Don Cahoon

Background

About Don Cahoon

Outcome focused Executive not only experienced in IT Strategy and Leadership, but also has hands-on Experience in Finance, FP & A, Accounting, Supply Chain Management, and Operations business functional areas. With extensive diversity in skills, this leadership extends beyond Technology, and includes extensive experiences, perspectives, and leadership in Budgeting & Forecasting, Corporate FP & A, Supply Chain Management, and IT Solutions aligned with outcomes not outputs, building high-performance teams, and developing high-performing business partnerships with internal partners and vendors. Skill Points •Business Intelligence & Acumen – strategic planning that includes “Blue-sky”, “Partially Distressed” “Fully Distressed” operations with disruptions, redirections, new business, hand-on technology experience with Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Production, Distribution. •Data Governance and Information Security Operations leader. Experience with Ransomware Mitigation, Organizational and IT hardening, Backup Security Processes, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Policy and Program management. •Cybersecurity & Enterprise Security Management. •Compliance Audit Leader for IT & Financial Audits - SOC1, SOC2, PCI, SOX, SAS, Government Audits. •Multiple implementations of Food Safety Modernization Standards. Hands-on HACCP & GMP. •Hands-on HIPAA, HITRUST, HIT, Bid Data experience and practice for Payer, Clinic, Lab environments. •Food Manufacturing IT experiences with Operational Technology for Industrial Control Systems (ICSs), Distributed Control Systems (DCSs), SCADA data acq / Spvr controls, PLCs, & HMI technology. •Multiple Domain Experience including Healthcare, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Services, Operations, Distribution, Retail, with Hands-on Financial Reporting / Budget Management, Financial Planning & Analysis, Corporate Finance with hands-on experience in performing and leading departments and teams. •Specialized in Large scale / global IT Project and Portfolio Management, end-to-end software development including transforming distressed projects. •Digital Integrations & Transformation, Go-To-Market deployments, Program Management, VOC Feedback Loops – Digital focus on B2B & B2C Customer & Dealer Channel and Collaboration & Growth. •Leading Cloud Platform integrations– Google Cloud Platform, Azure, AWS, reducing Fixed Assets and reducing on-prem services that also reduced specialized headcount needs. •Lead Enterprise-wide and SMB Full ERP / CRM, WMS, TMS, Inventory implementations.