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Scott Trafford

Senior Implementation & Delivery Leader

Helping organizations implement enterprise systems and integration platforms that solve real operational problems — from go-live through long-term production stability.

WHAT'S NEXT?

I specialize in helping teams navigate ambiguity to confidently adopt complex systems — delivering clarity, stability, and measurable improvement from planning through long-term operation.I’m most interested in delivery-focused roles where I can own implementations, work directly with customers, and bring clarity to ambiguous, high-stakes problems.Lately, I’ve been integrating practical AI tools — including prompt engineering and executive-level AI strategy — to improve analysis, documentation, and execution workflows.If execution, reliability, and customer trust matter, that’s where I do my best work.

Work

My work focuses on delivering enterprise systems that organizations rely on for daily operations. This includes ERP implementations, integration platforms, and production deployments where stability, adoption, and operational reliability are critical. Below are representative examples of projects and platforms I’ve delivered and supported in live production environments.

1. ERP & Business Systems Delivery

(Multi-year, ongoing)

ERP, financial, and operational platforms

  • Delivered ERP and operational platforms with accountability for stability, financial integrity, and production reliability across multi-year engagements

  • Led end-to-end delivery including requirements refinement, configuration, validation, deployment, and stabilization

  • Introduced early validation checkpoints and structured rollout sequencing to reduce unexpected failures and operational disruption

2. EDI & Systems Integration

(Long-term focus across multiple implementations)

Enterprise data exchange and partner integrations

  • Implemented and supported enterprise EDI integrations aligning operational data across ERP, partners, and trading systems

  • Mapped complex business processes into reliable, auditable data flows supporting finance and operations

  • Diagnosed and resolved integration failures that directly impacted billing, reporting, and operational continuity

3. SmartMech — Hardware + SaaS Platform

(Multi-year platform delivery, mid-2000s)

Custom ERP-integrated hardware and software solution

  • Led stabilization and live support of a hybrid hardware/SaaS platform integrated into ERP, where data reliability drove critical revenue outcomes

  • Diagnosed and resolved ambiguous environmental and data consistency issues across thousands of field-deployed devices

  • Helped the largest customer regain operational confidence and secure continued revenue

4. Program & Client Delivery Leadership

(Ongoing, cross-cutting responsibility)

Complex systems, real customers, real outcomes

  • Owned delivery across multiple concurrent customer engagements, from planning through stabilization

  • Balanced scope, risk, and timelines to keep implementations aligned with business priorities

  • Worked directly with clients and vendors; owned delivery execution end-to-end

  • Brought structure and clarity to complex, evolving environments

About

I’m a senior implementation and delivery leader with over 25 years of experience helping organizations deploy enterprise systems that support real operational work. My focus is not just building software, but ensuring platforms are implemented correctly, adopted successfully, and remain reliable in production environments.Most of my work centers on ERP-driven operations and enterprise integration systems, including complex data flows between internal platforms and external partners. I specialize in translating real-world business processes into stable, production-ready solutions that automate workflows, protect data integrity, and reduce operational friction.What differentiates my approach is end-to-end ownership. I stay involved from early discovery and planning through go-live execution and long-term operational support. This allows me to design implementations that account for real constraints — user workflows, data accuracy, system reliability, and day-to-day operational realities — not just technical requirements.I enjoy working directly with teams to solve practical problems, improve system adoption, and create solutions that people can actually rely on to run their business. My goal is always the same: deliver systems that work in the real world, not just on paper.

Contact

If you’d like to discuss a role, project, or opportunity, feel free to reach out.