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My MISSION STATEMENT is to educate and assist my clients with the knowledge and understanding of the options available to them, so they can make wise choices and informed decisions about their future. How they can best manage their family legacy and how to best protect the savings of a life-time when it comes to their health and retirement. The right choices can parlay an IRA into a family fortune so that your beneficiaries’ can be rich forever, while avoiding probate and inheritance taxes. The key is alignment of your money with your goals through the utilization of products that provide solutions, creating money with a stroke of a pen that never existed before in time of sorrow and loss for those left behind.

Organized a lead team of consultants and was responsible for all client activity and firm management. Vision-driven executive staff consulting to client base with focus on how to leverage information technology as a competitive advantage in a global marketplace for maximum ROI to business units with customized solutions. Key objective was to always develop strong vendor partnerships to assist re-engineering of the information technology platforms with enhanced services levels. All changes implemented with an eye towards overall cost savings to the business units. New services implemented after proof of concept demos and new vendor contracts.* Architect, budget and implement strategic plans with global view * Eliminate blockage and implement integrated PBX/Voicemail services* Re-engineer IT Computing platforms/applications to reduce response times * Re-engineer team and business processes while reducing expenses* Selected optimum technologies and applications, providing more with less * Design and implement IT infrastructure for campus and global sites* Strong organizational management experience and "partnership" mentality * Change agent mindset and Customer Service Philosophy* Developed RFP's for voice/data service and manage Vendor's selected * Developed New Campus Designs for 4 Major Corporations within US

* Re-engineered IT Services and teams to address Business Units dissatisfaction * Redesigned PBX/Voicemail service to eliminate 40% Blockage problems* Architect of new IT wiring and service standards for world-wide sites * Implemented new campus fiber/copper plant and dual C/O access* Implemented local area and wide area network redundancy architecture * Developed plans for a seamless conversion to legal IP Addresses* Established corporate standards for DNS and network naming conventions * Simplified design, eliminating patch panels, lowering costs and outages* Architect of international / domestic video conference equipment / standards * Implemented Firewall protection and Fax Services for internet access* Developed key application benchmarks for Human Resources (PeopleSoft) * Implemented Frame Relay Services for 1/3 cost and 6X performance ROI

* Re-engineered IT Business processes and Org to win Bus Unit Approval/Support * Designed interactive multimedia video conference facilities world-wide* Implemented PBX/Voicemail Systems for two corporate campus sites * $1.1 Million of Cost Savings programs with enhanced services in last merger* Refined corporate standards for voice/data and desktop services * Provided seamless integration of services thru 10 corporate mergers* Developed customer service training and published first IT User handbook * Implemented new campus fiber/copper plant with Dual C/O access* Re-engineered Telecom support to provide 2 hour turnaround from prior 7 days * Implemented new international and domestic 800 Services* Re-engineered IT computing platforms/applications to reduce response times * Refined Desktop Service Levels to provide 4 hours turnaround from 14 days* Re-engineered international bridged network with a hybrid switched and routed Ethernet/FDDI/Frame Relay global network solution

* Managed five operational shifts and all aspects of centralized computer center * Developed and implemented Disaster Recovery Plan for Corporate IT * Provided technical direction and architecture of IT Projects to meet user demands * Managed resources and vendors to maintain 99% availability of services* Developed infrastructure processes and Network Control Center facilities * Architected VAN Services for 50% cost savings and 3X performance* Managed large campus for voice/data services thru 3 mergers * Managed the NCP/FEP configurations for multiple sites* Integrated and managed global multiprotocol network over T1, Frame Relay, ISDN, X.25, and switched services for over 50 sites to corporate data center

* Managed large campus for vice/data service to integrate with Corporate Services * Generated NCP/FEP configurations and VTAM Table updates for Campus* Redesigned network configuration to reduced outage time recovery by 50% * Established change control processes and Help Desk functions * Architected Network Control Center with A/B patch panel design for DR plan * Generated documentation and formalized vendor management processes