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Saint Petersburg, Fl, Us

Tampa, Fl, Us

Initially the primary focus was on a 100% custom enterprise-wide business management system utilizing Salesforce as a Software as a Service (SaaS) development platform. This initiative has recently expanded in scope to include financial management systems also. This development effort is based on the Oracle platform including Oracle Unifier plus an integration with Accumatica.

Tampa, Florida, Us

Member of the executive management team. Acting COO & CIO.In one year, strategically planned and executed the process to take this of this IoT connected medical device from FDA regulatory approval to mass production. Through the product development life cycle; managed an electrical design and engineering team in North Carolina, a mechanical design and engineering team in Hong Kong, and embedded software engineering team in Pakistan, and a back-end cloud development team in Florida. For manufacturing operations and mass production; researched, vetted, sourced, tested, constructed, managed and optimized a supply chain that spans Singapore, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Taichung City and Cleveland. Operations Management responsibilities include management of the design team, supply chain, quality, and facilitation of offshore assembly and packaging.IT responsibilities include front-end / back-end technology selection, management of IT development, functional design, design review, and quality management.

Crafted the vision and built a company that changed the vehicle traffic analysis paradigm with the invention of a technology able to yield instant deep insights into traffic flow, patterns, and prediction. Via Traffic Insights proved its value as a tool to reduce congestion and improve safety after immediate adoption by the U.S. military. The Via tool set assists decision makers to better allocate billions of dollars to maintain, expand, and construct new roads.Creation of a unique solution merging data science, business intelligence, and telecommunication technologies required both vision and deep technical knowledge including extensive use of SQL, PLSQL, Entity Relationship Diagramming, and Tableau BI development tool sets to test and to develop fundamentally new data architectures. Performed in an Agile environment, sprint reviews included detailed functional narratives, process flows, screen mock-ups, and logic diagrams outlining pseudo-code for critical algorithms.

St Petersburg, Florida, Us

Technology and development leadership for complex business analysis and business intelligence systems. Heavy SQL development, MicroStrategy and data architecture in a world class Agile environment.

Enterprise consulting targeting the most complex business process and financial analysis challenges. Through experience in a wide range of business sectors, able to quickly understand each unique business environment and to create the data models required to help analyze, control, report, and improve operations. Excellent communication skills are critical to building effective relationships quickly, working with new teams to understand data sources, and to build tools that will contribute to organizational success.Available to assist anywhere in the world.

Provided facilitative leadership of this $12M innovative training initiative from inception through the completion of two training cycles. Startup Quest 2013/14 impacted the lives and professional development of over 100 Pinellas County professionals as they completed their education related to the commercialization of emerging technologies.• Developed the detailed project plan for each cycle, assigned tasks, managed timelines, and resolved obstacles to assure success• Demonstrated outstanding communication skills with all stakeholders• Certified facilitator for this $12M initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Labor• Educated professionals on commercialization strategies for cutting edge and innovative technologies• Program graduates created more than 20 new companies in the State of Florida and having a substantial positive impact on may local economies

CM2000 is the industry leader in Electronic Visit Verification, data collection and service delivery validation with emphasis in the health care sector.Initially engaged by the UK based parent company to construct a financial model to support the migration of their market-leading services and technology for introduction to the US market. Subsequent to gaining Board approval, assumed full operational responsibility for all US business activities including:• Analysis of customer specific requirements• Technical specification of all required customization, project management and delivery• IT and telephony infrastructure specification and construction• Negotiation, establishment and monitoring of all SLAs• Selection and management of vendors for facility co-location, managed services, telecommunication and internet connectivity

Tampa, Florida, Us

• Development of online learning platform to be integrated across all Florida Universities• Technical and business requirements, constructed the communication plan, and delivered proposals to the Provost senior leadership team• Management of all budgeting and financial activities• Evaluation of the leading LMS platforms including Blackboard, Moodle, Cornerstone and Canvas• Leadership for migration from Blackboard to Canvas LMS• Supported marketing & branding activities for University College• Development of new online learning programs • Managed and negotiated vendor contracts and relationships

Tampa Bay CoPack provides a wide range of contract beverage manufacturing services, including blending, processing, bottling, packing, warehousing, fulfillment, and distribution. Assumed control of a dysfunctional organization that had experienced mounting losses year over year. Charged with creating a turn-around taking immediate action to drive the organization toward profitability:• Reviewed executive team for talent, expertise, competency and communication skills• Replaced the incumbent president with the CEO of a strong competitor• Trimmed overhead by absorbing the responsibilities of the Vice President of Operations• Identified and hired outstanding talent to replace the Director of Quality Assurance• Trimmed overhead and simplified operations by absorbing or delegating the responsibilities of the Director of Logistics and by eliminating the use of antiquated, inaccurate and confusing systemsInstituted cultural changes to replace a pattern of mediocrity and failure with a culture of excellence and success. The combination of new executive talent, operating from a position of trust, delegating responsibilities, and a 99% reduction of the defect rate has eliminated millions of dollars in losses stemming directly from production activity. The company is expected to be profitable in 2012 after five years of losses.

Tampa, Florida, Us

Link-Systems International, Incorporated (LSI) is a privately held, technology services and content development company that has been dedicated to student success and student retention in K-12 Education, Higher Education, and Workforce Development.Responsible for strategic planning to support entry into the Business Intelligence software sector of Higher Education. Worked directly with the CEO. Created the strategic plan and managed all related initiatives; market research, competitive analysis, functional requirements, review and selection of strategic partners, representation of the company at prestigious national conventions, cultivation and management of relationships with pilot institutions. Key presentations included:• Executive presentation to CEOs at 2010 HERDI Conference • Session presenter on Business Intelligence in Higher Education at 2010 AACC Convention • Selected to make a key industry presentation on Academic Analytics at 2010 NISOD Conference

Chicago, Il, Us

Diversified global education business with $2 billion in annual revenue and 27,000 employees.Responsible for $260M business unit serving 16,000 students in Undergraduate Business, Graduate Business, Undergraduate IT, and Graduate IT education with management responsibility for 70 administration, and 85 full time and 500+ part time faculty members. 2008 revenue of $262M. Added $34M to bottom line in 2008 with a 42% profit margin. Grew revenue to $195M in 2007 from $155M in 2006. Increased profitability to 38% in 2007 from 35% in 2006. Achieved growth using process improvement skills (Six Sigma) focused on business process efficiency and the competency of individuals (effectiveness) in their specific roles. Underperforming functions were analyzed and reorganized. Identified the need for an innovative marketing campaign, launched first-ever direct mail, email and paid-search marketing initiatives. Provided leadership through extensive training, mentoring and upgrading as necessary. Earned highest employee satisfaction and employee retention rankings in all of Kaplan as a result of creating a culture of opportunity, growth, learning from mistakes and real-time mentoring.

AVI is a holding company with multiple business units and business activities including commercial real estate development ,real estate brokerage, title services, warehousing and distribution.Retained as turnaround specialist for the real estate subsidiary. Tripled company size through complete process re-engineering, created efficient and accurate business systems, reduced labor by 50% and errors by over 80%, produced record growth and profits.Implemented first-ever comprehensive fiscal management process, including annual budgets, monthly performance analysis tools, roles and responsibilities. Had the leadership to provide innovative ideas and the experience to re-engineer the business process yielding millions of dollars of accelerated revenue to our large-scale commercial clients. Replaced antiquated processing technology with server-based solution and secure high-speed remote access. Created a competitive advantage allowing closings to take place any time and in any location.

Executive facilitation and education focused on training and change management using proprietary experiential education techniques to produce profound lasting business and behavioral changes. Chief Executive Officer- Opened first office in US and contributed to worldwide business development - Achieved certification in five patented organizational change methodologies - Recognized by Fortune 100 clients for producing meaningful change not otherwise possible - Directly managed engagements producing substantial organizational change including: -- National sales consulting and training for Essilor (St Petersburg) -- Executive consulting for SouthTrust Bank (Tampa) -- Resolved organizational obstacles that had long plagued Platex -- Repaired trust concerns between board members of large chamber of commerce

Founding PartnerBusiness process and business development consulting focused on data collection systems in mid-tier manufacturing, warehousing and distribution industries. Responsible for business development, account management, consulting, software architecture, application design and project management.- Innovative technology used to develop job tracking systems for General Electric- 12 month contract with Countrywide Financial Services for business process integration of a newly acquired business unit

Boston, Ma, Us

Responsible for financial statement production, prospectus fulfillment, material inventory systems, telecommunication and back office service delivery to 3,000-person campus, 11 direct reports and 45 staff.- Doubled warehouse efficiency for retrieval of marketing literature by developing innovative queuing theory in order to optimize order input for a fully automated robotic warehouse- Achieved multi-million dollar savings by creating a system to retrieve real-time financial performance data and to print fund prospectus materials on-demand, yielding 100% elimination of expired materials- Lead technical investigation of Oracle’s ERP Integrated Manufacturing Suite

Chelmsford, Ma, Us

Responsible for information technology services supplied to external and internal customers. • Converted IBM big-iron shop to UNIX based client-server technology in order to create internal tools and external products, yielded savings in excess of $500k at OH and MD sites.• Developed innovative system for sales quotes, product customization and delivery dates, driving customer satisfaction with delivery of better products in less time.• Partnered with HP and Siemens to develop technology for high volume production of individualized targeted direct marketing materials.

Consulting and software development focused on delivery of strategic information services to mid-tier companies. Responsible for leadership in all aspects of business including: management, finance, technology, organizational development, sales, hiring, training and mentoring staff of 20.• Created multi-million dollar customer base in manufacturing, warehousing and telemarketing.• Earned “Preferred Provider Status” with HP as a result of excellence in application development and customer service.• Invented an “object oriented” development methodology that reduced ongoing application development costs by factor of 10• Developed breakthrough technology and built first successful paperless and scalable application environment for emerging telemarketing industry.• Partnered to build local telemarketing firm into national powerhouse, acquiring clients such as Merck, Pfizer and P&G, eventually “merging” the two companies.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Member of the internal Informations Systems Consulting team.Strategic assignments in development of manufacturing and business information systems • First to apply real-time process control in soap manufacturing systems.• Developed integrated information systems for manufacturing, quality control and accounting.• Senior member of team to convert 100 year old facility to straight-through manufacturing.

Mba, Operations Management

Bs, Business