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Canton, Ga, Us

Greater New York City, Ny, Us

Retail technology support for a leading developer of iconic food-service brands around the globe.

Etowah Valley Officials Association was founded as Etowah Valley Football Officials Association with the purpose of providing quality football officials to middle and high schools in the Bartow, Paulding and Cherokee areas. In just the 3rd year of EVFOA's history they were awarded their first GHSA state finals game. Since then, they have worked a state final every year, including 2 state semi-finals in 2013 and 2014.In 2011, Etowah Valley Soccer Officials Association started as a subsidiary of EVFOA, and has provided the same quality officials to local schools for their soccer matches.

Waleska, Ga, Us

Design and delivery of several business courses: Computer Applications for Business; Introduction to Business

Medway, Massachusetts, Us

Responsible for all aspects of inventory management in support of customers and business operations. Setting strategy related to hardware/software lifecycle, tracking and maintaining inventory at warehouse and field service locations. Working with customers to understand equipment trends and making recommendations to support customers decision making regarding the evolution of hardware necessary to conduct business.

Medway, Massachusetts, Us

Spencer Technologies is the leading provider of end to end IT life cycle solutions for major corporations in the retail market — from specialty stores and department stores to DIY and restaurants. Our team is comprised of retail and technical experts who ensure solutions are sound and relevant allowing us to provide the highest quality of service to top retailers throughout the world. We set the standard for experience, technical expertise, unparalleled customer service and absolute reliability.My role is to work with our customers and internal teams (sales, service desk, repair center, field operations) to develop cost effective and comprehensive programs to deliver value based results.

Orlando , Fl, Us

Loss Solutions Group is an engineering and consulting firm serving the property/casualty insurance and legal industries. We provide full service engineering and expert analysis to ensure fair and equitable settlements.Our engineers and experts are dedicated to providing factual reporting to provide our clients with confidence that all technical questions are answered. We operate with the highest degree of integrity and have a solid reputation as expert witnesses.Loss Solutions Group’s diverse team of experienced experts include electrical, structural, mechanical and civil engineers, as well as teams of HVAC/Mechanical experts, construction cost analysis experts and telecommunications and information technology experts. We are equipped to assist with nearly every type of property damage claim that the typical claims handler will encounter.We offer evaluations based on desk reviews and site inspections, we can determine the cause of loss, the extent of damage, and provide repair and replacement options.

For assigned Fortune 100 accounts, serve as executive contact ensuring delivery related activities (project and service) are conducted on-time, within budget, and with the benefits identified during the sales cycle. Address and remove internal barriers to successful project or service delivery and provide ROI models to support associated budget.

Serve as the direct link between Fujitsu and several Fortune 100 companies, ensuring alignment at a senior level by understanding customer’s business, IT strategy and solution requirements. Address and remove internal barriers to successful project delivery, and provide ROI models to support project budget.

Manchester, Nh, Us

Design and delivery of online learning courses in the areas: Computer Platform Technologies (resulting in students A+ Certification), Software Development w/ Visual Basic.NET, and Principles of Management

Responsible for all aspects of technology in the U.S. and Canada, as well as European and Scandinavian locations. Led Vendor Management for all retail-related engagements involving hardware or software components (Fujitsu, HP, Dell, Xerox, Motorola, Epson, Microsoft, Symantec). Designed performance metrics with support vendors to achieve desired uptime aligned with business needs. Managed all contracts and SLA’s.

Led a function of 50+ staff with P&L responsibility of $38M+ (G&A budget $11M+; Capital budget $24M+; and New Store Technology budget of $85k/store). Managed multi-site associates as well as near and offshore contractors. Responsible for technology lifecycle, application/hardware integration, store technology project and field support, vendor and contract management.

Framingham, Ma, Us

Design, develop and provide instruction in Operations Management and Quantitative Analytics as part of the M.B.A. program. Undergraduate courses in VB.NET and Database Design (using Oracle).

Marlborough, Ma, Us

Senior most IT executive within the organization. Responsible for all aspects of information technology: infrastructure, software, telecommunications, social media, network, field support and security.

Senior most IT executive within the organization. Responsible for all aspects of information technology: infrastructure, software, telecommunications, social media, network, field support and security.

Senior most IT executive within the organization. Responsible for all aspects of information technology: infrastructure, software, telecommunications, social media, network, field support and security.

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Responsible for establishing and meeting the application roadmap to support Electronic Data Interface/Electronic Commerce within the enterprise. This included a conversion plan to move a legacy EDI application from a DOS environment to a client server environment running on a Windows NT Server.

Responsible for the adherence to Nuclear Regulatory requirements and audits as it related to software development. Additionally, I was responsible for developing policies and procedures which would govern all phases of the software life cycle as they related to the production of software for use at a nuclear facility. Responsible for the development of several application modules using PICK Basic while following the documented software development guidelines.

Responsible for developing the database structure and the application administration for a Maintenance Procedure Archive (MPA database) used by multiple LILCO commercial power plants.

Washington, Dc, Us

Responsible for the supervision and management of various engineering functions on board a US Navy nuclear submarine. Served on board USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) and USS U.S. Grant (SSBN-631)

Bs, Computer Science

Mba, Business Administration