Better results through improved Strategies, Processes and Execution

Gene has more than fifteen years of experience in Program Management, ERP leadership and IT strategy. He has led two IT organizational transformation initiatives and served nine months as the interim CIO for Kimberly-Clark. Gene led the development of the Kimberly-Clark IT Business Plan in 2010 that delivered over $35 million in savings over three years. Gene has 20+ years of varied finance experience including: Senior Director Business Analysis (CFO) for Kimberly-Clark’s largest business unit; Director of Manufacturing Analysis; Plant Controller; Corporate Audit and Financial Systems Analyst.

Tom has thirteen years of experience leading the planning and implementation of Major Project/Programs at Kimberly Clark. He has led numerous implementations and upgrades that involved Cutover Planning and Execution while Maintaining Business Continuity. SAP Implementations and Upgrades include: ERP, APO, EWM, IBP, Vistex, Vertex

Brian and Gene have extensive experience in the area of change management. Brian has been an HR practitioner for more than 20 years. He started out developing and delivering training modules for Kimberly-Clark and later expanded his reach to include change management and organizational design. Brian is a skilled facilitator which enables him to guide organizations through challenging change initiatives. Brian gained valuable experience as the Change Management Consultant for an IT Program Management Office.

Gene's experience in this space comes from leading numerous transformational initiatives including organizational redesigns, major system implementations and mergers & acquisitions. He has actively led the design of change management strategies for the aforementioned initiatives and has a keen awareness and understanding of change management strategies, methods and best practices.

Gene assumed responsibility for ensuring successful integration of back office business functions for all Kimberly-Clark acquisitions. Gene led the development of a Rapid Acquisition Integration Model to enable repeatable, consistent and efficient integration of acquired entities. He led the transition of organizational and functional responsibilities for the spin-off of Kimberly-Clark's Health Care business. This involved overseeing and coordinating critical transition activities for back office functions, establishing a Transition Service Agreement that ensured a smooth transition of responsibilities and formation of a new legal entity structure.

Tom has hands-on experience from both the business and implementation sides of the M&A process. He was the Business and Technology leader for the Kimberly-Clark Taiwan operations during a merger with Scott Paper Company. In 2005, Tom assumed implementation leadership for Kimberly-Clark mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. He has both large scale implementation experience (mergers, acquisitions) and smaller scale individual site divesture experience. Tom also played a key leadership role in the Health Care spin-off for Kimberly-Clark.

Both Tom and Gene provided leadership for all major acquisitions and divestitures for Kimberly-Clark since the mid-2000's.

Gene, Tom and Brian have led a number of significant Program/Project executions that involved:
- Resource Management
- IT budgetary responsibilities
- Portfolio Management
- Data/System Preparation
- Training
- Cutover Planning & Go Live
- Organizational Readiness
- Systems Testing

Specifically, Gene and Tom had leadership responsibilities for two of Kimberly-Clark's largest SAP installations, Gene as the overall lead and Tom as the implementation lead. In addition, they have worked together in similar roles overseeing numerous upgrades, acquisitions/divestitures and the spin-off of a major business unit.

Jeff has extensive experience developing and implementing new products and innovations. He was involved in several of Kimberly-Clark's most successful product launches. Jeff developed and implemented an Insights Selling training program to aid multiple business segments within Kimberly-Clark. He has developed a number of sales tools and models when applied resulted in a significant and immediate impact on top line growth. Jeff has successfully transitioned this large corporation experience to smaller scale applications, assisting small businesses with creating a more effective marketing and sales strategy. His product development background is especially helpful to startups seeking to introduce a new product to the market place.