1. Sheldon Cousino
IT Consultant - Management
Location
Columbus, Ohio Area
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Overview
Current
• IT Consultant at Quick Solutions
• Project Manager (QSI Consultant) at Cardinal Health
Past
• Applications Manager / Senior Project Manager at Ashland Inc
• IT Consultant II / Sr Programmer Analyst at NiSource (formerly Columbia
Gas Distribution)
• Systems Analyst at Northwest Ohio Regional Information System
(NORIS)
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Education
• Bowling Green State University
Recommendations
23 people have recommended Sheldon
Connections
233 connections
Websites
• My Resume
• My Google Profile

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Summary
Career History Blends Success in Information Systems Management and Project
Management Roles, Recognized for ability to Facilitate Business Process Improvements
and Increase Profitability, Accountable for Multi-million dollar Budgets, Coordination of
Multi-disciplinary global IT Professionals.
As a well-rounded and solutions-oriented Information Systems Manager blending
leadership and technical expertise, I bring to organization’s the innovation and solutions
required to revolutionize your clients’ system environments. In anticipation of creating
effective outcomes, I unite my comprehensive knowledge and talents with a company’s
desire to step to the forefront in a highly competitive, profit-directed marketplace.
My success stems from a strong commitment to excellence and in providing a hands-on
management style combined with the ability to see the big picture. Consistently I have
brought about new ideas, ways of thinking and problem-solving techniques that have
produced successful results. I am versatile, possess a positive leadership style, and I have
gained the respect of those with whom I have come in contact.
Specialties
- Strategic Planning
- Staff Management
- Staff Training
- Budget Management
- Project Management Lifecycle
- National / International IT Initiatives
- Critical Application Development
- Infrastructure upgrades / implementations
- Contract Review / Recommendation
- Technology Evaluation
- Needs Assessment
- Program Development
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Data Integration

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Experience
IT Consultant
Quick Solutions
Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry
August 2009 – Present (1 year 7 months)
Consulting Assignments:
Cardinal Health (Aug 2009 – Present). Project Manager
Recommend Sheldon’s work at Quick Solutions
Project Manager (QSI Consultant)
Cardinal Health
Public Company; CAH; Hospital & Health Care industry
August 2009 – Present (1 year 7 months)
Cardinal Health (Aug 2009 – Present). Project Manager
• Order Express Infrastructure Migration and Expansion Aug 2010 – Present
- Developed $7.6 million budget to support the 11 month project
- Directing migration and enhancements: Migrating application to the new platform and
enhanced the application to leverage new features in the new software versions
- Leading Platform Refresh Strategy: Upgrading Websphere platform to next major
version (should last 3-5 years)
- Overseeing the Lower Cost Infrastructure Strategy: Converting all existing hardware to
Linux platform and virtualized servers utilizing VMware
- Managing Capacity / Expansion Strategy: Expanding hardware capacity and software

4. licenses to support 20k additional Hospital segment users on current web ordering
platform.
- Coordinating Data Center Strategy: Migrating production hardware to the McGaw Park
Data Center.
• IBM InfoSphere DataStage ETL Conversion Aug 2009 – Aug 2010
- Directed a culturally diverse, cross-functional and globally dispersed team of 35
individuals from IBM, WIPRO and Cardinal Health in conversion from Informatica ETL
technology to IBM's Information Server’s DataStage ETL version 8.1 technology
- Managed FY10 Project Budget of $1.7 million with final spend 11% under budget
- Effectively led the conversion and implementation of over 850 Informatica objects to
DataStage within 4 months resulting in 0% impact and 100% transparency to the business
- Utilized out sourced resources located in India
- Identified, developed and implemented process improvements that resulted in 5%
improvement in all conversion activities
Recommend Sheldon’s work at Cardinal Health
Applications Manager / Senior Project Manager
Ashland Inc
Chemicals industry
April 1998 – December 2008 (10 years 9 months)
As an Information Technology Manager administered all facets of operations responsible
for manufacturing division global applications development, support and analysis
functions; oversaw and ensured performance of 30 staff, managed $3.5 million budget
(allocated to development and support of mainframe, AS/400, and client server ERP
applications as well as providing international support to manufacturing business units).
Scope of responsibilities included evaluation of existing applications, project and
resource scheduling, and project life-cycle management; collaborated with business
groups on planning, coordination and management of resources for both international and
domestic project goals and objectives.
Through experience and judgment, have guided businesses through strategic planning,
critical application development, data integration, mergers & acquisitions, technology
evaluations, needs assessments, staffing and other Information Technology challenges.
Directed team of 15 members and administered $3MM budget allocated to development
of mission critical data integration application for global SAP implementation

5. Served as infrastructure project manager for global SAP supply chain (R/3) and global
SAP human capital management (HCM) implementation projects.
Sheldon has 23 recommendations (1 manager, 1 report, 19 co-workers, 2 partners)
including:
• Janice Worthington | Executive Job Search Coach, Executive Director,
Worthington Career Services
• Mike Franklin, PMO Manager, Ashland Inc.
Recommend Sheldon’s work at Ashland Inc
IT Consultant II / Sr Programmer Analyst
NiSource (formerly Columbia Gas Distribution)
Utilities industry
January 1988 – April 1998 (10 years 4 months)
Served in several roles within Distributed Information Systems organization (responsible
for customer information and billing system); scope of responsibilities included timely
and accurate billing of 2 million residential and commercial customers in 5 states;
development and maintenance of batch billing and transactional programs,
comprehensive technical and business process support provided to marketing,
engineering, training, human resources, and graphics/video services, development of
industrial billing system, rate refund coordination, and design, development and
maintenance of reporting programs, databases, and batch job schedulers.
Recommend Sheldon’s work at NiSource (formerly Columbia Gas Distribution)
Systems Analyst
Northwest Ohio Regional Information System (NORIS)
Information Technology and Services industry
June 1984 – December 1988 (4 years 7 months)
Provided software development and hardware support for Courts, Law Enforcement
agencies and Correctional facilities in Northwest Ohio

6. Recommend Sheldon’s work at Northwest Ohio Regional Information System (NORIS)
Security Specialist, Staff Sergeant (E5)
U.S. Air Force
Military industry
September 1972 – April 1980 (7 years 8 months)
Led team of 35 responsible for securing nuclear weapons storage facilities, inter-
continental ballistic missile complexes and communication facilities; monitored,
dispatched and coordinated law enforcement teams.
To perform these duties a top-secret security clearance was required.
Recommend Sheldon’s work at U.S. Air Force
Education
Bowling Green State University
BS, Business Administration - MIS
1980 – 1984
Majored in Management Information Systems, with additional course work in
International Business and Computer Science
Recommend Sheldon’s work at Bowling Green State University
Recommendations For Sheldon
Applications Manager / Senior Project Manager
Ashland Inc
“I find Sheldon to be a very bright professional with whom it is a pleasure to work. His
personality is very compelling and we at WCS see him to be a solid candidate with a
strong information technology background. He presents very well, gaining an immediate
understanding of concepts and processes. I highly recommend Sheldon and have no
doubt of his future success.” April 28, 2009

7. Janice Worthington | Executive Job Search Coach, Executive Director, Worthington
Career Services
was a consultant or contractor to Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“Sheldon is an experienced and results-oriented project manager with a solid
understanding of information technology, systems integration, and infrastructure - good
with people, process, and technology.” April 17, 2009
Mike Franklin, PMO Manager, Ashland Inc.
managed Sheldon indirectly at Ashland Inc
“I worked with Sheldon while he was employed with Ashland Inc. At that time, he was a
Project Manager for several projects requested by the businesses that I supported (while I
was a Business Opportunity Manager). He did a great job managing each of these
projects. He was action oriented and worked hard to successfully implement projects. He
was customer focused and well liked by the team he managed.” April 5, 2009
Barb Scheiderer, Project Manager, Ashland
worked directly with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“Sheldon is great to work with. He is always willing to learn new things and works well
with both business and technical teams. He was a great PM for a number of eBusiness
projects that I participated in.” March 11, 2009
Kristen Loesel-Sanchez, eBusiness Specialist, Ashland Inc
worked with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“I have worked with Sheldon on several projects throughout the years. He is very detail
oriented and organized. He is a project manager with an IT background which makes it
easy to communicate with the technical team members. I” March 7, 2009
Michael Oney | Senior Software Consultant, Senior Systems Engineer, Ashland Inc.
worked directly with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“I worked with Sheldon several times over the years on multiple projects. Sheldon is
detail oriented, decisive, and accountable. Sheldon is very good at communicating
business requirements to the technical team members. He is able to build great team
dynamics to accomplish project goals.” March 6, 2009
Jeffrey Crabtree, Infrastructure Support and Services, Ashland Inc.
worked with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“Sheldon is very well organized and thorough. He is very detail oriented, and is a great
project manager. Sheldon was a pleasure to work with.” March 6, 2009

8. Cynthia Kirchner, Senior Managing Consultant, IBM
worked directly with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“I worked with Sheldon for several years on various integration projects. Sheldon is a
very detailed and knowledgable technical and project manager. Sheldon is always quickly
up to speed on the business process knowledge, but also has a strong technical
background that allows him to positively influence design and approach to solve the
business requirements. Sheldon always has a can-do attitude and is strong/confident
manager that holds people accountable to their assigned tasks. Sheldon also has that
ability to understand the politics of a project and always works to do the right thing. I
have always enjoyed working with Sheldon and wouldn't hestitate if that opportunity
presented itself again.” March 6, 2009
Jon Spears, Development Group Manager, Ashland Inc.
worked with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“Sheldon and I worked in the same group at Ashland. Our offices shared a partition wall.
Sheldon is an achiever who gets the job done. He successfully juggles multiple projects.
Sheldon understands IT development, IT architecture, and business. And he can
effectively communicate with technical and business resources around the world. When
Sheldon traveled overseas, he expressed interest in learning the culture. When in China,
do as the Chinese and eat with chopsticks. Sheldon looks for ways to improve. And he is
willing to help others. What I appreciated most was Sheldon's perspective because I
learned from him.” March 5, 2009
Christy Koczwara, MBA, PMP Project Manager, Project Manager, Ashland Inc
worked directly with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“Excellent Project Manager. Detail oriented project planning, action oriented execution
of plans. Team oriented player. Great communications skills. Proactive approach to
managing his projects, always trying to head off an issue before it could arise.” March 5,
2009
Paul Phillips, Business Relationship Manager, Ashland
worked with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“Sheldon is a capable project manager, and very easy to work with.” March 5, 2009
Jeffrey Crum, IT Manager, Ashland Inc.
managed Sheldon indirectly at Ashland Inc
“I worked with Sheldon at Ashland in two different capacities. He was my manager for
several years. As a manager Sheldon balances the need to stay on top of the issues
without micro-managing. He is willing to engage his reports in problem solving and open
to input from the group on how to get the job done. I also worked with Sheldon as a peer
in a Project Management capacity. The same skills previously mentioned allow him to

9. build strong team-oriented groups from widely varying backgrounds with different goals
focused on achieving a common objective. His ability to translate technical issues into
business terms and conversely is a skill valued by team members and is a powerful team
enabler.” March 4, 2009
Sandi Berry, Project Manager, Ashland Inc
worked directly with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“Sheldon worked as my project manager on a large scale, highly visible project. His
technical knowledge helped bridge the gap between business requirements, technical
specifications and technical capability. Despite an agressive schedule and challenging
task, he maintained an even keal when others were unable to do so. His hard work and
dedication was key to the project's success (a portion of this project was awarded a 2007
Chairman's Award)” March 4, 2009
James Weitlauf, Senior Systems Engineer, Ashland
worked with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“It has been a pleasure working with Sheldon. I worked with Sheldon on European
projects including travelling in Europe. Understanding and dealing with multicultural
Europe, different languages and business habits was a great plus and getting those
projects done in a timely manner” March 4, 2009
Karin van Heugten, Service Support Manager EMEIA, Ashland Services B.V.
worked with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“Sheldon was a pleasure to work with and managed his projects very well.” March 4,
2009
Karen Berry, Project Manager, Ashland
worked directly with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“I have worked with Sheldon a number of times in the past on various projects. He is
very capable from a technical perspective and has great communication and collaboration
skills. He's been a pleasure to work with.” March 4, 2009
Stephanie Smith, SAP Integration GlobalOne Project Team Member, Ashland Inc
worked with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“I worked with Sheldon for several years at Ashland, He understood technology &
business very well, and was a peoples manager since employees & vendors liked his style
of operation. Sheldon always demonstrated a keen sense of getting things done right, the
first time around.” March 4, 2009
Ana Gonzalez, Project Manager, Ashland Inc
reported to Sheldon at Ashland Inc

10. “Sheldon and I worked on a global implementation project and his attention to detail
helped achieve certain milestones. With his leadership and direction, his team was able to
put together the small-infrastructure requirements for the project and ensure the
requirements were in place and working before go-live. He is dedicated to his work and
would recommend him.” March 4, 2009
Shankar Vydianathan, Manager - Production Services (SAP), Ashland
worked directly with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“I have worked with Sheldon on many occasions during my tenure at Ashland Inc. His
deep knowledge and experience about the business and project management processes
makes him a great addition to any project. His dedication, attention to details and
interpersonal skills makes him a true project manager.” March 4, 2009
Prabodh Kumar, Project Manager, Ashland Inc
worked directly with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“As the Technial Manager of Ashland's SAP deployment projects, I worked with various
project managers to ensure that different components of the technical deployment was
progressing as planned. Sheldon, being one of those project managers, was always very
responsive to the needs of the program and always met deadlines and provided status
updates as necessary. Sheldon was meticulous in his style and I could count on him to
deliver what I needed for the programs that I managed. It was a pleasure to work with
him.” March 3, 2009
Eric W. DeBord, Technical Program Manager, Ashland Inc.
managed Sheldon indirectly at Ashland Inc
“Sheldon has been the project manager on several EMEA projects, where I was a team
member. We have travelled around europe together. Sheldon has great skills dealing with
people from other cultures, and gets people with completely different backgrounds, not
just skills but also nationalities and cultures to work together. This is a skill not many
people have.” January 15, 2009
Maarten de Kreij, Manager Service Delivery & teamlead SAP support EMEIA, Ashland
worked with Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“Sheldon is an outstanding team player who will get the job done! I worked closely with
Sheldon on the data team for the SAP implementation project and his attention to detail
and execution is flawless. He is the brain-child of many home-grown applications that
has added great value to the organization. He is good in dealing with various parts of the
organization dispersed globally - effective in communicating & ensuring that they are
serviced well to achieve required results. Sheldon has a can do attitude, and will not take
no for an answer. Sheldon is highly respected by his management team and his peers.
Teaming up with Sheldon on a project always meant being part of a winning team.”
January 4, 2009

11. Ram Narayanan, Executive IT Architect, IBM
was a consultant or contractor to Sheldon at Ashland Inc
“Sheldon was a project manger in my group who was able to handle multiple projects at
one time. Sheldon has a technical IT background and is able to understand issues and
tasks that need to be monitored / resolved in order keep the project moving.” January 2,
2009
Joy Gauder, Group Project Manager, Ashland, Inc.
managed Sheldon at Ashland Inc