Keith Phelps Email Address

Vice President Information Technology

Aptiv specializes in working interactively with its clients to develop customized applications to meet their unique business requirements. We primarily use Microsoft's family of software development tools, including Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, and SQL Server. In recent years we have developed internet-enabled database applications that allow access to vital business information anytime from anywhere in the world. Aptiv Corporation has been continually serving its clients since 1992. We've developed a wide range of database applications for over 200 clients and are able to re-use our extensive object library to reduce developmental costs for our clients. Unlike most independent programmers, we continue to offer client support for all systems we've developed and constantly update our applications to incorporate the newest technologies available.

Who am I? I'm a Business Architect who has led large, complex initiatives for Fortune 500 companies but still gets thrilled when I help a user adopt a technology that improves her job. I was raised in the country with a healthy work ethic. When you believe you are above doing the job required, you're overhead.The role of IT is to understand corporate challenges, work with partners to identify solutions and enable the business to do what it does best. This may be as grandiose as a new cloud based CRM system that integrates to a core data warehouse running on flash memory down to simply sitting with key business analysts to create a consolidated report in Excel which helps them recognize KPI trends on demand. IT is not about impressing people with your knowledge of the latest technology trends and industry leading movements or showing how quickly we can spend money. IT is about empowering employees with the tools they need to perform the best they can, and the knowledge of how to use those tools.Couple other key points about me:-I like a challenge. A CIO once said to our Executive Management, 'If you want something done, tell Keith it can't be done'. That was the highest compliment I have ever received and I was extremely humbled by it. -I enjoy making others successful. If spending a few moments with my team, my peers, or others across the organization help them accomplish their goals, then its a good investment.-I exploit my team. I focus on being an advocate for my team and work to identify the strengths each individual brings to the table. I make it clear to them what I recognize to be their strengths and my intent to exploit their individual strengths for use by the company and as such the team has little to no weakness. -I have fun. Levity can make challenges bearable and bring teams together. Doing so has made me very approachable and allows me to diffuse a variety of situations in order to identify amicable solutions.