Ben Moore

465 VILLAGE PARKWAY - SOUTHAVEN, MS 38671

901-237-8859 - BENMOORE@DESOTONET.COM

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Ben Moore has over 25 years experience in positions of increasing responsibility within the Information Technology organizations of global manufacturing and distribution businesses. For organizations undergoing rapid growth and change, his vision has led technology innovation resulting in cost savings and speed to deliver. His recent experience includes monitoring and evaluating trends and directions and developing associated strategic roadmaps to match technologies to business needs. He was responsible for the relationships with strategic technology and sourcing partners. He has demonstrated executive level communications skills with C-level officers and business directors.

Work Experience

CIO Services Group, Memphis, TN    2009 – Current

Vice President, Infrastructure & Architecture (2009 – Current)

·   Provided technical and architecture assessments and strategy to C-level officers of dynamic, fast growing organizations

·   Prepared cost estimates and implementation strategy for cloud migrations

·   Led operational teams to evolve highly available, scalable and secure solutions

·   Created business cases for disaster recovery solutions

·   Developed existing infrastructure organizations into stable, capable, and forward-looking teams

International Paper, Memphis, TN        1992 – 2009

Senior Manager, Enterprise Architecture (2003 – 2009)

·   Developed a team of four senior level solution architects as well as leading cross-functional architecture network of 20 senior level architects

·   Established architectural principles and published annual strategic roadmaps at each level, enterprise, domain, and sub-domain for each major technology category

·   Responsible for the global ERP strategy governed by a CIO-level program office

·   Initiated and led an Architecture Review Board responsible for governance and vision of all Information Technology architecture directions and projects ranging from e-mail, storage, unified communications, and client server strategies

·   Developed corporate relationships, including contract discussions, with key technology vendors: SAP, Microsoft, EMC, Oracle, HP, AT&T

Manager, Distributed Systems (1998 – 2003)

·      Responsible for Internet architecture, engineering and hosting support for 40,000 global users

·      Performed design, implementation and maintenance of world class SAP R/3 transaction system

·      Managed SAP R/3, Windows Server, Unix, and iSeries platform engineering and systems management and monitoring

·      Managed engineers that supported over 200 systems in Memphis and more than 100 distributed systems throughout North America

·      Provided technical direction to several international subsidiaries

·      Evaluated and introduced new technologies improving availability and performance

·      Incorporated performance and service level reporting for distributed platforms into management reporting and dashboard

·      Management responsibilities included more than 30 personnel and budget approaching $10,000,000

Manager, Systems Services (1992 – 1998)

·      Responsible for installation and maintenance of all mainframe operating systems, transaction managers, performance and capacity planning, and messaging systems

·      Proposed the consolidation of three data centers to reduce operating costs and led the project to a successful completion

·      Centralized hardware acquisition for two international data centers decreasing cost and improving availability

·      Reduced central processor growth from 35% per year to 12% per year and introduced executive level capacity reporting

·      Introduced multiple platforms into the data center environment including AS/400s, RS/6000s, and Intel

Federal Express, Memphis, TN              1982 – 1992

Senior Manager, Operating Systems (1983 – 1992)

·      Responsible for installation and maintenance of MVS, VM, and Transaction Processing Facility Systems Control Programs, storage management, and electronic mail strategies

·      Performed as Computer Operations liaison in the construction and relocation of the Federal Express data center requiring coordinating the move activity with flight operations

·      Directed many IBM Early Support Program projects on new hardware and software systems including mainframe processors and DASD control units requiring detailed project management and interactions with numerous vendors

·      Developed and implemented system naming standards, software maintenance techniques, and hardware configuration models that provided continuous multi-systems growth for more than 20 years

·      Led the effort to select and install an electronic mail system that supported instant, low cost communications for over 55,000 users worldwide

Senior Technical Advisor (1982 – 1983)

·      Provided performance expertise in the migration of a massive application from Airlines Control Program to IMS eliminating a duplicate network and improving programmer productivity

·      Assisted the capacity planning management team in developing their charter and gaining management support

Education

University of Mississippi, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering