Challange

Hoechst Celanese, a leading global polymer manufacturer, needed to modernize its fragmented IT environment across manufacturing plants, R&D centers, and corporate offices throughout North America. The company was running on a patchwork of legacy platforms that slowed operations and made support costly.

I was part of the architectural and deployment team that delivered one of the largest Windows NT implementations in the United States at the time, affecting over 1,200 desktops and dozens of servers.

Key contributions included

• Enterprise Planning & Architecture – Designed the migration strategy for desktops and servers, consolidating multiple platforms into a standardized Windows NT domain environment.

• Server Consolidation – Rolled out NT-based servers to replace legacy systems, unifying authentication, file/print services, and application hosting.

• Large-Scale Deployment – Coordinated and executed migrations across thousands of employees in multiple facility types, ensuring business continuity during cutover.

• Operational Integration – Built processes to connect the NT domain structure with Celanese’s manufacturing and business systems.

• Training & Support Partnership – Partnered with Celanese IT and business leaders to create a structured training and support plan, helping users adapt quickly to the new platform.

Outcome

The project gave Celanese a modern, standardized IT foundation, streamlining management, improving security, and providing a scalable infrastructure for future growth. It demonstrated my ability to lead large, complex infrastructure transformations at global enterprise scale.