VP OF
TECHNICAL SERVICES VP OF
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Professional
with 12 years of industry experience and 27 years of additional experience in
information systems with solutions that are focused on business value and
objectives.
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Created efficient systems
in order to bring down costs by implementing and streamlining coding processes
through proper software engineering technique.
Restructure of process, requirements documentation (BRD, WRD), and
software development, project management; implemented document repository system to hold these
requirements. This led to additional
revenues that created 1 million in revenue in 2001 to currently in 2007
bringing in 3.5 million.
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Designed and
implemented Content Managements Systems (CMS) for various clients with
innovative ideas and coding that allowed clients to manage their own content
and also connect to legacy and/or current backend processes and allow for
accessibility to business related data.
These systems adhere to SDLC concepts utilizing JAD, RAD, and Xtreme
Programming methodologies.
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Brought business value by aligning information
systems with business objectives for company wide and/or department initiatives,
for example, SAN system for a Graphics department to increase production of
online graphics for broadcast without hiring additional staff.
Technology
Expertise Includes:
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Enterprise Architect with high degrees of skill in
network engineering, database technologies, security and programming (C#,
VB.Net, VB, Perl, JavaScript, VBScript)
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Maintenance of 23 internal servers, Extreme
Network Black Diamond switches, Alpine and Summit, OSPF, Sonic/Proventia
FireWalls, Dell Layer 3 managed switches at all Gigabit network, T1, Wireless
802.11b, Compaq ML350s, ML370, HP-DL370s, AS400, DB2
HIGHLIGHT OF ACHIEVMENTS
Problem
Solving: Designed
systems that created highly redundant and available systems to cut down costs
in administration. One particular system
consisting of a large 4 server web farm, database system, along with high
security had an uptime of 6 years with 99.99999% availability.
Financial
Analysis/Cost Control: Uncovered through statistical analysis
$100,000 in potential lost revenues by inaccurate estimations in project
completions. The sample was of 60
projects spanning over a 5 year period.
Adaptability/Flexibility: Maintained initiatives to create
redundant systems and code efficiencies even when there was pressure to
maintain billable hours for development team above 75%. Also, implementing new documentation systems
to increase efficiencies and still maintain high billable times.
Programming: Instituted Source Control,
tiered level production process, documentation systems, and estimation
techniques to enhance project workflow to be quicker and more efficient. Also created team systems for programmers to
learn and develop with each other.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
WebSolvers VP Technical Services 2006
Present
WebSolvers is a
Web site design and development firm based in
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Implemented code process structure to allow
programmers to save versions of their work, to rollback to older code, team
systems for programmers to learn from each other and to function as a team. Also utilized JAD, RAD, Xtreme Programming
and Microsoft methodologies to support new efficiencies
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Discovered inefficiencies in estimations for
projects that led to finding losses of $100,000+ in revenue
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Replaced older hardware with newer hardware and
implemented clustered technologies to allow for load balanced and failover
technologies in web, database and email systems
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Attended major customer service issues in order to
create satisfaction for clients above and beyond what was called for
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Lead team to architect,
implement, and code advanced content management systems (CMS) which are core
services.
- www.redchairproject.com
sponsored by the Central Florida Alliance for the Arts, has appeared on
television commercials promoting arts culture. The whole site is dynamically driven
using master pages, dynamic controls and backend stored procedures. Example code for this site was used in
a presentation for its innovations.
- www.dynetech.com
mini-CMS which utilizes editors for a job code bank, resume viewer, and
news editor.
- www.workforcecentralflorida.com
half-CMS, half static pages.
This site was written with heavy emphasis on specific type of
content
- www.tavistock.com
currently in development, can show demo of system that utilizes 3 coded
files for an entire CMS system in 3 languages (English, Spanish, and
Chinese) with capability to add as many pseudo-pages along with
navigation as the client desires.
- Kuykendall-Gardner Risk Management System
(in development) large system designed to assess different insurance
companies through their entities and sub-entities, locations, policies
and equipment ownership. The
reports generated from this site allows KG to keep
The Golf Channel Manager of IS Security/Services 2001 2006
Senior Engineer
The
Golf Channel is available in more than 90 million homes worldwide through
cable, satellite and wireless companies. It features a programming schedule
that includes more live golf coverage than any other network an extensive
blend of golf competition from around the world as well as news, instruction
and original productions, such as the popular Big Break series.
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Set strategic vision for department by
implementing ISO standards along with industry standards for software and
engineering development and implementation
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Designed and architected IP SAN using
LeftHand Networks, also designed and architected a render farm using Rush, IP
SAN, Linux and MAC OS X |
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Implementation of Service Level Agreements and
Internal Service Delivery processes including security design through industry
standards (OSTMM)
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Structural redesign of enterprise level web site
doing a maximum of 12000 page views a minute moving from WSC to COM+ to C#,
VB.Net, ASP.Net.
WildCard
Systems Data Site Manager 2000 2001
WildCard
Systems is a technology leader for electronic host based stored-value cards,
virtual stored-value accounts, and Internet payment.
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www.visabuxx.com,
www.lac.wildcardsystems.com,
bankofamerica.visabuxx.com,
capitalone.visabuxx.com,
www.nc.visabuxx.com,
usbank.visabuxx.com
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OLTP for Visa credit card using HTTP response,
WDDX, XML, SOAP - Programming in Cold Fusion/ASP/SQL Server/Visual Basic
/VBScript/JavaScript
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Project Lead for Bank of America student
card/Latin
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Part of group (of five) that met with Microsoft
SQL developers in
Time
Warner/Road Runner Senior Systems Engineer June 1999 Nov
2000
Asst. Online Editor
Online
cable modem Internet services with multimedia content and communication tools
and personalized services such as email, home page hosting, and chat.
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www.cfl.rr.com
(example code on request) www.twcentralflorida.com
- maintained and developed for both websites including database/web based
application development.
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Programmed and Administered SQL Server 7.0 (T-SQL)
- Administered 9 NT servers (IIS) Site Server Com. And WebTrends
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Programmed web based applications using: ASP,
PERL, CGI, JAVASCRIPT, VB 5.0/6.0, ACTIVE X, HTML, IIS
CompUSA Programmer and Systems Engineer 1997 1999
Lead Technology Supervisor
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Environment: VB 5.0/6.0, ASP, ACTIVE X, CGI, PERL,
HTML, JAVA, IIS Programming, Web Development, Network setup and administration
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Taught Advanced Technical Training classes including
Hardware Technician classes and Programming classes , and taught all graphics
applications and Office application classes
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Motivated Instructors to advance career
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Consultations for various businesses
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
The
Web Software Development Process - you have to MAKE them understand
I would like to talk about the developers
responsibility to know and push to implement these processes as a way to
understand their work from a different perspective and to push for implementation.
For example, every place Ive ever worked at in my past, there was some major
piece of the software development process that was missing, like bad estimation
techniques causing mis-alignment of hours it would take to complete a project.
Make
the GridView Dance
Our favorite component would have to be the
Gridview where we would like to demonstrate a few of the techniques we
incorporated into our mini-content management systems. Specifically, the check
mark auto-post back, post-back urls, and having the code create gridviews on
the fly. Finally we would like to talk about how we mix some of the techniques
of Classic ASP effectively into our object oriented code.
http://www.orlandocodecamp.com
Building
the Small Office on a Dime (or not)
How to build a small office LAN from connecting to
the Internet to setting up a server and client machines
Secure
What?
Speech on security threats and how to pick the
right programmer that creates a website based on secure approach.
http://www.bus.ucf.edu/sbdc/index.html
Moving to an Exchange IP SAN/Cluster & File
Server Snapshot Backup
SNIA Storage Network World
(ComputerWorld)
The
Golf Channel chose to implement Microsoft Cluster Services for both file
serving and our Exchange environment using iSCSI as the transport protocol
connected to the LeftHand Networks IP SAN solution for storage. This solution
provided us with the cost savings opposed to traditional SAN networks, along
with the performance and reliability that was desired.
http://www.snwusa.com/agenda_details.html
EDUCATION
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Economics, Political Science Maj. And Spanish
Min.. G.P.A 3.0
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Started school as Computer Science Major learning
Pascal and Fortran on VAX using VMS
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Representative for Eastern Michigan in a symposium
conference based on paper written in International Affairs in
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Independent Study in Theories in International
Relations (50 pg.)--- This paper studied both quantitative and qualitative
analysis of foreign relations with other countries and decision-making theories
SPECIAL
TRAINING
Attended Black Hat Security Conference 2000 2005 - www.blackhat.com
Attended Def Con Hacker Conference 2000 2005 - www.defcon.org
Certified in Black Hat Hacking training, Hacking By Numbers
Certified in Expert Witness Testimony for Computer Forensics
A+ Certified, MCSE, MCP + I,
MOUS, MCDBA, OPSA Professional Security Analyst