Dawn McCauley. April 3, University of Wisconsin DOIT/CIO Office 624 E Main Street Madison, WI ATTN: Bradley Molzahn

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1 April 3, 2017 University of Wisconsin DOIT/CIO Office 624 E Main Street Madison, WI ATTN: Bradley Molzahn Subject: IT Center of Excellence Director Dear Mr. Molzahn: I have attached my resume in response to the open position of IT Center of Excellence Director for the DOIT/CIO Office at the University of Wisconsin as per instructions in the job announcement for career executive status. With broad and extensive experience in all facets of Senior IT Leadership, I know my knowledge, skills, experience with IT governance, change management and program leadership would be a great asset for the University of Wisconsin and the DOIT/CIO Office. For the past 30 years, I have provided IT leadership in variety of organizations with multi-location environments and have learned the skills and strategies necessary to provide effective leadership and direction toward establishing solid governance structures resulting in very successful outcomes. I am experienced in effective communications with all levels necessary to provide proper guidance and consultation for all staff developing and driving strategic direction, decision making processes and ensuring successful implementations by exceeding expectations. I am committed to providing excellent customer service and have over 30 years in positions where I have developed and maintained many collaborative partnerships and networks. Using a positive and enthusiastic approach, I have the ability to effectively develop relationships to influence and motivate staff for optimal performance. Finally, having previously employed at the University of Wisconsin I have knowledge and experience working with faculty and staff at the various departments and campuses. I would appreciate the opportunity to further represent my skills and qualifications for this position for the University of Wisconsin. I truly enjoy the challenges of IT

2 governance and look forward to successfully implementing a solid structure necessary for success. I look forward to hearing from you regarding this position. Sincerely, Dawn McCauley

3 PROFILE Senior Leadership IT Governance Program Management Benefits Realization Information Technology Executive Director with 30 years of demonstrated success developing and driving business strategies and achieving maximum benefits. Expertise in establishing solid governance structures to ensure optimized processes while maximizing resources resulting in highest quality solutions. Effectively communicates with all levels while successfully leading organizations to consistently reach or exceed goals on or under budget. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Executive Director STAR Program Office State of Wisconsin Madison, WI; 2013 Present Responsible for leading the successful implementation of PeopleSoft for Finance, Procurement, HR, Payroll and Benefits for 58 state agencies including the Legislature Managed over 200 resources across all project teams; 30 State staff, 45 State contractors and 125 Accenture consultants Managed the STAR Project budget of $138MM; successfully coming in well under budget upon completion of the project Established a solid governance structure for the STAR Project that is still being used today; over 182 decisions were made throughout the duration of the project Implemented over 35 PeopleSoft modules and only 2 customizations Launched Benefits Realization initiative to implement, monitor and track the savings estimated in the original feasibility study; on track to achieve $353MM in savings over 10 years HRS Project Development Area Lead University of Wisconsin Madison, WI; 2009 Present Responsible for managing all development for the HRS Project including modifications to PeopleSoft, data conversions, all reporting requirements and the EPM data warehouse Managed over 50,000 hours of work for 80 developers across six development teams; the UW development team, Accenture s San Antonio delivery center development team, Accenture s Atlanta delivery center development team, the data conversion team, the reporting team and the EPM data warehouse team Managed the development portion of the HRS Project budget of $8MM 1

4 WICS Project Manager Wisconsin Department of Corrections Madison, WI; Developed and managed the production conversion overview plan to the Phase 1.0 Implementation of the WICS application Responsible for managing all aspects of the WICS code deployment process Managed a project team to develop and deliver the first 5 reports against the newly implemented WICS data warehouse Responsible for gathering user requirements for the Visitation module for the Phase 1.1 Implementation of the WICS application Project manager for the successful implementation of the project to add Mapping and Notification to the Sex Offender Registration website Business Consultant Amtrak Corporation (Washington, DC) Waunakee, WI; Contracted to Amtrak through Dumas Software Services Inc. in Atlanta, GA Worked with Amtrak s Procurement organization on a wide variety of projects Member of Amtrak s Strategic Supply Chain Business Improvement Team Managed all aspects of the project implementation life cycle Manager Business Integration e-procurement Maytag Corporation Newton, IA; Lead Maytag into the world of e-procurement by implementing Maytag Supplier Connection, Maytag s supplier extranet Developed and managed e-procurement Annual Business Plan Performed extensive benchmarking of Best in Class organizations prior to embarking on this project, including Ford, GM, Oracle, Dell and Harley Davidson Successfully implemented modules for spend analytics, cost reduction tracking, supplier quality reporting, supplier quality manual, engineering drawings, material specifications, vendor schedules, vendor priority reports, electronic request for quote (e-rfq) capabilities, supplier scorecards, corrective action requests, supplier capabilities tracking Implemented a Spend Analysis Data Warehouse as a foundation for the supplier extranet Implemented Ariba desktop requisitioning and reverse auction capabilities Received Green Belt certification via Maytag s Lean Sigma program, a combination of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma concepts Achieved $113MM of savings via utilization of the Cost Reduction Tracking module Managed a team of 5 direct reports and a $5MM budget 2

5 HRIS Project Manager Maytag Corporation Newton, IA; Successfully lead implementation of Cyborg application, a centralized HR, Benefits and Payroll system, at all business units in a standardized manner Completed this project ahead of schedule and under budget (even with the unplanned addition of a replatforming project for Y2K) Implementation began in IBM Mainframe DB2 environment and switched to Unix Oracle This was the first enterprise wide application successfully implemented at Maytag Developed and managed the HRIS Annual Business Plan Achieved a savings of $1.5MM by the expedited implementation Managed a team of 20 direct reports and a $4MM budget ASI Project Manager Maytag Corporation Newton, IA; Managed successful implementation of American Software Inc (ASI) for Major Appliances, a centralized order processing system on a corporate mainframe Resulting in common optimized processes with visibility into enterprise level sales and inventory information for all major manufacturing locations Managed a team of 4 direct reports and a $1.5MM budget Programmer Analyst Maytag Corporation Jenn-Air Division Indpls, IN; Supported Dunn and Bradstreet (D&B) General Ledger system and McCormick and Dodge Payroll system Successfully converted in-house payroll system to McCormick and Dodge Designed and developed an online timecard entry front-end system Lead project to convert to a common chart of accounts Business Consultant EGC Computer Consultants Platteville, WI; Performed analysis, design and implementation for various clients within their business application environments Met with users to review and optimize existing procedures Produced and presented technical documentation and statements-of-work to local businesses EDUCATION University of Wisconsin Platteville, WI; 1988 Bachelor of Science Double Major: Computer Science, Business Administration 3