In the course of a diverse 30-year career in all aspects of Information Technology, Software Engineering and Process Improvement, Peter Morelli has proven to be a skilled Executive, with an established reputation of providing strategic and tactical leadership that supports and drives business performance.  He has a proven track record of improving operational efficiencies and reducing costs while meeting budget, schedule and quality targets with major Fortune 500 High Technology firms as well as most recently with a mid-market $1 billion manufacturer.  Peter is an accomplished team builder and motivator with superb verbal, written and presentation skills.

A computer scientist by training, Peter started his professional career as a Software Engineer developing and testing embedded microprocessor software for controlling various computer based products such as: dot matrix printers, copy machines, offset printing presses and mass transit fare collection and accounting systems.  This experience base led to his accepting a position with Northrop Grumman Corporation where during his 16 years he held numerous positions on multiple classified defense related projects for such customers as the United States, Saudi Arabia, Israeli and Japanese Air Forces, the U.S. Navy as well as the Corporate giants of Boeing, Lockheed-Martin and McDonald Douglas. Leading teams of Software Engineers developing real time mission critical software, he gained a wealth of experience in project and program management, planning, budgeting, scheduling and process improvement.  Under his direction the Electronic Systems Division of Northrop Grumman attained the coveted Software Engineering Institute’s Level Four rating under its Capability Maturity Model as well as easily attaining ISO 9002 TICK-IT registration.

Recruited out of Northrop Grumman to lead a product development lab for a Hewlett Packard acquisition, he relocated to Hawaii and subsequently to the Sacramento California area.  During his tenure with Hewlett Packard he held various assignments where he honed his management skills providing leadership managing and directing globally dispersed and culturally diverse staffs in the successful execution of major projects.

Most recently Peter served as Director of Information Technology with Sensient Technologies of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he managed a global staff covering both Operations as well as in enterprise application development and support.   Under his guidance Sensient successfully completed a consolidation of multiple data centers, a WAN conversion from Frame Relay to IP-VPN, started a global VoIP installation, and made significant progress in global enterprise applications consolidation.  He introduced Service Oriented Architecture using Web Services to perform Enterprise Application Integration and thus extended the useful life of existing legacy systems.

Peter is a 1993 graduate of the prestigious Executive Management Program of Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School from which he holds a MBA.  His undergraduate degree is a BS in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago Illinois.  His also has received professional certification in Project Management, Software Estimation Modeling techniques, Project Cost Account Management, Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model (SEI CMM) assessor and ISO-9001 Tick-IT Lead Auditor.