David Bergen– A Managing Director With Alvarez & Marsal

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San Carlos, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) August 24, 2011 --

David Bergen is currently serving as a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal and participates in the company’s CIO advisory practice and IT performance improvement. He utilizes his skills and expertise in helping IT companies improve operational performance so they can maximize the return on IT investment. He has advised many leading firms in telecommunications, retail sectors, power utilities and consumer product on various projects, such as post merger integration, IT cost-efficiency improvement, and IT strategic plans. With over 25 years of experience in technology consulting, operations and as CIO, David has led large Fortune 500 global ERP, system integration and custom application development projects.

Prior to that, David Bergen also served the Levi Strauss, San Francisco, CA as Senior Vice President/ Global Chief Information Officer. While holding this position, he globalized IT organization to improve service levels and return on investment throughout the implementation of retail platforms, e-commerce capabilities and global SAP. He sustained 90 percent supply chain fulfillment by improving supply and demand planning and improving the key processes in value chain. Aside from Levi Strauss, David has served many other organizations also, such as Duty Free Shoppers, The Gap, Inc., Esprit De Corp, Inc. and Electronic Data Systems.

About David Bergen

Based in San Carlos, California, David Bergeni is a successful global CIO (Chief Information Officer) with over a decade of experience leading many Fortune 500 companies. He received his bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and then joined the Electronic Data Systems, San Francisco as Project Manager and System Engineer. In 1988, he went to work with The Gap, Inc as Vice President (Global Application Development) and led his team to develop applications across value chain, including purchase order, merchandising, operations, logistics and supply chain. In 2000, he joined Levi Strauss, San Francisco, CA as a Senior Vice President/Global CIO and coordinated IT as well as business functions across 25 sites worldwide under the capital budget of over $200M. At present, David Bergen is serving as the Managing Director with Alvarez and Marsal, Business where he offers interim IT leadership to the companies seeking to speed up the change. For more details, please browse through www.alvarezandmarsal.com

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