Led IT Department of 200 professionals developing and supporting Infrastructure and Applications for an independent telecommunications provider to 1.1 millon customers, nationwide. Supported ISP (TDSNet) with 130,000 subscribers. Negotiated multimillion dollar software contracts with applications and infrastructure vendors.

Led team of 4 managers (24 staff) responsible for Information Security, Change Management, Capacity and Performance Management, Disaster Recovery Management and System Development Methodology/IT Best Practices Compliance for diverse consumer financial services provider with loan portfolio of $36 Billion.Keynote speaker at 1992 Comdisco Annual Disaster Recovery User Conference. Speaker on DR topic at IBM Share .. best speaker award 1993.

Led team of 12 Technology/Systems Auditors for multidivisional/multinational corporation involved in- Consumer Finance (Closed end loans, home equity and merchant credit lending, MasterCard and Visa)- Insurance (Credit Insurance, Whole Life and Annuities)- Retail (Vons, Ben Franklin, Coast to Coast)- Vehicle Leasing (National Car Rental/National Truck Leasing)- Household Manufacturing(Eljer, Switzer and many smaller manufacturers. Also functioned as de facto CIO for this division.Total corporate IS expenditure annually .. $250Million.

Led team of IT Auditors in multidivisional/multinational Pharmaceutical/HealthCare Fortune 500 company. Divisions audited included Searle Pharmaceuticals, Hospital Supply Division, Pearle Vision, Searle Analytics/Diagnostics (Large scale diagnostic instruments, now part of Siemens) and various smaller subsidiaries

Direct responsibility for Management reporting systems (sales, financial consolidation) across multinational core division of the company. Responsible for oversight, strategy development and coordination of IT implementation in overseas subsidiaries .. effectively a CIO position in a decentralized structure.

Responsible for IT support for domestic non-core businesses involved in Radiopharmaceuticals, Cattle Genetics/Breeding, Film Badge Monitoring etc. Project manager for development of new order entry system for Hospital Supply company after acquisition. Review and approval of major IT expenditures by foreign subsidiaries.

Systems Developer, promoted to Supervisor of 12 developers. Systems for management of R&D functions (Toxicology, Product Stability Testing, Clinical Trials)

Systems developer for Computer Aided Design applications to support General Telephone's first electronic telephone switch. (GTE now part of Verizon)Recruited in the UK and relocated by GTE to Chicago.

Developed applications to optimize physical layout of electronics components in design of new large scale computers. Completed major project under contract for GCHQ.