Scott Cady

Hi, I am Scott Cady, Sr. Director of IT at TranS1, Inc.

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Results-proven IT executive with more than 20 years of experience in multiple industries and settings, leading technical teams in providing IT operations and support for companies with as many as 3,000 employees, both in-house and remote and spanning U.S. and international locations. Deeply accomplished providing customer-centric leadership that... ~ Creates a solid, stable, scalable technology foundation for global business growth - expanded, matured, and managed IT operations for a company that grew 20-fold to a height of several hundred million dollars in 7 years, including launch of 5 European offices. ~ Builds order and organization out of chaos - managed all IT operations in North, South, and Central America, creating streamlined, highly efficient processes and transparent operations to provide top-notch support to 1,000 employees during frenzied period of acquisitional growth and opening of new offices in Mexico and Brazil. ~ Provides outstanding service to customers - spearheaded initiatives that continuously improved performance in virtually all key metrics including response times that improved 800% and resolve times that improved 600% while maintaining 99+% network availability and consistently holding costs 5+% under budget. Overhauled aging IT infrastructure and launched companies into emerging and more reliable, cost-efficient technologies. Pioneered efficiency and productivity improvements through ITIL/MOF and COBIT frameworks, including service desk, service delivery, and service catalogs. Championed development and implementation from the ground up of an ITIL-based support organization for customer service. Experienced providing leadership in meeting SOX and FDA regulatory requirements.

Consultant at Scott Cady Consulting

February 2009 - November 2010

Providing general IT consulting and FDA related validation consulting to small and medium size companies, both private and public.

Director of IT Operations for The Amercias at Qiagen, Inc.

2007 - 2009

SCOPE: Managed IT operations throughout a 1000-employee region that spanned North America, South America, and Central America. Oversaw 25-person team and controlled multimillion-dollar budget. ~ Retained in acquisition of Digene to provide leadership in integration of IT operations then promoted in response to growing need for IT leadership in the Americas, which had doubled in size with the integration. Recruited new talent and rounded out staff with multilingual hires to support Spanish and Portuguese-speaking employees; retained 85% of Digene IT staff throughout integration. Restored order and organization out of chaos and within an organization growing rapidly via acquisition. Championed series of initiatives that created efficient, scalable infrastructure and transparent IT operations providing a baseline for future performance improvements and continued growth. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND VALUE-ADD: * Spearheaded streamlined, ahead-of-schedule integration and merger of companies... - Integrated domain structures and email/storage/telecom systems in 11 months, 4 months ahead of schedule. - Maintained access to critical data while relocating offices to support new organization structure. - Implemented high-speed fiber network and integrated network infrastructure within 2 months of acquisition. * Increased efficiencies for both IT and business operations, replacing aging, homegrown system with integrated service catalog and service portfolio that speeded and simplified the process of ordering IT support services. * Laid cornerstones for the Americas strategy and continued, future growth of business by opening 2 international offices, 1 in Mexico and 1 in Brazil. Managed orderly shutdown of 1 U.S.-based facility. * Streamlined new hire, orientation, and training process and programs, working in collaboration with HR to effectively cut several days of time in the ramp-up of a new employee while eliminating confusion regarding access to systems.

Director of IT at DIGENE Corporation

2000 - 2007

SCOPE: Led 4 direct reports and 12 total staff in telecommunications and IT operations that included network, web, and desktop support within a highly regulated industry. Managed multimillion-dollar budget and co-managed total IT budget. ~ Provided crucially needed IT leadership during period of increase from 100 to 650 employees, organic business growth at a rate of 30-40% each year, and expansion into 5 new European offices. Matured/expanded support group and spearheaded accelerated development, providing increasingly robust solutions and services to enable streamlined business growth. With an eye on the bottom line, held spending down, continuously strengthening IT process, financial, infrastructure, and employee performance while managing costs at 5-8% under budget. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND VALUE-ADD: * Created IT foundation that enabled 2500% growth in 7 years. Expanded from 4 to 50 servers and from 100 to 600+ workstations, including laptops for remote staff. Replaced outmoded DOS-based ERP system with major upgrade that, as an added benefit, met all FDA requirements for security and data integrity. * Opened the door to international sales that grew to account for 25% of total revenue, launching 5 offices in Europe and leading associated ERP system modifications that allowed for selling and shipping between offices, enhanced ability to meet local demand, and complied with local (country specific) regulatory requirements. * Produced 8-fold improvement in IT support response times and 6-fold improvement in resolve times as direct result of implementing new IT Balanced Scorecard. Built loyal, motivated, high-performing technical staff and maintained uncommonly high 96+% retention rate while producing excellent results on key metrics: - Delivered 99% closure rate for incidents and 102% closure rate for change requests (clearing backlog)

Senior Consultant at Renaissance Worldwide, Inc.

1997 - 2000

Led development and launch of high-priority, strategic IT initiatives for major customers such as UUNet, Digene, Freddie Mac, Cable and Wireless, and MCI. Consistently delivered projects on time and under budget, spearheading IT solutions that lowered infrastructure costs, increased productivity, optimized existing technology, and strengthened security and disaster recovery.

Senior Systems Engineer at I-Net, Inc/Wang Laboratories

1992 - 1997

Among many other IT projects, served as lead engineer on projects for the IRS and the Armed Forces Service Center at the Pentagon. Delivered both on time and on budget. Developed proposals for bids and managed complete project lifecycles. * Began career as an analyst and later promoted as an associate engineer and hardware and software engineer with PRC, Inc. ~ Previous position held: Senior Technical Specialist (1992-1994)

Sr. Director of IT at TranS1

November 2010

Washington Adventist University

2003 – 2005

BS

Takoma Academy

1978 – 1982

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