Mark Soltys is an owner and serves as Secretary Treasurer of Soltys, Inc.  His full time work is as a Director for Dickinson + Associates, Inc. an SAP  consulting firm based in Chicago, IL.

He has enjoyed an Information Technology career that began with a programming internship at Ball State University in Muncie, IN through leadership in SAP consultancies.

His first post graduate position was at Shell Oil in Houston, TX as a Programmer Analyst programming and implementing a new cost accounting system for chemical products inventory.  As IT lead in conjunction with other business team members, he developed a 5 – 7 year business system plan for the petrochemical division.

Mark then worked for Ernst & Young (Whinney) as a Systems Analyst, Systems Supervisor/Lead Analyst responsible for the design, programming and implementation of a new MIS system for client/marketing, job accounting and a financial systems interface. 

A move to the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) in Dallas, TX, in 1984 brought experience analyzing and developing core financial systems for the oil and gas subsidiary with responsibility for budgeting, cost tracking, resource scheduling and technical assistance.  His last project with ARCO involved the implementation of one of the first ERP systems for the oil and gas industry known as ICOR – Integrated Capital and Operations Reporting system

At the Pratt and Whitney division of United Technologies as an IT Manager in Connecticut, Mark had full responsibility for support, maintenance and enhancement of all manufacturing division general accounting and payroll systems.

Mobil Oil in Fairfax, VA, hired Mark as the IT Team Lead on the Global Revenue Reporting project involving analysis, design, programming and subsequently maintenance of a management information reporting (MIR) system to consolidate and report financial results for Mobil Corporation and all foreign affiliates.  Follow on projects resulted in the agreement of business requirements and selection of SAP R/3 as a strategic platform for materials management and purchasing of MRO items in the Houston and Beaumont refineries and petrochemical plants.

Another twelve years have been spent in systems integration consulting, including work on ERP / SAP projects at Hoechst Celanese in plant maintenance, purchasing and materials management and Coca Cola on project “Infinity” in Atlanta, GA.  He was then promoted to Vice President/Practice manager at Conley Canitano and Associates, Inc. (CCAi) with responsibility for the management of a business unit consisting of up to 90 consultants and successfully managed the assimilation of staff from two other consulting companies into his unit as a result of the acquisitions.

He joined itelligence, Inc as Vice President of Operations for North America in January 2001.  Ultimately reporting to the board of directors, his responsibilities included complete business unit management of an SAP consulting practice of up to 120 full time employees (consultants).

In January 2004, Equal-Plus Inc. brought Mark in as Chief Operating Officer to head their US operations for their ERP consulting services division.  He has increased consulting staff and managed consulting operations for ERP projects at major clients such as Georgia Pacific, Graphic Packaging International, Limited Brands and the Honda Aircraft Company.

Currently, Mark’s work is through Dickinson + Associates, Inc. bringing IT and business expertise to the implementation and management of ERP projects.  More information and Mark's resume profiling his experience can be found at www.marksoltys.com.