Marc Rubel
About
Marc Rubel is from Southington, CT. Marc works in the following industries: "Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering", and "Mining & Metals". Marc is currently Chief Information Officer at Yarde Metals, located in Southington, CT. In Marc's previous role as a Executive Director, Application Development & Legacy Modernization at GE, Marc worked in until Jan 2012. Prior to joining GE, Marc was a Director, Consolidated Operations Group at GE and held the position of Director, Consolidated Operations Group at Fairfield, CT. Prior to that, Marc was a Manager, Legal and Intellectual Property Systems / Program Manager, Global Technical Services at GE, based in Fairfield, CT from Jan 2000 to Jan 2004. Marc started working as Leader, Sales & Use Tax Systems at GE in Fort Myers, Florida, United States in Dec 1996.
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Marc Rubel's current jobs
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, PLUS CULTURAL & BUSINESS CHANGE FOR PROFIT & GROWTH ► Led first digital transformation – restoring lost revenues, satisfying key customers, and evolving culture to embrace innovation. ► Prioritize business requests, optimize IT investments, promote efficiency, increase availability, drive modernization, and lead ERP redesign for security and scalability. ► Reorganized IT into Application Development and IT Operations with break / fix, enhancement, and project workflows. ► Managed 13 reports in Development, Network Operations, PMO, and Service Desk supporting 14 sites. GROWTH RESULTS & NEW EFFICIENCIES: ► Grew gross profit with new app for sales pricing accuracy utilizing complex customization algorithms. Expanded average margin by aiding Sales with specialty products tagged in ERP, enabling deals on hard-to-find items. ► Facilitated company reputation for fast service with new ERP functionality, accelerating on-time delivery. ► Boosted bandwidth and uptime via redundant MPLS / SDWAN network architecture; reduced risk. Led infrastructure and applications improvements. Cut expenses with managed print service contract. STRATEGIC BUSINESS SUPPORT: ► Drove widespread change and sharpened market advantage using robust analytics. ► Built business case for fully supported platforms, apps, and tools (ServiceNow, O365, VMWare, Palo Alto, others) for better quality and delivery vs. open source. Instilled operations / support rigor with KPIs. Introduced Agile and DevOps practices. ► Quickly ramped up virtual infrastructures supporting 150+ employees during pandemic. ► Lowered risks and met new IT workstream needs with first PMO structure and governance. Set prioritization cadence with Sales, Operations, Finance, Purchasing and President via ERP Steering Committee,
Marc Rubel's past jobs
AWARD-WINNING SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION & MIGRATION FEATURED AT GARTNER IT SYMPOSIUM / XPO ► Managed high-risk, multimillion-dollar cost-saving modernization to Oracle on UNIX, trimming hosting costs $6.4M in an application portfolio that affected $14B in daily transactions ► Cut OPEX $3.4M and improved team performance by driving strategic realignment of the Order-to-Remit (OTR) Systems Organization into run and build structure ► Worked closely with commercial equipment and office equipment leasing business groups on modernization activities ► Earned promotions culminating in selection to GE Capital Innovation Focus Group by CIO – driving change for improved team performance, processes, and cost savings. ► Recognized with GE Capital Innovation Award and GE Capital CIO’s Leadership Award for improvements in team performance, spend, and process optimization. ► Managed up to 100+ employee and contractor reports.
COST-SAVING TEAM CHANGES & CONSOLIDATIONS ► Handpicked for custom role and saved IT run costs by trimming redundancies in large application portfolio, with concurrent rise in deliverable quality. ► Appointed stakeholders as functional system owners. ► Managed 14 direct and 22 indirect reports supporting 63-system application portfolio. LABOR SAVINGS FROM OFFSHORE STRATEGY: ► Led efficiencies key to cost savings, including scalable support process for lower headcount expenses; shifted talent to offshore centers, saving ~$500K+ yearly. ► Saved millions in labor by consolidating skills across disparate teams.
GLOBAL IP APPLICATIONS SUITE MANAGEMENT YIELDING PRODUCTIVITY & COST SAVINGS ► Administered global IP applications suite, leading digital enablement with centralized management for 500 million documents. ► Oversaw data repository and report performance and met aggressive project schedules; built flexible security model to mitigate risk. ► Led portion of massive Oracle HR project (#1 worldwide at the time) serving 300,000+ FTEs, plus $38M Oracle iProcurement initiative affecting indirect purchasing across 21 countries. ► Digitized corporate HR and Sourcing processes for better productivity. ► Improved IT service delivery. ► Oversaw up to 15 reports and millions in operating budget.
► Planned and directed the efforts of eight professionals tasked with supporting and developing various sales and use tax applications that served GE’s domestic businesses. ► Provided technical and organizational leadership in Y2K remediation efforts. ► Improving Technology to Lower Costs: Led cross-functional project facilitating the redesign of the Sales and Use Tax process and enabling replacement of the existing mainframe, legacy system with a web enabled, client/server system that delivered >$1M in savings ► Converted from a consultant to a full-time employee. Additional Experience Keane, Inc.: Principal Consultant