Michael Colaianne

About Michael Colaianne

Leading PPG\'s global Protective and Marine Coatings IT project portfolio and strategic application roadmap, enabling PMC\'s success through project excellence and innovation including the implementation of SAP S/4HANA. Successful implementation of SAP Central Finance (CFIN) to create a single unified ledger of financial and accounting data. This foundational element of our data strategy will streamline financial data analyses and unlock the potential of \"universal\" data, along with accelerating integration of acquisitions, and further PPG Finance transformation.Oracle EBS and Oracle Financials (11i and R12) project management expertise, including leading Functional and Support teams both on and offshore; implementing Sovos Compliance Global Tax Determination (GTD) and Avalara CertCapture sales and use-tax integrated solutions; Master Data Management and BMP tool selection; and PCI-compliant cash application solutions.Cross-SBU expertise (research and development/R&D function), developing and deploying applications and SharePoint portals; a government project tracking and costing solution; and a facility maintenance solution. Experience implementing a validated cGMP manufacturing execution system for pharmaceutical intermediates production facility.Specialties: Frontline IT for global Finance; Business Process Management; IT Project Management; Oracle Financials; GTD/Taxware; CertCapture; Deltek CostPoint; Micromain Maintenance and Facility Management; MindMatters Innovator; Microsoft Visual Basic, SQL Server, Access, and SharePoint; SQL and PL/SQL; cGMP; POMS MES; near-native fluency in French; basic Italian. PPG is the world\'s largest coatings manufacturer, including Aerospace, Automotive, Industrial, Packaging, Refinish, and Architectural coatings, along with Optical and Specialty Coatings, and Teslin.

Experience

1. Associate Director, Information Technology, Protective and Marine Coatings

   PPG

   Jan 2025 — Present

   Lead frontline IT for PPG\'s Protective and Marine Coatings (PMC) business.

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business

  MBA, Industrial Administration (Marketing)

  1996 — 1998

• Carnegie Mellon University

  BS, Information Systems and French

  1989 — 1993

Skills

• Leadership
• Business Process
• Requirements Gathering
• Analysis
• Software Development
• Gmp
• R&D
• Windows Server
• Oracle E-Business Suite
• Data Warehousing
• Process Engineering
• Business Analysis
• Systems Analysis
• Sql
• Software Project Management
• Management
• IT Management
• Visual Basic
• Sharepoint
• Process Improvement
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Project Management
• Requirements Analysis