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San Jose, Ca, Us

Provide project management in the support of Artificial Intelligence (AI) application development. This is an exceptional company that is developing new AI technology that is practical to use and will save people time. Also, this company uses Read.ai which is something I recommend highly to companies to make their meetings more productive......it acts as a secretary for the meetings and provides a recording of the video, a transcript, action items for each person, significant highlights and interactions.

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Satellite Beach, Florida, Us

Denton, Tx, Us

Manage business applications for the university. Oracle ERP (& migration to Oracle Cloud), SharePoint, Salesforce / CRM, Onbase document imaging. Team / Contractors are a mix of on-site / off-site around the world. Communiction is via MS Outlook, Zoom, Slack, MS Teams, Google docs, etc. Key skills include navigating bureaucracy.

Denton, Tx, Us

Lubbock, Texas, Us

GermBlast (Solutions Architect) | Austin, TX 2021 – present • Generated many creative ideas to expand business opportunities based on existing infrastructure • Lead brain-storming sessions to come up with innovative solutions to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency. Ideas were communicated to senior staff • Managed contractor & vendor tasks based on the scope of work for the project plan

Information Technology Consultant (entrepreneur) | Austin, TX 2019 – 2020 • Provided consulting on meeting emerging state requirements for a school system • Discussed internal payment system for a large university • Explored business opportunity for online non-credit adult distance learning classes at a private university via a partnership with a company already working in that arena • Consulting on enrollment management system workflow for a private university In Texas • Designed business cards with QR codes as a multi-lingual communication tool • Web site developer for selling products via affiliate relationships. • Inventor – Designed/utilized a product / process / phone alarm app to keep beverages from freezing

Oversaw entire IT Operations (staff, budget, infrastructure, software, ERP, network, help desk, VOIP, email).☑ Enabled growth of University by slashing costs in hardware, maintenance, and operations, while enabling lower energy and maintenance costs by using an integrated high-speed computing environment to use virtualization of servers. ☑ Dramatically improved performance allowing end-users to process information faster and enabled expansion of University at a lower price by using blade computing and designing, purchasing, and installing a high-speed hardware infrastructure.

Tampa, Fl, Us

Oversaw the Information Systems Department during the growth of the University to double in size during tenure. ☑ Reduced over $200K in annual credit card fees by promoting the use of check or debit cards, rather than credit cards with high processing fees.☑ Enabled over 200 Admissions Staff members to process increased workload efficiently during University growth of doubling in size by successfully leading a $500K and two-year Document Imaging Rollout project. Upgraded hardware infrastructure for ERP systems to enable achievement of service level objectives. ☑ Fully implemented new replacement ERP within two-years by effectively leading project consisting of a 70+ member team from all University Departments, selection of vendors, creation of RFPs, and system implementation. Hired additional staff as needed and worked with 10+ contractors. Completed project with zero turnover. ☑ Led multi-million-dollar, complex, and 3-year project directly impacting all staff with a new ERP system. Directed all aspects of IT project, including managing multiple teams. Coordinated IT governance and data management for central enterprise operations while allowing for constituent groups' autonomy.☑ Generated $20K annual cost saving for mailings by implementing a new process of certifying addresses and sorting mail by zip codes. ☑ Reduced need for additional team members, while achieving and exceeding project goals, by improving team individuals’ ability to contribute optimal performance through training, mentoring, and motivating.

Provided IT consulting and recruiting services.

Interim IT Manager. Led the implementation project for a new ERP system with this flight training simulator company. Provided computer programming on the ERP system.

Austin, Texas, Us

Solutions Architect for a Maintenance & Materials Management System. Conducted Sales, ERP Programming, and Systems Analysis. I formed / owned an ERP software company that enhanced and marketed the Maintenance and Materials Management software System (originally developed at Boeing). Provided ERP software customization for aerospace and defense companies (Harris computer, E-Systems, Reflectone and others). Note: I worked at Reflectone (a BAE company) under a contract prior to becoming an employee there.

Designed and implemented enterprise solutions for aerospace and defense clients.

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Business Administration, Mba

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Management Information Systems

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Management Information Systems

Bachelor'S Degree, Major: Computer Based Information Systems (A.K.A. Mis). Minor: Production Management