Senior Technology Executive with 18 years of experience leading the corporate-wide information technology vision for a national apparel retailer with 105 store locations and gross sales exceeding $500 million dollars annually. A decisive executive with a unique combination of leadership experience in both technology and operations. Key strengths include: Leadership, Business Acumen, Strategic Planning, Budget Creation/Execution and Building High Performance Teams.
- 18 years of experience directing and overseeing the corporate-wide information technology vision for a $300M nationwide apparel retailer with 105 stores.
- 19 years of retail experience serving in multiple capacities (Vice President of Operations & Information Technology to Chief Information Officer).
- Extensive experience in driving innovation inside the enterprise and to customers and partners.
- Strong background leading the IT and operations side of organization growing from 2 stores to 105 stores to include an initial and two secondary public offerings, multiple acquisitions and a merger with a $1.4B men's retailer.
- Identified new technologies to make the business more competitive.
- Extensive experience executing retail expansion strategies that include demographic analysis, site selection, store design, store construction and store operations.
- Expertise in ERP solutions as well as Best of Breed applications and in-house developed programs.
- Highly proficient at working with all functional areas of the business to identify the needs and to facilitate the use of technology to meet the needs of the business.
