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Durham, North Carolina, United States

Durham, Nc

 Prepared and managed an annual $2-3M operational budget to meet organizational goals. Conducted monthly financial analysis and projections to balance operating costs with actual revenue.  Effectively ensured departments complied with budget policies and procedures.  Provided strategic guidance in organization activities and budget toward meeting yearly goals.  Utilized expertise to guide the Executive Director in developing and executing strategic organizational goals  Developed and executed protocols to build organizations capacity to effectively implement information technology, security, business and financial processing, and record-keeping across departments.  Directed all Human Resource activities including hiring and termination, new staff and Board orientation, benefit tracking, yearly evaluations, and employee conflict resolution.  Managed donor database and performed monthly donor trend analysis and outcomes.  Supervised and trained personnel to effectively meet the organization's operational goals.

 Developed software products to effectively manage remote patients with chronic disease. Created and delivered comprehensive training to acclimate medical staff to new disease management software products.  Used current methodology to assess client needs, identify innovative solutions and define project scope. Created and managed project including budget, quality assurance, and timelines.  Created project database schema with clear metrics to measure and manage patient information.  Responsible for all project deliverables and technical documentation Modified product content, features, and usability based on customer input  Served as the technical liaison between application developers and operational users Provided customer support and technical assistance for all customers

Washington D.C. Metro Area; Raleigh Nc

 Budgetary responsibility for $5M of department revenue and gross profit. Managed a team of consultants by determining project assignments, monitoring productivity, and ensuring activities remain in line with project goals.  Provided final review and approval of outgoing proposals, including the scope of work and cost.  Managed the client account from business analysis to defining project scope. Led storyboard sessions to define business requirements and create functional requirements. Worked closely with the project managers to ensure quality and client satisfaction. Implemented multiple production versions and managed change control. Determined requirements and upgrade features from user interviews. Responsible for the career development and management of 8 – 10 consultants. Collaborated in staffing and resource assignments. Contributed to the sales team initiative to create and deliver sales presentations. Engaged existing and new accounts for generating additional business opportunities.  Developed and implemented a results-oriented 4-week new employee training program.  Combined formal workshops with targeted experiential exercises to lead a development team through a complete application lifecycle.  Managed the Technology Transfer Division, a team of high level consultants that provided client/server expertise to new and existing customers. Educated over 500 trainees on client-server application design tools, local area networks, client-server architecture, and relational database management systems. Defined the quarterly public course schedule for locations in DC, Raleigh, and Greensboro. Led the development team through the analysis, design, construction and deployment of over 10 projects. Delivered courses to new developers covering object-orientation, data modeling, and graphical user interface design. Designed and implemented relational database schemas.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area / Raleigh, North Carolina

 Certified as a Novel NetWare instructor (CNI), Microsoft SQL Server instructor, and Powersoft PowerBuilder instructor (CPI). Delivered technical training to corporations and public classes on a weekly basis. Member of a team responsible for requirements definition, design, and development of a sales tax system. Developed and implemented a comprehensive training program for data entry users and upper level management.