William B. Knighton
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- School: University of Houston
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- Department: Business
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Location:
4800 Calhoun Rd
Houston, TX - 77004 - Dates at University of Houston: May 2017 - July 2020
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Would take again: Yes
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Awesome
Knighton is an Amazing Teacher. He is very accessible after class. Talk to him as soon as possible if you have any questions. He really wants you to succeed.
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Awesome
I took Professor Knighton over the summer and he was fantastic, he truly cares about his students excelling. The course consisted of two test, two quizzes, and every day had a daily grade. The tests, and quizzes are heavily curved which is extremely helpful. You will do well as long as you focus in class, and complete the assignments. He is also always ready to answer any questions, if you need help.
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Would take again: Yes
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This class is tough, no matter what. The good thing is he gives clear instructions. Of course, you'll need to hit the books by yourself. Make sure you do the assignments he hands out, and get a decent study crew. Plus, read the textbook along with the you do it exercises. Honestly, you'll probably pull off a B, or even an A if you're committed. His quizzes offer points for partially correct answers, which is very helpful.
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Would take again: Yes
For Credit: Yes
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Since COVID-19 hit, his exams are now 50 questions instead of the old 30. We get 3 hours to finish instead of 2. Also, there's a lock-down feature, a webcam, and an AI system that picks up on even slight movements. If you need to check a cheat sheet, you have to hold it up so he can see exactly what we see. And just when we thought we had a break with the Interim Grade Policy option, he made the course tougher.
Biography
University of Houston - Business
Retired Vice President Information Services Crane Worldwide Logistics -
Professor at University of Houston
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Bill
Knighton
Houston, Texas Area
A highly effective Senior IT Management Professional, who meets challenges skillfully and creates positive change. An innovative individual, with the proven ability to provide the direction necessary to generate and deliver innovative ideas and effective solutions, in highly competitive, rapidly changing business environments. A focused individual with the proven ability to understand business processes and develop and deliver, reliable and cost- effective technology solutions. An accomplished leader who can build consensus and involve all stakeholders to achieve success in dynamic, rapidly-changing business environments.
Global ERP Implementations
Global Application Development
Program Management
Global IT Governance Process
Operations Analysis
Agile Development Principals
Strategic Planning
Application Architecture
Outsourcing / Off-Shoring
Warehouse Automation
Process Streamlining
Global Operations
Process Automation
PMO Management
Business Model Development
Plant Automation
Startups / Turnarounds
Global Team Leadership
Bid Review / Vendor Selection
Contract Management
Infrastructure Management
Production Support Management
Project Budgets
High Availability Applications
Systems Engineering
Legacy System Integration
Infrastructure Design / Support
Experience
Eagle Global Logistics
Director Application Development
Directed four teams composed of technical, functional and support staff in support of Oracle ERP suite with customizations (11.5.10), legacy financial applications on AS400, IBM Mainframe, software / application support and software change control. Development staff exists in three locations globally (India, Mexico, US). Responsible for managing $7M expense budget, and a $10M capital budget. Managed functional and development teams to support both Oracle ERP suite and legacy applications (AS400 & Mainframe) in support of and to enhance extensive customizations,
• Assumed leadership of the PMO function for financial activities during company downsizing.
• Established and implemented Financial Application Strategic roadmap including operational accounting requirements for transportation / logistics / supply chain applications.
• Established internal processes to control and report on software development activities. Tripled productivity of teams as measured in bug free code promoted to production while reduced staffing requirements 40%.
• Successfully completed numerous projects including Oracle ERP upgrade, Application integration, new application implementations, deployment of ERP suite with customizations.
• Implemented PMO / IT Governance processes to provide financial visibility to performance to budget and schedule.
• Revamped accounting process to control Global Application development.
• Established Global Application support structure for Oracle ERP environment
• In 2006-2007 90% of projects delivered on-time and 95% under budget. Overall department expenses ~30% under budget.Pacific Crest Technology
VP - Delivery
Directed teams composed of technical, functional and support staff to successfully outsource application support, QA, and infrastructure support activities to lower cost providers globally.
• Established Development Centers in India, Philippines, and US.
• Successfully deployed custom development and QA projects for multiple clients on schedule and under budget.
• Architected EDI framework and built team to implement application integration, automation of customers with respect to supply chain transactions.
• Architected customer portal for clientCEVA Global Logistics
Director IT
William worked at CEVA Global Logistics as a Director IT
Crane Worldwide Logistics
Vice President - Information Technology
Directly responsible for daily operations of all Information Technologies within the company. Including Application Development and support; Infrastructure; Customer and Vendor Integration. Supported 95 sites located in 24 countries. Supported the company delivering on software implementations / customer development delivery, while it grew from $40M in annual revenue to $600M this year. Built a coherent application strategy to maximize functionality while minimizing support costs.
• Established EDI integration with more than 60 customers and 50 vendors
• Architected and delivered Customer and Vendor portals to provide unprecedented visibility and self-service for Logistics tracking, invoicing, accounts receivable, warehousing, reporting.
• Implemented and integrated a document management system within the architecture to take the artifacts provided by the customers, vendors, and internal operations staff to automatically index and retrieve information seamlessly.
• Implemented a global customs compliance application and integrated it with the warehousing, freight operations, and document management applications.
• Architected and developed a Management Financial Reporting system tracking revenue and profitability for Company, Station, Region, customer, and salesmen. Exception processing, Receivables and Collections.
• Architected and developed a Truck Brokerage application integrating with existing operations and accounting applications.
• Managed global development and support teams in India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Houston
• Integrated an outsourcing company to provide infrastructure support.
• Established PMO function for IT initiatives.Toppan Photomasks
Enterprise Software Manager
Managed four teams of developers supporting ERP suite customizations, web development, customer portal, web projects, customer automation, data preparation routines, software support and software change control. Development staff in nine different locations globally (Germany, France, US, Korea, Singapore, China). Responsible with two other managers for combined operational budget of ~$25M, and a capital budget of $7M.
• Software development representative on IS Strategic Leadership Team to define roadmap for applications and software environments.
• Implemented a highly customized version of Oracle EBS (Order Processing, Manufacturing, Financials) in sites in the US, Europe, and Asia.
• Delivered custom enhancements to the Oracle EBS to provide for the unique requirements of Photomask generation. This included major upgrades to both Order Entry and Manufacturing.
• Established global governance (PMO) for release cycles / changes enhancements for Oracle EBS suite, Web Portal, and Tech planning functions.
• Revised SDLC processes to align development with business practices. Increased productivity of software development teams to deliver timely solutions.
• Implemented IT Governance from Mercury Interactive to track full SDLC processes.
• Established metrics to communicate performance of design and development teams and measure uptime performance of software applications (currently at 99.5% globally).
• Architected and designed variable customer order / data preparation application. Application is pending Patent approval. Designed variable customer output application providing data in numerous formats depending on customer requirements. Managed development and deployment of project.
• Integrated the different inspection and writing tools to the manufacturing / order processing application to provide visibility within the customer portal.
• Delivered a customer portal showing the global status of Photomask processing.Technology For All
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Education
University of Colorado Boulder
BS
Business, Info Systems, Spanish, History, Archeology
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