Expertise -30 years as a dynamic leader with progressive background and proven success enhancing information technology. Applies hands-on approach to deliver technical solutions. Lead key IT projects, including SOX compliance, disaster recovery, password control, and business applications, often utilizing extensive SAP expertise.
Core Competencies:
- Strategic Planning
- Business Development
- Project Management
- Staff Management
- Streamlining Processes
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- P & L Management
- Change Management
- Team Leadership / Training
- Technical Innovation
- Business Applications
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- Supply Chain Applications
- Financial Applications
- Outsourcing / Offshoring
- Needs Assessment
- Mergers and Acquisitions
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Business/ IT Acumen Create and manage department in charge of quality applications systems, including business applications, supply chain management, and internal financial applications, emphasizing consistent and improved processes. Recruited, hired, and managed 20 in department, including contractors, designers, programmers, and administrative staff. Developed applications based on end-user requests, ranging from short-term solutions to multiple-year development efforts and budget ranging from $10K to $6M.
Key Accomplishments
- Creating Executive Information System (EIS), allowing CFO to make decisions quickly with graphical dashboard access to financial information. Oracle database backend; MicroStrategy front end.
- Simplifying Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for SOX compliance.
- Key role in Program Management Office (PMO), collecting business requirements, meeting with stakeholders, making presentations.
- Increasing inventory/analysis productivity 50% with global inventory system's real-time updates on build requirements.
- Managing / moving outsourcing of 73 non-SAP applications from China to India.
- Reducing error under 1% from 20% and unifying demand planning globally by managing project development of factory decision-making system with SalesForce.com front-end and KNOVA as product data.
- Designed automated Budget Planning System, Backlog/Inventory Control System, and Ship Review System to increase productivity, accuracy, and profitability.
- Performance award: Guiding SAP Enterprise Resource Planning: Designed data cubes for Sales & Marketing reports and advanced SAP Business Explorer user training material.
- Performance award for implementation of BAAN ERP system.
- Performance award for transforming IBM-based reporting to Crystal reporting.
- Design and Develop Enterprise Application Systems, Integration of various Applications into one entity presenting the final system resource architecture .
Education
- Ph.D, Organization and Leadership, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Outstanding Student of the Year
- Masters in Business Administration, San Francisco State, San Francisco, CA
- Master of Science, Computer Applications, University of Tehran, Iran
- Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, University of Tehran, Iran
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