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Kevin Widmer

@kevinwidmer

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Global IT leader specializing in Change & Release Management, Oracle Fusion security, and compliance.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a leadership role in IT change/release or Oracle controls where I can drive compliance, streamline processes, mentor teams, and apply AI to improve outcomes.

I am a seasoned IT change and release management professional with 15 years driving large-scale implementations across Fortune 500 organizations. I specialize in Oracle implementations, SOX audit compliance, and designing security roles for Oracle Fusion and Risk Management Cloud.

I have led global project teams, chaired Change Advisory Boards, and improved ServiceNow processes to reduce bottlenecks and incidents while increasing release efficiency and visibility. I mentor and manage associates, present to clients and executives, and coordinate multi-site go-lives.

I am committed to continuous learning and adoption of AI to accelerate problem solving and solution design, with hands-on experience in cloud controls, ITSM operations, JIRA administration, SQL, and risk-management practices.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Associate, Advisory

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KPMG

Aug 2025 - Present (6 months)

Build and test security controls for Oracle Fusion and Risk Management Cloud to mitigate SoD conflicts, design roles/privileges to maintain SOX compliance, and lead client presentations and associate mentoring to deliver projects on schedule.

Oracle Fusion SOX Compliance Risk Management Team Leadership

IT Change and Release Manager

Sonic Automotive

Jul 2023 - Aug 2025 (2 years 1 month)

Led IT change management and enforced audit/SOX compliance, chaired the Change Advisory Board, implemented ServiceNow improvements that reduced bottlenecks by 20%, and developed executive metrics for emergency changes.

Change Management Release Management SOX Compliance CAB Facilitation ServiceNow Metrics Risk Assessment

IT Infrastructure Change Manager

The Sherwin-Williams Company

Jun 2021 - Jul 2023 (2 years 1 month)

Managed 200+ change requests per month and reduced critical incidents by 30% through risk mitigation, facilitated weekly CABs to improve change visibility, and coordinated global stakeholders on instance strategies and timelines.

Change Management Incident Reduction CAB Facilitation Risk Mitigation Process Improvement

Global IT Project Manager

The Sherwin-Williams Company

Feb 2018 - Jun 2021 (3 years 4 months)

Led change operations for Oracle implementations and production support, trained and mentored a Malaysia team for 24/7 support, and executed 75+ global Oracle ERP projects across 120 instances supporting 100,000+ deployments.

Go Live Support Stakeholder Travel Production Support

Senior IT Change Management Analyst

The Sherwin-Williams Company

Jan 2016 - Feb 2018 (2 years 1 month)

Developed and QA-tested custom change request types, SQL queries, and reports to support global ERP projects, maintained Oracle environments and workflows, and deployed releases while identifying SQL failures to developers.

Change Request Design QA Testing SQL Workflows Reporting

IT Operations Analyst

The Sherwin-Williams Company

Apr 2011 - Jan 2016 (4 years 9 months)

Provided 24/7 Oracle deployment support for global customers, maintained database links and environment mappings to enable weekly code deployments, and managed resource/security group structures.

Resource Management Security Groups