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Senior executive with over 25 years of diversified expertise in technology infrastructure development, data
architecture, and telecommunications.
Professional Experience
Chief Information Officer, Name of Company, City, ST 1999 to 2001
Managed IT Services for $750 million travel management company with locations in 40 states; supervised four
managers and 42 employees.
Recruited by CEO to remedy software and vendor issues carrying negative impact of over $1 million annually.
Result: Produced over $2 million in annual savings through negotiation with software vendor to alleviate
increase in licensing and maintenance fees.
Championed implementation of improved testing and QC processes, leading to development of a test lab and
utilization of third party analysis tools to increase quality of software.
Improved staff and team morale by initiating regular meetings and developing formal training plans, including
“Learn-at-Lunch” meetings.
Delivered significant savings, improved service levels, and reduce hardware/software complexity by
standardizing Microsoft products and reducing number of servers by 50%.
Achieved approximately $600k annual savings through implementation of WAN and LAN and effected a 50%
reduction in telecommunications costs by renegotiating telecommunications contract.
Managed IT Services for second largest crop insurer with over 2,000 agents nationwide. Actively directed
technology initiatives including all hardware and software development, QC, and maintenance including data
networks. Supervised seven managers and FTE staff of 41 and 31 contracted consultants, which included project
managers, systems analysts, and software developers.
Selected and implemented new applications and products that significantly improved client service and
productivity of information technology services.
Championed development of testing and QC lab that provided 65% reduction of help desk calls.
Established ITS steering committee with representatives from major business departments and ITS to improve
focus and communication for critical business and technology issues.
Managed team that developed product and supporting infrastructure for startup of multi-million dollar web-based
financial services provider. Supervised consulting firms with approximately 38 developers.
Developed first “one stop shopping” system utilizing advanced technologies to enable client identification of
financial services and accounts with “single sign-on” web capability.
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Full responsibility over information technology, telecommunications infrastructure, and operations with overall
decision-making authority. Directly managed four managers and team of 38 personnel while reporting to CEO.
Responsible for vendor negotiation and selection as well as identification, hire, and management of outside
consultants.
Delivered savings of over $50k annually by facilitating transition of hardware maintenance from vendor to local
company.
Effectively selected and managed implementation of robotic/automated quality control software that reduced
staffing needs 80% and provided savings of approximately $320k annually.
Eliminated $250k in further unproductive development costs by terminating already past due, over-budget project
handled by outside consulting firm.
Implemented batch fax system to replace outsourced service saving approximately $15k annually.
Promoted three times during ten-year term; held multi-faceted management authority over computer operations,
development, and support in addition to client services and pre-sales activity. Supervised groups of up to 40
personnel including data entry, graphic design, computer operations, software development, and client support.
Delivered $500k in expense reductions by replacing mainframes with client server technology.
Introduced new Oracle, Unix and WAN technologies that enhanced productivity and access to data.
Created information technology task force, which effectively improved relationships between business and
technology areas while delivering improved productivity.
Technical Expertise
Hardware: PCs; AS/400; RS/6000; DEC VAX; Modems (dial-up, direct line and cable);Routers; Bridges;
Switches; Aspect ACD; Rolm PBX; IBM, HP, Compaq and Dell Servers.
Software: Platinum’s Aion; AIX; Heat; Sales Logix; MS SQL Server; Sybase; MS Visual Interdev; IBI’s
Focus and WebFocus; Cisco Director; Crystal Reports
Networks: Novell Netware; Microsoft; Dec; DSL; VOIP; ISDN; Frame-Relay; TCP/IP
Languages: C; C++; Visual Basic; HTML; XML; Java; Delphi; Pearl; CGI
Education
MA in Management with Distinction; Name of University
B.S., Business Administration — Emphasis Technical Services, Name of University