DPIT: ERP Without the Nightmare w/James Dean Miller (#377) (1:12:18)
Dissecting Popular IT Nerds, Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
James Dean Miller has implemented over 600 ERP projects with a 93% on-time, on-budget success rate. As CIO of Migrate Ammunitions and former co-founder of CSS International, he's led organizations through Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft Dynamics implementations across 500+ manufacturing plants.
From his early days programming on a Commodore 64 (and getting published in tech magazines) to serving as a Navy nuclear submarine officer, James learned that technical expertise is table stakes-real leadership happens when IT becomes invisible in every business department's strategy.
This conversation cuts through the ERP horror stories to reveal what actually works: executive sponsorship that goes beyond budget approval, organizational change management that addresses job descriptions (not just training), and the critical difference between 'they implemented it' versus 'we built it together.'