Gary specializes in information technology consulting and business process reengineering to the commercial sector including financials, manufacturing, distribution, and property and casualty insurance. Mr. Burns worked ten years in public accounting before moving into the consulting world in 1993. He worked within KPMG, Arthur Andersen and was Manufacturing Consulting Practice Manager at Cap Gemini Consulting.

His consulting efforts are along several major paths:

Business process analysis, opportunity assessment, and the implementation of improvements to achieve strategic and operating performance goals.

IT strategic planning including industry benchmarking, budgeting and performance measurement.

Selecting and implementing vertical market application systems including the business process design and re-engineering necessary to achieve anticipated benefits.

Systems integration of technical and application components such as enterprise systems, execution systems, workflow management tools, imaging and document management systems and the like.

E-commerce and Internet strategy deployment.

Gary has assisted numerous corporations with company wide ERP implementations and resulting business process improvements, each of which focused on their unique business requirements including:

Implementation of cost management practices and systems for American Roller Company on behalf of CM Acquisitions, an acquirer of middle market manufacturing companies.

IT strategy development, selection and implementation of an enterprise wide insurance system for a property and casualty insurance company writing 3 lines of business in three states.

Global Manufacturing Rationalization and IT strategy development and implementation for APVplc (now Invensys), a $1.6 billion manufacturer of food process equipment which resulted in plant consolidations and a 50% reduction in overhead including implementation of Cincom/Control.

Conducted a plant evaluation/automation project for the Vigoro Corporation (now IMC Global), a $2 billion fertilizer company, which involved the merging of several acquired companies to reduce overhead and improve plant productivity through automation. The new division was subsequently sold.

Re-Implemented an ERP system and a Manufacturing Execution System to improve productivity and to provide accurate cost information for quoting purposes. Also developed and implemented an electronic quoting and routing system and an e-commerce strategy for the corporate gifts division of The Georgia Nut Company.

Developed and implemented policies, procedures, practices and (ERP) systems from start-up through divestiture for Boca Burger Incorporated, including the ramp up of a new facility in Hobbs, New Mexico. Boca was recently sold to Kraft Foods.

Developed and Implemented a business strategy to re-focus resources on initiatives which capitalized on in-house expertise and e-market opportunities for Millennium Technologies. (www.healthlinks.com).

Assisted with the design and selection of computer technology, including ERP, WMS and CTI, to support a state of the art distribution center to serve the grocery home direct marketplace for Scotty’s Home Market was subsequently sold to Streamline.

Implemented business systems (ERP) , practices, and integrated MES systems to facilitate the transition from a company owned facility to an employee owned business (ESOP), for Lake Shore Frozen Foods, a donut maker for the food service industry (now Maple Donuts).

Developed and implemented a company wide, process improvement strategy to employ ECR/CRM principles at Oil-Dri Corporation of America specifically related to inventory and cost management.

Assisted in due diligence and the identification of several critical issues for Starwood capital’s acquisition of govolution (www.govolution.com).

Gary received his Bachelor of Business with majors in Quantitative and Information Sciences, Marketing, and Operations Management. Among his affiliations are the Manufacturing Management Associates (MMA, American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG),Association for Computing Machinery (ACM),Midwest Society of Professional Consultants (MSPC), and the Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA).