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Tampa, Fl, Us

Henderson, Nevada, Us

Provides vision and leadership for developing and implementing technology initiatives that enable the company’s business goals and strategies. Responsible for building a highly reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure to support the company’s growth. Oversees all aspects of the company’s technology infrastructure, software development, networks, and security. Collaborates with business leadership to initiate new technologies, penetrate new markets, and leap the competition. Migrated the company to a cloud based infrastructure, retiring over 150 servers.Responsible for strategic planning, regulatory compliance, software development, security, architecture, change management, budgets, program and project management, infrastructure, help desk, and SLAs.

Responsible for creating and implementing a comprehensive strategic technology vision across all departments. Devised business strategies, governance, and continuous innovation as a key member of the senior executive team. Provided leadership, vision, oversight, planning, and management for all aspects of technology systems and services. Ensured the integrity and security of information assets, continual assessment of cyber security threats, and effective multi-level defenses.Integrated 26 companies into a single cloud data center, standardized and consolidated over 126 applications into a core offering.Established a Help Desk, SLA's, production support, and software development teams from scratch.Developed technology frameworks, delivery strategies, and core components of the company's information technology infrastructure, including VMWare, Citrix, Open Source, VoIP, Voice and Data networking, Web Development, Data Center Operations, Security, Identity Management, and Cloud Computing.Directed the implementation of new technologies for Voice, mobile device management, data center, and infrastructure.

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Directed the daily activities of Nationwide Financial’s 160+ person, Life Insurance systems application development department. Responsible for $20M budget. Served on the Life Insurance leadership team, defining strategic direction for products, customer service, distribution channels, market campaigns, and sales within the Life Insurance business segment. Helped formulate job descriptions, career paths and performance standards for the enterprise technology community. Eliminated $1.8 million in annual expenses by consolidating systems.Established offshore development and testing resource agreements.Enhanced project and maintenance throughput via effective prioritization, release planning, and project management. Delivered 45-60 projects annually, on-time, on-budget, with high customer satisfaction.Instituted key performance metrics, refocused resources, cultivated a culture of continuous improvement, and created development opportunities for staff.Directed the IT program office for project management.Reduced $4.7M in annual expenses through the development of a server lifecycle strategy, eliminating older hardware, consolidating equipment while improving performance, and enhancing cost management efforts.Decreased overhead and improved performance through reorganizing the Pensions and In Retirement systems departments, streamlining management layers, recruiting additional business and technical experts, and increasing employee effectiveness and engagement.Improved project delivery capability by restructuring the IT program office, simplifying processes, and deploying a Solutions Development Methodology.Dramatically improved sales reporting and customer analytics by establishing an enterprise data warehouse for sales and marketing for firms, producers, and customers. Expanded the role of the warehouse and operational data store to support financial, B2B, and CRM initiatives.

New York, New York, Us

Provided leadership to multiple teams in various business segments. Oversaw an internal IT consulting services area conducting process analysis and redesign for operations, manufacturing, and IT. Served as project manager and lead designer for a multi-million dollar order entry and distribution center management system development project, which included data center and network implementations.Directed the development of the first data warehouse for sales reporting and market analysis.Managed a systems merger team following the merger of Upjohn and Pharmacia; migrated Pharmacia’s U.S. business into Upjohn’s systems.Coordinated work for the U.S. team on a global logistics system with counterparts in Sweden.Boosted sales representative productivity and management reporting capability as the project leader for the creation and implementation of a laptop sales reporting system.Implemented the first computer telephony integration to tie automatic number identification, call routing capability, and customer identification together.Cut expenses and improved inventory management by implementing a materials forecasting package.

Holland, Mi, 49423, Us

Team leader responsible for financial systems analysis, design, and implementation. Responsible for CICS configuration and Database Administration with VSAM, DB2 SQL, and IMS/DB.Implemented McCormack & Dodge’s Accounts Payable and General Ledger packages.Designed and developed a Project Management and cost tracking system.Developed 401K calculations and reporting, developed Sales and Marketing reports, and worked on an inventory tracking system.Wrote a shop floor maintenance and inventory system.

Helped design and develop an inventory management system as well as a sales and financial reporting system.Originated systems and programming improvements resulting in annual savings of $100,000.Responsibilities included online and batch application design and coding in COBOL, CICS, VSAM, and TOTAL.Also experienced in VM/CMS, DOS JCL, DOS/VS, DOS/VSE, and BAL.

Designed and built a pensions database system using the TOTAL database management system.Helped to design new payroll database and build an automated merchandise information system.Experienced in COBOL, NEAT/3, BASIC, JCL, and CP/M

Responsibilities included analysis and design of financial applications using COBOL and NEAT/3.Developed an online credit authorization process and maintenance system.