with a budget of $23M to sustain production stability and resiliency through the efficient execution of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes. Focus was on incident & problem management, change & release management, as well as IT asset management leveraging the ServiceNow platform. This individual collaborated with the CIO and IT COO to present production stability continuous improvements and status reports to the IT governance committee and the board’s technology and operations committee. Human resources migration from PeopleSoft to the Oracle HCM SaaS solution was handled, including Core HR, Recruiting & Onboarding, Time & Labor, Absence Management, Performance Management, Compensation, Payroll, and eLearning.

Notable achievements involved a 65% reduction in IT production incidents, improving overall client satisfaction while sustaining the rate of production changes (2500 per month). The significant increase in the breadth and depth of IT assets and configuration items discovered from 500,000 to over 3,000,000 improving the efficacy of incident triage, change impact risk analysis and coverage of resiliency scenarios was also achieved. The finance migration from JD Edwards and Hyperion to the Oracle Financials and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) SaaS solutions was carried out.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this director of IT who worked in the information technology industry, as well as proficient in PeopleSoft, Oracle, MS Dynamics, SQL Server and SharePoint? Technical competencies involve PeopleSoft CRM, Oracle, MS Dynamics, SQL Server and SharePoint. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science Major in Computer Science, Minors: Business and Administration, Mathematics.

Important contributions of this director of IT included directing common service centers for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) in support of Oracle ERP, PeopleSoft CRM implementations and managed 29 employees. The job entailed leading web technology, and business-to-business integration (B2B) services, employing Object-Oriented and SOA best practices, UML, and RUP methodology in projects. Tasks covered directing an enterprise modeling function (functions, systems, process, and data flow) to do planning for ERP systems deployment, SOX implementation and process improvement, leading strategic data administration program, as well as driving data and metadata management of product and customer data entities.

This specialist led global engineering and delivery organization responsible for voice and data, networks, Wi-Fi, PBX, VoIP, IP telephony, DNS, firewalls, VPN, security, Microsoft infrastructure, desktop management and virtual worker enablement. In addition, 44 employees were management. Leading strategic telecom services procurement, issuing and reviewing RFI/RFP for worldwide MPLS services achieving $14MM reduction in expense from a $95MM base were skills brought to the table. Functions involved strategic planning, capital planning $30MM+ and driving alignment across a highly matrixed team supporting 35,000 employees, 287 locations in 160 countries.

What can a director of IT with work background in insurance, wholesale and IT industries, as well as specializations in PeopleSoft, Oracle, Lawson, Hyperion, Essbase and Salesforce bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve PeopleSoft, Oracle, Lawson, Hyperion, Essbase and Salesforce. Educational attainment includes M.B.A., Corporate Finance; and B.A., Business Administration, Finance.

Working with areas such as preparing and presenting the IT project business-case justification to the company’s governance committee for approval were some of the responsibilities of this director of IT. Duties covered overseeing the total budget of $40 million in operating expense and $20 million in capital expenditures for all financial budget planning, forecasting, monthly variance analysis and reporting. This individual designed and prepared consolidating financial results and project results for IT department. Work was done with CIO to prepare and present IT financial and project status and updates to CFO and corporate CIO. Financial controls were created to ensure adherence to international IT financial budgetary guidelines. Internal control was created using PeopleSoft and time reporting to validate Accenture statements of work, and all financial aspects of outsourced vendor were facilitated.

Other functions included evaluating cost allocations across various corporate locations, partnering with regional CIOs to provide guidance, and recommending allocation best practices. The job covered maximizing efficiency department-wide by conceiving, developing, and implementing new process improvements to transmit information more quickly and accurately. Tracking project actual costs corporate wide was completed using PeopleSoft functionality. Reporting processes were streamlined by assisting in integration of existing financial procedures into Chubb infrastructure, with effort resulting in simultaneous distribution of data to two different customer bases.

What can a manager of IT with work background in manufacturing, aerospace and technology industries, as well as specializations in Epicor, SAP, Access and SQL Server bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve Epicor, SAP, Access and SQL Server. Educational attainment includes Leadership Certification, M.B.A., Management, B.S., Industrial Engineering and B.S., Engineering.

Working with areas such as recognizing growing business demands and developing strategies to support those needs were some of the responsibilities of this manager of IT. One of the duties covered establishing helpdesk, network infrastructure, application support, project management and business systems groups within the company. This individual developed and implemented a standardized network infrastructure to support the business integration and communication requirements across multiple sites. Standardizing project management and modifying policies and procedures were done to streamline application processes within IT. An additional role involved ensuring that business partners receive the tools that were developed to meet their needs. Facilitating ERP system upgrades, implementations and conversions-Epicor and SAP was carried out.

Achievements included developing the IT organization over a 13-year period to support 17 acquisition/location startups in three countries as the business grew from $30M to $750M in revenues, as well as developing/implementing application portfolios that improve IT efficiencies while providing flexible tools to meet the unique site-by-site business needs. The job covered creating a multi-site help desk utilizing the Altiris Help Desk management system. Aside from heading the corporation- wide rollout of VOIP phone system, all application servers within main data center and at remote sites were virtualized.

Could your organization use a manager of IT who is experienced in manufacturing, aerospace and industrial automation industries, as well as proficient in Oracle ERP, Oracle EBS, SAP ECC, FICO, MM, PP and PM? Technical proficiencies cover Oracle ERP, Oracle EBS, SAP ECC, FICO, MM, PP and PM. Educational background includes PMI, PMBOK Project Management Curriculum for PMP-Certificate Program; Computer Networking Technology/Technical Writing; as well as Business Administration.

Some impact contributions of this manager of IT included managing IT, telecommunications, budget development & purchasing, IT project management, SDL of custom business applications, BI tools for key performance indicators using dashboard and report views. This individual managed and oversaw functions and support of SAP ECC 6.0 and various third-party software systems. One of the key roles involved managing successful implementations of SAP ECC 6.0 ERP system. Functional modules included FI/CO, MM, PP, PM, QM, SD, PLM, DMS, Projects and WM modules along with custom container tracking system for work in process within SAP at three company locations over the past four years. Performing comparative analysis on current version of Oracle ERP system versus the new version of Oracle E- Business Suite (R12) in preparation for ERP system upgrades was efficiently carried out.

One of the skills brought to the table involved leading the project for in- place upgrade of the Shop Floor Management system allowing for material tracking throughout the manufacturing process. Proven increase in production flow, lead time management, scrap analysis and rework analysis were some of the skills brought to the table. The job consisted of implementing an online Documentation Library and Document Management System in effort to reduce printing/filing costs.

Would a manager of IT with familiarity in manufacturing, media and nonprofit industries, as well as skilled in PeopleSoft, SAP, UNIX and IBM SP AIX/DB2 help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover PeopleSoft, SAP, UNIX and IBM SP AIX/DB2. Management competencies include team leadership/development, budgeting and procurement management, as well as systems analysis and implementation. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering Technology (cum laude). This individual obtained Certifications in ITIL and Project Management.

Making a positive difference with managing the organization responsible for all enterprise class servers, storage, and messaging infrastructure platforms was one of the key focuses of this manager of IT. Responsibilities consisted of being accountable for defining $2 million department and project budgets and identifying and executing continuous service improvement measures with the department. The job covered managing $1.7 million dollar project to migrate critical SAP and PeopleSoft applications to IBM Power7 platform. An additional role covered managing a project to replace 250 Tb of Enterprise Storage from three vendors to one vendor, including deciding on new architecture, migration planning and operational readiness.

Part of the notable tasks included managing the global windows system consolidation and upgrade project totaling 3000+ servers through Virtualization. This saved the company $75k in hardware maintenance costs through vendor negotiation. This individual was recruited to be on a global project responsible for the strategy and implementation of ITIL Process Management best practices to improve technology management service levels. In another company, functions involved directing/overseeing the IT services/business systems & reporting teams which were responsible for the high level strategic/tactical decisions & maintenance of all Network Infrastructure Security.

Could your organization use a manager of IT with experience in manufacturing, marketing and software industries who is proficient in SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, NextGen, QAD, Cloud and IT Security? Technical proficiencies cover SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, NextGen, QAD, Cloud and IT Security. Areas of expertise include cyber security/authentication architecture, secure hybrid IT infrastructure as well as cloud & storage environment design. Educational attainment includes BS, Sociology and Criminal Science as well as MS Information Systems Management. This individual obtained Certifications in Project Management, Lean Manufacturing, APICS, Agile Program Management and ITIL.

Primary tasks of this manager of IT included managing the global implementation and roll-out of SAP Systems, as well as all training and audit controls for documentation. Implementing a worldwide SAP R3 ERP solution and serving as project lead for financials (HR/ICS) were efficiently carried out. One of the key roles covered developing the company’s first IT training and document control division, which grew to 720 courses.

Contributions involved leading the ERP upgrade, supply chain execution and serving as PMO for the corporate relocation and U.S. Data Centers consolidation. The conversion of resources and transformation of IT to support four new manufacturing and technology facilities (24,000 employees) were efficiently managed. This individual achieved 0.89% IT expense-to- revenue ratio – best in industry (vs. 3-4% average) and saved $27 million (51%) in global IT expenses, $21+ million (56%) reduction in corporate IT spending in 2 years. One of the achievements included leading the global effort to consolidate and centralize distributed data centers into two standardized regional data centers with less than 24 hours total critical application downtime.