Chuck Codling

Current

• Director Infrastructure & Service Delivery at Rocky Brands, Inc.

Past

• Technology & Management Consultant at C V Codling, LLC
• CIO at Maidenform
• Managing Partner; Project Team Leader at Nebula, Inc.

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Education

• Brigham Young University

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Chuck Codling’s Summary

An accomplished IT leader & management consultant bringing innovative solutions to meet corporate profit objectives. As a seasoned results-oriented Information Systems leader, he has led organizational realignment with business profit goals, system architecture & design in turnaround settings, secure network infrastructures, disaster recovery planning, data security, supply chain & services delivery improvements in manufacturing & outsourced production settings. He has concurrently managed major projects including ERP, financial & HR applications, retail & POS integration with financial, production control & warehouse management applications in highly compressed timeframes yet within budget. He possesses a keen sense of emerging technologies leveraged strategically in a business environment. He has strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to build & motivate disparate professional teams to performance excellence with a consultative & collaborative style that is constructive & insightful yet personable & actionable.

Chuck Codling’s Specialties:

Project Management
IT Strategy and Turnaround Management
Systems Infrastructure
Standards & Best Practices
Budget & Cost Control
Supply Chain & Services Management Improvements
Retail Systems
IT SOX-Compliant Documentation & Controls
Data Security
Coaching & Mentoring
Trusted Advisor & Interim CIO roles

Chuck Codling’s Experience

• Director Infrastructure & Service Delivery

  Rocky Brands, Inc.

  (Public Company; RCKY; Apparel & Fashion industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  Established unified communications services including presence, teleconferencing, integrated IM & email, reducing telecom expense $200k and travel (through internal web conferencing & training) by 11%.
  Led access-rights review to strengthen financial controls for SOX compliance. Initiated & deployed IT Service Problem Reporting & Tracking system with performance metrics, improving internal service levels 28% in problem closure time while reducing expense 12%.

• Technology & Management Consultant

  C V Codling, LLC

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 9 months)

  Project Management, Data Security, Disaster Recovery Planning, IT Assessment, IT Architecture & Infrastructure, Supply Chain & Services Improvement, Interim & turnaround leadership, Network, PC & Office suite training, repair, improved performance.

• CIO

  Maidenform

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 1998 — March 2007 (8 years 9 months)

  Responsible for all IT functions -- telecoms, networks, computing, & data security.
  • Led strategic culture change transforming IT as business-process & service driven. Reduced project times >33% & budgets to 1.2% of sales while exiting bankruptcy.
  • Led legacy application replacement:
   ERP, HR, Payroll & financial systems
   Shop Floor mfg. & WMS, cutting inventory exp. $1.8M yearly, impr. accuracy >98% & recover 3 wks capacity.
   Network as interactive & secure; transitioned systems from manufacturing to outsourced model w/in 20 months
  • Established web-centric Help desk w/ SLA-metrics, improving resp. 35%.
  • Led project deploying Storage Area Network (SAN), doubling capacity, improve application avail. >21% & transaction times >35%.
  • Instituted corporate security, e-policy to protect intellectual assets, eliminate cyber-attacks & increase availability to >98%. Established disaster recovery plan, tested/updated yearly; SOX controls & procedures, compliant at IPO.

• Managing Partner; Project Team Leader

  Nebula, Inc.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1982 — July 1998 (16 years 7 months)

  Business development & building focused teams providing quality services to clients including Maidenform, NYNEX, RCA Missile & Surface Radar, GE Aerospace, U.S. Navy, Xerox Corp., Telerate/Dow Jones, and ISC Defense Systems.
  • As project architect to NYNEX, oversaw design merging billing & customer care applications with 80% fewer call-backs, 50%reduced training & completed calls up 20%.
  • As team leader to ADP, developed real-time dividend processing from market feeds.
  • As subcontractor to ISC Defense Systems, created concept proofs to Navy, enabling ISC to enter trainer market; use of COTS equipment saved $6.6M per simulator.
  • As subcontractor to RCA, recommended vendor alternatives saving $2.2M. Developed concurrent radar frame testing process to reduce cost 32%.
  • As project lead to Dow Jones, created historical ticker feed DB & developed Data Engine component.
  • For Ft. Knox delivered 5-year IT plan cuting staff 8% and saving $4.6M while improving service.

Chuck Codling’s Education

• Brigham Young University

  1963 — 1967

Additional Information

Chuck Codling’s Interests:

Teaching & simplfying technology for non-technical, music, choral arrangements

Chuck Codling’s Groups:

ISC Committee of AAFA

•    Executive Suite
•    ETP Network - Platinum Members

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