John Beauford Email & Phone Number

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Advanced Grower Solutions provides software solutions to small and mid market commercial nursery, shrub and tree grower operations. Our software solutions provide business insight to growers in the areas of operations, inventory, payroll and accounting, retail sales reporting, vendor managed inventory and merchandising. Advanced Grower Solutions has over 30 years of experience providing software solutions to the grower industry. Our team combines those years of knowledge and experience with the best customer support in the industry to help growers achieve better results in their operations.

West Burney Consulting is a technical consultancy located in the Dallas / Fort Worth area.We specialize in helping small to medium size non-technical business owners navigate the technical landscape, cut through jargon, assess needs, manage change and improve their business with technology.With over 20 years of information technology and software development experience we provide technical consulting in a wide range of environments.

Fort Worth, Tx, Us

I am facilitating a transition in IT leadership. During this time I am working with ownership and the existing leadership team, documenting the environment, preparing and executinig a transition plan, managing IT infrastructure and ongoing projects and team and helping refine job description, interviewing and onboarding the successful candidate. I am working with the key executive leadership team for longer term IT strategy and plans. Leading 2 special Projects: - Shipping Rack Manifest Label generation C# app on Intermec CN51 Handheld/Zebra Printer - Data transformation between 3rd party vendor and internal ERP - Python/SOAPThe technical environment and tasks includes: - Corporate Server farm - Microsoft Server 2003-2012 - VMWare Virtualization - Microsoft SQL Server database with custom ERP applications - Microsoft Visual Studio C# with custom applications - Custom Development direction and management InterMec Scanner App/Zebra Printers - Sage ERP transition hosting planning - Network and Phone and employee computers and Intrastructure for headquarters and 9 remote locations for over 200 employees

Fort Worth, Tx, Us

I was responsible for all software development and information technology related aspects of Doctors In Training a medical education startup. I was also a member of the executive leadership team that oversees corporate operations, finance and strategy.A few team accomplishments include:• Implemented automated order processing flow reducing overhead over 60% and reducing customer online product delivery time from as much as over 2 days to instant access• Automated video encoding workflows reducing time to production video release from 2 days to less than 1 hour.• Automated campaign e-commerce coupon creation across multiple systems reducing labor needed over 50%• Cloud migration of select services to Linode or AWS and migration to use of VM for development and testing environment for cost savings• Improved reliability and scalability of customer facing web apps using modular architecture and CDN for media delivery• Added detailed custom analytic tracking to proprietary learning app• Automated customer planning materials creation using internal tool reducing time to delivery by over 50%• Implemented custom CRM to meet company needs and requirements• Designed and implemented multiple types of customer feedback collection and corresponding analysis and reporting• Usability improvements to customer facing apps for responsiveness, improved customer self-service, feedback, and mobile device access• Multiple web site and e-commerce implementations • Corporate Analytics (Excel, Python, MySQL)My responsibilities included LAMP stack application development, management, maintenance and 3rd party development management as well as future product planning. Additionally, this includes office computers and software, phone systems, windows/mac desktops, iPad and iPhones for employees and associated network infrastructure for 3 offices in 2 states. My team managed the video production computer equipment and software and hardware for video encoding as well.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Platform architect for LTE Wireless Broadband Controller (MME). This is a standards based ATCA platform running carrier grade Linux. Previously served as platform designer and architect for CDMA 1xEVDO Base Site Controller. This was an all IP based ATCA platform running carrier grade Linux.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Led platform software development and RTOS integration efforts for a number of CDMA network elements, including Selection and Distribution Units, Vo-Coder Processing Units, Mobility Management. These were both custom hardware and commodity server based platforms. Led teams and contributed to platform API software, RTOS integration on hardware, middle ware integration, porting efforts, SCM and builds and packaging.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

I supported CDMA transcoder for Motorola in worldwide markets. I did feature and maintenance software development in C/Perl/Python for custom boards using commercial and custom RTOS. Ported low-level device drivers for LAPD line interfaces as well as ethernet. Managed backlog, testing and participated and led code reviews, and architectural reviews. Interviewed and assessed potential candidates for hire.

Lakeview storage owned and operated a 40-unit storage facility as well as an industrial commercial building with various tenants. I handled all aspects of management, tenant interaction, maintenance and billing. In the later years of operation, I had a local general manager and ran the business remotely.

Network design, implementation, programming, troubleshooting and other projects for a large refinery and chemical complex.Implemented multi-building token ring (fiber optic based) network which upon completion connected hundreds of company user computers, servers, contractor computers and control room computers for access to the corporate network.

Treis Technology was founded to improve the Hutchinson County, Texas Real Estate Multiple Listing Service by providing database hosting and data updates, adding additional analytics and reports for the member realtors and brokers. I served as the main programmer, database designer and report generator for Treis Technology.

Bsee, Electrical Engineering

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