Personal Info

First Name Tony
Last Name DiSanza
Middle Name

Contact Info

Organization Type Company
Work E-Mail tony@innovativcp.com
Work Address 1 470 Olde Worthington Road
Work Address 2 Suite 200
City Westerville
State / Province Ohio
Postal / Zip Code 43082
Country United States

Primary affiliation

Primary Affiliation Company serving Education Marketplace
Organization Name Innovativ Consulting Partners
Acronym of Organization Innovativ
Job Title CEO
Primary Role Executive Management
Job Level CEO/President

Peer Consulting

Interested in Peer Consulting? Yes, I am interested
Higher Education Expertise Human Resources, Information Technology, Networking, Project Management
Other Higher Education Expertise Tony DiSanza is founder and Managing Partner of Innovativ Consulting Partners, LLC. Innovativ was formed to provide solutions to clients in the Education & Government industries. He has consulted with clients in a wide range of industries, primarily k-12 and higher education His areas of expertise include Management Consulting, Administrative Systems/ERP, networking architectures as well as the management issues surrounding the integration of information systems within changing organizations. Tony gained 15+ years of experience working at Accenture and IBM. This background has given him a broad range of experiences in structured methodologies, the management of technical personnel and the Information Technology issues confronting education industry executives. His focus has been administrative systems in Higher Ed - deploying PeopleSoft in education since 1994; and now creating a company to drive the further adoption of Open Source systems in education.
Technical/Vendor Expertise Database - DB2, Database DBA, Database - SQL Server, Database - Oracle, Learning Management Systems, Microsoft .net, Moodle, Open Source, Oracle Campus Solutions, Oracle HRMS, Oracle Financials, Oracle PeopleSoft HRMS, Oracle Peoplesoft Financials, SAP Financials, SAP HRMS, Unix, Web Services, Web 2.0
Other Technical / Vendor Expertise Software: Commercial: PeopleSoft (Financials,HCM & Campus Solutions), Oracle applications (Financials & HR), Kuali (Rice, Coeus & Financials) and SAP; Microsoft Dynamics – SL, CRM; SharePoint, Lotus; Various Microsoft & IBM middleware; Microsoft Messaging OpenSource solutions – Administrative & Content Management; Joomla, Drupal, Moodle, Sakai, Kuali DBMS: Oracle DBMS, RDB, DB2, MySQL, Network: Ethernet, Token Ring, UTP, TCP/IP, LAN, WAN, VOIP

Professional Work Experience

 
Jan 2009 - present Adjunct Faculty
The Ohio State University
Guest Faculty teaching Marketing 754-Internet Marketing
Sep 2008 - present Managing Director
Innovativ Consulting Partners
Responsible for strategic, technical and personnel management of Innovativ Consulting Partners. This includes setting vision, strategy and execution. Engagement Manager for several large industry clients - upgrading PeopleSoft HCM, Financials & implementing PeopleSoft Campus Solutions. Primary Liaison to the Kuali Foundation; Board Member - Kuali Rice.
Jan 2003 - Aug 2008 VP Consulting Services, Partner
Blackwell Consulting Services of Ohio
Responsible for strategic, technical and personnel management of all Blackwell Consulting Service of Ohio consultants. Engagement Manager for several large industry clients - implementing SAP HR & Financials, PeopleSoft HCM, Financials & Campus Solutions;
Sep 2001 - Jan 2003 Blackwell Consulting Services
Director - Education Industry
Defined Business Development Sales & Market strategy; Engagement Manager for several large industry clients - implementing Oracle HRMS, PeopleSoft HCM, Financials & Campus Solutions
Aug 1999 - Sep 2001 Principal
IBM
Maintained client contact list of Education clients in the Midwest region. Led multiple PeopleSoft HR, Financial and Student Administration implementations for universities within the Midwest region. Led a deployment of Tivoli Framework to support a wireless laptop program for a major university’s student population. Led the visioning effort to transform a $20 million financial services corporation into a $200 million corporation offering multiple products and an internet presence Led the ERP software selection effort for a State Auditor's Offoce Oversaw the pilot implementation of a Simplexis private marketplace for a large Midwestern school district Consulted to several Midwestern universities regarding the deployment of a HigherMarkets marketplace solution. Oversaw the deployment of a technical infrastructure to support teacher-enhanced learning for a Midwestern school district
Jan 1990 - Aug 1999 Senior Manager
Andersen Consulting / Accenture
Primary responsibilities included solution delivery, and project management across Education & State & Local Government. Managed client relationship as project and program manager Managed teams in excess of 100 personnel Managed project budgets exceeding $30M Project Manager/Technical Architect of some of Accenture's initial projects with Oracle Financials, PeopleSoft HRMS, Campus Solutions. Consulted to 10+ R1 Universities & Federal & State goverments.

Education / Credentials

 
1985 The Ohio State University
Degree Bachelor of Business Administration
Field of study Management Information Systems (MIS) Marketing
1990 Xavier University
Degree Master of Business Administration(MBA)
Field of study MIS Finance - Entrepreneurship

About Me

Associations / Memberships EDUCAUSE
Other Associations / Memberships AIIM SHRM Project Management Institute (PMI)