CHARLES J.

GEORGE
Denham Springs, LA 70726
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cjgeorge003

Phone: 225.910.3343
Email: cj.george@yahoo.com

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

A proven, dedicated Chief Information Officer committed to the leadership of people, to cost efficiency, increased
productivity and the effective use of data management systems to facilitate the companys business model and long
term success. Particularly experienced in ERP implementations, project management, data system renovation and
cross functional team coordination. Experienced in a variety of technologies including but not limited to WAN, SAN,
Cisco VoIP, W-LAN/LAN, and SCADA and an array of applications including SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, .NET and others.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

People Leadership
Policy Design and Implementation
System architecture and design
Cost Efficient Computing
Business Process Optimization

Project Management
Contract Negotiations
Change Management
Custom Program and System
Development Agile & Waterfall

Resource Maximization
Employee Engagement
Cross functional team
building
ERP Management

KEY SKILLS ASSESSMENT

LARGE PROJECT MANAGEMENT Skilled in directing large, multimillion dollar projects to completion in a timely
manner, influencing the team to work quickly and efficiently with a good team sense.
C OMMUNICATION AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT Comfortable, effective and efficient communication skills with staff,
executives, Board members, organizational and public groups utilizing oral, written and visual tools as appropriate.
C OST EFFICIENT COMPUTING Eliminated unnecessary legacy programs and other drains on financial resources in
order to limit Information Technologys budget impact significantly.
C YBER SECURITY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE Implemented PCS-DSS and NIST cyber security framework for
Critical Infrastructure Facilities of national criticality.

PROFESSIONAL E XPERIENCE
WATERONE, LENEXA, KS
DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Reduced costs of Information Technology from 15% of the annual budget to 7% while improving services already
offered and expanding into new services.
Created an E-PMO, formalizing methodologies and allowing for the creation of master planning portfolios for IT.
Decreased costs of supporting enterprise technology while increasing its availability.
Chosen to install Model-Netics, a comprehensive management skills training program organization-wide.
Diversified the technological presence across systems such as WAN, SAN, Cisco VoIP, W-LAN/LAN, and SCADA.
Eliminated data duplication through the integration of SAP and GIS, saving the company over $30,000 dollars per
year in manual data management tasks.

DATA TRANSMISSION NETWORK, CORP, OMAHA, NE

DIRECTOR, IT BUSINESS APPLICATIONS

MAY 2008 DECEMBER 2014

2002 2008

Personally managed key vendor relationships, including those with Oracle, Deloitte & Touche, and Microsoft.
Solved the failed implementation of PeopleSoft CRM and then added new modules, including AP, AR, GL, AM, BI,
Sales, Mobile Sales, Marketing, Telemarketing, Customer Support, 360-degree Customer View, and InfoSynch.
Directed the development of two new facets of DTNs customer relations, a .NET custom Order Management
Program, which allowed the business to reach as wide an audience as possible, and an e-Commerce platform for
the web-based consumer product framework.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE C ONTINUED

CONAGRA FOODS, INC, FULLERTON, CA AND OMAHA, NE
DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (2000-2002)

1997 2002

Oversaw a staff of 65 individuals, including managers, developers, project managers, system engineers, and
programmers.
Created a program management methodology that functioned within projects of a combined worth of $60 million,
functioning in the areas of Enterprise Business Systems, eCommerce, Customer Service & Systems Management.

MANAGER, APPLICATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (1999-2000)

Implemented technical infrastructure for applications including programs such as PeopleSoft HR, Pay Roll &
Benefits Admin, Oracle Financials, and Citrix environment enabling business processes for over 80k
employees.
Led technology services for the companys multi-million dollar, multi-year Warehouse Management and
Logistics consolidation, which utilized McHugh and Manugistics application packages.
Consolidated 140 warehouses into 20 multipurpose supply chain facilities thereby saving the company
millions of dollars per year.

MANAGER, SERVER SERVICES (1997-1999)

Responsible for companys server infrastructure, databases and SAP BASIS services housed in worldwide
data centers.
Developed the companys first IT SLAs related to technology availability and business process impacts.

CAP GEMINI AMERICA, Various

SENIOR CONSULTANT

1997

Designed and implemented a CRM application which increased Client Sales force productivity and reduced tradedollar spending by $10 million per year.
Altered and streamlined the clients help desk mission and processes, thereby increasing their provided value to
the business.

US NAVY, Various
INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST

1988 - 1997

Top Secret/SCI/Codeword clearances based on Single Scope Background Investigation.

USSTRATCOM's Intelligence Specialist of the year for 1996. Selected from 2,500 assigned Intelligence Specialists
representing the 4 branches of the U.S. military.

E DUCATION & T RAINING

Organizational Development, Model-Netics, Certified and Experienced Instructor
Bachelor of Science, Business Information Systems, Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE 3.85 GPA
General Studies, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE 3.6 GPA
Ongoing Education, Courses in Intelligence Analysis and Data Analytics, Defense Intelligence Agency College,
Washington, DC 4.0 GPA