Paul Yater

About Paul Yater

A highly effective, results-oriented senior executive with 30+ years of Information Technology & Strategic Systems implementation experience. Strategic technology leader with a proven track record of building and delivering business value via strategic technology roadmaps and transformational investments. Demonstrated ability to create a vision, build teams and business partnerships to achieve mutual success. Considered by business partners as a “trusted advisor”. Collaborative business executive effective at aligning technology agenda with business strategy and objectives. Consistently recognized as someone who communicates and manages effectively with business partners and delivers on commitments.

Experience

1. Chief Information Officer & Head of Human Resources

   84 Lumber

   Oct 2018 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US

   Following success and demonstrated results of IT transformation, asked to take on leadership and strategy of Human Resources function in addition to leading IT. Overall responsibility for: Talent Acquisition, Management, & Development, Safety, HR Operations: Payroll, Employee Relations, Compensation, Benefits–all facets of overall HR strategy to attract, train and retain the best and brightest talent. Designed programs focused on Manager Trainee retention, onboarding processes, signing and retention bonuses, and additional and enhanced training programs which improved turnover 8% year over year for key entry level role in the organization and improved overall turnover for the organization 5%. Completed first ever, employee engagement survey. Designed and implemented programs to enhance strong employee engagement. Managed employee benefits cost under budget the last 2 years by more than $3 million per year.

Education

• University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business

  MBA, Strategy and Information Systems

• Dickinson College

  Bachelor of Arts, (1) Policy and Management Studies & (2) Political Science

Skills

• Procurement
• Business Process
• Team Leadership
• Erp
• Information Technology
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Business Intelligence
• Program Management
• IT Strategy
• Consulting
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Leadership
• Analysis
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Disaster Recovery
• Project Management
• P&L Management
• Forecasting
• IT Management
• Risk Management
• Management Consulting
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Software Development
• Retail
• Business Case
• Outsourcing
• Process Improvement
• Sap
• Change Management
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Business Analysis
• Strategy
• Succession Planning
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Management
• Team Building