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Matthew Guldan

Marshfield,WI

Summary

Accomplished professional with over thirteen years of experience in Manufacturing, Healthcare, and IT sectors. Proven expertise in collaborating with senior leadership, fostering relationships at all organizational levels, and overseeing projects from inception to delivery. Adaptable leader with diverse global business acumen in product/program management and market strategy. Recognized for spearheading successful initiatives, guiding teams, and delivering tangible outcomes through strategic planning and impactful communication strategies.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Global Product Manager – Certified Partner Refurbished

HP Inc – Renew Solutions
11.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for the overall global operations of HP Renew Solutions Certified Refurbished Licensing Program; including onboarding new Partners and enabling county-level warranty entitlement for all HP Certified Refurbished product sold.
  • Works cross-functionally across global stakeholders including business, operations, IT, digital & transformation, and 3rd party vendors to execute product and business strategy to drive best in class partner experience.
  • Lead the recovery of $2.7M of Poly excess finished goods in FY24.
  • Mentors’ multiple individual contributors in project and program management roles across HP Renew Solutions teams.

Global Microsoft Alliance Program Manager

HP Inc [formerly Poly]
06.2022 - 11.2023
  • Responsible for driving revenue through the development of Global Voice and Video programs, promotions, and sales incentives across Poly | HP and Microsoft Alliance organizations.
  • Partner with leadership across global Microsoft Alliances and Sales Acceleration teams to oversee all aspects of our Microsoft go-to-market strategy from a programmatic standpoint. This includes establishing scope, communicating objectives and goals, facilitating council review & approval, developing budget & sales forecasts, partnering with Marketing to develop end customer and channel assets, to training and landing with local Alliance & Sales teams in each Theatre.
  • Champion Alliances business reporting requirements to establish global analytics that measure and track program performance against objectives.
  • Co-developed and implemented Microsoft Alliance Value Gates, an alliance value incentive selling methodology to help our global Sales organization better understand what Microsoft Funding and Programs are available to position with their customers when selling HP|Poly Microsoft certified Teams Rooms and Teams Phones solutions.

Program Manager, PPM Collaboration

CDW Technologies
04.2021 - 06.2022
  • Responsible for driving revenue through the integration of products, enablement of sellers, and development of programs & sales incentives for the Collaboration category across CDW business segments (Corporate & Government).
  • Optimized CDW partner relationships to execute on marketing agreements, managing funding and expenses to maximize gross profit opportunities, and increase communication of initiatives across the organization.
  • Managed, tracked, and processed milestones for marketing agreements, enablement initiatives, and additional Gross Profit generating programs. Analyzing programs before, during, and after execution to provide measurement and impact to overall collaboration category performance.

Project Manager, Managed Services

CDW Technologies
04.2019 - 04.2021
  • Lead both domestic and international Managed Services implementation projects for small, medium, and enterprise customers across a wide variety of technologies, including Network, Security, Unified Communications, Virtualization, Converged Infrastructure, Operating Systems, Storage, Backup, Wireless, Managed Partner Services, and Public Cloud.
  • Project responsibilities also included leading multiple internal PMO initiatives.
  • Lead the CDW-Managed Services renewal project for our second largest Managed Services customer, with over $2M in annual recurring revenue.
  • Successfully lead the implementation of over 20 Managed Services Projects, from initiation to completion, including 6 of our strategic accounts.

IT Project Manager

Marshfield Clinic Health System
04.2018 - 04.2019
  • Managed multiple medium-to-large (>$3M), concurrent projects using defined project management methodologies from initiation to closure phases.
  • Ensured delivery of cost-effective projects by monitoring appropriate project key milestone metrics and following appropriate change control processes.
  • Developed relationships and coordinated work between senior leadership, project sponsors, business & IT leads, and vendors.

Executive Assistant to Chief Information Officer | Administrative Manager

Marshfield Clinic Health System
07.2017 - 07.2018
  • Provided executive support to Marshfield Clinic Health System’s Chief Information Officer in a one-on-one working relationship.
  • Managed and provided leadership, mentoring, coaching, and education to IS Administrative Assistants and Clerical Staff, with 5 direct reports.
  • Served as a key member of the office of MCHS’s CIO staff responsible for the central coordination of operations and planning activities, ensuring timely flow of information to and from the executive office.
  • Served as the liaison to the MCHS Executive Leadership team, the IS Senior Leadership team, and the IS Board of Directors, organizing and coordinating executive outreach and external relations efforts.

IT Business Analyst

Marshfield Clinic Health System
02.2016 - 07.2017
  • Managed requirements and teams through all phases and activities of the agile project life-cycle process for Population Health Management and Incentive Program domains within the MCIS Clinicals platform.
  • Created all requirements planning documentation aligning Marshfield Clinic Health System business requirements with MCIS Clinicals software solutions.
  • Led sprint planning, product demonstration, and retrospective meetings to ensure that all members of the analytics team were kept informed of current project status and aligned with all future initiatives.
  • Coached Analytics team comprised of solution architects, software developers, database developers, and quality analysts to clarify business requirements and product feature deliverables.

Purchasing Enterprise Resource Planning Specialist

H&S Manufacturing Co.
08.2015 - 02.2016
  • Executed daily receiving & drop shipment processes at Marshfield plant.
  • Worked with production leads to generate & improve automated production pick lists.
  • Analyzed inventory levels with production schedules to ensure proper material levels, as well as analyzed excess inventory and apply materials to upcoming production runs.
  • Developed weekly inventory analyses to guide purchasing department towards a goal of reducing total inventory for purchased parts by 3% monthly. This analysis exposed a $990,000 costing error.

Sales Analyst

CNH Industrial
04.2014 - 08.2015
  • Worked with all levels of senior management to analyze the monthly North American Commercial Operations for the Case IH brand. Major responsibilities included:
  • Development of regional sales quotas (retail & wholesale) and order writing objectives to support company growth initiatives.
  • Provided weekly sales forecast administration and daily development of business reports based on senior management’s ad hoc requests.
  • Oversaw Reflow management and ongoing training for roughly 80 field territory managers and 9 region sales directors.
  • Evaluated weekly forecasts and monthly reports to provide senior management insight to market conditions, order board management, inventory positions, market share opportunities, and weekly forecast risk/opportunity positions to current month sales objectives.

Marketing & Sales Rotational Development Program

CNH Industrial
06.2012 - 04.2014
  • Extensive two-year rotation through eight major departments within Case IH’s North American commercial business; departments include: Commercial Training, Parts, Service, Commercial Operations, Marketing, Network Development, CNH Capital, and Sales.
  • Developed sales forecasting reports for the third largest business unit (Western Canada), analyzing roughly $650+ million in retail sales.
  • Created the first Reflow business plan at the dealership level (by location) for Rocky Mountain Equipment; North America’s second largest dealership.
  • Built a $1.2 billion retail sales forecast for our 2014 North American Key Account business. Facilitated the management review and approval process for each of the 9 major business units.

Marketing & Sales Manager

Waste Water Heat Transfer Systems, LLC
06.2011 - 06.2012
  • Oversaw a $100,000+ manufacturing budget to launch a go to market strategy for HeatWave, a leading-edge renewable energy product that we engineered from the ground up.
  • Developed all sales and investor marketing materials to support our go to market plan.
  • Managed inventory control and assisted in manufacturing $70,000 worth of finished product.
  • Led small business grant application and the development of corporate social media including Facebook, LinkedIn, and our company website.

Education

Master of Business Administration - Project Management

Louisiana State University at Shreveport
Shreveport, LA
01.2018

Bachelor of Arts - Business

Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo, MI
01.2011

Skills

  • Product & Program Management
  • Results Oriented
  • Analytical
  • Creative Problem Solver
  • Cross functional leadership
  • Stakeholder management
  • Business process improvement
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Pricing strategy
  • International business
  • Prioritization and execution

Certification

  • Certified Lean Practitioner - 2018 to 2023 [License # 12504]
  • Microsoft Teams Rooms Solution Sales Professional – Dec 2023

Awards

Beta Gamma Sigma [LSUS School of Business] – 2018, National Society of Leadership & Success [LSUS School of Business] – 2018

Community Service

Spencer Youth Recreations [SYR Inc.], Board Member, 2021, Present, SYR Inc. was founded exclusively for the charitable advancement of local youth sports & recreational activities in Central Wisconsin, Project completed Oct 2024: fundraised $650K for an all-inclusive playground renovation at Spencer Elementary School, Promoted to company Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer (March 2023)

Publications

  • University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand
  • MBA International Experience Program (2018)
  • University of Botswana | Gaborone, Botswana
  • Study Abroad Program (2009)
  • Thesis: [Perceptions and motives for tourists travelling to a Botswana destination: Maun]
  • Global Integrated Solutions, Goodlands, Mauritius
  • Summer Intern - Business Analyst (2009)

Timeline

Global Product Manager – Certified Partner Refurbished

HP Inc – Renew Solutions
11.2023 - Current

Global Microsoft Alliance Program Manager

HP Inc [formerly Poly]
06.2022 - 11.2023

Program Manager, PPM Collaboration

CDW Technologies
04.2021 - 06.2022

Project Manager, Managed Services

CDW Technologies
04.2019 - 04.2021

IT Project Manager

Marshfield Clinic Health System
04.2018 - 04.2019

Executive Assistant to Chief Information Officer | Administrative Manager

Marshfield Clinic Health System
07.2017 - 07.2018

IT Business Analyst

Marshfield Clinic Health System
02.2016 - 07.2017

Purchasing Enterprise Resource Planning Specialist

H&S Manufacturing Co.
08.2015 - 02.2016

Sales Analyst

CNH Industrial
04.2014 - 08.2015

Marketing & Sales Rotational Development Program

CNH Industrial
06.2012 - 04.2014

Marketing & Sales Manager

Waste Water Heat Transfer Systems, LLC
06.2011 - 06.2012

Bachelor of Arts - Business

Kalamazoo College

Master of Business Administration - Project Management

Louisiana State University at Shreveport

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