Strong management background, with experience in strategic planning, project management, operations, logistics, staffing, budgeting, software sourcing and vendor negotiations.  Experienced leading teams of up to 36 IT professionals and up to $4 million in budgets.  Produced $600,000 in annual savings within first 90 days; later streamlined Oracle ERP to slash 64% from month-closing times as Financial Systems Manager (2001-2003).  Extensive information systems experience in network operations, ERP implementations, disaster recovery, help desk and programming functions. Expert in software development, hardware management and system architecture in mainframe, PC and LAN environments.  Expert in Implementation of Oracle Financials (GL / AP / AR / FA), PO HRMS / Benefits / Self service.  Saved considerable time and manual effort while increasing data integrity by implementing FA module to handle company's assets along with its subsidiaries. Implementation included business re