Danny Dupont

Division IT Director - Capsules & Health Ingredients @ Lonza

About

• Managing large ERP Departments with resources global and multiple consulting partners • Managing Global Production Support and Program Deployment Teams • 20+ large, complex, successful ERP implementations • 25+ years of SAP experience including 10 years Big 4 consulting • Leadership and people responsibility of employees, consulting and outsourced teams • Client focused with successful relationship management at all organizational levels • Significant experience in evaluation of solutions from strategic direction to implementation • Track record in negotiating support and delivery contracts with vendor

Country

United States

City

Tampa

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

SAP R/3, Project Implementation, SAP, ERP, SAP Implementation, Integration, Project Planning, Business Process Improvement, SAP BW, Program Management, SAP HR, SD, CRM, SAP ERP, Budgets, Outsourcing, Business Transformation, Project Management, IT Strategy, Business Process

Experience

Division IT Director - Capsules & Health Ingredients

Lonza

2020-4 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

Global Program Manager - ERP

Lonza

2017-7 - Present · 9 yrs 3 mos

Lead the ERP integration of the acquired Capsugel organization onto the Lonza single ERP platform.

Sr.Dir. of Global Applications IT

Capsugel / PE

2012-2 - Present · 14 yrs 8 mos

Tampa / Morristown

Leading a global ERP department replacing multiple legacy ERP systems on a global scale to support the separation from Pfizer. To accomplish this mission a new department within the IT team was established with new third party providers and new on/offshore operations. The ERP functions, together with a strong global reporting layer, were a key part of building an IT function and creating value, which resulted in successful private equity exit of Capsugel for $5.5 billion after an initial investment of $2.4 billion in 2011

Global ERP Head & Program Manager

CIBA Vision

2006-4 - 2012-1 · 5 yrs 10 mos

• Global leadership of production support with over 15 operational locations in North-America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific • Responsible for Global Deployments from inception through execution, obtaining budget approval, and leading steering committee and executive presentations • Budget creation and management for department of approximately annual $10-12M in Production Support functions and $15-20M in Projects • Strategic vendor management and planning including SOW ownership and management. Responsible for vendor selection, ongoing vendor improvements and continuing to drive cost reduction opportunities including:

Global Project Manager

Keltoi Corporation / Independent Project Management

2004-9 - 2006-4 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Program Manager for Deloitte Consulting India • Project Manager for CIBA Vision

Senior Manager SAP Practice

Deloitte

1995-4 - 2004-9 · 9 yrs 6 mos

Ten years of increasing responsibility in the SAP Practice. Management of projects in multiple countries, across different industries with first of kind functionality and process re-engineering. Key Customers: • Government: Full ERP deployment to replace aging legacy solutions • Consulting: Global financials & time deployment within independent partnership • Insurance: Financials deployment in South Korea with major process changes to allow for global and US reporting requirements • Energy: Full ERP deployment across newly acquired US entities • High Tech: Full ERP deployment with significant process changes

Independent Project Manager

Dupont Consulting

1994-8 - 1995-4 · 9 mos

* Food: Project Manager for rapid SAP implementation of a new division

Project Manager

Mijnen NV - Belgium

1993-3 - 1994-8 · 1 yr 6 mos

Energy: Project Manager for implementation of Finance, Sales, and Logistics Functions

Mulitple Positions

Hoogovens Aluminium NV - Belgium

1988-8 - 1993-3 · 4 yrs 8 mos

Manufacturing: Held positions and responsibilities to include, Finance SAP Production Support Lead, SAP Implementation Team Member, coordinator for Accounts Receivable, Internal Audit and Reporting, Assistant Accounts Payable Manager