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"Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not." George Bernard Shaw

Mike Schaffner is the Director of Information Technology for Cameron’s Valves & Measurement (V&M) Group. Mike joined Cameron in April, 2007. Mike is responsible for partnering with V&M Business Leaders to provide enabling technology for their business objectives, determining V&M's IT Strategy based on the V&M and Cameron business strategy and then executing it.

Mike is a senior IT executive with an engineering and business background that provides a unique perspective on bridging advanced technologies to business practices to create cost-efficient and process-driven systems and operations. His balanced and strong qualifications in IT, operations, general management, and finance result in a business-based approach to IT and alignment with the business strategies and objectives.

Fresh out of engineering school Mike worked as a consulting engineer for an environmental engineering firm working with a wide range of industrial clients. Upon completing a Masters in Management he combined his engineering and financial background to perform capital expenditure and other financial analyses for a large conglomerate. Subsequently transferring to one of the operating companies, Mike achieved success in such leadership positions as Assistant Controller, Director Financial Planning and Analysis and as Vice President of Operations for a manufacturing division. Ultimately he was made Director of Management Information Services and turned around an over-budget and behind-schedule ERP resulting in successful completion within 12 months. He also led the efforts to outsource the IT group improving its strategic direction and operational performance.

Looking for bigger challenges Mike moved on to Dresser-Rand as their Director of IT and Chief Information Officer. In this role Mike was responsible for completing the Y2K efforts while getting another ERP implementation under control. He improved service levels and reduced IT costs by restructuring the department into a shared service organization.

In April, 2007 Mike is became the Director IT of the Valves and Measurement Group of Cameron International in Houston, TX acting as a liaison between the business unit and the IT group and provided business unit support and project management. Subsequently in October, 2010 Mike became Director, IT - Program Management Office responsible for the program and project management for the Cameron IT group.

Mike earned a Masters of Management with an emphasis in Finance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He also holds two engineering degrees; a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the University of Dayton and a Master of Science in Engineering from Northwestern University. In addition, Mike is a licensed Professional Engineer and an active member of the Society of Information Management and the Houston Strategic Forum.

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