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Resume (CV)

James P. MacLennan

Summary

Seasoned IT leader with a broad background in strategic visioning, tactical & operational planning and management, and effective & relevant system/process design. Focused on delivering timely, measurable, and sustainable results that support business objectives. Recognized for creative, high impact performance with consistent delivery of strong results through formal and advisory leadership.

Education

MBA, Marketing Concentration, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 1992

BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 1985

Experience

($BB manufacturing company) Chicago, IL area

2005-Present Executive Director, Information Technology

Divisional CIO role, with direct responsibility for these functional areas within IT:

Within IT, I manage seven direct reports, and a total team size of over 40. Total operating budget of these groups is in excess of $21M.

In addition to these organizational groups, I also have responsibility in these areas:

Strategic IT

Tactical IT

Project Management

Culligan International Northbrook, IL

Culligan is a $700M global provider of water treatment products and services.

2000-2005 Director, Information Technology

Strategic IT

Tactical IT

Business Change

Project Management

Vendor Management

Pharmacia Corporation (Monsanto / GD Searle) Skokie, IL

Pharmacia was created in 2000 through the merger of Pharmacia & Upjohn with Monsanto Company and its G.D. Searle pharmaceutical unit ($3.9B in sales).

1999-2000 Associate Director, Strategy Development

1996-1999 Associate Director, IT Relationship Management

Adams Elevator Equipment Company Niles, IL

Adams is a $28M manufacturing & distribution company serving the elevator industry.

1993-1996 Director, MIS

TenMan Systems, Inc. Des Plaines, IL

TenMan was an $8M software & services provider, focused on Real Estate/Property Management.

1985-1993 Manager of Product Development

Publications

www.cazh1.com - Professional web site / selected essays, plus blog; on Business, Information, and Technology, 2004-Present

Front End of Innovation blog - Contributing author, 2008-Present

Smart Data Collective web site - Featured blogger, 2009-Present

Resistance is Futile (ThinkWrap column), Datamation Magazine, Cahners Publishing, Feb 1995

SQLWindows 5.0 (Product Review), Software Development Magazine, Miller Freeman Publishing, Jan/Feb 1995

Contributing author, Financial Applications in Windows, Windows Connectivity Secrets, IDG Books Worldwide, 1994

Skill Sets

Vertical Markets

Consumer Package Goods, Consumer Durable Goods, Consumer Products, Financial, Foodservice, Franchise, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Professional Services, Property Management, Real Estate

Global Markets

North America (Canada, Mexico)

Europe (France, Germany)

Business Training / Practices

Balanced Scorecard, Business Process Re-engineering (BPR), Knowledge Management (KM), Lean Manufacturing, Mergers Acquisitions & Divestitures, Organizational Change Management, Portfolio Management, Project Management Office (PMO), Scenario Planning, Strategic Planning, Total Quality Management (TQM)

Technical Methodologies

Client/Server Design/Architecture (n-tier), Configuration Management (SCM), Data Modeling, Information Engineering (IE), Internet/Web Design/Architecture, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Object Oriented Analysis & Design (OOP), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software as a Service (Saas), Software Metrics, Software Quality Assurance (SQA), Unified Modeling Language (UML)

Functional / Operational Areas

Audit, CAD/CAM/CIM, Customer Call Center, Channel Management, Communications, Customer Service, Distribution, Electronic Commerce, Engineering, Finance, Help Desk, Human Resources, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketing, Payroll, Procurement, Production and Inventory Control, Property Management, Research & Development (R&D), Recruiting / Staffing, Sales Management, Sarbanes-Oxley, Supply Chain Planning, Transportation, Warehousing

Application / System Disciplines

Collaboration Platforms, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Data Warehouse, Decision Support Systems (DSS), Distributed Databases, Document Management, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Executive Information Systems (EIS), Groupware, Material Resource Planning (MRP), RFID, Sales Force Automation (SFA), Workflow, Web 2.0, Web Hosting Services, Web Standards

Computer Languages / Standards

C, CSS, Gupta SQLWindows, HTML, Java, JavaScript, jQuery, Lotus Notes, MS Access, MS Visual Basic / VBA, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Powerbuilder, Progess/4GL, Python, RPG/CL, VBScript, XHTML

Relational Databases

DB/400, MS Access, MS SQL Server, Oracle, Progress, SQLBase, Sybase SQL Server, Watcom SQL

Development Tools / Environments

Adobe Acrobat, Apache, AutoCAD, Blackberry, Cold Fusion, Documentum, Eclipse, Front Page, mod_perl, MS Index Server, MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, MS Web Server (IIS), S-Designor, Visual Interdev, Visual Studio, WebTrends, Windows Help System

Operating Systems

HP/UX 11i (Unix), Linux, Novell Netware, OS/2, OS/400, Palm OS, Windows CE, Windows NT Workstation/Server, Windows 2000 Workstation/Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP/Server, Ubuntu

Application Suites

Baan (light), Hyperion Enterprise, Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), JDA/Manugistics, JD Edwards (light), MAPICS, Peoplesoft (light), PRMS, QAD MFG/PRO, SAP