Joseph Nelson

Experience

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  The Iams Company

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1999

  IT Department Manager

  Accomplished international IT leader, assigned to a $100M new plant construction project in the Netherlands. Maintained standards and release management for warehouse management and factory floor automation systems. ✔ Oversaw cost control measures, enhancing the release management process by 20% on a $1M testing budget.✔ Implemented an industry leading wireless warehouse inventory management system, successfully extended to third party warehouse, in addition to high-speed automated packaging and palletizing equipment. Incorporated IoT (internet of things) across the factory floor control systems environment.✔ Consolidated all IT related services, office systems, network, controls, and automation into a single matrix team at two different plants. ✔ Plant IT leader assigned to manufacturing safety team to which attained OSHA VPP certification. Show less

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  Procter & Gamble

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

  Section Manager

  Consolidated application, administrative and operational support into a single organization after purchase of Iams. Directed staffing, budgeting, and planning with direct responsibility for staff development, training, and data management. Spearheaded IT infrastructure leadership team with oversight of systems administration and organization for ERP/MRP, UNIX, NT, IT security, master data, ITIL processes, reporting services, and 24x7 Operations.

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  DXC Technology / HP

  Jan 2003 - now

  DXC Technology was created by the Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) spin merge of their Enterprise Services business unit with Computer Science Corporations (CSC). HPE was created when Hewlett Packard (HP) split into two companies, HPE and HP Inc. My career has continued throughout the evolution of these companies.=====Chartered to lead global teams in results-driven, client-focused outcomes for a new company created by Hewlett Packard Enterprise spin merge of their enterprise services business unit with Computer Science Corporation. Define the communication strategy for the measurement and presentation of data across stakeholder communities. Managing client expectations and complying with contractual commitments. Resolve the most complex business and technical issues by listening, breaking down into manageable, actionable components while maintaining adherence to contracts, security and regulatory compliance. Create organizational structures to meet business needs, execute project initiatives, while leveraging low cost resourcing alternatives. Deliver expedient, cost-effective initiatives with excellence, enabling growth in an otherwise shrinking account. ✔ Spearheaded deployment of Microsoft Teams Direct Routing as a next gen voice solution for 50K+ users around the globe. ✔ Client-facing executive with accountability for service transformation activities, managing financial performance and P&L.✔ Implemented program consisting of nine information security enterprise solutions to a Fortune 50 client. Delivered Multi Factor Authentication, Threat Protection/Exposure Tools, Data Loss Prevention, Identity, and Access Management solutions to thousands of servers and tens of thousands users while delivering double digit margin expansion from plan of record.✔ Achieved highly ranked customer satisfaction scores, surveys averaging 4.0 on a 5.0 scale. Show less Served as executive for organizations of up to 350 people after P&G outsourced their IT organization to HP. Transitioned Voice Services from a client’s incumbent supplier and transformed the existing voice environment to a global standard VoIP. Served as executive for an End User Computing Transformation initiative which moved users from IBM Lotus Notes and Jabber to Microsoft Outlook/Exchange, SharePoint, and MS Communicator. Utilizing a combined delivery model of self-service and centralized, low cost resource alternatives. After Fortune 50 client acquisition and buyout, responsible for maintained positive relationships with a client acquired IT executive leadership. ✔ Accountable for creating supply chain systems for 40 new legal entities and setting up 25 new facilities across 20 countries in 15 months.✔ Spearheaded a Data Center Transformation, consolidating three of the client’s global datacenters into a trio of nationally-based, managed-services datacenters, enabling the client’s ‘always-on’ strategy. Migrated 30 SAP production landscapes, 100+ non-production SAP environments, hundreds of non-SAP applications, and 1K+ non-SAP servers.✔ Executive accountable for transforming Voice Services from clients incumbent supplier to global VoIP solution, in 50+ countries, 250 sites and 130K endpoint. ✔ Established a Project Management Office to support large initiatives requiring their own governance and commercial processes.✔ Designed the implementation strategy of HP PPMC on IT infrastructure projects.✔ Created a Portfolio Management process which enabled the rapid deployment of existing services within a Fortune 50 client.✔ Received the 2006 HP MVP Award, an award given to the Top One Percent of the HP ES employees for outstanding contributions to the organization. Show less

  • Program Director

    Jan 2017 - now

  • Program Executive

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2017
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  Ameritas

  Mar 2022 - now

  Director of Project Management