Donald C. Email & Phone Number

Morgan Hill, Ca, Us

Redwood City, California, Us

Redwood City, Ca, Us

Matches That Matter; Besides providing the technology vision for the company, my responsibilities include leading the assessment, design and implementation of a strategic IT infrastructure that is high-tech and proactive in meeting the needs of the clients, leadership and staff. Created a robust database plan for ongoing database needs and management. Determined security requirements to ensure confidentiality is maintained for clients' security. Also designed and led the team in developing the company's web site. Utilizing technology to improve processes and increasing efficiency is a key goal in this position.Company Infrastructure - Responsible for designing and maintaining the company's infrastructure including computers, servers, phones, etc. and ensuring that all systems are secure, scalable and redundant.Application Design - Successfully designed the internal application used by O4D for managing all aspects of the client life cycle including client acquisition and management. Developed the application specification from scratch to manage all aspects of the business process from "client process flow" diagrams.Vendor Relations/Management - Sought out, selected and managed all IT vendor related projects including application development, web site development, hardware and software systems, phone systems, internet connectivity, etc.

Successfully grew the IT team from a group of 2 to a cohesive team of 8 members in one year to support a $300M company growing at twenty percent/year. As the project manager, implemented many large scale, company-wide projects including disaster recovery, unified security system, new phone system, document imaging system, company-wide help desk and a warehouse inventory scanning system. As IT manager, assisted our CFO in the implementation of our Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains accounting system. As the head of the department, I have gained the trust and respect of my team members as well as Senior Management.Project Management - Ability to create and organize teams to successfully design and implement large-scale, company-wide projects of many varying disciplines.Team Leadership - Demonstrated ability to build and earn the respect of successful teams used to implement large scale, company-wide projects. Also demonstrated the ability to successfully work with all members of the organization.Highly Visible Position - Changed the role of the IT Manager to become a highly visible position working closely with the CEO, President, CFO and VP's on new project concept, definition and implementation.

Founded Web application design firm and grew business from ground up, building the engineering team and establishing all policies and procedures. Functioned as Lead Engineer and Project Manager for all client engagements, working closely with designers, consultants, and customers to ensure win-win results. Defined project requirements, set schedules and assignments, addressed client/team issues, and resolved problems.Project Management - Directed teams in the successful fulfillment of project goals for industry-leading clients, including HP, Cisco, and 3Com. Designed and implemented projects on multiple web server platforms.Applications Development - Strengthened skills in all phases of software development cycle, from back-end (server-side) to end user perspective.Team Building & Leadership - Formed highly skilled staff and provided hands-on training and mentoring to engineering team in complex technologies and processes.

Held full responsibility for creating CGI applications, with Perl and HTML as primary development tools. Assessed requirements and formulated design solutions to meet client needs.Project Teamwork - Teamed with 2 graphic artists to integrate their designs within applications using Perl and HTML, leading to excellent development results and resultant client satisfaction.Software Design - Developed ability to hand-code HTML and produce fully functional web applications.