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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

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Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Instrumental in growing this company from a small office to 85,000 total sq. ft. of space across 4 global locations in the United States, Canada, and India, I built this company from ground up with no external investment, despite a recession. I direct onshore/offshore Software Engineering, Project Management Office (PMO), Warehouse, Distribution, Operations, Office Management, Real Estate, Information Technology, and HR Departments. Leading and motivating cross-functional international team to peak performance levels, I build superb teams by hiring, mentoring, and nurturing top talent.TARGET WONDERLAND POP-UP STORES: Provided highly innovative POS and payment solutions for pop-up concept stores as a managed services offering. New pop-up locations called “Target Wonderland” offer a glimpse into the future of retail, providing interactive experiences and RFID tags that work with Storeworks PIVOT platform to provide pick/pack capabilities. Leveraged technologies that enabled stakeholders to monitor real-time store, basket, and individual SKU performance. ADDITIONAL RESULTS:> Successfully managing a $90 million project, upgraded POS/payments hardware across all stores of a large department store chain. Delivered exponential growth for e-commerce business, played key role in creating the Omni-channel vision, and ensured uniform online/in-store shopping experience.> After negotiating the strategic deal while acquiring and assimilating software company, I directed all merger, acquisition, and cultural integration activities. Introduced a social media collaboration platform to encourage collaboration and team building from all 4 global locations. Organized fun cultural integration and team building events.> Led the company to win prestigious awards, such as Motorola Solutions Empower Circle, Epson Premier Valued Partner, and Elo Touch Solutions Partner of the Year.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Co-founding ATA LLC to strategically invest in commercial real estate, I purchased 40,000 sq. ft. office space and rented it to Storeworks Technologies. I took calculated risks while carefully monitoring financial markets and bringing revolutionary new concepts to market. Most importantly, I introduced remarkable innovations, such as endless aisle kiosks, cutting-edge security solutions, and various mobile computing devices.DELIVERED RESULTS:> Leading the commercial building to a 25% value increase, generated positive cash flow with new tenants.> Invented a groundbreaking, highly secure payment solution for a global retailer. By introducing innovative solution based on cloud computing and a robust payment processing platform for 12,000 locations worldwide, enabled a key client to adhere to payment card industry (PCI) data security standards. These efforts resulted in saving the customer millions of dollars in PCI compliance penalties and providing a robust security solution.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Cofounding Storeworks Technologies, worked as software developer, architect, project manager, sales engineer, operations manager, and warehouse manager during the initial startup phases. Established a top-performing team and maintained extremely high diversity and retention rates. Implemented best practices based on Lean, Sandler and Steve Blanc methodologies. DELIVERED RESULTS: > Successfully completed large-scale installations for national retail chains, including hair salons with 2,700+ locations and general store chains with 1,700+ locations.

Chanhassen, Mn, Us

Immediately hired into permanent position after successfully leading a major project for Target Corporation as an independent consultant, I interfaced with key clients to demonstrate cutting edge technologies, bridging the gap between sales and engineering groups. I performed client needs assessments and educated customers on best products, services, and technologies. For technology and operations groups, I established best practices, processes, and methodologies. DELIVERED RESULTS:> Saving Target Corporation millions of dollars and months of productivity across the retail store chain, enabled the fast deployment of planograms by automating the planogram building process. Created proof-of-concept for system that designed planograms to maximize customer purchases.> By rolling out an innovative software solution, enabled CSK Auto to save millions of dollars. Developed POS capabilities to digitally lift/capture wet signatures from paper receipts. Designed a software application to accomplish this on a Linux thin client terminal, creating disruptive technology to compete with sign-on-glass devices.> Accelerated service delivery 30%, boosted customer satisfaction 20%, and significantly increased sales by travelling with sales team to every customer site to help close each sale. > Introducing processes of effective communication, brought teams together and broke down silos. Collaborated among vendors, sales, and engineering teams to define and architect complex technology solutions.

Promoted to steer cross-functional global deployment team of 16 subject matter experts, I hired, supervised, and evaluated in-house and offshore resources. I skillfully directed the full lifecycle of complex eServices and CRM projects from concept to delivery. I played an instrumental role in obtaining many company awards, including Best of the Show Award by Gartner Group ITxpo, Best E-business Solutions Provider Award by Institute of Transport Management, and Product of the Year Award (3x) by Consumer Inter@ction Magazine.DELIVERED RESULTS:> Achieving a high degree of customer satisfaction for key accounts and Fortune 500 companies, grew sales revenue 15%.> By introducing process improvements and best practices, reduced project implementation time an average of 50+%.> Won the Performance Excellence Award for effectively managing complex database replication project scheduled for worldwide deployment. Also received a special award of appreciation from client for transforming a distressed account into a referral-generating customer.> Earning fast-track promotions into increasingly responsible roles, started out as a Senior Software Engineer (1997 to 1998), and elevated through the role of Lead Architect (1998 to 2000) to design and implement successful e-commerce systems.

Masters In Computer Science, Computer Security And Cryptography

Bachelor'S In Computer Science