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Seattle, Washington

Financial Corporate Controller Monitor and maintain financial activity of financial transactions.Manage and lead group of accountants and bookkeepers to assure correct practices and procedures are adhered and followed.Manage and lead employee's activities and functions for optimal performance.Oversee IT activities associated with accounting functions.Team BuildingLeadershipMentoringAssessment

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Working independently in the Phoenix area with companies seeking IT Business Solutions, Security strategies, and Project Managers. Example of projects: 1) Streamline PM process using Agile and Waterfall to complete 3.5M project before scheduled time and under budget by $25,000. 2) Interviewed and hired new employees meeting the criteria of client. Included background and reference verification.3) Designed new WAN for large corporation with over 500 users (not including telecommuting employees/contractors), set up new work stations in corporate headquarters, trained employees on new system and software. Trained IT department on audit procedures, IT security, policies & procedures, and ITIL usage.4) Assisted with project in need of immediate corrections to avoid loss to company and project failure.5) Guest speaker for seminar on IT security practices at national firm.

Elkhart, Indiana Area

Selected to drive strategic vision as executive team member and collaborator; produce strategies to improve client service levels, maximize capital expense ROI, and control costs. Direct Infrastructure, Extranet, network, training, and document processing for 300+ users. Managed 15 total reports (Managers, IT, Telecom).Zero-downtime, 300-unit hardware/software refresh40%+ less capital budget vs. competitors, while delivering improved service levels.Created new ideas and procedures to improve customer service relations by assessing processes and designing concepts, increasing customer rating by 45%.Negotiated and administered contracts and agreements for professional services.Development and administration of budget for assigned areas of responsibilities.Resource management, including experience with near-shore and offshore resource utilization principles and of utilizing service providers to handle peak workloads.Increased reliability, expanded performance, and cut support expenses nearly 20% with consolidation of disparate network systems into centralized function.Reduced licensing costs over 40% with strategic forecasts and negotiations for enterprise-level agreements.Developed, implemented, and evaluated operations, programs, policies, procedures, strategies, and goals in assigned areas of responsibility.Participated and served on a variety of committees, meetings, task forces, and other related groups to secure advocacy and influence support for programs and ideals.Retained long-term client business as early adopter of technology tools that addressed potential gaps; gained internal buy-in with executive presentations and advanced user training.Lead Security Teams for numerous projects including medical, law, and recreational vehicles clients to secure the network system with firewalls, security software, end-user training, and clients including software training and implementation.

Henderson, Nevada

Promoted from management role to oversee IT functions, managing voice/data, solutions design, client/server migrations, applications development, productivity, and implementations. Supervised 65 total staff, including management/supervisors, DBA, IT professionals, and contractors.Operation transfer from centralized platform to distributed PC LAN infrastructure.Increased reliability, expanded performance, and cut support expenses nearly 25% with consolidation of disparate network systems into centralized function.Exceeded company security requirements, reaching stringent PCI standards as confirmed by security audit by implementing industry-standard network security and intrusion and prevention measures.Capitalized on document management capabilities by leading effort to capture best practices, add indexing, and ensure document readiness through tool utilization. Development and administration of budget for assigned areas of responsibilities.Resource management, including experience with near-shore and offshore resource utilization principles and of utilizing service providers to handle peak workloads.Managed change and sensitive topics.Managed and reviewed the application redundancy and contingency plan to ensure uninterrupted service.Co-chaired Technology Focus Group tasked with driving company-wide IT direction.Spearheaded 3-year strategic plan, standardizing business networks for growth forecasting and support.Participated and served on a variety of committees, meetings, task forces, and other related groups to secure advocacy and influence support for programs and ideals.Developed, implemented, and valuated operations, programs, policies, procedures, strategies, and goals in assigned areas of responsibility.Created data warehousing system that expedited resolution practice management concerns, supplying access to critical financial indicators and continual data streams for ad hoc reporting.

Doctor Of Management And Organizational Leadership, Specializing In Information Systems Technology, 3.75

Activities and Societies: Learning Team Member Learning Team Leader Management and Leadership skills with additional knowledge and skills.

Master'S Information Systems, Management Information Systems, General, 3.6

Activities and Societies: University of Phoenix Alumni Association Information Technology methodologies, Program Management, Team.

Bsit/Ntc, Computer Systems Networking And Telecommunications, 3.6

Activities and Societies: University of Phoenix Alumni Association Rebuild computers to donate to locals that are in need of a free.