Peter Rothman
Chief Technology Officer - Merisel Americas, Inc
Melville, NY
Accomplished technology and business executive, proficient with all aspects of business and IT management; history of productivity and defining and meeting corporate goals; adept at strategic planning and forecasting for IT growth; proven ability to create and lead highly effective and cross functional teams; outstanding leadership, and communication skills. Proven track record of success at planning, developing, and implementing technology solutions that facilitate corporate objectives utilizing current technology to achieve desired measurable results. Designed innovative and creative use of technology that minimized investments and maximized returns to stakeholders in both internal use situations and as a technology service provider.
Work Experience
Chief Technology Officer
2011 to Present
Merisel is a conglomerate of creative services and digital imaging companies operating under the consolidated Coloredge brand. Merisel services the worlds largest and most prestigious organizations through its digital asset management, manufacturing, project management and distribution expertise.
As the CTO for Merisel responsibilities include the establishment of the organizations first strategic information technology plan to facilitate the organizations mission and growth initiatives to create new revenue opportunities and reduce operating costs. Established the companys first online digital and e-commerce strategy which created new products and services for the organization while facilitating client interactions.
Accomplishments:
• Designed and implemented a new technology infrastructure consisting of converged voice and data networks with multiple redundant routing to ensure minimal business interruption in the event of a service outage and reducing telecom expenses by over $300,000 annually.
• Virtualized the server environment to minimize the data center footprint and maximize the investment of the companys computing resources.
• Transformed the technology team into a high performing organization through the establishment of operational procedures and planning methodology that empowered the members of the department to establish and exceed individual goals.
• Creation of the organizations acceptable use, e-mail and mobile device policies
• Implemented new e-mail system to enable the organization to more effectively communicate and collaborate across locations.
• Implemented helpdesk system and related business processes to ensure issues are addressed timely and proper accountability is created for individuals both in the IT department as well as the end user community.
• Implemented system management and monitoring software to gain insight to the organizations network and server environments.
• Implemented in-house and cloud based backup solutions for financial and business systems in both the NY and CA data centers.
• Implemented new and enhanced mass storage backup solution of digital asset management systems in both NY and CA.
• Facilitated the consolidation and relocation of the northeast manufacturing locations into a state of the art facility in NJ implementing current IP based technology throughout the facility while reducing overall operating expenses.
• Implemented CRM solution to facilitate the sales and customer management processes.
• Consolidated and upgraded the organizations three financial systems into a singular instance of the latest version of our applications including integrating with other workflow systems.
• Consolidated the organizations FedEx systems into a single server based application to better track and manage costs.
• Assumed responsibility for the companys ecommerce initiative including rectifying issues with the current platform and identifying new partners to take our capabilities to the next level generating competitive advantage.
• Implemented the companys first soft-proofing system to enable us to expand our geographic reach and offer new innovative services to our clients.
• Stabilized the companys workflow systems to meet the current business operations and working to enhance the organizations capabilities as part of a business process reengineering effort.
Vice President, Consulting Services
2008 to 2011
IDP Consulting is a Long Island based IT Consulting and Management firm specializing in IT consulting and managed services including application development, project management, infrastructure management, infrastructure design as well as helpdesk and other support and consultative services.
As the Vice President of Consulting Services responsibilities included:
• Working with clients to align business objectives with appropriate technology solutions including ecommerce and web based business enhancement technologies.
• Managing client relationships to ensure client expectations and requirements clearly defines and managed.
• Create collaborative environments with client resources and IDP staff to implement solutions to align our clients business objectives with technology solutions.
• Designing technology solutions for a diverse set of clients including ecommerce, manufacturing, not-for-profits and healthcare organizations. Including applications that utilize current state of the art and leading edge technologies to facilitate business processes.
• Creating strategic technology plans for clients who embrace technology as a part of their business.
• Designing technology solutions, working with clients to establish and define requirements as well as facilitate the management of the projects.
• Reviewing and selecting new products and services for client offerings including the management of the relationships between the vendors and our customers.
• Managing all operations including support services, application development and engineering services for all clients.
• Define and design all internal business processes related to client support services and operations.
• Recruiting and hiring of highly motivated team to provide world-class services to our clients.
Managing Director
2007 to 2008
digitalpaperwork, LLC was a Long Island based startup technology company specializing in large scale custom applications for the financial industry. The company repositioned itself as the market leader in digital pen and paper business process automation solutions to provide an end to end automation for its clientele.
As the Managing Director for digitalpaperwork responsibilities included:
• Architected eBusiness and ecommerce solutions related to real time business process automation utilizing state of the art digital pen technology integrated with web services to deliver real-time information utilizing pen and paper as a low cost input and data gathering device.
• Working with clients and potential customers to develop requirements for future releases of the platform based on new requirements as the solution matured.
• Lead team of engineers and developers to create an enterprise platform for business process automation to be sold as a service or an enterprise solution that integrated with document and record management solution utilizing interactive technology such as Microsoft Silverlight and Adobe Flex.
• Designed internal operations to meet the growing needs of the organization including business process definition IT process definition and strategic alignment to allow the company to continue to expand its services and product offerings.
• Designed the organizations infrastructure based on the requirements of the business to support the phased implementation of the new and changing applications that fit strategically within the fiscal budget and planned growth of the company.
• Business development including identifying and establishing strategic business partnerships with third party organizations to enhance our market share and product offering.
Vice President of Information Technology/CIO
2005 to 2007
MDC Partners is a sector specific, publicly traded private equity firm specializing in advertising, marketing and communications companies consisting of forty operating entities.
As the senior technology officer for MDC Partners responsibilities included IT strategic planning and budgeting, alignment of IT and operations, oversight of corporate IT operations, IT governance and compliance.
• Created and led a team, consisting of members from each operating entity in finance, operations and IT to define requirements, evaluate solutions and select a product to create a standard finance, operations and management platform for the organization.
• Acted as liaison between executive management and operating entities owned as part of investment portfolio.
• Developed enterprise wide IT strategy for the parent company and all 40 operating entities to facilitate the creation of standards, established an IT governance program, leverage economies of scale and share knowledge in a non-competitive environment.
• Established the first collaborative environment related to information technology across all the companies owned by the organization which allowed for increased operating efficiencies and economies of scale.
• Successfully implemented a SaaS based industry specific ERP solution at the 8 largest agencies including the parent company, on time and on budget in two years.
• Established the first formal portfolio of projects and maintained alignment with corporate and individual entity initiatives.
• Evaluated and enhanced business processes to gain efficiency and economies of scale.
• Established standardized reporting models for executive management consisting of operational reports and strategic initiatives.
• Managed staff of 3 direct reports to provide strategic direction empowering managers to make business appropriate decisions and foster their decision making abilities.
• Aligned IT and business processes to ensure operations meet corporate requirements including back-up and recovery, SDLC and internal IT controls such as change management.
• Worked with executive management team to ensure business processes were properly defined to maintain and achieve effectiveness and efficiency.
• Established the first IT compliance framework based on CoBit for the organization and remediated a Sarbanes Oxley material weakness from 2004.
• Negotiated and managed strategic outsourcing relationships for applications, services and products to enable the organization to focus on its core competencies.
• Architected and designed the corporate server and network architecture to ensure the organization had an infrastructure that was stable and scalable as the organization grew.
Director of Corporate MIS
1992 to 2005
Volt information Sciences is an international conglomerate, with $2.2 billion sales, 45,000 employees, 350 offices worldwide. Industries include staffing services, telecommunications construction and engineering systems & services, telephone directory publishing services, computer systems design and maintenance.
Increasing responsibilities; over 4 promotions.
• Provided strategic oversight for enterprise initiatives including building cross functional teams to define requirements and provide regular periodic input on the development.
• Designed and managed applications for enterprise corporate level systems specializing in business process enhancement and efficiency. Applications included Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Time & Labor, Billing, Job Costing, General Ledger, Reporting and Messaging systems based on end-user requirements.
• Responsible for enterprise wide PeopleSoft ERP implementation including creation of cross functional teams to define opportunities for business process re-engineering based on the availability of new technology. Designed and created a new module which was sold back to PeopleSoft for $1 million which is now the core of their PeopleSoft for Staffing solution.
• Worked with legal, human resources and other key departments within the organization to establish enterprise wide security guidelines and practices.
• Established the first strategic IT compliance and governance program across 5 business segments that ensured there were no material weaknesses during Sarbanes Oxley audits.
• Managed staffs of over 30 managers and developers ensuring all individuals were managed according to their skills and expectations including professional development and monitoring of employee performance.
• Created and provided periodic reporting to C-level management ensuring all current future IT projects meet the strategic objectives of the business.
• Design and architecture of enterprise data warehouse initiative to meet the reporting requirements of the business and regulatory reporting.
• Responsible for corporate enterprise systems infrastructure including server, network, operations and application monitoring systems.
• Corporate IT operations and management including establishing service level agreements that support the needs of the organization with appropriate management reporting.
• Defined vision, mission and goals for IT within the organization as part of the IT management team to ensure the technology departments met and maintained alignment with corporate expectations.
• Established first enterprise wide disaster recovery and business continuity planning committee to identify all critical to business processes, design appropriate recovery processes and establish recurring periodic testing.
• Identified opportunities for strategic outsourcing and managed vendor relationships with those selected to be business partners.
Senior Financial Analyst/Auditor
1990 to 1992
Senior Accountant
1988 to 1990
Education
A.B. in Management
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