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1240 Pawtucket Ave, East Providence, RI

Bellingham, MA

• Manage the internal and external staff responsible for developing and administrating the critical business applications including ERP, Warehousing, Voice and Store Website as well as the IT Help Desk staff.
• Continually monitor staff tasks and activities for project progress to quickly identify, assess and resolve issues as well as insure the technical solutions meet the project objectives, schedule and timeline as defined.
• Work with a diverse group of people including Executives, Senior Management, IT staff, business units, external resources, technical resources, consultants and peers.
• Improve IT productivity by implementing a methodology for the business to request IT resources and establishing an IT Steering Committee to align development resources with the goals and priorities of the organization.
• Improve IT productivity and reduce resource costs by reducing dependence on consultants and increasing and cross training permanent development staff.
• Manage the staff responsible for evaluating and implementing software tools used by the applications team. Manage the staff responsible for maintaining and improving system uptime and performance as well as backup and.

Newton, MA

• Managed all IS projects for Sales and Delivery Operations ensuring requirements were defined, resources were identified, plans were developed, tasks were completed, milestones and project deliverables were met and.
• Worked with management to prioritize projects
• Negotiated, tracked and reported all project related expenses and budget
• Coordinated efforts with Marketing, Sales, Delivery Operations, Finance and IS balancing the needs of several areas of the organization to creating integrated applications
• Streamlined communication and problem solving by developing and implementing the concept of a 'power user'
• Provided recommendations on technology solutions to enhance existing business processes

Greater Boston Area

• Managed and coordinated consulting resources, internal business departments and external users for multiple projects including the infrastructure upgrade, roll-out of new desktop computers, and data warehouse rebuild
• Converted an out-of-date infrastructure to a stable, reliable, efficient infrastructure that could run seamlessly
• Reduced risk by implementing new backup and fail-over procedures and introducing redundancy with backup power supplies
• Developed and managed the implementation of IT business practices and guidelines reducing downtime, streamlining daily activities, and increasing efficiency and productivity
• Served as Project Management/SDLC consultant, mentor and technical resource on the Contact management team, teaching the business units project management techniques
• Seamlessly developed, managed, and executed the Y2K project, eliminating the risk of system problems due to the turn of the century

Medfield, MA

• Data Warehouse Project Leader (1997-1998)
• Developed and managed a cross-functional team of seven developing, training on and maintaining the Corporate Data Warehouse Architecture, resulting in increased utilization of information technology resources and a.
• Lead the redesigned and implementation of a streamlined data warehouse production schedule increasing reliability and efficiency
• Improved the cube distribution strategy by instituting a redesign with the goal of developing one strategy that satisfies the requirements of all power users
• Managed the development of eighteen multidimensional cubes for the U.S. Commercial Sales organization which resulted in the elimination of over 30 sales reports
• Increased resource utilization by cross training team members

Quincy, MA

Liaison between applications and the Data Administration group. Worked with applications to define business requirements. Designed and implemented database modifications based on business requirements. Implemented database triggers, enforcing business rules and referential integrity, insuring more accurate information

Braintree, MA

• 1986–1994 Stop and Shop Companies – Bradlees and Almys Store Divisions – Braintree MA Database Specialist (1990 – 1994)
• Performed Database Administration functions including data modeling, database administration, and SQL support for new client server and IBM mainframe development
• Conducted a database evaluation between Sybase and Oracle with the objective of implementing an In-Store Processor
• Implemented a procedure to decentralize security administration and password resets to the business units Business Analyst (1986-1990)
• Managed a matrix reporting structure without direct reports
• Produced business requirements, RFI and RFPs, test plans, and detail system specifications

Project Management Certificate

Associates, Computer Science

Bachelor, Management