Proven Leadership in Retail Executive IT Management & Operations
Len Jacaruso is a Partner at Columbus Consulting. He provides strategic and tactical expertise in executive and operational management, consulting, system analysis, development, implementation and end-user training in global retail, wholesale, supply chain, and ecommerce. He specializes in strategic system and organizational reviews, PMO, change management and outsourcing process development and/or refinement, security, and governance compliance. He has held progressive IT leadership roles at prestigious retail brands in the US.
Experience
Columbus Consulting International – Sr. Technical Consultant
Christmas Tree Shops, WholeStone Farms: Migrated legacy applications to an iSeries environment; including architectural designs, MDM restructuring, data integration and process flows
Cititrends: Managed IP’s ERP and Smart Planning Suite (Assortment Merchandising, Core MFP, Forecasting, Allocation, Planning and Analytics)
Fresh American and Trail Appliances: Provided strategic IT assessment services in the development of an applications health check and roadmap, with timeline and costs
American Signature Furniture, LifeWay Christian Stores, Soft Surroundings Rue Gilt Groupe: Led the ERP/POS evaluation/selection process; developed system requirements across business disciplines
Hibbett Sports and Implus: Provided direction on Merchandising and CRM/CDP applications
Macy’s – Group VP of Private Brands Technology
Initiated the replacement for the current foundational Order Management System and the application groups integrated into it to accommodate an omnichannel business model
US Marine Corps – CIO Personal & Family Readiness Division
Implemented POS, Merchandising and Assortment/Forecasting Planning projects
Liz Claiborne – VP System Development.
Responsible for retail and wholesale supply and demand platform strategies; managing the supply chain, PLM, Design Technologies, Wholesale Business Planning, BI, HRMS and Financial projects
