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VP and General Manager Public Safety Systems Division and Corporate CIO
Company NameFederal Signal
Dates Employed2005 – 2009 Employment Duration4 yrs
LocationOak Brook, IL, University Park, IL, Birmingham, MI & SouthHampton, England
VP and GM of Public Safety Systems (PSS) Business comprised of five advanced technology companies. (PIPS, Riverchase, Codespear, Federal Warning Systems) Direct P&L Responsibility for $200M division of publicly traded company operating in over 14 countries. healthcare, public safety and intelligent transportation market focus. Delivered double digit growth for duration. Effective lobbied on behalf of technology providers for intelligent transportation systems, interoperable communications and alerting and notification systems for overall public safety in multiple countries. New division was eventually spun out and purchased by 3M.
In addition served as CIO and Officer of the company. Developed common application architecture based. Reduced number of applications used internally by 40%. Upgraded and outsourced data center, voice and data network, network monitoring and intrusion detection. Implemented new collaboration platform for employees and partners based on SharePoint and SmartMsg. Established enterprise cost of computing at 3.5% of overall revenues to enable value realization of IT investments. Ranked 80th best user of information technology in 2008 InformationWeek 500. |