Capability

Leadership and Design | In Consulting | In Industry

Finding Synergy in People, Business and Technology

Success in transforming the digital enterprise lies in the synergies between people, between business goals, between technologies and between the synergies themselves.
Often, single disciplined approaches separate these forces and projects are defined narrowly and outcomes are dim and short-lived.
The best digital leaders and visionary architects are able to understand the capability and needs of people, the mutual purposes of business strategies and organizational structures, and the application and design of technologies.

The very best see clarity out of disruption and confusion, bring resources together to solve complex problems,
and bottom-line... make transformation happen!

People
Innovation Collaboration | Project Management | Team Development | Vendor Managrment ...more...
Business
Strategic Planning and Roadmaps | Customer Experience Design | Organizational Design | Process Engineering | Product Management ...more...
Technology
Solutions Architecture | ERP Implementation | Infrastructure | Data and Analytics | Software Design and Development | Web and Mobility ...more...
Digital Transformation
Leadership | Ideation | Agility | Transparency

Impact Stories

A variety of digital transformation stories created in the innovation kitchen | convergence, agility, prototyping, paradigm shifts

Convergence

The challenge of many intersecting business goals for large cultural attraction:

National Identity, Digitization, Signature User Experience Exhibition, Digital Marketing Reach, Funding Campaign

The simultaneous transformation of network/social/web/ mobile structures, multi dimensional user interactive, real time responsive digital marketing, ubiquitous digitized collections access

paradigm shift

The challenge of marketing dependency on the IT function:

IT business analysts, programmers, db admins, web admins and network engineers providing data, integration, reporting and execution of customer journeys

Enablement and empowerment of marketing with a real time data ecosystem with business rules that allow end user driven execution of the entire digital marketing program aligned with visitor experience in the moment

agility

The challenge of bending an industry’s multi year software transformation paradigm to months:

Vendor linear waterfall methods, static user experience precedents and century old collecting discipline

Introduction of play, physical prototype, collaborative configuration, imaginative design and simultaneity of data, experience, infrastructure, curation and physical space

Brands

Company Experiences

Plante Moran

As Senior Associate, helped multiple clients achieve optimal technology capability through assessments in enterprise systems, infrastructure, web, technology teams, processes and governance. Recommendations to C-Suite executives in higher education, services and manufacturing.

The Henry Ford

As Chief Information Officer developed IT strategic plans and executed vision through architecture and project leadership. Managed and developed numerous infrastructure and ERP systems. Led web/ mobility, database/ analytics, ERP systems, operations and user teams. Gained support from high profile board for new industry paradigm setting digital collections platform.

Cranbrook

As IT Director, led and managed infrastructure, web and ERP initiatives. Created central IT services function serving 4 divisions, presidents and boards. Presented IT plan for paradigm shifts in education, science and art to high profile board. Created first web site and campus internet connectivity.

Microsoft

As client integrator, worked with Executive Business Center (Redmond) to ideate and develop new digital collections platform. Met Bill Gates and other senior leaders. Transformed software enterprise with Microsoft solutions. Led the implementation of Office 365, SharePoint, Microsoft SQL, Reporting Services and Lync.

Bechtel Power

As DB Programmer Analyst, developed multiple dBase applications and data models for accounting and finance. Programmed the decommission and shutdown of the Midland Nuclear Plant. Provided executive training program enabling leaders to embrace the PC paradigm.

SalesForce

As client integrator, impacted the SalesForce design methodology to become agile and incorporate multiple vendors, systems and data structures. Prototyped and delivered a real time digital marketing engine that empowered the branding team to smartly connect to customers based on experience interactions

Deloitte

As Senior Consultant, developed multiple 4GL and database applications for clients in health care, energy, and automotive industries. Led the implementation of Accounts Receivable for Blue Cross subsidiary.

Ramyk Consulting

As Vice President of Consulting Operations, led numerous software development and ERP implementation projects. Built the consulting team and practice. Created rapid implementation methodology. Developed MBill and Fourth Shift Bridge programs for market. Implemented turn key Lan-based MRP and financial systems to 20+ automotive manufacturing suppliers.

General Motors

As vendor consultant, developed BI reporting system for worldwide financial statement consolidation. Allowed finance executives to make global decisions as financials were received.

Walsh College

As IT Director, responsible for the planning, implementation and on-going operations of all academic and administrative computing systems and networks for two campuses. Designed and implemented Novi campus network and computer labs. Reorganized department to a client service organization. Established first internet connection.

Ford Motor Company

As IT peer, collaborated with the Office of the CIO on numerous brainstorming, architecture and prototyping initiatives. Traveled with IT Executives to Executive Briefing Centers to ideate including Microsoft, IBM, HP, Cisco, Parc and AT&T.

Gartner

As client contributor, wrote numerous articles and received 2014: Best of Peer Connect award. Hosted conference for 25 top global CIOs. Special guest panelist at Gartner Symposium ITxpo, 2014.

Transforming the Digital enterprise:
The Synergy of
Business, People, Technology