Howard Stentz [LION]

Current

Health Consultant at Health Coaching (Self-employed)

Past

Director Oracle Technical Practice at The Hackett Group
Director of Professional Services at Optio Software
Client Services Director at Oracle Corporation

Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting LLP
Regional Technology Manager at JD Edwards
Senior Management Consultant at Black Oak Computer Services
Director of Information Technology (CIO) at Filtronic Comtek
Senior Consultant at ComputerLogic

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Howard Stentz [LION]’s Summary

Seventeen years extensive and increasing management responsibility in Information Technology with a proven record of exceeding goals, project and departmental leadership, exceptional client relationship, P & L experience, deep ERP experience, and extensive manufacturing and distribution industry experience. Driven to produce results in myself and those around me, and have a proven record of exceeding targets and producing results far beyond expectations in business development, consulting revenue, and utilization.

I am an open networker: link with me at hrstentz@yahoo.com

Howard Stentz [LION]’s Specialties:

Information Technology
Telecommunications
Contract Negotiations
Vendor Management
Technology Analysis and ROI
Enterprise Application Architecture
Technology Oragizational Design and Support
Strategic IT Planning

Howard Stentz [LION]’s Experience

Health Consultant
Health Coaching (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)

Provide health and wellness advice and recommendations for clients looking for healthy alternatives to modern lifestyle, diet, and medicine. I am adept at small step coaching for health and wellness and also provide lifestyle and nutritional advice supported by a revolutionary technology that is changing lives the world over!
Director Oracle Technical Practice

The Hackett Group

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ANSR; Management Consulting industry)

January 2008 — December 2008 (1 year)

Successfully leading the worldwide Oracle technical practice. Responsible for all practice operations (financial and people), strategic planning and direction, and high level business development and sales support. Assisting in development of Project Management best practices and growth in project management teams. Responsible for Hackett’s growth into the emerging Oracle markets (SMB/Mid-Market/ Fusion Middleware/etc...)
Director of Professional Services

Optio Software

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; OPTO; Computer Software industry)

February 2007 — December 2007 (11 months)

Managed US consulting operations for Optio's Enterprise Commercial market segment. Responsible for P&L for organization, all consutling resources, mentorship, consulting practices, and all consutling direct partners.
Client Services Director

Oracle Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

April 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 8 months)

Managed the client services portfolio for the South East region and performed all aspects of consulting sales, pre-sales and some aspects of post-sales service activities for the region. Successfully positioned Oracle core technology and applications technology consulting (Oracle Applications, Enterprise One, and Enterprise) services opportunities in new and existing accounts in various industry modes including Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Services, and Retail. Created Oracle based business and technology for new and existing accounts. I attended most sales and pre-sales events for all new and existing accounts in our region’s pipeline. I assisted regional marketing with technology events and positioning of business and technology services in new and existing accounts, and extensively sold Oracle consulting services throughout the Southeastern Region.
Senior Manager

Deloitte Consulting LLP

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; DC; Management Consulting industry)

February 2003 — April 2005 (2 years 3 months)

Highly successful at the building and managing of the technical aspect of ERP practices within Deloitte Consulting and mentoring of the technology staff within Deloitte Consulting. Individually and team contribution for almost $10M in services sales during my first year at Deloitte Consulting. Effectively provided strategic support for clients in ERP related decision processes in both new install and upgrade capacities. Technical project lead for a multi-million dollar strategic Oracle supply chain and manufacturing software architecture, technical architecture, development planning, security management, and implementation effort for Oracle e-business suite utilizing Real Application Cluster and Oracle 10g database for a multi-billion dollar multinational life sciences medical device manufacturer. Lead the effort to streamline the IT telecomm concerns for a major European based automotive manufacturer that resulted in over $4M in savings over the three years of the contract.
Regional Technology Manager

JD Edwards

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; JDEC; Computer Software industry)

1998 — 2002 (4 years)

Successfully lead and managed the SE Regional Technical Services practice.
·Responsible for departmental P&L and performed all budgeting and planning for department.
·Performed duties as Regional Practice Lead involving aspects of project management, resource scheduling, and client relations for a large number of southeastern regional clients.
·Maintained departmental consulting revenue well above 100% and crossed 200% toward the end of last two fiscal years, while ramping up new consultants, project managers, and during a license sales slump.
·Managed a JD Edwards Enterprise One implementation at a manufacturing client resulting in improvements for the manufacturing line efficiency, visibility into the manufacturing process, and visibility into the costs and profits related to the products sourcing and manufacturing.
·Created and assisted in rollout of company wide implementation methodologies.
·Participated as Team Lead on JD Edwards Long Range Planning Committees
Senior Management Consultant

Black Oak Computer Services

(Partnership; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1997 — 1998 (1 year)

Provided strategic planning and advisory consulting to many Fortune 500 clients. Managed a business process redesign project for a major Japanese automotive distributor producing a streamlined process for the sourcing/distribution/warehousing portion of the business, savings of 20% in cost from change in vehicle sourcing/delivery methods, and an ERP selection document we used to script demos for the section process. Also provided business process redesign, restructuring, re-engineering, executive consulting, needs analysis, risk assessment, and work flow analysis for clients. Designed and implemented more than 18 networks with mixed operating systems including: Novell, Microsoft Windows NT, and many flavors of UNIX. Designed and implemented high availability systems and disaster recovery solutions for 3 major firms and one city government.
Director of Information Technology (CIO)

Filtronic Comtek

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1994 — 1997 (3 years)

Managed IS operation for all US sites for an international manufacturing firm. Performed all company wide strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, purchasing, capacity planning, and hiring for department. Designed, implemented, and assisted in supporting mixeded NOS network utilizing many emerging technologies and leveraging existing company investment for a well designed and cost effective national local and wide area network that provided a 99.9% uptime. Researched, proposed, and recommended all IS projects and presented before the board for budgetary purposes. Implementated and supported large-scale enterprise level ERP system responsible for critical company operations. Supported an international Frame Relay based Wide Area Network. Designed and implemented corporate wide Lotus Notes/Domino network based on OS/2 Warp. Researched, implemented, and assisted in supporting 20+ user NT based AutoCAD workgroup, replacing HP-UX based ME-10 CAD network.
Senior Consultant

ComputerLogic

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1993 — 1994 (1 year)

Successful in the installation, troubleshooting, training, and upgrading of estimating and management software. Implemented and supported over fifty local area networks, both UNIX and Novell, supporting ComputerLogic’s management software. Effectively filled role as specialist in dissimilar network operating system interconnectivity, specifically UNIX and Novell interoperability. Supervised orientation and training of new employees to installation department. Researched and recommended connectivity products for use with ComputerLogic’s management software. Researched and recommended IT products, networking, hardware, and software, for cost savings and ease of installation by field personnel.

Additional Information

Howard Stentz [LION]’s Websites:

Health and Wellness Link

Howard Stentz [LION]’s Interests:

Naturopathy, homeopathy, nutritional healing, and health coaching.

Howard Stentz [LION]’s Groups:

IEEC Member since 1997
Member, Project Management Institute – Currently working towards PMP
Junior Achievement – Volunteer Teacher
Council Member, Council of Advisors – Advisory services to the IT, ERP, and Telecommunications Investment Industry
Member, Technology Association of Georgia