X-Men

• 17 years diverse manufacturing background with strengths in operations, advanced planning & scheduling, job costing, and business process engineering/re-engineering.
• Project Manager and Applications Consultant for SyteLine ERP implementations.
• Business / Manufacturing Process Consultant

• Produced a profit after only 8 months of operation for a startup manufacturing company in the role of VP of Operations.
• Successful ERP implementations in a diverse list of manufacturing organizations.
• Successful evaluation and improvement of business processes from departments ranging from Customer Service/Sales to Shipping/Installation in multiple organizations.

Prior to working with SolutionsX, David served in a materials management role for five years having responsibility of all aspects of manufacturing and distribution in an engineer-to-order and build-to-order organization. David’s responsibilities started at the planning process (for both labor and materials) and followed through the life cycle to final installation of the manufactured products.  During the most recent 15 years of David’s career, he has implemented 3 different ERP packages in multiple environments.

David concentrates his efforts on the continuous improvement of the consulting and development teams.  David also leverages his knowledge and experience with ERP Implementations to ensure the success of every project by performing the duties of Project Director.  David has an in-depth knowledge of Infor CloudSuite Industrial (SyteLine) ERP and numerous others and has continually made improvements to the deployment methodology leveraged for each project.

David holds a Bachelors of Business Administration from Mt. Vernon Nazarene University.  David has created value for each company he has engaged with creative solutions for operational challenges as well as challenges stemming from change management. David believes in not only identifying opportunities for improvement but also in developing and implementing a plan for exploiting those opportunities to achieve financially measurable successes.

• Leads our team of senior-level consultants and developers. Manages all ERP services and projects.
• Led/participated in more than ten full scale ERP implementation projects, along with many more ongoing ERP support projects
• More than 20 years total experience in the industrial manufacturing sector
• 10+ years of management experience in the areas of operations, service, engineering and information technology
• Specialize in engineer-to-order environment, with a focus on capital equipment production

• Project Management
• Engineering/Bills of Material
• Manufacturing operations
• Discrete manufacturing
• Process manufacturing
• Supply chain/procurement
• Cost accounting
• Financial reporting
• Systems administration

Brian heads up our consulting and development teams as the VP of Consulting Services for SolutionsX, LLC. He brings over two decades of experience in the manufacturing sector.   During this period, he has held a variety of positions (staff, managerial and executive) in the areas of engineering, operations, materials management, production and inventory control.  This broad range of experience provides the background needed for providing guidance to our consultants, developers, and client companies that wish to become more efficient through system utilization and process change.

Brian concentrates his efforts on ensuring the success of every customer project working with his team of experienced consultants. He prides himself on his ability to see “the big picture”, having a unique understanding of how all departments in an organization interact with (and affect) each other.  Brian works with companies in all industries, including discrete manufacturing, processing, and engineer-to-order manufacturing.  Brian has worked with Infor products for more than a decade prior to moving into the consulting world, as both a user and administrator.

Brian holds a Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering from The University of Akron, and also a Masters in Business Administration from Kent State University.  This combination of technical and financial education, along with practical experience, creates the perfect combined skill set for leading clients through their implementation projects.

Prior to working with SolutionsX, Jim served in an operations management role for three years having responsibility of all aspects of engineering, supply chain, IT and manufacturing and distribution in an engineer-to-order and build-to-order organization. Jim’s responsibilities started at the planning process (for both labor and materials) and followed through the life cycle to the shipping of the finished products.  During the most recent 20 years of Jim’s career, he has implemented 3 different ERP packages.

Since joining the SolutionsX team, Jim concentrates his efforts on ERP Implementations and Business Consulting.  Jim services clients that operate in all the major manufacturing flows, from high-volume process to engineer-to-order manufacturing.  Jim has an in-depth knowledge of Infor CloudSuite Industrial (SyteLine) ERP and several other ERP packages.

Jim holds a Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering from The University of Akron. Jim has created value for each company he has engaged with creative solutions for operational challenges. Jim believes that any organization can improve its processes, exploiting resources and drive opportunities to achieve financially measurable successes.

• Over two dozen site implementation /integrations
• Successful ERP implementations in a diverse list of manufacturing organizations
• Barcode data collection custom deployment for real-time shop floor data resulting in vendor case-study
• Microsoft Case-study on cutting edge IT infrastructure system
• Successful evaluation and improvement of business process from departments ranging from Purchasing / AP to Shop Floor / Inventory for multiple organizations

Prior to working with SolutionsX, Jarod served in a variety of roles for manufacturing companies.  Including many CloudSuite Industrial/SyteLine implementations and accompanying IT systems deployment and integration.  These include server configuration and deployments, project management, and business process expert roles focusing primarily on administration, shop floor, inventory, and data collection aspects.  Jarod’s responsibilities included initial discovery, business process definition, and user training dealing with primarily Engineered and Build to order products in the energy industry.  During this period Jarod implemented CloudSuite Industrial/SyteLine both as startup and conversions for existing companies.

Since joining the SolutionsX team, Jarod concentrates his efforts on ERP Implementations and training.  Jarod services clients that operate in all of the major manufacturing flows, from high-volume process to engineer-to-order manufacturing.