David Fago

Senior Manager Application Development & Acquisitions @MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Lead Business Integration team in IT integration tasks and planning for all new acquisitions of an expanding company. Manage annual budgets of $1-1.5M. Lead gap & system analyses to integrate software and business practices for new business acquisitions. Lead the compilation of executive summaries for the M&A Team.•Data Analysis/Process Improvement: Streamlined item cross-referencing process for $100M worth of inventory, saving the company in outsourcing costs and facilitating $70M of item sales. •Integration Planning: Built and maintained 6, 12, and 24-month integration roadmaps to facilitate continuous growth.•Team Leadership/Recruiting: Built and led 15-person Business Integration team over 5 months; used recruiting and collaboration skills to liaise with management to recruit team through department transfers. •System Integration: Led BI team to implement new purchasing system through integrating new customers from old system, performing item cross-referencing and open order conversion. •Change Management/Communication: Utilized change management skills to prepare customers and sales representatives for new system through email blasts and in-person meetings with customers and sales reps.•Mergers and Acquisitions: Headed systems team for the acquisition of 190-employee company; resulted in no layoffs or job duplications by meeting individually with new employees across 9 branches & collaborating with MSC management.•Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as liaison for Marketing team for marketing to newly acquired customer lists.