Proven Leadership in Retail Executive IT Management & Operations
Len Jacaruso provides strategic and tactical expertise in the areas of executive and operational management, consulting, system analysis, development, implementation and end-user training in retail, wholesale, supply chain, ecommerce, and federal and state governments. 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 retails brands in the US.
Experience
- Columbus Consulting International / C3 – Principal
- WholeStone Farms: Migrated divested legacy applications to an iSeries environment
- 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 and Soft Surroundings: Led the ERP/POS evaluation and selection process; developed all the system requirements across multiple business disciplines
- Macy’s – Group VP of Private Brands Technology
- Initiated the replacement for the current, foundational Order Management System and the application groups integrated to it to accommodate an omnichannel business model; managed the implementation of a multi-year, internationally deployed PLM suite
- US marine Corps – CIO Personal and family Readiness Division
- Implemented best practices for accountability, integrity and transparency in the SDLC, change control and PMO processes; initiated POS, Merch./Asst. Planning projects
- Liz Claiborne – VP System Development
- Global responsibility for retail and wholesale supply and demand platform strategies; managed the supply chain, PLM, Business Planning, HRMS and Financial projects