A Senior IT Executive with large multi-national companies who enables leading-edge global IT operations to make significant impacts on corporate business processes. Implements strategic plans collaborating with both business leaders and IT in open communication accomplishing transparency and proving IT value. Thrives in busy and rapidly changing work environments requiring leadership of remote resources and third party contributors demanding strong negotiation skills and building long term relationships. Coordinates vendors using on-shore, near-shore and off-shore models. Recognized for building an effective, motivated and dedicated IT teams that will communicate in business terms, understand the business objectives and deliver on business needs.

IT Director Business Systems and Project Management @ Gather, prepare, analyze and document requirements for complex technology, and business/systems projects, recommending improved processes and systems, and manage associated projects to a successful conclusion. Implementing IT systems solutions create and revise schedules, attaining and coordinating resources, managing the team and consultants, assessing and minimizing project risks, remaining flexible to make changes to schedules and plans to accommodate new information/results, creating related documentation and overseeing project quality control, all the while, managing others and working hands-on as needed. Projects include implementing multi-warehouse planning and distribution (3PL), and Trade Insight software. Projects on the near-term horizon include researching/selecting and implementing a new ERP system, and possibly SharePoint. From June 2015 to Present (7 months) Director IT - Global Operations @ • Managed Global Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, and support functions finance and HR. Focused on developing long term strategic road map for applications being globally rolled out aimed at standardizing business processes and information to advance operational excellence goals. • Drove implementation of Visual Management system to improve OEE, saving $2.6M+ in outside purchasing. • Initiated global forecasting and supply network blue prints incorporating diverse needs of 4 regions to ensure alignment of regional leaders to drive single business process. • Implemented automated data collection system to collect real time data from manufacturing operations to measured effectiveness of processes and allow for common tools sets, critical matrixes to be used to measure manufacturing, allowed for global leveraging of continuous improvement teams. • Established common processes and master data for 4 regions’ suppliers which supported procurement team to dramatically change their negotiations with key vendors acting as single company rather than 4 regional businesses. From 2012 to 2015 (3 years) Group IT Director Materials North America @ • Initiated and managed $28M budget for delivery of capital projects and overall accountability for all IT operational activity. Managed through matrix IT organization of 50 employees and 100+ contractors, on-shore, near-shore and off-shore, reporting for 8 divisions. • Constructed and executed 5 year IT application roadmap aligned with key business strategic initiatives enabling North American team to plan out long growth area’s with systems, business intelligence, and master data to achieve their goals. Gave insight to investments required and stronger return on investments. • Utilized LEAN techniques to address raw material issues; i.e., adding surcharge on specific raw material allowing recovering of $14M annually. • Developed and implemented strategic plan that replaced order entry and ERP applications with annualized savings of $80M in capital and expenses. • Established executive level group to discuss monthly key IT initiatives which ensured closer alignment between business and IT teams. • Launched global project with Salesforce.com to align common practices and tool sets allowing sales opportunities to determine sales strategies based on individual customers and refocus required resources on best opportunities leading to incremental sales growth of $23M. • Served as an active member of two executive business leadership teams, one for North America, other a World Wide leadership team, generating annual sales respectively of approximately $1.2B and $600M. From 2010 to 2011 (1 year) Group IT Director Materials Europe @ • Constructed and managed $22M budget and delivery of capital projects and accountability for all operational activity. Managed through matrix IT organization and led IT group of 42 employees and 50+ contractors, on-shore, near-shore and off-shore, reporting for 3 divisions. Traveled throughout Germany, Ireland, England, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Czech Republic, and India working with manufacturing plants, distributions centers and call centers. • Restructured steering committee representing all business functions to get troubled $100M+ project back on track. From 2008 to 2010 (2 years) Director IT Office Products North America Business IT Solutions @ Directed a team that supported the key business functions, including order entry, ERP, web-sites, data warehouse, and shop floor applications. Constructed and managed a budget of approximately 2 million dollars and accountable for the execution of application road map for the North America office products business. From 2006 to 2008 (2 years) Director IT Supply Chain & Operations Office Products North America @ Responsible for ensuring all applications and operational IT assets including RF units, routers, servers, printers, LAN/WAN, and other equipment functioned correctly. Reported to the VP of supply chain and operations. From 2002 to 2006 (4 years)

Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration @ University of La Verne From 2000 to 2002 Scott Kenney is skilled in: Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Leadership Development, Operations Management, Team Building, Black Belt, Business Process, Strategy, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Management Consulting, Budgets, MRP, Quality Management, Data Warehousing