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Director, Marketing and Distribution – IT @ Premcor Refining Recruited concurrent with opening of European presence to institute ERP system across all future acquisitions. Within two weeks of hire, organization was sold to Valero; assumed new responsibility as Director Marketing and Distribution – IT. From 2005 to 2006 (1 year) Old Greenwich, CTProject Manager @ IBM Business Consulting Services Designed and implemented global methodology for conducting GAP analysis, estimating methodology and resourcing model for future phases. Managed client relations and promoted client engagement to support IBM’s selection for Phase II deployment activities. From 2002 to 2006 (4 years) Houston, Texas AreaMIS Analyst @ Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Deployed ERP platform (SAP) to drive productivity enhancement and standardize reporting issues. Implemented Sales and Distribution and Inventory Management solution across five US locations and JV operations in Germany and Japan. From 1988 to 1992 (4 years) Phoenix, Arizona AreaChief Information Officer @ PBF Energy Joined privately held development stage/pre-IPO company to establish IT organization and transform into a strategic business partner supporting company’s high-growth mission. Defined and implemented IT vision of strategic systems roadmap and staffing, leveraging SAP for ERP and Openlink’s Solarc for Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM). Manage $20M operating budget and four direct reports with 65 FTEs plus three managed service agreements encompassing 80 resources.Representative Accomplishments♦ Played key role in transitioning organization from pre-IPO to one of the largest independent refining companies in the US.♦ Optimized resource management from dependency on third-parties to mixed model optimizing onshore and offshore staffing; supported transformation from solely project focused to mixed model of large projects, delivery, and operate & maintain.♦ Key contributor on frontline acquisition team.♦ Expanded role to include facilities management across five locations comprised of 60,000 square feet supporting workforce of 200+. From 2010 to March 2017 (7 years) Parsippany, NJChief Information Officer @ Petroplus Marketing AG Recruited as key member of turnaround team; established and managed day-to-day customer-driven IT organization. Migrated legacy platforms to new version of Oracle with agility to align with development and M&A efforts, while supporting diverse, expanding customer base of field and corporate groups. Managed four direct reports, 40 indirects and offshore personnel supporting eight refineries and two corporate offices across five countries (Switzerland, Belgium, UK, Germany, and France).Representative Accomplishments♦ Managed IT organization strategic planning and day-to-day operations through transition from private to public turnaround (delisting, asset disposal, IPO) across Western Europe.♦ Maintained 10 localized ERP platforms.♦ Built and managed high performance acquisition team that drove expansion throughout Western Europe.♦ Oversaw growth from refining capacity of 220,000 barrels/day at three refineries to 859,100 barrels/day across eight refining assets and expansion of team from four to forty resources. From 2006 to 2010 (4 years) Zürich Area, SwitzerlandImplementation and Deployment Manager for System Implementations @ Price Waterhouse Key member of team hired to build PWs SAP consulting practice west of the Mississippi, and lead global deployments of SAP software solutions.Representative Engagements♦ Led multinational SAP implementations for leading global energy oil and gas companies, including Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, Amoco, Amerada Hess and Royal Dutch Shell.♦ ExxonMobil: Headed up Japanese rewrite and deployment of global template; served as Program Manager on development and deployment. Headed up integrated work plans for 42 resources in Brussels, Belgium.♦ BP: Standardized and consolidated 16 unique international SAP systems.♦ Amoco: Developed and deployed SAP ERP system, serving as procurement lead, taskforce co-lead and capital projects lead.♦ Royal Dutch Shell: Integrated work plans across multiple business lines, 200+ resources and 12 sub-teams.♦ Formulated estimating model for EMEA deployment of Oracle ERP system for Toyota.♦ Managed US team and consultants in India in deployment of SAP platform for US deployment of global template for BBraun Medical Devices.♦ Served as Sales and Distribution Co-Lead – from analysis through integration testing across 100 resources of global design – for Compaq. From 1992 to 2005 (13 years) Houston, Texas AreaChief Executive Officer @ BlueBox Consolidated / BlueBox Holdings Ag Bluebox leverages IoT technology for customer product activation and distribution to automate the retail distribution of consumer products while aggregating and cataloging the data associated with customer interaction. Developing all operations, technology, and distribution systems. Houston, Texas, United States / Zurich SwitzerlandVice President - Information Systems & Technology, CIO @ Motiva Enterprises LLC MOTIVA ENTERPRISES, LLC, Houston, TX – Wholly owned business under ARAMCO 2017 - PresentVICE PRESIDENT, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY, CIORecruited into Joint Venture company pre-Separation to navigate through separation and establish in-house competency to facilitate transition away from 100% Managed Services Model including designing fit for purpose streamlined and efficient IT systems to support and drive the business. As an integral member of the Executive Leadership team, determine how better to leverage technology to reduce costs, and ensure safest most profitable independent refiner in the US.Representative Accomplishments♦ Instrumental to transitioning organization thru Joint Venture separation – exiting HyperCare in less than six months without major disruption to BackOffice operations.♦ Reset organizational culture surrounding Information Systems and Technology function away from Order Taker to Trusted Collaborative Partner.♦ Reduced onsite third party headcount from 300 to