Bob Powell

Senior Director Information Technology

About

I am a strategic and results-driven business technology leader, offering extensive experience in growing, developing, and motivating global teams, creating IT strategy, building technology roadmaps, managing project portfolios, building business cases and driving large complex enterprise projects from inception to completion. I also have expertise in global ERP implementations, building out PMO functions, business process management, contract negotiation, budget management, and system integration. I am recognized for successfully directing end-to-end implementations of mission-critical projects that grow revenue, ensure operational excellence, achieve significant cost savings, and enhance service standards. I am proficient at designing strategic roadmaps and administering MM$ budgets. I am a change management champion with a history of driving continuous improvements and business growth by fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation. I am a strong communicator, negotiator, and a problem-solver with outstanding business acumen. I am an expert at leading major program rollouts or strategic project software builds focusing on solution design, build, test, deploy and support transition. I have demonstrated success working in a global distributed team model and in matrixed environments. I have the practical knowledge and ability to identify process improvement opportunities and drive efficiency through operations. I also have extensive practical knowledge of complex systems builds that follows the SDLC with Agile, Waterfall and hybrid methodologies.. Furthermore, I have a credible history of overseeing large transformation programs where new operating models are designed and organizational structures are changed. My Key Expertise Includes: Program & Project Management | Outsourcing / Shared Services | Strategic Planning | Portfolio Management | Digital and Business Transformation | Enterprise Architecture | Release Management | Operating in Matrixed Organizations | Business Case Rationalization | Mergers and Acquisitions | Business Process Re-engineering | Budget Management | Software Development | Change Management | Service Level Management | ERP Implementation | Global Team Management | IT Governance | Project Management Office (PMO)

Country

United States

City

New York City Metropolitan Area

Industry

Medical Device

Skill

ERP, Process Improvement, Leadership, IT Strategy, Integration, FDA, Medical Devices, Supply Chain Management, Product Management, Business Intelligence, IT Management, Project Management, Product Launch, Software Development, Vendor Management, Change Management, Validation, Six Sigma, Business Process, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Experience

Senior Director Information Technology

Community Food Bank of New Jersey

2021-10 - Present · 5 yrs

Hillside, New Jersey, United States

Senior Director (Global Delivery Leader)

Stryker

2015-11 - 2020-3 · 4 yrs 5 mos

Provided strategic leadership and oversaw the development and delivery of technical solutions for Stryker’s global ERP footprint and associated satellite systems, supporting $14B in revenue, 20K users, 46 ERP Instances and 19 ERP Technology Stacks (PRMS, Infor, Oracle, NetSuite, JDE, QAD MfgPro, BPCS, Great Plains and Expandable). Directed a globally dispersed team of 50 members and 120+ contractors to administer an $18M budget to provide operational support and steer strategic programs focused on revenue generation, cost reduction and compliance from inception to completion.

Senior Director (Group CIO & Business Relationship Leader)

Stryker

2012 - 2015-10 · 3 yrs

Managed overall IT services and strategic alignment into the business functions for the Orthopedics Group ($4.2B revenue). Spearheaded a team of 23 members and 10+ contractors to provide oversight of IT operations and delivered multi-million dollars of IT investment in infrastructure upgrades/expansion and other strategic enterprise platform enhancements/integrations. Developed strategic IT plans and designed roadmaps to ensure alignment with enterprise strategy. Governed IT program and portfolio function for the Orthopaedics Group, while creating business cases and providing guidance for proper allocation of IT investment. Maintained overall accountability across the project portfolio by setting priorities, scope, and timelines as well as determined funding models.

Senior Director (Group CIO)

Stryker

2010-1 - 2012-5 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Led a global team of 150 members and 50+ contractors to administer a $17M budget and to oversee the IT function (encompassing Applications, Infrastructure, and IT Quality) for the $3.2B Orthopaedics Group. Ensured strategic alignment for key project/program priorities and delivered operational excellence (KPI achievement and customer satisfaction) for day-to-day services in support of the enterprise platforms and infrastructure.

Senior Director Enterprise Business Solutions

Stryker

2001-1 - 2009-12 · 9 yrs

Drove the enterprise application function and oversaw the development and delivery of technical solutions for the Orthopaedics Group by directing a global team of 45 members and 20+ contractors. Managed an operating budget of $8M to support daily operations and to ensure proper allocation and utilization of resources across major enterprise platforms aligned to ERP, MES, PLM, BI, CRM, HRMS and MDM.

Director Global Solutions

Stryker

1998-9 - 2000-12 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Responsible for all aspects of the enterprise application footprint for Stryker Howmedica Osteonics worldwide. This included the development and delivery of technical solutions for ERP systems, web based applications, client server applications and all integrations between these systems.

Manager of Application Development

Stryker

1997-9 - 1998-12 · 1 yr 4 mos

Senior Programmer Analyst

H&R Florasynth

1996-2 - 1997-9 · 1 yr 8 mos

Teterboro, New Jersey, United States

Education

Harvard Business School Executive Education

Business Administration and Management, General

Completed a selective six month executive leadership program for high potential leaders with both on-site education at Harvard University and remote sessions. The program included case study lectures and discussions with Harvard Accounting, Marketing, Economics, and Managerial professors along with Stryker leaders. The program culminated with presentations to the Stryker CEO and his executive leadership team on solutions to key business challenges facing Stryker.