Jerry Witowski Resume
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Resume:
Information Technology Executive
Top performing, results oriented executive with extensive global IT leadership experience delivering improved business processes and supporting technology capabilities across multiple industries. A communicative, collaborative, and energetic leader with broad capabilities in technology disciplines, project management, and merger and acquisition planning and implementation. Known for building and leading cross-functional teams to ensure on-time and on-budget deliverables and the achievement of company goals.
Core Competencies Include:
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· Mergers & Acquisitions |
· Strategic Planning |
· Cost Reduction |
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· Due Diligence and TSAs |
· Process Standardization |
· Vendor Management |
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· Change Management |
· Program Management |
· Resource Optimization |
Professional Experience
wIT Consulting
Performed IT due diligence, evaluation of requirements, and modelling to stand-up an independent IT organization for a private equity carve out of a major paper supplier.
Provided an assessment of current IT Asset Management organization, policies, procedures, and tools for a major defence and intelligence corporation. Presented recommendations combined with detail assessment to create a self-funding corrective action plan.
SEALED AIR
Vice President, IS Business Management
Director, IS Business Management & Architecture
Commercial Director
Built IS Business Management team comprised of:
Finance Team, which delivered to global IT Strategic Plan, Budget, Forecast, IT Asset Management, and reporting for an organization with $M in annual operating expense and $M in IT Capital Spending.
Vendor Management Organization that oversaw global IT sourcing, negotiations, vendor and contract management for over $M in annual IT spending, and governed over $M in annual IT outsourcing spending.
Project Management Office that oversaw the delivery of all IT projects with skilled IT Project Managers.
Reduced IS operating expenses by over $M annually through productivity gains, standardization, focused asset management, software license reclamation, outsourcing, and optimizing acquired solutions by leveraging RFP’s and competitive sourcing, while delivering new capabilities and benefits.
Delivered over $.M in annual savings by leveraging Microsoft perpetual use rights to minimize company’s Enterprise Agreement, eliminating Software Assurance for Office, SQL Server, and Windows Servers products.
Reduced annual maintenance fees $K and increase support satisfaction by moving Oracle maintenance for JDE and Agile products to a third party.
Achieved $.M in annual savings, surpassing target of $.M, through reorganization and renegotiation of contingent labor agreements.
Renegotiated storage lease program, saving $M over -month term. Deferred $K of expenses and created a utility model for future expansion and contraction of requirements.
Architected critical licensing deal for SAP’s Cloud for Customer involving credits for unused software in excess of $.M and $.M maintenance reduction, in addition to $M savings on subscription service.
Removed $M in annual costs by consolidating European and American SAP systems into a single instance, creating a global platform and decommissioning of European computing platform.
Eliminated capital outlays for aging PBX systems and achieved savings in excess of % over prior solutions and $M savings over years by implementing a Voice as a Service platform in North America and Europe plus saved $M through telecom expense management.
Key contributor in over twenty acquisitions or divestments and associated IT integrations or separations.
Delivered $M in annual savings by consolidating two global organizations as part of the Diversey acquisition integration. Co-led the integration with the Diversey CIO.
Authored and negotiated multiple service level agreements related to transitional services.
Established global financial budgeting and reporting processes. Provided transparency and reduced year over year spending to achieve targeted benchmark of . % of Revenue.
Led global cross-functional IT Architecture team, which delivered greater consistency in solutions and established Google as the corporate collaboration platform.
Senior Manager, Infrastructure Planning
Strategically planned and established IT infrastructure and related tools and services to facilitate implementation of global SAP software solutions. Spearheaded SAP Business Warehouse team to improve management reporting from global SAP system.
WR GRACE
Director, Information Systems
Responsible for the GRACE corporate IT applications and operations, along with the formation of the global SAP support team.
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration (Highest Honors), University of Baltimore
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Denison University
Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science, Denison University
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Forrester Leadership Board, Sourcing & Vendor Management
Gartner IT Leadership Sourcing & Vendor Relationship
Oracle Licensing Management Service Steering Group
