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Consistently modernize business and IT systems to keep pace with 17% average annual year-over-year business growth since 2008. Strategy: Responsible for CIO-level charter to champion business needs and IT tools.Manage: Lead entire IT group, helpdesk, external contractors, and $1M/year budget.Compliance: Implement changes to IT systems related to PCI, SOX, NIST, CMMC, and others.ERP: Intimately familiar with all aspects of ERP systems to fully utilize its capabilities from quoting, ordering, inventory, lot controls, shipping, capacity, scheduling, and more.Applications: Responsible for over 200 different software applications. Envisioned and wrote a custom software deployment application to push out software, configuration, and updates.Integration: Built numerous solutions to seamlessly integrate our ERP with other off-the-shelf systems, including UniPoint (Quality), GageTrak (tools), ATMS (tooling), DocuWare (document management), SMS (wireless barcode scanners), and other IoT systems.Document Management: Envisioned new paperless business processes focused on ease of use. Wrote RFP, performed software selection, and subsequently implemented DocuWare. Wrote extensive integrations with our ERP and Active Directory, in addition to creating complex workflows, virtually eliminating all paper processes.Networking: Continuously configure and replace network infrastructure to keep pace with business needs. Numerous initiatives over the years: Firewalls, VPN, SSL VPN, Core Switches, Edge Switches, HP ClearPass, wireless, and more.Workstations: Continuously upgrade Windows workstation environment with Deployment Server and Workbench. Environment includes the enforcement of UAC, Windows Firewall, AppLocker whitelisting, antivirus solutions, software deployment, and rigorous security groups.Servers: Mange all hardware, VMWare, Windows Servers, HP Nimble SAN’s, and backups.SQL: Manage all Microsoft SQL Servers, SSRS, and extremely comfortable writing TSQL.

Active Directory: Implemented our Microsoft Active Directory, including a flexible and detailed naming schema. Microsoft Exchange: Replaced Novell GroupWise mail servers with Microsoft Exchange and other products, including AppRiver and Barracuda Message Archiver.Virtualization: Migrated existing physical server infrastructure into Microsoft Hyper-V and then into VMWare. Consolidated 50 obsolete servers into new, load balanced, fault tolerant servers.Telephony: Migrated a legacy, analog, hard-wired Nortel phone system to 3Com NBX, Barracuda Cudatel, Microsoft Skype, and finally to Microsoft Teams.Development: Reverse engineered business critical, custom applications written in Wang Basic. Learned the language and code, wrote detailed business requirements, led team of developers to write new, web applications and sunset the legacy systems.Branding: Led project to create new company logos, write branding guide, and rebuild website.Excel: Wrote a custom Excel ribbon, helps employees perform many routine tasks.Physical Infrastructure: Designed all aspects of our on-premise, raised floor server room, subsequently photographed and featured in Rack Solutions promotional materials. Determined placement of all network cabling, cable trays, network drops, and disaster recovery.

Flower Mound, Tx, Us

Managed global website generating $300M/year of company’s $400M revenues. Developed sales forecasts and pricing models including distributor sales portals and sales tools.Growth: Managed the marketing web team to continuously refine on-line ordering, personalization, web tracking, email campaigns, A/B testing, and 5 additional country websites.Compliance: Led project to find an automated solution, Cyveillance, to comb internet for counterfeit products and unauthorized use of copyrighted materials.

Directed all aspects of technology, website, customer service, and order fulfillment, including management of EDS contract programmers and DSC Logistics operations. distribution center, and all other operational aspects of the business.

Southlake, Texas, Us

Led an 18 month, $7M project to redesign a COBOL transfer pricing system involving over 700 different types of IT services across 100 different systems. Designed the architecture and major components, resulting in a hybrid custom solution of SAP for pricing, taxing, invoicing and an Oracle data warehouse for reporting. Completed project on time and within budget, allowing the company to generate auditable, accurate invoices, and enabling the company to go public. pricing, and other systems

Managed all corporate business systems. Reverse engineered the company’s COBOL based accounting systems and created a SQL-based solution saving the company $200K/year. Wrote business requirements document, resulting in ERP selection of Oracle.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Mba, Expert Information Systems

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Finance

Bs, Finance