Wes Crawford

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ABOUT WES CRAWFORD

I\'ve been leading large-scale IT initiatives within the retail industry for 30 years, both as a senior corporate executive and leading client engagements for IT consulting firms. My colleagues know me as a strategic innovator who is 100% focused on business results. The acquisition and retention of retail customers is always my number one priority and I leverage my extensive technical knowledge as a business driver.Throughout my career I have consistently been asked to turn around under-performing projects, accounts or organizations, and I have an exceptional record of on-time, on budget delivery. My retail leadership experience has included Ross Stores, JCPenney, Musicland/Best Buy, Gart Sports/Sports Authority, Dell, Chico\'s, Zales Jewelers, Home Shopping Network, Target, Brooks Brothers, Wynn Resorts, Shane Company, Wild Oats, GameStop, Toyato Corporation, JumboSports, Beall\'s Outlet, NEXCOM, Orvis, Conn\'s, Forman Mills, Federated Co-op, NSB, 360 Commerce and Gart Sports.I have led global teams of up to 225 and managed multimillion dollar budgets.Specialties: • Aligning IT strategy and business goals • Hiring and retaining top performing talent• Creating and executing detailed plans • Building cross-organizational relationships • Managing multimillion dollar budgets• Managing vendors/building partnerships• Establishing strong IT governance • Utilizing emerging technologies to drive growth • Building applications and infrastructure• Leading large-scale ERP and enterprise-wide implementations (SAP, Epicor, IBM, Oracle, JDA, etc.)