SURUCHI TANEJA

MBA-MIS, ITILF, MCP, MCTS, MCITP

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX suruchi.taneja@gmail.com

SENIOR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP
VP Director IT Manager
Exceptional record of success in the management of global business operations and strategic planning. With over 15 years of
Information Technology experience including 10 years in progressive management with recent 4 years in Senior
Executive Leadership at a CIO/VP level, 8 years in ERP, CRM, POS, Financial, Distribution and Warehouse Management
system implementations and configurations along with over 8 years of project, program and team management
experience, facilitating corporate success through the delivery of technology-based solutions to meet changing business needs
and drive growth. Special expertise in Business reorganization, Program Management, Customer Service Management, IT
Service Management, Problem Management, human resource management, process optimization, enterprise wide deployments,
and compliance & security improvement. Previously led domestic and global initiatives as large as $6M. Adept at building and
directing top-performing service teams, minimizing department spending, and formulating comprehensive business strategies in
line with business goals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AVIT Solutions, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Founder & President

2014 Present

Founder and Managing member of Advanced Vision for IT Systems and Solutions Consulting firm, providing IT Leadership,
Strategic Planning, Business Analysis and IT Governance support and services to Small & Midsize corporations.
Supporting and Partnering Companies move to cloud based solutions and designing business continuity and collaborated
platforms. AVIT solutions core business model is to help companies Turnaround IT solutions from Cost Center to Profit Center,
utilizing IT strategic value mapping techniques and building true leadership & accountability within departments.

GroupeSTAHL, St. Clair Shores, MI

GM, Information Technology

2012 2014

Key Senior Executive Management Team member. Oversee corporate IT operations and web marketing reporting directly to
CEO for this $250M global textile manufacturing and distribution company, including Business Management, Business
expansion and acquisitions, Business Development, IT Department Consolidation and reorganization, Contract
Management, Security, Voice & Data Communications, Service Management, Web Development, Software Development,
Standardize Business Processes and Procedures, ISO 90001 and 270001 deployments, Project Management, Strategy
Planning, Vendor Management, SLA Management, Portfolio Management, Standardize SOPs, Business Continuity,
Business Compliance & Licensing, and Top Performing team supporting over 1000+ users. Supervise staff of 54 direct and
indirect reports across 10 IT departments in 4 continents. Administer $16M in annual CAPEX, operational, and project budgets.

Selected Accomplishments:
Earned Going An Extra Mile Award for superior performance.
Saved $7.4M, increased ROI 15%, and improved productivity 10% by consolidating, centralizing and standardizing ERP
and Distribution Management systems for the US and Canada. Integrating with Horizons Manufacturing and
Warehouse Management System.
Realized more than $2.9M in savings by bringing web development and mobile systems development functions in house.
Enabled a $5.5M increase in ROI and a 25% increase in productivity by launching SharePoint as an Intranet platform,
document library, integrated with ECM, dashboard, and reporting system solution.
Delivered $1.2M in annual savings by consolidating servers through virtualization VMware
Produced $840,000 in annual savings by bringing software and hardware licenses into compliance, eliminating
individual licenses for software, and implementing network consolidation.

 Facilitated a 15% ROI improvement while saving $7.3M by migrating to the Microsoft CRM and Salesforce.com hybrid
solution.
Implemented Kiosks at Retail Stores and tradeshows to expand mobile capability and sales.
Enhanced IT security and saved $30,000/ year by launching a 24x7 operational and IT security support system. Including
deploying Solarwinds Network Monitoring Tool.
Slashed telecom costs $120,000 per year by implementing global VoIP-based phone system.
Reduced IT contractor and maintenance costs $420,000 per year by streamlining domain and vendor services.
Achieved $200,000 in annual savings by shifting critical applications to the cloud and introducing single sign on.

Operational Improvements:
Planned and led complete reengineering of business operations, resulting in improved service, delivery, and staff
capabilities along with greater system reliability and lower costs.
Increased Customer Service and Sales productivity by conducting a comprehensive business analysis and implementing
centralized, global processes.
Lowered unplanned downtime from 4 hours to 20 minutes per power outage by deploying a new disaster recovery plan
with 3 layers of failover capability.
Improved quality and productivity by introducing best practice for data warehousing and other areas.

LifeStyle Lift, Troy, MI

Software Enterprise Architect

2011 2012

Senior development and project management role reporting directly to CIO of $100M cosmetic and facial surgery practice.
Served as liaison between IT, Finance, and Operations. Worked with business units to determine needs and developed
innovative technology solutions to facilitate growth. Planned and led development and implementation initiatives.
Administered budgets up to $600,000. Performed financial and technology consulting for the Finance, Inventory, Purchasing, IT,
Operations, and Payables departments.

Selected Accomplishments:
Saved $200,000 per year and increased annual ROI 3% by developing and implementing a new inventory
management solution with bar coding and requisition management capabilities, deployed in 35 locations.
Achieved $1.8M in savings by reducing vendor costs through the architecting of Dynamics CRM, Shopkeep POS, EDI
Accellos & TrueCommerce and ERP systems.
Implemented and integrated ShopKeep POS system for Walk in Health Clinics with CRM and ERP systems via
Salespad
Increased efficiency and quality by documenting business processes and procedures, centralizing business, and financial
reporting functions, and leading a complete business analysis of internal systems.
Improved Finance department performance 20% by carrying out budgeting and forecasting.
Ensured consistent compliance of ERP systems while maintaining HIPAA compliance by participating in regular IT audits.

Avastone Technologies (formerly Anderson, Tackman &Co.), Peewaukee, WI

Software Consultant

2008 2011

Oversaw a critical consulting team responsible for MS Dynamics GP, Dynamics AX, Dynamics NAV, Dynamics CRM, POS
systems ALOHA & POSItouch and Retail Management implementations, development, customization, and reporting at this
$100M provider of technology consulting services. Carried out project management, database administration, programming,
training, and requirements determination.

Selected Accomplishments:

Designed more than 400 budgeting and forecasting reports and analytical cubes for a government agency.
Led more than 20 SDLC life cycle implementations, totaling $2M in revenues, across multiple industries.
Created a complete contract management system for a construction company.
Led several projects with Aloha POS, Microsoft RMS (POS) system integrations and EDI Mapping with ERP and CRM
systems at Cafes, Retail Shops and Chocolate manufacturing, distribution & retail stores in Wisconsin area

Convergys Corporation, Appleton, WI

Technical Support Tier II

2007 2007

Provided Technical support and Customer Service to AT&T Uverse and Wireless customers. Part time with Graduate studies.

Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, WI

Graduate Student and Graduate Assistant

2005 2007

Relocated to USA for Graduate studies program MBA in Management Information Systems. Also, worked on campus part-time
as Graduate Assistant on Scholarship Program.

Vishal Traders Ltd., Delhi, India

IT Manager

1998 2005

Overlooked 2 Retail Shops and Warehouse and lead a team of 3 IT staff providing Network and System Administration,
Help desk Support, Inventory Management, Sales and Financial Reporting and Analysis.

Selected Accomplishments:
Moved the Shop from Paper based tracking system to Access database for Database management of Sales, Campaigns,
Inventory and Purchasing.
Improved Inventory Tracking increased ROI by 25% since we were better able to track our stock and move to more
real time inventory methodology and reduce warehouse leasing cost
Supported screen printing and transfer equipment and implemented CAD system design along with training the staff
Managed Reporting and Analytics for better forecasting and budgeting.

EDUCATION
MBA in Management Information Systems, Concordia University, Mequon, WI
Certificate in Information Technology, National Institute of Information Technology, India
Bachelors in Technology, Maharshi Dayanand University, India

CERTIFICATIONS
ITIL Foundation Certification ((Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
Managing Microsoft Dynamics Implementations Certifications (Sure Step Methodology)
MCP (Microsoft Certified Business Management Solutions Professional)
MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist)
MCITP (Microsoft Certified IT Professional)

TRAINING
AIMIT CIO Training in IT Strategy, IT Governance, Enterprise Architecture (in progress)

AFFILIATIONS
World CIO Council
National Association of Professional Women

TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS Office, Project, Visio, Crystal Reports, One Note, Visual Source Safe, GIT, JQuery, Jenkins, Team Foundation Services
(TFS), SCRIBE, SharePoint 2010/2013 (Business Portal, Document Library, Workflow Management), Microsoft Dynamics
(GP(Great Plains) (7, 10,2011, 2013), CRM (3.0, 4.0,2011, 2013)), Dynamics AX, Dynamics NAV, Microsoft RMS (POS),
Aloha POS, Shopkeep POS, Salesforce.com, SAP Business Suite(MM/PP/WM/QM), Oracle 11i, Sonic Wall and Fortinet
firewalls, DNS/DHCP, Active Directory Management, Symantec, Sophos & Trend Micro Antivirus software, Solarwinds
Network Monitoring Tool, Ecommerce solutions, Sysaid, Trackit, Citrix, Exchange , MPLS, VPN, VMWare, Office 365,
Backup Exec, SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2012, SQL Reporting Services (SRSS), SQL Analysis (SSAS) & Integration
services (SSIS), VB.NET, ASP.Net, C++, Dexterity, HTML, Windows Server, SAN, NAS, CISCO LAN/WAN networks, desktops,
servers, laptops, modems, routers, hubs, switches and more