Aaron Drysdale

About Aaron Drysdale

A multifaceted and result-driven transformational leader with 15+ years’ success directing strategic initiatives, leading product development programs, and facilitating complex organizational challenges for the retail oil industry. Possesses a successful track record leading organization’s information technology vision, implementing enterprise-wide technology initiatives, cloud technologies, networking concepts, and digital transformation product development to delight customers and enhance ROI. Excellent communicator, presenter, and negotiator with a talent for implementing technical strategies, building and strengthening relationships across functions to drive cohesive and strategic operations. Specialties:• Develop and implement information technology solutions, business development, process improvement, and operational strategies.• Develop product roadmaps defined through customer and consumer VOC and competitive analysis.• Worked with the principal stakeholders on the end-to-end life cycle of technology solutions projects for the retail and commercial organizations in the oil industry from inception to completion that led to significant improvement in customer engagement strategies.• Knowledge of industry-standard IT principles, asset management and Enterprise-wide information systems solutions.• Collaborate with other C-level stakeholders on the development and implementation technologies needed to execute Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) transactions.• Ability to drive customer engagement using proven business development and operational strategies• Ability to move across global industries with measurable results.

Experience

1. Director, Forecourt Platforms, Global Product Management

   Gilbarco Veeder-Root

   Jan 2018 — Present · Greensboro/Winston-Salem, NC, US

   Provide executive-level leadership with full accountability for the development of advanced technologies for a global leader in technology solutions within the Oil and Energy industry. Manage a team of 6 global product managers to execute best-in-class product release roadmaps and support regional commercial P&L owners to deliver $700M in revenue across dispensers. Apply cutting-edge knowledge of progressive technology research, business systems strategies, and exercise understanding of IT concepts, process improvement, and agile methodologies to execute strategic projects. Key Accomplishments:• Provide critical operational leadership centered on raising standards of operations, enhancing research, managing technology risk, enhancing business development, and global retail fuel technology strategies.• Lead the process for the ongoing development and refinement of the corporate strategy for a $700M product line.• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on retail fueling regulations and provide ongoing leadership and support to 300 engineers globally to support product development for the Mature Markets.• Spearhead the development and implementation of efforts to connect gas pumps to Gilbarco\'s cloud product and connected services with the goal of increasing SaaS revenue.

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Master of Computer Science, Systems

  2016 — 2021

• Massey University - Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Engineering

  1991 — 1994

• University of Bradford

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

  2012 — 2015

Skills

• Payment Card Processing
• Petroleum
• Payments
• Mobile Payments
• Iso8583
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Cards
• Sql
• Pos
• Testing
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Software Development
• Business Analysis
• Software Design
• Team Management
• Electronic Payments
• Software Project Management
• Team Leadership
• Sdlc
• Product Management
• Emv
• Payment Industry
• Integration
• Requirements Analysis
• Smart Cards
• Payment Systems