Dean Swisher

Experience

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  Ernst & Young LLP

  Nov 1978 - Apr 2000

  Partner, Information Technology Consultant

  US Engagement Partner in Information Technology Consulting. Developed new business and delivered value on business sold to clients. Industries; Energy & Utilities, Consumer Products/Retail and Software.* Provided key roles in large pursuits in developing solution and approach for proposals and contracts. Used relationship and team selling techniques wining and adding new business totaling $20,500,000.* Engagement Partner for a large accelerated implementation effort of an order-to-cash application for an interstate gas pipeline to meet FERC Order 636 compliance. Project won an early completion bonus.* Engagement Partner for large consumer computer retail goods client. Modified and implemented an integrated order-to-cash/retail system and installed in retail store chains. Coordinating Partner for a major wholesale grocery distribution company implementing standard methodology: Navigator Systems Seriessm. Show less

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  Ernst & Young Case Technologies Tokyo

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1994

  Vice President and EY US Partner

  US Partner in $16,000,000 joint venture software company serving Asian markets with software tools automating the building of application software. Vice president, US Partner and Director of Ernst & Young CASE Technologies, a start-up software company in Tokyo developing Asian versions (Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese) of KnowledgeWare’s Integrated Computer Assisted System Engineering (I-CASE) products, Application Development Workbench (ADW). Delivered all phases of Marketing, Sales, Production, Support, translation and Development of the double-byte versions of the software, managing teams in Atlanta and in Tokyo for 24x7 development, implementation, delivery and product packaging. Show less

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  Cap Gemini

  May 2000 - Jul 2002

  Vice President, Global Information Technology

  US Partner leading 70+ professionals located in the US/internationally managing $7M annual budget to deliver worldwide new knowledge management system to over 60,000 consulting professionals world-wide. EY Partner leading the Center for Business Transformation (CBT) delivering the Ernst & Young Navigator Systems Seriessm methodology to clients and consultant practitioners.* Reduced time to market for key client service delivery offers from 9 months to less than 4 weeks, supporting all Service Lines and industries.* Led custom software development group. Designed, built and delivered web-based authoring, storage and delivery platform for methodology, learning and knowledge content objects with development & design/Roll-out of content.* Web knowledge management system was key enabler in Cap Gemini’s acquisition of EYs management consulting practice. The system is currently used as the single source of methods for CGE&Y globally.* ISO9000 within E&Y US. Member PMI. Show less

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  MedSynergies

  Jul 2003 - Oct 2006

  Vice President Technology and Process Integration

  Revenue Cycle Management operations department ($2MM Budget) consisting of 70+ members delivering customer value and scalable solutions in payment posting, imaging/filing, claim entry, A/R follow-up, 20+ additional offshore resources, technical support, and help-desk.* Doubled throughput of payment posting and increased account resolution by 350% over industry standards by changing the view of core processes and applying technology.* Produced 50% savings over off shoring, and A/R follow-up by implementing proprietary system for bulk processing of claims/denials and intelligent Optical Character Recognition.* Doubled A/R Analyst output by changing / standardizing processes, developing software and using new technology leveraging the enterprise data warehouse/data marts.* Leveraged enterprise data warehouse to increase reporting / (COGNOS) BI capabilities. Show less

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  Swisher Management Consulting Corporation

  Feb 2007 - Dec 2010

  President, BPM and Strategic Planning

  Independent management consulting company partnering with Insight Solutions, KedarIT, and Conexussg delivering client value through BPM, Knowledge Management, Business Process Innovation and Program / Project Management.* Developed 300+ Process and Workflow Models in ProVision for a large security company involving 7 Latin American Countries across two major business areas.* Developed Strategic Planning model and custom database supporting a large manufacturing firm integrating 370 initiatives over 13 corporate functions focused over 5 corporate goals.* Performed System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Assessment of a $200mm International company in the Travel Industry including integration of off-shore development partner.* Developed analytical and tax software reporting tools for a stock options trading client. Show less

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  Conexus SG

  Jan 2011 - Feb 2013

  Managing Consultant

  Microsoft Dynamics GP implementation, customization, deployment and support, Business Process Modeling (BPM) and Process Innovation, and Program/Project Management* Implemented Dynamics GP configuration for startup Oilfield services company including managment of custom modifications to SOP Invoicing and integration of third party software through an externally hosted environment. Implementation needed to respond to highly dynamic business requirements to meet customer needs.* For a $600mm Joint Venture investment, provided Business Process Re-Engineering and Project Management assistance in accounting processes for a mid-stream Oil & Gas company expanding their pipelines and implementing a Joint Venture agreement. Show less

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  Swisher Mangement Consulting Corporation

  Feb 2013 - now

  President
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  KEDAR Information Technologies

  Jun 2013 - Dec 2013

  Senior Consultant

  Developed Business model for Export/Import business processes for international freight forwarder operations across multiple locations in the US including Custom House Brokerage operations.