2116 Matheson AvenueCharlotte, North Carolina 28205704-906-0023ricky8749@att.net

Rick HudsonSummary IT Director with over 20 years of IT Development and Data Management

and Data Governance experience. Proven results in successful execution of on-time implementations. Problem-solver with excellent people, management, organization, operational and communication skills used to drive detailed projects from conceptual designs to implementation while providing a fun and innovative environment. Strengths include data integration, transformation and standardization of large data volumes for MDM, ERP and CRM systems. Project Management in both waterfall and agile methodologies.

Professional experience

June 2007 – Present Premier Inc. Charlotte, North Carolina

July 2013 – Present: Director of Software Engineering- Managing multiple development teams, multiple supply chain projects

following agile methodology for $20 million IT budget. Responsibilities include: Scrum Master

o Remove impedimentso Minimize WIP and maximize continuous deliveryo Lead backlog grooming, planning, demos, stand-ups

Development Directoro Create innovative environmento Recruit and develop peopleo Council employees on their careers with weekly 1:1s, team meetings,

mid-year and annual performance appraisals.o Provide strategic guidance to senior executive leadership

Project Manager o Coordinate across multiple productso Manage multiple work streams for new product developmento Manage support of legacy productso Manage product delivery schedule and create progress status reportso Engage with product managers to manage customer deliverable

commitmento Work with technical operations teams to create and maintain

environments for development, quality assurance, user acceptance, training, performance and production

Implementation/Deployment Managero Coordinate deployments o Create appropriate change management documentation and obtain

deployment approvals- 20 direct reports with 50/50 ratio of full-time associates and contractors (local,

domestically remote and off-shore) composed of Architects, Software Engineers, QA Analysts and Business Analysts

- Consistently reached between target and stretch goals for quarterly release commitments for projects which include: Incorporating supplier cross referencing into product cross referencing Categorizing product data for client analytics Creating automation to support item master cleansing service to support e-

commerce client offerings, quickly producing 5 dollar revenue annually Support integration of large data volumes of multiple sources from/to many

different client ERP systems Legacy support for large volumes of data movement, standardization and

integration

Oct 2011 – June 2013: Data Management Director - Managed multiple teams following agile methodology to support clinical and

supply chain data standardization. Consistently reach between target and stretch goals for project quarterly release commitments

- Teams composed of Architects, Software Engineers and Clinical Analysts- Supported new tool, Symedical, to map clinical data to industry standards

(Multum, Snomed, Loinc). Developed logic and business rules within ILOG/ODM to support alerting

- Supported MDM for supply chain business using Oracle Enterprise Data Quality for Product Data development (formerly known as Silver Creek) to standardize and classify product data Compliancy resulted in 14% increase of total purchased volume which

generated 2% Admin fees for Group Purchasing

March 2009 – September 2011: Data Management Sr. Manager Data Transformation Solutions- Managed a team of Architects, Clinical Analysts, and Business Analysts- Worked with the Oracle Enterprise Data Quality for Product Data

development tool (formerly known as Silver Creek) to standardize and classify supply chain data

- Supported MDM team by developing a standardization engine to: Guide efforts for product category specific data in creating a golden record

repository Assist Data Services team in matching and classifying purchase order and

contract data- Team consistently reached between target and stretch goals

June 2007 – February 2009 – Solutions Analyst / Software Engineer- Developed Data Service Applications in the Oracle Product Data Quality

development tool (formerly known as Silver Creek) to support Master Data Management and Data Services in: Data Standardization Data Classification Product matching

- With these efforts, we were able to internalize the data research, saving $5 million per year in third party research, spending $500,000 for the software, thereby recouping the investment in less than one year

June 1984 – May 2007 Springs Industries Fort Mill, South Carolina

December 2001 – May 2007: Systems Manager- Managed 6 on-site and 5 off-shore software engineers- Designed integration from ERP system to the planning and shop-floor

scheduling tools using creative solutions to conform to Springs’ manufacturing intricacies. These tools Managed the entire bedding manufacturing business for Springs Were used to transform the process into a continuous flow inventory

system to significantly reduce inventory levels and costs. - Worked with the planning, scheduling, and operation business associates to:

Determine requirements and design Implement a successful product on time

- Developed status reports for senior leadership

August 1999 – December 2001: Project Leader of Creative Products- Managed 5 on-site resources to design, program, and test code used in

developing warehouse management and shipping systems

November 1986 – August 1999: Project Leader of Apparel Division- Designed, programmed and tested code to support marketing and order

management- First project managed was an inventory availability system, assuming the lead

when the current project leader resigned. This project was implemented on time

- Other projects included merging systems due to business purchases and managing resources involved in the year 2000 conversion

June 1984 – November 1986 Programmer/Analyst- Designed, programmed, and tested code to support marketing and order

management systems

Technical Experience

Certification

Recognition

Oracle, Oracle EDQP (AKA Silver Creek), PL/SQL, , UNIX, Lennox, Ab Initio, Autosys, IBM CDC, Data Stage, Hadoop, JBoss, WAS, SQL Server, .Net, Dojo, CSS, Java, JavaScript, Hibernate, Spring, Struts, Gradle, Maven Jenkins, Git, PowerBuilder, ILOG/ODM, DB2, P3/Primavea, Microsoft Project Microsoft Office Products, PeopleSoft (FKA JD Edwards) ERP system, RS/6000, IBM Mainframe, COBOL, IMS, AS400, and the following Manugistics tools: Demand Planning, Master Planning, Production Sequencing, and Production Scheduling,

Certified Data Management Professional

2008 Premier Individual Value Awards Winner2011 Premier PHD Program2012 Premier Team Value Awards Winner