Chief Information Officer at ATG
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- VP, CIO at ATG
- Past
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- Director, Information Systems at LTX
- Director, Information Systems at Applix
- Group Manager, Applied Technology at Polaroid Corporation
- Quality and IT Manager at Polaroid Corporation
- Senior Engineer at Polaroid Corporation
- Education
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- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- University of California, Berkeley
- Virginia Tech
- SKHS
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Dan Abushanab’s Summary
Senior Manager, MBA, Master of Science, with broad business, information systems, project management, quality, and manufacturing background. Solid progression in level and scope of responsibilities. Significant hands-on technical skills, demonstrated ability to build, motivate, and align a team to accomplish complex business results.
Dan Abushanab’s Specialties:
Strategic Thinking. Strong “big picture” ability – able to design and plan ways to leverage IT tools to accomplish strategic business objectives.
Application Management. CRM, ERP, and web application development, data warehousing, enterprise portals.
Infrastructure Management. Faclities, LAN/WAN equipment, Unix and NT servers, firewalls, VPN, storage arrays, backup, disaster recovery, meta-directory, LDAP, messaging, calendaring, network monitoring, application and web servers.
Dan Abushanab’s Experience
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VP, CIO
ATG
(Public Company; ARTG; Computer Software industry)
November 2002 — Present (7 years 9 months)
Worldwide responsibility for all IS Applications, IT Infrastructure Operations, and Facilities.
* Ran operations for ATG's SaaS offerings, supporting a business delivering $30M+ in revenue
* Led business process and technical integration efforts for ATG’s acquisition of Primus, eStara, and Cleverset.
* Delivered several major initiatives while reducing expenses 20% annually over three years
* Rebuilt a poorly-performing organization into one that is highly efficient and responsive
* Reimplemented the SFA system, retiring four other independent customer systems
* Reimplemented the ERP system, Oracle 11i
* Developed a corporate information model and central BI system for all reporting
* Managed all aspects of the project to relocate the corporate headquarters, from site selection through design and build out to the actual move of a 1500 sf datacenter and 200 employees.
* Deployed a robust method for documenting and testing Sarbanes-Oxley 404 controls
* Implemented a global Active Directory for all user authentication, integrated with HR system.
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Director, Information Systems
LTX
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; LTXX; Semiconductors industry)
August 2001 — November 2002 (1 year 4 months)
With no incremental headcount, and modest capital investments, accomplished the following:
* Rebuilt a poorly-performing organization into one that is highly efficient and responsive, through staff, process, and organizational design improvements.
* Implemented Lotus Notes enterprise-wide, with project to convert 850 users from existing mail systems.
* Installed major infrastructure systems, including network backbone in four offices, SAN arrays, enterprise virus protection, firewalls and VPN functionality, and centralized backup.
* Rapidly implemented single worldwide instances of IS Helpdesk, HR and SFA systems, with complex security and workflow capabilities.
* Automated many aspects of the IS function, to provide proactive support. Areas include user account management, asset management, and network and server monitoring.
* Designed new asset refresh plan for PCs and Unix workstations. Negotiated a lease agreement with Dell with a negative stream rate. -
Director, Information Systems
Applix
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; APLX; Computer Software industry)
July 1999 — August 2001 (2 years 2 months)
* Implemented Applix Enterprise CRM and Analytics solutions internally, providing structure for critical business processes, a test bed for new releases, and a living demonstration of the solutions for use in sales and marketing activities.
* Installed major infrastructure systems, including network backbone, firewall and VPN functionality, centralized backup, LDAP and integrated meta-directory, IMAP mail environment, and web-calendaring package.
* Rebuilt corporate website to be an extension of the CRM package to the web, including multi-lingual and e-commerce capabilities.
* Rebuilt corporate intranet to provide an employee “portal”. New site provides integration to helpdesk, HR and Financial systems, on-line directories, and search capability.
* Managed projects to find and fit-up additional office space for corporate headquarters and a new division in the company. Efforts included architectural designs, demolition, rough-in, office furnishings, networks, and moves. -
Group Manager, Applied Technology
Polaroid Corporation
(Public Company; Consumer Goods industry)
November 1997 — July 1999 (1 year 9 months)
* Responsible for infrastructure improvement programs for the corporation. Examples include data integration between enterprise management tools, application rollouts, desktop standardization, and web site development.
* Built a Single Helpdesk model replacing 15 disparate support arrangements. Installed a client-server and web-enabled ticketing system to manage calls and flows to support staff. -
Quality and IT Manager
Polaroid Corporation
(Public Company; Consumer Goods industry)
September 1995 — November 1997 (2 years 3 months)
* Managed all IT activities for the Norwood campus.
* Simultaneously implemented ISO9002 and a Lotus Notes electronic quality management system, automating many workflow aspects of ISO9000 with on-line systems.
* Directed quality control efforts for the division. Implemented statistical plans to build quality into the manufacturing processes, instead of trying to screen it in afterwards. -
Senior Engineer
Polaroid Corporation
(Public Company; Consumer Goods industry)
March 1992 — September 1995 (3 years 7 months)
Various engineering roles, including vendor management, manufacturing engineering, and first-line supervision.
Dan Abushanab’s Education
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
MBA , September 1995 — May 1999
Courses completed at night while working full time at Polaroid.
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University of California, Berkeley
MS , Mechanical Engineering , September 1989 — September 1991
Concentration in Controls and Automation. Started MEGSCO, the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Council, to engage faculty, staff, and students in open discussion and event planning to improve the graduate school experience.
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Virginia Tech
BS , Mechanical Engineering , September 1985 — May 1989
Graduated Summa Cum Laude.
- Activities and Societies:
- Alpha Phi Omega, "Low Techs", Tau Beta Pi
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