Erick Franco - MBA

CIO | Senior IT Executive | Enterprise ERP(SAP,S4/HANA) & MES | Manufacturing IT | Cybersecurity | Cloud | AI Governance

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

About

Strategic and forward-thinking Senior IT Leader with a talent for transforming strategy into impactful solutions that lead to business growth. My IT management experience is in global multi-site environments, including data center coordination across North America providing 99.99% availability of all business-critical applications. Skilled at translating complex technical concepts to non-technical audience. Global ERP implementation experience includes SAP, SAP S/4Hana and Dynamics AX. Much of my success as a senior IT leader and engineer has been achieved through maintaining current with technology changes, paying close attention to detail, identifying and implementing cost reductions, security efficiency improvements, and executing revenue generating technology solutions. You will find me a ready partner to lead your IT organizations into the future, embracing 21st Century, state-of-the-art technology. Open to connecting with leaders focused on enterprise modernization, digital manufacturing, and scalable IT Transformation.

Experience

  • Chief Information Officer at American Printing House for the Blind
    Mar 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 5 mos

    The Chief Information Officer (CIO) manages the implementation of business technology to increase information accessibility and to integrate systems for knowledge sharing. This position is strategic for developing company-wide and industry setting standards for accessibility across platforms, databases, programs and security.

  • Computer Science and Engineering Industrial Advisory Board Member at University of Louisville
    Apr 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • IT Director at Procarent
    Feb 2012 - Nov 2016 · 4 yrs 10 mos

    Lead strategic technology planning and project management to ensure systems and software capitalize on emerging technologies. Accountable for industry best practices for network security, applications, wireless, network and storage. Forecast and administer IT budget; prepare business case justifications to gain executive buy-in for new spending initiatives. Partner with stakeholders to provide strategic and technical leadership in business requirements development/analysis and resource allocation efforts.

  • IT Manager at idX
    Oct 2008 - Jan 2012 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Managed all IT operations, project management, systems architecture, software/hardware upgrade, and migration/maintenance.