brian gates

About

Accomplished IT Executive and Business Leader, delivering customer, owner and team members success. Leader of small and large software, professional services and fortune 500 IT organizations. Success serving customers across multiple industries and platform solutions, including commercial and custom systems for international and domestic organizations. Builds and leads great teams. Acquires, inspires, develops, supports and retains really good people. Previous success designing, planning and implementing systems that achieved synergies from the integration of acquired companies Strong working knowledge of commercial, supply chain, production, services, accounting and other administrative functions.

Country

united states

City

new york

Industry

information technology and services

Skill

integration, process improvement, manufacturing, oracle e business suite, cross functional team leadership, business process, change management, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, strategy, business process improvement, program management, management, team building, product development, process engineering, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, supply chain management, operations management, vendor management, project management, business transformation, executive management, automation, customer service, operational excellence, mergers, sdlc, engineering, supply chain, business strategy, management consulting, entrepreneurship, outsourcing, it strategy, leadership, communication skills, conceptual design, software development life cycle

Experience

partner, senior vice president

htg and sbi privately held providing management consulting and system integration services

1994-1 - 2004-1 · 10 yrs 1 mo

Creating, growing and monetizing professional services companies. Providing advice and systems related services for manufacturing and industrial services organizations.

corporate vice president - global applications

terex corporation

2005-2 - 2013-8 · 8 yrs 7 mos

Assess business opportunities, consult with senior management, develop systems strategies, create plans, hire and build teams. Design, build, deliver and support large scale business applications including ERP, E-Commerce, Warehouse Management +3PL, Business Analytics, Customer Service, Treasury, and Global Trade extensions and subsystems.

regional manager

sdrc

1986-1 - 1994-1 · 8 yrs 1 mo

General Manager of business unit, selling, implementing and supporting engineering design automation and product data management systems within the Western Region of the United States. Supported Aerospace, Defense, High Technology Capital equipment and Bio-Medical device engineering customers, helping to improve product time to market, quality and reliability. Managing full life cycle of product development processes and associated documentation.

vice president, professional services

plex systems, inc.

2014-1 - 2015-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Led professional services organization, supporting full life cycle of customer and partner projects from award, through implementation, stabilization and future phases of optimization.