Tyler D. Prescott
Director of Information Technology, Industrial manufacturing
Indianapolis, IN · (317) 555 0116 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/tylerdprescott
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Eighteen years in manufacturing technology, seven as a director
INDUSTRIES
Industrial manufacturing, distribution, automotive supply
SPECIALTIES
Plant systems, cloud migration, cybersecurity, vendor negotiation
SYSTEMS
Microsoft Azure, Oracle NetSuite, Microsoft SQL Server, ServiceNow, Power BI
CREDENTIALS
Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration, Indiana University
Executive Summary
Information technology director for a manufacturer running twelve plants across the Midwest and one in Mexico. Eighteen years in industrial technology, the last seven leading a department of thirty eight and a budget of nine million dollars. Answers to the chief financial officer and to every plant manager who needs the line running.
Signature Achievements
- Moved seventy percent of the server estate to Microsoft Azure and closed two aging data centers that had cost six hundred thousand dollars a year to run.
- Cut annual infrastructure and licensing spending by two point three million dollars over three years.
- Reduced unplanned system downtime affecting production from forty one hours a year to under six across all twelve plants.
- Rebuilt the security program after a phishing incident and passed the next two insurance reviews without exception.
- Standardized plant reporting so twelve sites finally count output, scrap and downtime the same way every shift.
- Renegotiated three vendor contracts and returned nine hundred thousand dollars to the operating budget.
Professional Experience
Director of Information Technology
Wabash Precision Manufacturing, Indianapolis, IN 2019 to present
Department of thirty eight covering infrastructure, applications, plant systems and the service desk for twelve sites.
- Own the technology budget of nine million dollars and present the annual plan to the executive committee.
- Lead the cloud migration and the standardization of plant systems across every site.
- Run the cybersecurity program including awareness training, testing and incident response.
- Manage contracts and relationships with fourteen technology vendors and two managed service partners.
- Support the financial controls testing that the external auditors review each year under Sarbanes Oxley.
Information Technology Manager
Hoosier Gear and Axle, Kokomo, IN 2014 to 2019
Team of eleven supporting four plants and a corporate office of three hundred staff across central Indiana.
- Managed infrastructure, service desk and the manufacturing systems used on every shift.
- Delivered the network rebuild that finally gave the plants reliable connectivity.
- Introduced change control after a failed upgrade shut down shipping for a day.
- Consolidated three separate help desks into one queue with published response targets.
- Prepared the annual capital request for plant technology with the manufacturing engineering group.
Systems Administrator
White River Components, Muncie, IN 2008 to 2014
Server and network administration for a supplier of six hundred employees.
- Maintained servers, backups and the plant floor network.
- Led the disaster recovery site build and the first full failover test.
- Supported the move from paper production records to scanned documents on two lines.
- Trained plant supervisors on the reporting that replaced their handwritten shift logs.
- Rebuilt the wireless coverage on the shop floor so scanning worked in every aisle.
Licensure and Certification
Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute
Certified Information Security Manager, Information Systems Audit and Control Association
Education
Master of Business Administration, Indiana University, 2016
Bachelor of Science in information technology, Purdue University, 2008
Core Skills
Technology strategy · Budget ownership · Cloud migration · Cybersecurity program · Vendor negotiation · Plant systems · Disaster recovery · Team leadership · Executive reporting · Service desk management · Capital planning · Change control