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I am working with Private Equity owned multi-site / multi-state landscaping organization that is seeking a CIO. This organization has had tremendous growth over the past several years and will continue to to expand their operations organically and through additional acquisitions.

The CIO will be responsible for leading the strategic and tactical technological direction for the company; ensuring the delivery of focused transaction processing systems that will enable the growth of the company while driving down costs through the use of contemporary hardware/virtual strategies and maintaining a stable, high availability environment. This role will require an executive who is capable of forming a strategic vision for a unified and integrated IT department and bringing it into reality in a timely manner. The first key project will be to work with Project Managers to lead the design and implementation of a new ERP system and serve as the company system expert while also developing functional area super users.

Reporting to the CFO/CEO (TBD), the CIO will lead and develop a geographically dispersed team of ERP users and will be responsible for ERP system integrations on newly acquired companies. . As a member of the management team, the CIO will partner with the CFO, the management team, and operating leaders in managing the company’s ongoing evolution and growth. This CIO will ensure that the company is a technology leader in its space delivering differentiated value to internal and external stakeholders alike.

This organization has plans for future acquisitions and it will be important that this person can integrate additional acquisitions into. It will be critical for the CIO to inform the company’s short and long-term strategies, ensuring that all IT offerings are working in synergy with the overarching business planning and objectives. He/she must manage the technical vision of the company and lead the implementation of that vision by continuing to build a well-defined technical plan that is both achievable and growth oriented. In addition, the CIO will be responsible for developing plans, policies and standards for acquiring, implementing and operating IT systems and other technology assets.

Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as a hands-on expert in ERP and business systems intelligence within a manufacturing and distribution setting. Design, develop, troubleshoot, and optimize system capabilities and processes, create complex business-required reports, and mentor super users across business functions to ensure efficient system usage.
• Integrate acquisition systems to unify and optimize IT frameworks across multiple entities.
• Provide strategic IT leadership with a strong focus on measurable business outcomes, including revenue growth, profitability, market share, customer service, and cost management. Direct experience with IT planning and budget management is essential.
• Recruit, motivate, and develop a top-notch team to meet company needs. Lead a talented, flexible, responsive world-class systems organization that is customer-oriented and exceptionally responsive.
• Implement and operationalize IT processes company-wide. Evaluate when to develop new solutions versus adopting existing packages. Streamline the enterprise application suite to enhance functionality, eliminate redundancies, and reduce costs.
• Lead technology integration for multiple acquisitions, with a focus on add-on integrations.
• Establish credibility as a proactive senior leader and change agent by demonstrating a solid understanding of business objectives and goals.
• Oversee the deployment of company-wide technology standards for both applications and infrastructure. Ensure compliance with corporate policies and standards to maximize effectiveness and minimize costs in IT acquisition, implementation, and operation.
• Upgrade infrastructure to support critical operational systems and develop an active management platform for real-time communication and data access for field representatives, including VoIP integration.
• Manage the company’s network infrastructure, ensuring security, regulatory compliance, and disaster recovery capabilities. Secure all proprietary data and maintain comprehensive backup systems.
• Evaluate, select, and implement new technologies to support the company, including mobile and imaging technologies.
• Identify opportunities to enhance revenue or reduce costs by balancing internal and external IT resources effectively.

Qualifications:

• At least fifteen years of hands-on experience with ERP systems development, CRM, and other Business Intelligence systems. Experience with IFS is desirable.
• Minimum of five years managing IT service providers.
• Experience in integrating IT platforms of acquired companies into a cohesive system is highly valuable given potential future acquisition activities.
• Proven ability to build IT teams that can execute efficiently while aligning with senior management’s vision. Skilled in balancing onshore and offshore resources to maximize ROI.
• Prior experience with ERP system selection and implementation, especially with CRM systems like Salesforce.com, and Office 365 is preferred.
• Experience in software development management is preferred. Knowledge of security and control frameworks such as SSAE 16, ISO 17799, COBIT, COSO, and ITIL is essential.

Chief Information Officer

I am working with Private Equity owned multi-site / multi-state landscaping organization that is seeking a CIO. This organization has had tremendous growth over the past several years and will continue to to expand their operations organically and through additional acquisitions.

The CIO will be responsible for leading the strategic and tactical technological direction for the company; ensuring the delivery of focused transaction processing systems that will enable the growth of the company while driving down costs through the use of contemporary hardware/virtual strategies and maintaining a stable, high availability environment. This role will require an executive who is capable of forming a strategic vision for a unified and integrated IT department and bringing it into reality in a timely manner. The first key project will be to work with Project Managers to lead the design and implementation of a new ERP system and serve as the company system expert while also developing functional area super users.

Reporting to the CFO/CEO (TBD), the CIO will lead and develop a geographically dispersed team of ERP users and will be responsible for ERP system integrations on newly acquired companies. . As a member of the management team, the CIO will partner with the CFO, the management team, and operating leaders in managing the company’s ongoing evolution and growth. This CIO will ensure that the company is a technology leader in its space delivering differentiated value to internal and external stakeholders alike.

This organization has plans for future acquisitions and it will be important that this person can integrate additional acquisitions into. It will be critical for the CIO to inform the company’s short and long-term strategies, ensuring that all IT offerings are working in synergy with the overarching business planning and objectives. He/she must manage the technical vision of the company and lead the implementation of that vision by continuing to build a well-defined technical plan that is both achievable and growth oriented. In addition, the CIO will be responsible for developing plans, policies and standards for acquiring, implementing and operating IT systems and other technology assets.

Responsibilities will include the following:

• Hands on ERP and Business systems intelligence expert in a manufacturing and distribution environment. Designs, develops, troubleshoots, optimizes system capabilities and processes and creates complex system reports required by the business while developing super users in each functional area of the business. Leads the business into the most effective and efficient use of the system.
• Acquisition systems integration ensuring the IT frameworks of multiple entities is unified and optimized.
• Provide focused, business-minded IT leadership, emphasizing IT’s measurable contribution to business success and business metrics (revenue growth, profitability, market share, customer service, expense, etc.). Direct experience with IT planning and budget management is required.
• Recruit, motivate and develop superior staff as required to fulfill Company needs. Build and lead a talented, flexible, responsive world-class systems organization that has a high sense of urgency, is customer-oriented and exceptionally responsive.
• Operationalize IT processes across the company. Determine where new development is required versus implementing packaged solutions. Rationalize the enterprise application suite to improve functionality, eliminate redundancies, and reduce costs.
• Experience with add-on integration. Driving the technology integration for multiple acquisitions.
• Establish credibility throughout the organization and set an example as a proactive senior leader and change agent who earns respect by demonstrating a sound understanding of business objectives and goals.
• Oversee the deployment of company-wide technology standards spanning both applications and infrastructure. The Dir of IT must ensure compliance with corporate policies and standards aimed at maximizing effectiveness and minimizing costs related to the acquisition, implementation and operation of IT systems.
• Upgrade the infrastructure supporting critical operational systems and create an active management platform that will provide greater communication and real-time data for hundreds of field representatives ensuring that they have access to real-time operational and transactional data, including VoIP.
• Oversee the company’s network infrastructure and provide security, regulatory compliance and provision for disaster recovery. Maintain security of all data proprietary to the company and provide for the complete backup of all computer systems in case of system failure or disaster.
• Evaluate, select, and implement new technology needed to support the company, including relevant mobile and imaging technologies.
• Identify opportunities to enhance revenue and/or reduce costs through finding the right balance of internal and external IT team members and resources.

Qualifications:

• Fifteen or more years of hands-on ERP systems development, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and other Business Intelligence systems. IFS is desirable.
• Five years of experience managing IT service providers.
• Experience integrating the various IT platforms of acquired companies into a cohesive, unified system would be very valuable given future potential acquisition activity.
• Experience in the building out of IT teams that are able to execute quickly and effectively but with big-picture business objectives in mind that align to the vision of senior company management. Ability to strike the right balance of onshore and offshore resources in these teams to maximize company ROI in this function.
• Prior experience with ERP system selection and implementation, CRM (esp. Salesforce.com) and Office 365 preferred.
• Prior direct software development management experience preferred. Knowledge of security and control frameworks, such as SSAE 16, ISO 17799, COBIT, COSO and ITIL and relevant

Bachelor’s Degree