Roger's Resume

ROGER JO= HN JONES

6260= S Lake Dr. #110= 9, Cudahy W= I 53110

Phone: (= 414) 248-0345

rjones@mba1976.hbs.edu

http://www.rjjconsulting.com

SUMMA= RY

Award winning Fortune 100 Chief Information Officer with exten= sive experience delivering increased capabilities and lower costs to all user functions within corporations of all sizes. Have aggressively deliver= ed enhanced business value; business – technology alignment; and world c= lass IT organizations to my employers.

I provide consulting services to a variety of industries with a focus on medium sized companies. My extensive experience in renovatin= g IT organizations across a broad range of industries gives me a unique insight = into both the common and the unique problems and opportunities for my clients.&n= bsp; As an experienced CIO, a business executive, and a technology hobbyist I am positioned to blend the business, IT management, and underlying IT technolo= gies into winning solutions.

EXPERIENCE

Roger J. Jones Consulting – Milwauk= ee, WI = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; 2003 to Present

Expert Consultant in healthcare, insurance and manufacturing. My current focus is on services to= small and medium sized businesses. Accomplishments include:

· Managed Care Operations Executive for a HMO. Responsibilities include medical management, care management, pharma= cy, discharge planning, PBM relationship, TPA relationship, Information Technol= ogy leadership

· Providing employee development coaching to key members of a rapidly expanding restaur= ant business.

· Reduced cos= ts in excess of $100,000 per year for a medium sized business by aligning their IT availability and backup requirements with appropriate technology;

· Evaluated, recommended and assisted in the implement a third party administration agreement (TPA) for a Medicaid provider;

· Supporting = the business and technical implementation for a new Medicare Advantage and Medi= care Part “D” (prescription) drug plan for a heath maintenance organization.

SVP & CIO - Fortis Health (Later became Assu= rant Inc.) – Milwaukee, WI 2001 to 2003

= Led information technology for this individual and small group heath insurance = unit of the global Fortis financial services company.

Recruited to turn aro= und non-responsive IT organization and move it to “World Class.” Responsible for a staff of 275 and an annual budget of approximately $75 million.

Implemented “Ent= erprise Project Office”, bi-weekly project reviews, project estimating reviews, and “transparent” project reporting. Substantially improved quality of service, reduced costs of software and hardware implementations, and shortened time to completion of IT initiatives.
Implemented f= ormal development methodology and “Rational Rose” process modeli= ng reducing costs and identifying process re-engineering opportunities.
Revi= talized basic IT performance management systems. Established competency based review system. Instituted tri-annual reviews. Attracted “high performers” and counseled out non-contributors.
Developed RFP to outsource $30 million of “in sourced= 221; data center services reducing costs by $2.5 million per year.
Signif= icantly improved IT monthly expense reporting and forecasting process. Added capital forecasting and life cycle cost forecasting.=
Pioneered heterogeneous server consolidatio= n. Award winning joint project with Microsoft and Unisys increased reliability at lower total cost of ownership.
Saved the company over $100 million in cost= s by convincing management to shut down a runaway business re-engineering project.
Implemented tec= hnology to support the company’s first outbound call center.<= /span>
Crea= ted .NET based client application processing facility. Substantially reduced ti= me to policy issue while greatly increasing quality of underwriting decisions.
Successfully mo= ved 3000 people in 40 states from Windows 95 / Netware / Groupwise environment to Windows XP / Outlook eliminating 20 positions and reduc= ing costs.

SVP & CIO IBP inc.= (was purchased by Tyson= after my departure) – Sioux City, IA &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; 1996 to 2001

Responsible for information, communication, and = process control systems for this $14+ billion food company in over 70 plants and 30 other facilities in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.

Environment included approximately 125 ES/9000, AS/400, RS/6000, and Windows NT servers. Supported approximately 4,500 on-l= ine users. Managed a staff of 195 full time and 45 consulting personnel. Voting member of the corporate capital expenditure approval committee.<= /span>

Implemented new supply chain systems to make possible the company’s first forward warehouse strategy significantly improving customer service;
Reduced telecommunications costs by over $1.5 million per year= ;
Operationally integrated IBP Foods within 30 days of acquisiti= on. Integrated Foodbrands America and Corporate Br= and Foods America acquisitions;
Implemented business to business commerce with key customers, suppliers and vendors reducing lead times and improving profitability;=
Member of e-commerce steering committee. Supported www.provisionx.com, a five company meat and poultry business= to business online marketplace;
Introduced auction-based energy procurement reducing plant ene= rgy costs;
Enhanced process control systems by including SCADA control layer increasing plant flexibility and reducing the costs to reprogram the equipment;
Recognized as a Dow Jo= nes Business Directory “Select” site;
Recognized as an Infor= mation Week 500 company and a PC = Week 500 Fast Track Internet Company.

VP &= CIO - DIVERSEY CORP. – Detroit, MI&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; 1995 to 1996

Recruited into this troubled international speci= alty chemical company.

Implemented a mixed AS/400, Novell, and Microsoft NT environme= nt to support both local and remote users;
Reduced long distance telephone costs by 33% and generated a $500,000 cash sign on bonus to Diversey by competitively bidding long distance telephone service;
Provided new end user tools such as Business Objects, SQL Serv= er and Lotus Notes;
Expanded the cc:Mail e-mail system to support mobile users and implemented Internet connectivity both for mail and Internet access.

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Independent Consultant – Washington, <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">DC &= ; St. Louis, MO. &= nbsp; &nbs= p; 1994 to 1995

Worked at the Pentagon supporting Operations Pro= vide Comfort (Rwanda), Upho= ld Democracy (Haiti), Sou= thern Watch (Iraq II, the sequel to the sequel), Vigilant Warrior (the reinforcem= ent of Saudi Arabia) and e= vents in Korea and Israel. Reconfigured the Pentagon’s = Logistics Planning Center’s computer equipment avoiding about $100,000 of upgrade costs.

VP - BUN= GE CORPORATION St. Louis, MO and= NY, NY<= /st1:State> &= nbsp; 1987 to 1994

Recruited into this privately held, foreign owne= d, multi-billion dollar food processing and commodity trading company as its senior technology executive to turn around Information Systems.<= /span>

Brought an operation that had been incapable of keeping its computers operational more than a few hours at a time to a major competitive force for the company.

Identified the need for and implemented “World ClassR= 21; customer service; state of the art Manufacturing Requirements Planning= and Electronic Data Interchange that successfully re-engineered the food processing business unit;
Reduced annual operating costs in excess of $2 million and provided additional cost avoidance of $1 million;
Implemented global electronic mail (e-mail) coupled with electronic data interchange (EDI) permitting the sales force access to= the desktops of key customers, suppliers and joint venture partners;<= /o:p>
Re-engineered financial accounting systems replacing seven automated and eleven manual financial accounting systems into a single integrated G/L, A/R, A/P, and Fixed Assets environment which reduced s= taff and accelerated the monthly close by 7 business days.

OTHER CAREER EXPERIENCE

Substantial manufactur= ing, startup, banking and insurance experience.

CIVIC=

Curriculum Advisor, G= ateway Technical College, Racine, WI

EDUCA= TION

MBA (with honors) - Harvard Business School - emphasis in Marketing.

Managing the Information Services Resource - Harvard Business School

B.S. - Major in ME, Minor in EE - Stevens Institute of Technology.

MILITARY SERVICE

Captain, U.S.= Navy Reserve (retired= ), Reserve assignments included tours with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Naval Operations, shore support and combatant commands.

Clearance: Top Secret – SCI

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

My primary business fo= cus has been as a CIO/CTO and therefore the management of Information Technology organizations. However, I am = also a technology hobbyist. I still = write code and maintain a complex home network.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION=

My consulting web site= is at http://www.rjjconsulting.com.=