Tom Black

Tom Black

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  • About me

    IS Product Manager | ERP Engineering, PLM & OPEX Lead | Agile Delivery Practice Lead

  • Education

    • Spartanburg Methodist College

      1982 - 1984
      Computer Science
    • Clemson University

      1984 - 1987
      Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science

      Activities and Societies: Co-Op Student; Northern Telecom, Raleigh, NC IS Customer Order Tracking Systems

  • Experience

    • Fogle Computing

      Jan 1984 - Jan 1986
      Computer Programmer

      Summer work. Assisted in the programming of Inventory, Accounting, Church and other systems.

    • Northern Telecom

      Sept 1985 - Aug 1986
      Computer Programmer

      Clemson University Co-Op student; Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, North Carolina; Customer Order Tracking systems

    • Clemson University

      Jan 1987 - May 1987
      Career Services Assistant

      Organized and ensured company literature for Career Services was available for students. Worked on campus on 2nd shift.

    • Schlumberger

      May 1987 - Jun 1991
      IT Programmer - Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)

      - Integrated manufacturing machines and computer systems to collect data for analysis.

    • Adidas

      Jul 1991 - Apr 1994
      IT Programmer - Warehouse Systems

      - Assisted in the design and development of the physical inventory system- Warehouse Systems and reporting- Labeling systems

    • Rockwell Automation

      Apr 1994 - Dec 2006

      - Project Manager: Worked with plant and corporate accounting, designed and developed an accounting sub ledger to interface to the manufacturing and financial software within the business. Project reduced the monthly closing process by 1 day for each of the 12 manufacturing facilities. - Project Manager for implementation of manufacturing execution system. - Managed 3 IT Staff and Consultants- Worked with plant management and personnel to develop and implement many cost reduction projects. - Reduced IT budget by 44%- Provided IT service for a 250,000 square foot manufacturing plant. - Implemented InfinityQS to measure process capabilities. - Managed 5 developers to support 12 manufacturing plant systems.- Designed and implemented cost savings for manufacturing systems- Implemented Rockwell Automation manufacturing system in several plants.

      • IT Project Leader - Manufacturing Systems

        Sept 2005 - Dec 2006
      • IT Manager - Kings Mountain Plant

        Dec 1998 - Aug 2005
      • IT Team Leader - Manufacturing Systems

        Apr 1994 - Nov 1998
    • Baldor Electric Company – A Member of the ABB Group

      Jan 2007 - Sept 2017

      - SAP Implementations and Business Process Owner for Quality. - Successfully interfaced Rockwell Automation's manufacturing systems (12 plants) into Baldor SAP SD (Sales).- Successfully implemented SAP LO (Logistics) in the Baldor Guadalajara, Mexico plant.

      • SAP QM Core Team Leader

        Aug 2008 - Sept 2017
      • SAP PP Business Analyst

        Jan 2007 - Aug 2008
    • ABB

      Sept 2017 - now

      - IS SAP Module Owner for QM (Quality Management) and PM (Plant Maintenance)

      • IS Product Manager | ERP Engineering, PLM & OPEX Lead | Agile Delivery Practice Lead

        Aug 2022 - now
      • Americas ERP Solution Architect PLM

        Oct 2019 - Aug 2022
      • SAP Functional Analyst QM/PM - ABB CoE IS Americas

        Sept 2017 - Oct 2019
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence

      ASQ - World Headquarters
      Oct 2015
      View certificate certificate
    • IS PM (Project Manager) Certification Level 1

      ABB
      Mar 2015
    • Rockwell Automation Leadership School Graduate

      Rockwell Automation
      May 2008
    • Certified SAFe® 5 Product Owner / Product Manager

      Scaled Agile, Inc.
      Aug 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Power LEAN Rockwell Automation w/ Six Sigma; Class 007

      Rockwell Automation
      May 2004