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Tampa, Florida, United States

Tampa, Florida, United States

Plano, Texas, United States

Pioneer all operations and functions related to Amazon Web Services (AWS), DevOps, and infrastructure development, guiding and coaching a high-performing team of up to 15. Proactively drove continuous improvement and continuous development (CI/CD), identifying performance improvements in responsiveness, availability, and scale. Responsible for maintaining and supporting infrastructure and services operating on AWS, leveraging strong problem-solving skills to resolve a range of technical issues… Show more Pioneer all operations and functions related to Amazon Web Services (AWS), DevOps, and infrastructure development, guiding and coaching a high-performing team of up to 15. Proactively drove continuous improvement and continuous development (CI/CD), identifying performance improvements in responsiveness, availability, and scale. Responsible for maintaining and supporting infrastructure and services operating on AWS, leveraging strong problem-solving skills to resolve a range of technical issues to maximize technical excellence and offer robust solutions with minimal resources.Key Accomplishments: Served as IT Director, delivering technical leadership in the management of the Office365 ecosystem, VMWare Intelligent Hub MDM, and phone system and IT infrastructure. Instrumental in leading the transition from on-premise servers and equipment to Cloud-based operations, positioning the organization for success during COVID-19, remote-only work.Responsible for reducing churn and improving retention for the SaaS FSM platform FieldLocate.com by responding to customer requests for improvements or performance issues.Responsible for all technical operations for FieldLocate.com including cloud infrastructure and mobile apps. Show less

North Richland Hills, Texas, United States

Spearheaded and established operations of the organization, coordinating with 3 fellow co-founders to drive the development of the organization. Played an integral role in fostering a success-oriented environment while leading the company to achieve and surpass sales, profitability, cash flow, and business goals and objectives, growing from $0 to $2 million annual recurring revenue. Actively identified areas of improvement by evaluating the effectiveness of all internal and external processes… Show more Spearheaded and established operations of the organization, coordinating with 3 fellow co-founders to drive the development of the organization. Played an integral role in fostering a success-oriented environment while leading the company to achieve and surpass sales, profitability, cash flow, and business goals and objectives, growing from $0 to $2 million annual recurring revenue. Actively identified areas of improvement by evaluating the effectiveness of all internal and external processes and developing and implementing innovative growth strategies and processes. Collaborated with partners to establish plans for the operational infrastructure of systems, processes, and personnel to accommodate rapid growth objectives.Key Accomplishments: Supported the growth of CitySkeds.com, an eCommerce store selling shop local programs to cities and economic development groups. Grew to 40+ cities or EOCs. Key in guiding the launch of the Skeds.com product, a field service management software for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical industries, building the product from prototype to $2M in annual revenue with a team of 10.Fostered a strategic partnership with the organization’s largest competitor, FieldAware US, to enable a successful merge and rebranding to FieldLocate in 2013.Responsible for all cloud operations including enterprise, production Elastic Beanstalk and Auto Scaling CloudFormation deployments Show less

North Richland Hills, Texas, United States

Directed operations of Zstore.com, an online e-commerce B2C platform, which held in inventory every item of licensed goods created or licensed by FUNimation. Audited pre-existing licensees and contracts to ensure compliance with all pricing agreements and identify $400,000 in discrepancies.Key Accomplishments: Piloted business development, transforming the business entity from a $200,000 loss on $1.5 million in sales to generate $300,000 EBITA on ~$3M in annual sales by improving… Show more Directed operations of Zstore.com, an online e-commerce B2C platform, which held in inventory every item of licensed goods created or licensed by FUNimation. Audited pre-existing licensees and contracts to ensure compliance with all pricing agreements and identify $400,000 in discrepancies.Key Accomplishments: Piloted business development, transforming the business entity from a $200,000 loss on $1.5 million in sales to generate $300,000 EBITA on ~$3M in annual sales by improving the e-commerce platform, ordering, and reporting systems.Designed and implemented a pre-sales-oriented set of SEO pages and email marketing campaigns to drive 2000+ unit sell-thru for the first week of new DVD releases. This compared with Wal-Mart’s first week sell-thru numbers for the same products. Show less

North Richland Hills, Texas, United States

Guided IT management, delivering technical support and commanding strategic planning to support business functions and technical excellence related to business and recording technology infrastructure. Proactively analyzed existing systems and offered robust recommendations for upgrades and improvements. Influential in developing and overseeing the installation of systems, while executing tests and troubleshooting to support quality assurance. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to… Show more Guided IT management, delivering technical support and commanding strategic planning to support business functions and technical excellence related to business and recording technology infrastructure. Proactively analyzed existing systems and offered robust recommendations for upgrades and improvements. Influential in developing and overseeing the installation of systems, while executing tests and troubleshooting to support quality assurance. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline the integration of innovative IT systems. Partnered with the Head of Production to transition FUNimation’s recording infrastructure to enable a more effective production process. Implemented digital transfer storage options for remote voice audition collaboration between Japanese licensors and US-based directors.Key Accomplishments: Leveraged exceptional leadership to oversee and train a team of 4 technical professionals, responsible for executing a wide range of projects to support the IT infrastructure for 150+ employees and contractors.Facilitated the creation of an early generation Licensing Approval System intranet/extranet to improve communications with Japanese licensors and US-based licensees, such as Mattel, Irwin Toys, TOEI animation, etc.Managed the merger of IT infrastructure and ERP systems between FUNimation and Navarre after FUNimation LTD was purchased by Navarre Corporation in 2005.Played an integral role in supporting the fast growth cycle from 10 employees to 200, including refitting several office buildings to optimize new office space. Show less

North Richland Hills, Texas, United States

Instrumental in managing all aspects of Dragonballz.com and other websites to promote FUNimation’s anime brands. Key role in transitioning to internal coding and software development by integrating Cold Fusion to replace the expensive existing websites and allow for more frequent updates and improvements. Pioneered the conversion from Windows IIS to Linux, resulting in improving reliability and performance with millions of unique website visitors per day.