Eric R. Broughton

2327 Emerson Lane Naperville, IL 60540

(H) 630.357.1134 / (C) 630.336.6947

eric.broughton@gmail.com

Summary

IT Executive of global vision possessing the rare ability to provide strategic enterprise technology leadership and deliver exceptional revenue generation/business development results to a diverse marketplace ranging from Fortune 500 to SMB clients.

Experience

April 2007 – Present     Yield Technologies: A Morgan Stanley Company         Chicago, IL

Chief Operating Officer

Recently funded group within Morgan Stanley tasked with extending the value of the technologies inherent in the portfolio of recent acquisitions to firms within the portfolio and non competitive firms outside of Morgan Stanley

§         Establish Yield Technologies corporate culture and architect the foundation of the organization’s sales and operations group by hiring talented resources, instituting project management and sales policies, and building the a customer centric infrastructure

§         Lead marketing initiatives to deliver a consistent corporate image through print, web, and presentations via visual and context driven messaging

§         Energetically search for clients that can benefit from the new product offerings now available through the new venture

§         Create and foster strategic partnerships that will expedite the organizations path to success

 

2005 – March 2007     IT Convergence         Naperville, IL

Global Solutions Manager

Responsible for growing the IT Convergence Support Services practice by directing business development, architecting enterprise support structures, and guiding the delivery teams in effective methods for managing distributed teams and information technology best practices

§         Architect global sourcing solutions for Fortune 500 and SMB clients

§         Pilot organizations through the process of constructing global operational and budgetary IT sourcing strategies

§         Guide the IT Convergence sales organization through the process of positioning managed services competitively resulting in a growth rate in excess of 700% in less than 2 years

§         Leading the Managed Services Organization through its first SAS 70 Type I and Type II Audit

 

2000 – 2005     The Ultimate Software Consultants (TUSC)         Lombard, IL

Senior Manager

§         Project/Account Manager supporting brokerage service and online banking departments of an organization with over $420 billion in assets under investment management and $38 billion in banking assets

§         Project lead and data architect of a business process reengineering effort for a brokerage service data warehouse (ETL) that reduced data load time by a factor of 10 and prepared the organization for future growth

§         Led an on-time and on-budget Oracle Applications integration project including customizations, workflow modifications (OM, AR, Auto Invoice), and third party integration (Java, XML, SOAP, POS)

§         Led the conceptualization and development of a data warehousing and risk management application for the first open, electronic exchange to trade all NYSE, AMEX, PCX and OTC listed securities (15,000 transactions per second)

§         Project/Account manager for the support, maintenance, and enhancement of a global web based Labor Scheduling System for more than 9,000 employees

§         Instructor at the University of Illinois for Oracle and Data Modeling Courses

 

1997 – 2000                  Cargill (NSSA)                                Kingman, AZ

I/T Department Manager

§         Budgetary and management responsibilities for a team of full time I/T professionals, 300 end-users, and internal/external consultants in a 24/7/365 manufacturing organization

§         Profit and Loss (P&L) responsibilities for the Information Technology department of an organization with revenue of $96 million including negotiation of support agreements and vendor contracts in concert with the corporate parent's strategic vision

§         Hands - on project lead in the development of an energy management control system that hedged electricity contracts resulting in cost savings of greater than $1.1 million in a single month (July 2000)

Education

2004 – 2005                  Stanford University

§     Advanced Certification for Project Management (ACPM)

 

1999 – 2001                  University of Phoenix                                         

§     Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Technology Management

 

1992 – 1997                  South Dakota School of Mines & Technology      

§     Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering (BSEE)

Certifications 

Project Management Institute – Project Management Professional (PMP)

Oracle Certified Professional (OCP)