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Vice President Innovation and Demand Creation Global Coatings

Valmont Industries is one of the world's leading providers of engineered products and services for infrastructure, and irrigation equipment for agriculture.

Seasoned Technology Leader with 20+ years of experience, driven to lead a highly innovative and effective team that will leverage employee talent, technologies, best practices and collaboration to provide the best possible service. Team Lead in the successful implementation of a standardized business system division wide, focused on improving efficiencies and eliminating waste to provide better service to the customer. Managed the design and installation of remote monitoring tools and threshold alerts to better track system performance, providing trend analysis to better direct future decisions and changes. Originator of the “Total Cost of Ownership\Lifecycle Methodology” initiative companywide, where hardware and software is replaced and standardized at serviceable life-end, decreasing support and maintenance costs by over 70 percent. Introduced desktop imaging to streamline the deployment process and promote standardization of systems throughout the company. Team Leader in the design and implementation of the Disaster Recovery (DR) initiative for the division. Ensuring all data is replicated at set intervals to a centralized offsite location, completely eliminating the need for tape backup and maintenance. Developed, implemented, and maintain the divisional Intranet and various Microsoft SharePoint sites that are utilized to improve team collaboration and centralize information. Managed the server virtualization project division wide reducing maintenance and support costs, as well as allowing for application isolation, ease of administration and simplified backup, recovery and replacement. Spearheaded the design, configuration, and implementation of Video Conferencing division wide, transforming both the meeting process and meeting methodology for the company. Facilitated the initial and ongoing Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance for all IT related functions division wide. Specialties: Self-motivated, goal-oriented, and well organized. Strong sense of urgency, high energy and driven to succeed. Outstanding skills in analysis, strategy, and planning. Skilled Change-Agent able to convey “the vision” and motivate. Proven track record to reduce costs, improve efficiencies and increase availability. Experience managing diverse projects in a fast-paced, cost conscious environment. Solid background in management, mentoring, coaching, team-building and training.