Chris Hoffman

About Chris Hoffman

Key Skills-In-depth knowledge of cloud hosting technologies including Office 365, Azure and AWS with proficiency in Microsoft licensing and PowerShell scriptingExpertise in architecting, deploying and managing SAP solutions including ECC, PI, Enterprise Portal, BW and BW on HANA Ability to sell highly complex, large projects to Senior Leadership within large Enterprise organizationsAbility to architect complex infrastructure and development solutions addressing critical business requirements including availability, integrity and confidentialityKey Accomplishments-Architected, tested and operationalized Palo Alto Next Generation Firewalls technologies for implementation at all Kimberly-Clark global manufacturing facilitiesArchitected and implemented the Microsoft Intune solution for mobile application management at Kimberly-ClarkMigrated the core SAP instances at Cargill from an on-premise solution to the Virtustream cloud hosting modelDeveloped a lifecycle management strategy for the Canada SAP solutions addressing both software and hardware replacement activitiesArchitected, deployed and operationalized the SAP BW on HANA footprint supporting the high performance Business Intelligence needs for Target CanadaDesigned and implemented an archive management strategy for the Canada SAP ECC and BW footprints leveraging EMC Documentum as the content repository. Defined the Target adoption strategy for public cloud computing across all three “as a service” solutions – IaaS, PaaS and SaaSArchitected and delivered the infrastructure for the core Merchandising and Supply Chain systems, WAN connectivity and Headquarters office locations required to support the Target expansion into CanadaLed the initial strategy and gained approval for the on-premise private cloud computing solution at Target in order to reduce cost and delivery time for infrastructure servicesDefined the Target Enterprise Video strategy addressing real time streaming, video on demand and online room/client conferencing solutionsArchitected and implemented the end-to-end enterprise Quality of Service strategy at Target enabling centralization of voice and video technology Designed and implemented a $10M project to re-architect the stores Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solution at Target generating a cost savings of $2.5M over five years

Experience

1. Director of Infrastructure and Technology

   CNH

   Feb 2025 — Present

Education

• University of Wisconsin Marathon Center

  General Studies

  1991 — 1993

• University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

  Bachelor's Degree, Computer Information Systems

  1994 — 1996

Skills

• Data Center Architecture
• F5 Bigip
• Windows Server
• Sap Erp
• Sap Hana
• Network Architecture
• Network Administration
• Network Security
• Information Security
• Web Hosting
• Rfp Generation
• Information Security Standards
• Lan-Wan
• Cisco Technologies
• Ivr
• Information Technology Strategy
• Qos
• Internet Telephony
• Private Cloud
• Cloud Computing Iaas
• Cloud Computing
• Sap Architecture
• Sap Implementation
• Enterprise Architecture
• IT Strategy
• Sharepoint
• Sdlc
• Process Improvement
• Integration
• Data Center
• Business Intelligence
• Business Analysis
• Consulting
• Business Process Improvement
• Cisco Systems Products
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)