CIO for public benefit corporation dedicated to expediting the building of the State University of New York academic buildings managing almost one billion dollars of construction projects annually.Oversee all infrastructure, application development and help desk services; providing superior service for both internal and external customersInstituted Agile development methodology to accelerate the delivery of new functional modules to existing corporate application portfolioImplemented new help desk software to track and categorize trouble tickets; enabling management to better utilize resources while building better relationships with departmental customers.Implemented cloud based project/program based application, enabling the Fund to better manage project schedules, share project documents, and manage state appropriations better at a program level.Replaced aging server infrastructure with highly redundant virtual server environment reducing the risk of hardware failure while improving system performance.Member of re-branding team to provide new image of the Construction Fund to coordinate with the Fund's 50th year in business.Building data warehouse pulling from legacy mainframe systems, cloud hosted application solutions, internal systems, and the Statewide Financial System to enable end users to access cross system data through familiar tools.Information Security Officer and member of the Internal Controls Committee to ensure that processes contain proper controls while protecting critical business information.

Member of executive team, defining corporate technology strategy for infrastructure, application development, business process, and delivery of products to marketPerform role of Product Manager and preside over development of enhancements and new functionality for education transportation suite of products; ensuring projects are completed on time, meet corporate quality standards, and provide value add to our client baseDirect Implementation, Training, and Support Departments to make certain that clients are put into operation efficiently and are able to effectively use our software products Ensure industry quality assurance standards are practiced through introduction of automated testing products and establishment of testing environments, resulting in higher client confidence and retentionEstablish and cultivate relationships with strategic partners to incorporate cutting edge technologies within the Transfinder suite of products such as Global Positioning Systems, integration with Student Information Systems and vehicle health monitoringDesigned industry first, browser based system that allows clients to capture bus routes via handheld GPS devices and import into the routing software; reducing implementation time from months to weeksArchitected functional conversion of products from client/server environment to a browser based hosted solution developed with cutting edge Microsoft Silverlight languageInstituted Agile development methodology to accelerate the delivery of new products to market and incorporate client's changing requirementsEstablished Transfinder and a registered Microsoft Partner enabling the company to take advantage of Microsoft's cutting edge technology before its releaseMember of the SIF Association, an organization dedicated to the development of the School Interoperability Framework enabling student information systems to communicate with other 3rd party applications

Direct software development of enhancements and new modules for research administration enterprise application suite, ensuring projects are completed on time and meet corporate quality standardsFocal point for communication of project status, corporate standards, and architectural decisionsPartner with product development management to ensure product architecture and implementation is maintainable and extendible to accommodate future development

CIO role for county, responsible for all Information Technology Operations, changing the culture from a break/fix environment to a business aligned services based organization Created strategic management plan to improve Information Services and county operationsImplemented help desk services with Service Level Agreements across 38 departmentsInstalled Cisco switched networking infrastructure, reducing networking issues Designed County’s Disaster Recovery Facility, utilizing VMWare server virtualization and an EMC SAN Solution to provide high availability of mission critical applicationsMember of Schenectady County Emergency Management Steering Committee, defining technical solutions for public safety organizations across the countyChaired Payroll Committee to evaluate, select and implement new payroll/HR packageImplemented SurfControl’s content filtering and SMTP gateway to monitor and block non-compliant internet and e-mail activity

Defined the strategic IT vision for H.L.Yoh division of Day & Zimmermann, reporting to Day & Zimmermann CIO Managed $1.6 million implementation of a Lotus Notes CRM application in 54 locations including system selection, implementation, training, and infrastructure framework Presented information on emerging technologies to Yoh Executive Committee and at National Day & Zimmermann IT conferencesMember of the Enterprise Resource Planning selection committee evaluating SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, and PeopleSoftResponsible for all new client implementations including infrastructure, data conversion, system change requirements, and EDI/EFT interfacesDesigned and implemented interfaces between ASPs, legacy systems, and corporate SAP ERP system, eliminating duplicate entry and saving an estimated $100,000 annuallyProduct Manager for a contract labor management administrative system utilized at GE, Motorola, Monsanto, Scientific Atlanta, and Ingersoll Rand.

Recruited, trained, and supervised consulting staff of 15 and D/E support staff of 20Responsible for cultivation of new clientsFacilitator for business requirement discovery sessionsResponsible for project management of all software development and client implementationsManaged the office services division of McGuinness & Associates providing accounts payable and travel expense processing to Fortune 50 companiesProduct Manager of the Development Toolkit, a not-for-profit fund development system marketed throughout New York State