Chris Clark

Chris Clark

I apply AI with common sense by first studying the business process, locating the points where intelligence turns shovels into bulldozers and then handing the controls to the people doing the digging. The scoreboard is business outcomes and KPI movements, not demos. Five ERP go-lives in five years, twenty AI agents in production and a budget record to make any CFO proud.

Washington, DC · Remote (EST) or hybrid
5 Oracle Fusion go-lives in 5 yearsSAP S/4HANA selection & rollout20 production AI agents, measurable P&LPMP · CISSP2025 Oracle Excellence Award
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What I do

I run enterprise technology as a business partner, not a cost center.

Three things I am hired to do, and have actually done. Repeatedly. On budget.

01 ERP modernization

Vendor selection through go-live and decommission — Oracle Fusion and SAP S/4HANA — across finance, supply chain, production and distribution. The integrators sharpen their pencils when they see my BAFO process coming.

02 AI on the P&L

Twenty production AI agents delivering measurable outcomes, with human-owns-the-decision governance from day one. No pilots that die in committee. No slideware masquerading as strategy.

03 A true operating partnership

I align the technology roadmap to growth and margin as the CEO and CFO's right hand. Board-ready, plainspoken and measured on outcomes.

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The operating model

Forward Deployed Executive Engineer

Most executives pick one lane and hire for the rest. I deploy forward with all four: I read the code, I read the data, I read the P&L, and I read the room. That's why my programs ship — the person accountable in the boardroom is the same person who can pull up the integration logs.

It's also why the dashboards below exist. I built them.

Proof, not promises

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

— Mark Twain. Here are some statistics anyway. Mine survive audits.

5 / 5 yrs
Oracle Fusion go-lives delivered on time and on budget
>97%
Budget accuracy across the program
~22%
Average reduction from initial vendor bids via BAFO
20
Production AI agents with measurable P&L outcomes

AI optimization program results on a completed Fusion estate: line utilization up ~10%, overtime cost down ~15%, expedited orders down ~10%, forecast error down ~10%, working capital down ~5%. Human-owns-the-decision governance from day one.

Live, interactive dashboards

Don't take my word for it. Click things.

Real control towers from real programs. Most candidates attach a PDF. I ship software.

AI Agent Fleet registry screenshot
The Payroll Nobody Complains AboutThe Agent Fleet · Live RegistryTwenty-plus production agents: enterprise program AI, self-rebuilding demos and the automations running my own operations. →
 Project Meridian SteerCo Control Tower screenshot
The Boardroom CockpitProject Meridian · SteerCo Control TowerFull carve-out SteerCo: release & cutover schedule, critical path, EVM, budget, risk register and stage gates. Anonymized, all figures fictional. →
 Spyglass Supply Chain Control Tower screenshot
The Supply Chain, Caught in 4KSpyglass · Supply Chain Control TowerTwelve-tab operations tower: flows, OTIF 360, SKU 360, disruptions and scenarios. →
 Spyglass PPM Control Tower screenshot
Where Budgets Come to BehaveSpyglass · PPM Control TowerSpend, burn, earned value, sprints, KPIs and SteerCo status, RAID and ROI. →
 Inventory Sync WMS to ERP dashboard screenshot
The Plant Floor, Live and UnfilteredInventory Sync · WMS ↔ ERPPlant-floor inventory synchronization, live inside the operations control tower. →

Track record

Experience that maps to the mandate

ERP Selection, Implementation & AI Program Lead — Byrne Dairy

$1B family-owned, vertically integrated CPG manufacturer · 2021–Present
  • Own the enterprise platform and AI investment agenda across Oracle Fusion ERP, SCM, EPM and WMS in direct partnership with the CEO and CFO.
  • Delivered five Fusion go-lives in five years and decommissioned 11 legacy systems via Oracle Integration Cloud with a single-pane cutover monitor.
  • Launched a $3M–$5M AI optimization program: 20 production agents live with measurable P&L outcomes; chaired the bi-weekly executive steering committee; led 100+ onshore and offshore staff.

Chief Information Officer — MDVA Milk

$1B vertically integrated dairy / CPG manufacturer · 2017–2021
  • Led enterprise ERP selection across 11 platforms and 8 integrators ending in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, then ran the rollout across finance, HR, supply chain, production and distribution.
  • Built a three-year transformation roadmap supporting M&A growth, stood up a new PMO, and directed 70 professionals through the transition to Microsoft 365.

Earlier leadership

VP Technology, SCORE · SVP Information Management, NeighborWorks America
  • Enterprise CRM/CMS platforms at national scale, ITSM frameworks, and IT organizations of up to 80 across Agile delivery teams.

The part where you act

You've read this far. The dashboards are live and the numbers are audited.

Your next transformation is going to happen with or without the right leader. One of those options is cheaper.

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“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”MARK TWAIN