Advantest America
Inc.
Director of Business Technologies
My role at Advantest started off with the responsibility to manage the Applications Support Group. In 2003, I was promoted to be the Manager of Business Technologies and later (in 2007) to be Director of Business Technologies. My charter is to manage a team (of 12 professionals) so that information technology tools could be brought to bear in the best possible manner so as to enable and empower employees to be as productive / profitable as possible.
This includes infrastructure systems such as network, e-mail, SAN� as well as application systems such as ERP, CRM, Intranet and extranet. One of my major achievements at Advantest was to formulate an e-Business strategy and oversee its deployment across the company in the US, and also expanding its adoption across other Advantest subsidiaries in Europe and Asia. This task was not merely about implementing technology but re-orienting company culture so that the benefits of e-Business could be accrued.
The audience for this was not just US employees and US customers but world-wide � including the corporate parent in Japan. I was called upon to introduce a change and oversee its adoption across the company.
- Managed the ongoing maintenance and
support activities of applications within the company.
- Devised the E-business strategy and managed it from the stage of conceptualization to right upto company-wide adoption.
- Managed the Corporate Intranet
- Planned and managed the selection and roll-out of applications to various target groups groups within the company.
- Introduced and adopted open-source technologies and methodologies so as to extract the most optimal ROI.
- Developed high-level technology roadmaps to communicate goals and plans to Senior Management.
- Developed detailed plans for workstation, network and application security to protect company assets.
- Provide leadership, guidance and
mentorship to team members and make them successful
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