Mikael Collins

Worked as Chief Technology Officer at myMechanic® Inc..

Successfully established and currently oversees globally distributed squads with team members based in the US, Belgium, and India. These teams focus on delivering tailored software solutions for the Asia Pacific and Latin American markets. Together, we support operations across six territories, spanning over 60 countries, 26 distribution centers, and 200 million units, contributing to more than $1

As a Services and Solutions Executive Leadership Team member, responsible for the business and technology strategy and leadership of mobility services. Areas of focus included Fleet and Dealer Management Systems, 24/7/365 Call (Contact) Center Software Development, IVR, Call Flows, Telematics, Connected Mobility, Emergency Roadside and Mechanical Service Offers, BI Analytics, Artificial Intelligen

Responsible for the overall architecture and design of the PLNA Services Development PaaS that will allow Michelin to execute all of its service offerings from a single integrated platform. Collaborate with other technology teams within Michelin, dealers, fleets and 3rd party vendors to define protocols and APIs that exchange data with large numbers of Internet-connected devices. Provide guida

Responsible for strategizing, designing, developing, implementing and supporting cross-application integrations to support relevant business processes using enterprise application integration (EAI) tools for Synchrony Financial(Formerly GE Capital)/GAP Inc. customer loyalty program. The program spanned web, mobile, kiosk, social, and POS channels, personalization, marketing segmentation, promotio

Primary responsibilities are to support the Enterprise sales team in understanding Client requirements, developing solution definitions, demonstrating the technical capabilities of the software and translate capabilities into a value based proposal. My technical product knowledge coupled with my business process and industry knowledge gives me the ability to support the Sales Team in leading cli

Responsible for the installation and configuration of Messageway in Production, Disaster Recovery, QA and Test environments. Re-architected application processes to eliminate legacy data extraction and transfer methods. Developed functional templates that highlighted Messageways features and streamlined internal processes. Setup translation maps to convert various HIPPA related data to and fro

Drove, directed, and managed complex business critical enterprise programs for high visibility customers like Weyerhaueuser and International Paper. Designed interfaces between SAP’s IDOC formats for multiple business transactions to Weyerhaeuser’s XML based canonical models for the OTC(Order To Cash) process. Also defined and managed program schedule including deliverables, dates and timelines.

Led all architectural and development efforts for the world’s largest physical distribution network. Contributed regularly to Universal Postal Union (UPU) working groups that developed new communication and EDIFACT message standards to facilitate movement of over 500 billion items annually, both domestic and international. Key actions and accomplishments included the following:
* Architected a hig

Managed two departments, EAI and Application Services (ASP). Oversaw employee career development, partnered with Product Marketing to define roadmaps, and assisted Sales in selling and delivering innovative products and services. Key actions and accomplishments included the following:
* Architected and built a revenue-generating, fully scalable, fault-tolerant B2B integration hub, XUMA Data Gatewa

Provided consulting services, education and training for the company’s IBM and NT-based family of products. Served frequently as lead consultant on site, delivering consulting services for EC and EDI functions, from training to product installations. Clients ranged from small businesses to Fortune 20 corporations and included Unilever, NUMMI, The CIT Group, CVS Pharmacy and FedEx.

Partnered with EDI teams to analyze technical requirements. Served as a consultant for management on technical aspects of strategic initiatives. Developed new EDI translation maps that converted EDIFACT and X12 standards to and from SAP IDOC formats. Provided first- and second-level production support to internal and external customers.

Provided EDI expertise in a variety of areas, which included developing EDI testing architecture and infrastructure for a newly created QA department, managing the EDI test environment, developing interface program specifications, and implementing new EDI transactions and services.

Co-led a 5-person design team in piloting, modifying, testing and implementing a fully integrated discrete manufacturing system for customer order management, sales, marketing and EDI. Developed analysis tools for sales and marketing and developed internal standards and documentation.

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