Cesar Groh

Inhaber, CTO, Cognitiva Inteligência Natural

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Brasilien

Über mich

- Senior Technology Executive (VP/CIO level) - Strong experience in retail and finance industries - Business and Technology perspectives - Experienced in ERP and CRM implementation and maintenance (Salesforce, SAP and Oracle) - Experienced in custom development of systems and apps - Experienced manager in areas beyond IT, like Logistics, eCommerce and Customer Relations - Aggregator personality, likes to develop new leaders - Created and sponsored several agile IT teams - Implemented digital strategies for Information Security, eCommerce, BI, Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, CRM, CMS, mobile and cloud computing - Launched innovative digital platforms - Managed multidisciplinary and multilingual teams of more than 200 people and 400 third parties, including offshore teams in India, China, Bolivia, Italy, Argentina, Mexico and Spain - Experienced in living abroad, no problem with travelling or moving - Over 20 years of experience as an IT Executive.

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Software Architecture
SAP
Oracle
ERP
Cloud Computing
Software Development
Retail
IT Security
Omnichannel
IT-Management
IT Strategy
Innovation Management
People development
Diplomacy

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Cesar Groh

  • Bis heute 2 Jahre, seit Juni 2022

    CTO

    Cognitiva Inteligência Natural

  • 1 Jahr und 11 Monate, Sep. 2020 - Juli 2022

    Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

    Grupo Calcenter

    Reported to CEO. Main attributions: - Responsible for SAP, Salesforce, Oracle MFP, all connected to SAP - Responsible for the digital transformation roadmap, - Overseen IT and eCommerce areas for the group - Responsible for the system and apps development teams - Organized company’s BI and introduced AI models and advanced analytics - Implemented agile development - Responsible for all IT disciplines - Managed multidisciplinary teams, up to 100 people, and several strategic partners in different projects

  • 1 Jahr und 10 Monate, Nov. 2018 - Aug. 2020

    Vice President (VP), Information Technology (IT)

    Grupo Axo

    - Responsible for SAP, also rolled-out SAP to other business owned by the company - Implemented Success Factors for HR, RFID for the Nike stores - Responsible for the digital transformation, IT and eCommerce areas, with 10 eCommerce websites delivered in 8 months - Implemented agile development - Responsible for all IT disciplines (ITIL/COBIT compliance, development, support, B.I., infrastructure, innovation, Information Security, Architecture) - Managed a team of 130+ people, including offshore ones

  • 1 Jahr und 2 Monate, Okt. 2017 - Nov. 2018

    IT General Manager (CIO)

    Renner S/A

    - Oracle Retail and Oracle EBS ERPs, WMS HighJump integration and maintainance - Overseen $43m CAPEX and $40m OPEX budgets - Strategic planning and digital transformation - Implemented RF-ID, PLM and PIM for 300 stores and 3 DCs - Sponsored Agile practices - Sponsored innovations like facial recognition, search by image and voice commerce (Alexa) proof of concept - Implemented Oracle Commerce as the group's eCommerce platform - Sponsored pilots in AI and ML adoption - Responsible for all IT disciplines

  • 3 Jahre und 4 Monate, Juli 2014 - Okt. 2017

    Chief Information Officer (CIO)

    Dufry

    - Implementation and support of the Oracle Retail and Oracle EBS ERPs integrated to WMS RedPrairie - Responsible for IT for both business duty-free and duty-paid - Reduced IT OPEX in 45% thru productivity increases, contract renegotiation and IT applications and solutions standardization - Downsizing of the IT team from 79 to 32 members thru strategic outsourcing partnership - Implemented a black belt team - Helped organize the global digital initiatives and innovation portfolio - Implemented new eCommerce

  • 17 Jahre und 3 Monate, Juni 1996 - Aug. 2013

    Chief Information Officer (CIO)

    Saraiva S/A

    - Renewed retail’s ERP integrated to Oracle EBS as back office ERP - Responsible for IT strategy and omnichannel initiatives - Implemented eCommerce omnichannel platform - Assured Business continuity and expansion - Implemented CRM and Microstrategy B.I. - Implemented a customer loyalty program - IT outsourcing and internal develepmont of systems and apps - Implemented a Tax-IT multidisciplinary team - Cumulated Director of Logistics durying 5 years

Sprachen

  • Englisch

    Fließend

  • Spanisch

    Fließend

  • Portugiesisch

    Muttersprache

  • Deutsch

    Grundlagen

  • Italienisch

    Grundlagen

Interessen

Photography
Golf (Sport)
Reading
Cycling

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