Rob LaPorta

Current

Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Task Performance Group (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Partner)

Past

Program Development Manager, Consulting Services at Iron Mountain
President at Rola Consulting Group (Sole Proprietorship)
Sales Executive at Administaff

CRM PreSales Region Manager at PeopleSoft
Senior Manager, National CRM Sales Consulting at Oracle
Senior Consultant, Implementations at Oracle
Territory Sales Rep (Hunter), Distribution, Financial at ROLM, an IBM and SIEMENS company
CEO at Rola Consulting Group
National FinOps Mgr (Food Distribution & Private Label) at SYSCO
Regional FinOps Mgr (Manufacturing) at Milpark - Baker International (Oil Services)
Consultant (Food Service, Manufacturing) at Pannell Kerr Forster

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Education

Saint Bonaventure University

Recommended

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Rob LaPorta’s Summary

VICE PRESIDENT, SALES & MARKETING for
Task Performance Group, an EDI Partner with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft. Leading provider of B2B EDI /eCommerce automation solutions that facilitates effective management of collaborative commerce for retail, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, transportation, financial and others. Task Performance Group has been providing integrated business solutions for over 20 years. Our clients come to us for advanced web based data transformation solutions, and stay with us because of our superior technology, ease of implementation and management, and customer-oriented processes. EDI BI. Guaranteed integration to any ERP. Available as License or SaaS.

CONSULTING SERVICES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Regional (11 States) Business Development Executive of Consulting Services for Corporate Information Records and eRecords Compliance Management solutions to Fortune 500. Strategic sales with General Counsels, Records Management, CRMs, CFOs, CIOs, and Chief Compliance Officers. Vertical markets include utility, manufacturing, financial services, aerospace, railroad, automobile, retail & construction.

ORACLE AND PEOPLESOFT PRE-SALES NATIONAL MANAGEMENT
Team development and management of regional and national Oracle & PeopleSoft technical pre-sales teams utilizing consultative solution selling methodologies. Coaching of sales executives with sales strategies for new-to-market, high dollar, complex CRM, Portal and BI enterprise software solutions to Fortune 500. Team Quota achievements $5M to $60M. Best practices business process flows. SCM & ERP integrated solution paths. Vertical market solutions included retail, insurance, banking, telecom, high tech, airline and manufacturing within U.S. and International markets.

Rob LaPorta’s Specialties:

EDI to SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, ERP. Oracle CRM, ERP, BI, PreSales Management, solution sales strategy, business process re-engineering, product develop strategy, marketing strategy, needs analysis, account planning, records/erecords compliance, Fortune 500 c-Level, consulting business development, software demo build, alliance partner, financial services, retail, manufacturing, telecom, aerospace, utility, consumer packaged goods,Call Center, Incentive Compensation, eLearning, ediscovery.

Rob LaPorta’s Experience

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Task Performance Group (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Partner)

(Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2009 — Present (5 months)

eCommerce / EDI Solutions. Partners & Certified with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft. Leading provider of business-to-business ecommerce automation solutions that facilitates effective management of collaborative commerce for multiple industries including retail, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, transportation, financial. Advanced web based data transformation solutions. Marshalling of EDI data between front-end and back-end legacy systems and ERP. Available as License or SaaS. http://www.megaxml.com
Program Development Manager, Consulting Services

Iron Mountain

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IRM; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 9 months)

Consulting Services Business Development to Fortune 500s, offering comprehensive Compliant Records and eRecords Management solutions. Program Implementations address complex information challenges including rising storage costs, litigation readiness, regulatory compliance, and eDiscoveries. Strategic complex solution consulting services sales to CIOs, Chief Compliance Officers, General Counsels, Records Managers. Vertical Markets include Financial Services, Railroad, Retail, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods
President
Rola Consulting Group (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

November 2006 — January 2007 (3 months)

Consulative Sales Methodologies, Strategies and Prospecting for Start-up Companies within Technology and Out-Sourcing verticals.
Sales Executive

Administaff

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ASF; Human Resources industry)

January 2006 — November 2006 (11 months)

Human Resource OutSourcing Sales to Fortune 1000s, including Recruiting & Selection, Performance Management, Training & Development, Benefits Management, Employment Administration, Government Compliance, Employer Liability Management, and Business Services solutions. Generation of new sales account pipeline, creation of sales strategies, control profit margins and ensure high win ratios with Human Resource Out-Sourcing Solutions to small and medium size business entities, ranging from 25 to 2,100 employees. 95% self-generated Leads. Appointed into District Manager Leadership Program
CRM PreSales Region Manager

PeopleSoft

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

August 2001 — January 2005 (3 years 6 months)

Managed Sales Consulting team covered 15 states. Technical sales for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions, including Online Marketing, Sales Force Automation, Call-Center, Service, Customer Support, Trade Promotions, Email Response, Content Management, Order Management, Incentive Compensation, Enterprise Portal, and Business Intelligence including BPM KPIs, Dashboards and Alerts
Senior Manager, National CRM Sales Consulting

Oracle

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

1996 — 2001 (5 years)

Managed U.S. National team of 14 sales consultants, and 2 regional managers (promoted two sales consultants, as team expanded). Trained and executed sales strategies with Sales Account Executives, Regional Sales Consultants, and Alliance Partners. CRM solution suite included over 70 products within Sales Force Automation, Customer Support, Marketing Automation, Incentive Compensation, Portal, and Analytics including BPM KPIs, Dashboards, and Alerts
Senior Consultant, Implementations

Oracle

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

1994 — 1996 (2 years)

Directed and completed segments of Oracle ERP and CRM application implementations. Gathered process requirements, mapped to solution functionality, generated solution design, facilitated business process change management, and trained super-users.
Territory Sales Rep (Hunter), Distribution, Financial

ROLM, an IBM and SIEMENS company

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

1985 — 1994 (9 years)

.ROLM-Siemens (previously owned by IBM) manufactures Telecommunications phone and switch equipment, Voicemail, Automatic Call Distribution and Computer Telephony Integration software. Roles during 9 year tenure included Territory Account Sales Executive to Fortune 500s, Regional Accounting Management, and National Distribution Operations Analyst. Successful completion of IBM Sales School. Achieved Cold-Calling Selling awards, and strategic wins including a division of SONY. Earlier roles included compilation of highly accurate Sales, Headcount, and Expense Forecasts. Generated $300K revenue recoveries via procedure analysis and process enhancements. Member of project team that consolidated multiple distribution centers, resulting with cost reductions and operational efficiencies.
CEO

Rola Consulting Group

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

1983 — 1985 (2 years)
National FinOps Mgr (Food Distribution & Private Label)

SYSCO

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

1982 — 1983 (1 year)
Regional FinOps Mgr (Manufacturing)

Milpark - Baker International (Oil Services)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Oil & Energy industry)

1980 — 1982 (2 years)
Consultant (Food Service, Manufacturing)

Pannell Kerr Forster

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

1978 — 1980 (2 years)

Rob LaPorta’s Education

Saint Bonaventure University

BBA , Accounting, Psychology , 1974 — 1978

Additional Information

Rob LaPorta’s Websites:

Rob LaPorta’s Interests:

enterprise technology solutions, compliance consulting, organizational development, strategic planning, solution selling strategy, entrepreneur ventures, county & township government development, youth sports, photography, professional networking

Rob LaPorta’s Groups:

Corporate:
Oracle Users Group: www.oaug.org
ARMA: www.arma.org,
Compliance Week: www.complianceweek.com,
Enterprise Content Management Association: www.aiim.org,

Volunteer:
Marriage & Parenting Conferences: www.familylife.com,
Willow Creek Community Church: www.willowcreek.org,
Willow Creek Association:www.willowcreek.com

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