JAY I.

LEVITT

| Norwalk, CT
C 203-943-0266 | jlevitt12@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/jaylevitt

CIO/VP INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Expertise in Strategic Planning
Deliver value-based technology solutions that transform and optimize company strategies in:
Operations IT Solutions
ERP Implementations
Infrastructure
Communications and Collaboration Business Process & Requirements Vendor Management
Change Management
Merger & Acquisition Support
Web & Portal Solutions
Strategy: Work seamlessly with internal Business Leaders to define and deliver single platform
infrastructure and support solutions that enhance Operations while saving millions. Develop short-term
tactical and long-term strategic plans and product roadmaps.
Effective: Deliver rapid investment return and implement best practices, governance, controls and
metrics; reduce risk, regulation adherence, improve shared services transparency.
Understanding: Efficiently deliver customized solutions for Operations, Supply Chain, Human
Resources, CRM and Sales Order Processing. Design and deliver global solutions based on local needs
for worldwide Collaboration initiatives, Health, Safety and Environment.
Team building: Build, coach and mentor high-performing teams, internal and external, to develop high
availability and capacity services that improve business capability and customer's experience.

Professional Experience
Unimin Corporation (a Sibelco subsidiary) New Canaan, CT | Antwerp, BE
$1.5 Billion Revenue
Sr. Director IT (General Manager Information Services) Top IT Position 1999-2015
Led the entire IT Team for North America. Managed diverse business application development,
infrastructure and support teams across multiple locations, including all recruiting, staffing, role definition,
goal setting and performance management. Defined, maintained and enhanced relevant IT service levels
and metrics. Managed total IT budget (over $12 million) for US. and Canada with oversight of Mexican
IT budget and projects. Staff 20-30 full time plus outsourced development and support organizations.
Developed,

maintained and supported IT strategic and operational plans across all IT functions.
Aligned all IT deliverables with business strategy and operating models. Facilitated effective and
proactive business engagement through strategic planning, requirements definition, analysis, application
support, issue resolution and ongoing training. Provided direction on infrastructure design, integration
architectures, database administration, custom application development, and support. Worked crossfunctionally with business groups to drive consensus on technology solutions.
Mergers

& Acquisitions. Assimilated over a dozen acquisitions into the companies systems. Initially
involved at the due diligence phase, including on-site visits and system functionality evaluations. Then
managed the acquisition integration projects for Accounting, Finance, Operations and Purchasing as well
as all IT functions. Estimated savings gained through assimilation over $3 million per year.

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C- Level communications. Demonstrated the ability to communicate effectively to executive

leadership in both business and technology roles. Prepared and delivered senior executive level
presentations in the US and at parent HQ in Belgium. Presented at Global Mining IT conference in June
2015.

Vendor

Management. Developed and maintained all IT and Telecommunications vendor contracts and
relationships. Centralized telecomm billing yielding 25 % savings and improved problem resolution.
Project

Management. Wrote RFP's for best of breed solutions for BI (TM1), Communications and
Collaboration (Office 365/SharePoint), and Health, Safety and Environment solutions (SAI Global).
Selected winning bidders and negotiated contracts. Drove consensus across five continents to deliver
single global solutions to over 10,000 users. Annual savings $2 million in development and licensing fees.
Disaster

Recovery and High Availability. Designed and implemented DR and HA solution to recover
IT services within 2 hours. Migrated 1,000 users from on-premise email to the Cloud. Improved
availability by 20%.
Promoted

to General Manager Information Services (Sr. Director IT) 1991- 1999

Payroll

& Human Resources. Managed the Payroll department for the US division and acted as the
head security officer for Payroll and HR systems, comprised of multiple salaried and hourly payroll
companies of over 2,500 employees.

National Guardian Corporation Greenwich, CT

Electronic Security Services
Director IT 1985-1990
Strategic

Planning & Execution. Created IT roadmap and strategy for this start-up company.
Developed and created all IT functions for real-time electronic security monitoring and financial services.
Staffed, Managed & Mentored. Hired, managed, created performance goals and governance models
for IT department.
Application Development. Designed, delivered and installed systems with third party vendor to
monitor and invoice over 100,000 customers throughout the country.
Infrastructure and Operations. Implemented fully redundant systems to provide for continuous
operation (24/7/365) of commercial and residential monitoring at five Central Stations strategically
located in the USA.

Education
Masters, MBA - Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelors, Computer Science - University of Delaware, Newark, DE