Michael Hostacky
Fairview Park
Summary
Marketing manager with 7 years’ experience in marketing and 12 years’ experience in IT. I integrated 6 sites across 3 regions on a formulation system as part of a 3-year global project. I am 6 sigma green belt certified with my green belt project saving the company $185k. As a marketing manager I implemented an innovation system in our industrial divisions that allows for project and portfolio management across all regions globally. Additionally, during this time I have built a small team that specializes in analytics and visualizations that provide sustainable data insight tools combining disparate data sources for our customers.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Marketing Manager Mktg Information Org
Sherwin-Williams
01.2016 - Current
- Driving global innovation and digital transformation initiatives with a strong focus on AI adoption, data analytics, and portfolio management technologies.
- AI & Emerging Tech Leadership: Spearheaded Copilot adoption projects, trained teams on prompt engineering, and leveraged platforms such as Copilot, Grok AI, Claude, and Julius to enhance productivity and decision-making.
- Strategic Partnerships: Collaborated with Palantir on enterprise-level data integration and analytics projects to accelerate digital transformation.
- Portfolio Management Expertise: Configured and implemented Accolade (Navigator) globally, enabling standardized stage-gate processes across six business divisions.
- Data Analytics & Insights: Designed and deployed Tableau dashboards and Dataiku workflows to integrate and cleanse multi-source data, delivering actionable insights for leadership and product managers.
- Innovation Metrics & Governance: Established global KPIs for innovation performance, managed user licenses, and served as a governance lead for portfolio systems.
- Digital Roadmaps: Developed strategic roadmaps for Innovation Program and Data Insights Team, aligning technology adoption with business objectives.
- Conference Leadership: Led full-day global conference on project and portfolio management standardization, driving alignment across regions.
- Key Achievements:
- Built multi-source Tableau tools for raw material disruption analysis, customer segmentation, and global sales performance tracking.
- Delivered dashboards integrating Salesforce, Oracle, Business Objects, and MicroStrategy data domains for real-time decision-making.
- Built dashboard that tracks website orders for industrial sites
Senior Ops Analyst Integrations
Sherwin-Williams
10.2010 - 01.2014
- Achieved $185K cost savings through a global Six Sigma Green Belt project based in Sweden.
- Implemented operational process improvements to enhance quality metric tracking at the Bello, Sweden plant.
- Developed a methodology to track, measure, and reduce distressed batch rates, improving overall production efficiency.
- Led a project to design and deploy a custom Oracle R12 quality tracking module, successfully implemented across three global regions.
- Built a global OBIEE dashboard from the quality module, providing leadership with real-time insights to drive continuous improvement.
- Standardized quality metrics and reporting across multiple business units and regions, ensuring consistency and transparency.
- Professional Training:
- Social Styles | Crucial Conversations | Six Sigma Green Belt | Intermediate Statistics | Project Management
Programmer Analyst II
Sherwin-Williams
10.2007 - 10.2010
- Developed new functionality for SWEEP invoicing and Product Quality Tracking (PQR) systems using Java, improving operational efficiency.
- Enhanced batch processing capabilities through PL/SQL and UNIX scripting, ensuring robust and scalable performance.
- Designed and implemented database table structures to support new application features.
- Administered and optimized Oracle 10g databases, ensuring high availability and reliability.
- Migrated application framework from WebLogic/MVC to STRUTS and Hibernate, improving maintainability and performance.
- Partnered with AP/AR teams to define data structures for batch processing and streamline financial workflows.
- Identified and resolved application bottlenecks, significantly improving system speed and stability.
- Delivered training on new technologies and system functionality to cross-functional teams.
- Collaborated with business stakeholders to gather requirements and implement application enhancements.
- Built an inventory management application using STRUTS, Hibernate, and AJAX, improving visibility and control.
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA - Analytics
Baldwin Wallace University
Berea, OH10.2025
Bachelor's degree - Computer Science Engineering Technology
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH12.2005
Associate's degree - Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Lorain County Community College
Elyria, OH01.2002
Skills
- Data Analytics
- Visualizations
- Database Management
- Prompt Engineering / AI Chat utilization
- Marketing
- Project Management
- Dashboard Development
- Software Implementation
- 6 Sigma Green Belt
- Business Intelligence
- KPI tracking
- Customer acquisition
- Sales enablement
- Project management
- Marketing campaigns
- Customer segmentation
- Customer relationship management (CRM)
- Data analytics
- Product development
Timeline
Marketing Manager Mktg Information Org
Sherwin-Williams
01.2016 - Current
Senior Ops Analyst Integrations
Sherwin-Williams
10.2010 - 01.2014
Programmer Analyst II
Sherwin-Williams
10.2007 - 10.2010
Bachelor's degree - Computer Science Engineering Technology
University of Toledo
Associate's degree - Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Lorain County Community College
Master of Business Administration - MBA - Analytics
Baldwin Wallace University