Gary Breaux

Experienced IT, Process, and Project Manager to Manufacturing, Logistics, and Fulfillment serving Public, Private, Government and Defense sectors.

Global and Regional ERP Implementation, Optimization, and Management;
•JD Edwards (all versions), Oracle 11i, SAP R3 and Business One, Microsoft Dynamics

Data Center Installation and Hosting;
•IBM Mainframe (370 architectures) and Midrange (AS/400, RISK, and CISC)
•DEC Mainframe (VAX configurations) and Midrange (PDP Series)
•Tandem Mainframe (Guardian Series)
•Various server configurations including the latest “blade” deployments

Network Installation, Maintenance, and Control;
•Latest; implementation and integration of AT&T MPLS global network.

Project Management and PMO;
•10+ Global ERP implementations (Europe, Asia, US, Mexico, Canada, Caribbean Basin)
•20+ Shop-Floor and Process Control implementations

IT Governance and Integration;
•10+ years at senior management level in public companies
•Full scale IT control design/management (SARBOX, Budget, Change Management)
•Managing 50+ professionals in global settings
•High exposure to Customer, Board, Investor, Executive, and Shop Floor stakeholders

Business Acumen;
•Served as a Financial Controller
•Extensive Formal training in Process Optimization and Business Transformation
•Years have taught a “Three Dimension” approach: People, Process, Technology

Gary Breaux’s Specialties:

Project Management, Business Transformation and Process Engineering, Business Leadership, People Mentoring, Information Services Governance, Business Alignment, ITIL, and PMP.

Gary Breaux’s Experience

Senior Consultant

C3 Consulting

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2009 — Present (5 months)

Currently engaged in advising a Fortune 500 global enterprise on application strategies and optimal deployment of information technologies.
Chief Information Officer

Wolverine Tube, Inc.

(Public Company; WLVT; Mining & Metals industry)

April 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 3 months)

Responsible for all aspects of the global information technology infrastructure, application delivery, and information services provision for a $1 Billion global fabrication and distribution enterprise serving the retail, plumbing, and HVAC markets.

Accomplishments Include;

· Aligned the discipline to the business by participating at the Officer level.

· Replaced the core processing infrastructure and global network.

· Reduced the global staffing and IT spend over thirty percent.

· Developed and began executing a strategy to replace multiple incumbent applications with a single JD Edwards instance.

· Dramatically improved the moral and motivation of the “rebuilt” staff.
Director, Information Services

Impact Fulfillment Services

(Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

January 2007 — March 2008 (1 year 3 months)

Responsible for all aspects of information technologies and services for a multi-location national logistics provider for major consumer packaged goods producers.

·Successfully placed automated linkages between the company and its customers.

·Introduced the “integrated process” mindset into the company’s culture and operations.

·Brought two new locations on-line through full life cycle project management and execution processes.

·Reengineered the company’s telephony infrastructure removing redundant costs and risk/constriction points.

·Engineered and embedded an IT review process in conjunction with the other business processes to insure alignment and proper resource focus.
Vice President, Chief Information Officer

UTC Fire & Security - Kidde

(Public Company; UTX; Security and Investigations industry)

April 2002 — January 2007 (4 years 10 months)

Responsible for all aspects of information services for a $500 million USD international marketing, manufacturing, and distribution enterprise with responsibility for the IT organizations in the US, Canada, Mexico, and China.

·Replaced the antiquated legacy platforms; Implemented the latest version of JD Edwards Xe managing all aspects of people, process, and technology through the use of formal implementation methodologies and Project Management Office (PMO) practices.

·Conducted merger/acquisition technology efforts.

·Relocated domestic manufacturing and supporting information infrastructure to Mexico.

·Rebuilt the technology infrastructure to improve integrity, performance, cost and compliance indices.

·Guided the business in developing the “Five Integrated Process” structure and conducted analysis and reengineering to construct and embed the changes.

·Conformed the information infrastructure, processes, and practices to SOX compliance.

·Implemented the latest customer linkage technologies including EDI-INT and data synchronization processes with key retail customers.

·Improved usability, integrity, performance, and total cost of ownership of the company’s information resources.
Director, Information Services

Delta Woodside Industries

(Public Company; Textiles industry)

April 1992 — April 2002 (10 years 1 month)

Responsible for all aspects of information services for a six location, 250 million USD manufacturing, sales, and distribution corporation.

·Application Development

·Computer Operations including Business Continuity

·Voice and Data Networking

·Implementation of JD Edwards Enterprise One

·New Business (Caribbean Basin) Start-Up

·Honored as “Employee of the Year”
Manager, Manufacturing Systems

Springs Global

(Privately Held; Apparel & Fashion industry)

April 1982 — April 1992 (10 years 1 month)

Responsible for all aspects of manufacturing systems

·Development and implementation of an internal manufacturing support system

·Forming and managing a matrix deployment team

·Installation/Implementation across the 20 locations

·Training, Deployment, and User Acceptance for each install
Progressive Management Assignments

Milliken & Company

(Privately Held; Textiles industry)

May 1979 — April 1982 (3 years )

May 1979 to April 1982 – Milliken and Company (Abbeville, SC); Progressive Management Assignments

·Recruited from college campus

·Completed the year-long management training program

·Managed manufacturing departments

·Served as an Industrial Engineer

·Assigned to the newly formed Shop Floor Systems Group as a project manager

Gary Breaux’s Education

Mercer University

B.A. , Communications , 1975 — 1979

Activities and Societies:

Sigma Nu Fraternity
Henley Management College

Executive Study

·Foundations of Management
·Managing People
·Managing Financial Resources
·Business Transformation
Ito University

Executive Quality

·Quality Concepts
·Quality Processes
·Embedding Quality
The IBM Palisades Advanced Business Institute

Executive Study

·Information Technology Management
·Systems Development Methodology
·Business Process Design