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Washington, Pennsylvania, United States

United States

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Chief Information OfficerLead the IT and Facilities departments’ operational and strategic initiatives for this rapidly growing $45 million non-profit with over 600 employees as a member of the Executive team. Hold decision-making authority for all IT and Facilities planning, budgeting, purchasing, development and expansion. ◆ Led a comprehensive HIPAA security risk assessment, gap analysis, implementation of new security measures and development of internal controls and policies.◆ Redesigned business processes, implemented reporting/BI tools, and incorporated the increased use, automation and integration of enterprise applications.◆ Successfully planned and negotiated multiple capital development projects and acquisitions. ◆ Reduced departmental costs by identifying and implementing cost cutting initiatives.◆ Developed the IT Strategic initiatives of the organization to align with the organizations strategic plan.◆ Increased network system availability and scalability by overhauling the corporate IT organizational structure and hardware infrastructure, including implementation of a VMware/SAN backend.◆ Improved employee productivity and IT service level performance by restructuring IT management and support services, including implementation of a helpdesk application, VMware View desktop environment, Bomgar and Kace systems management products.◆ Improved employee technology adoption and use through the successful implementation of enterprise-level HRIS, time management and electronic health record systems.

Chief Information Officer ◆ Managed IT operations for a growing $20 million payroll services firm including managing projects, IT vendor relationships, and a team of 7 staff members focused on Network Administration, Application Development, and Internal/External Client Technical Support functions.◆ Managed the successful implementation of VMWare Virtualization, SAN technology, Exchange migration, Microsoft SQL Server implementation, as well as a client and internal Citrix Server environment.◆ Lead the transition and migration of the technical infrastructure during a corporate acquisition, including Network infrastructure, data migration and application development from legacy applications, as well as employee development and training.◆ Developed and implemented internal IT standards and controls for SAS70 Audit and successfully passed three audits conducted by external audit firm.◆ Managed multiple IT Projects including custom application development, network infrastructure planning, disaster recovery planning and new third party software product launches.◆ Supervised the efforts of new client conversions and technical support specialists and managed the successful implementation of new clients from beginning to end.◆ Supported, maintained and installed Millennium third-party payroll software applications, both in-house and at client sites, including installation, client connectivity, software integration, custom security setup, VB scripting, and Crystal Reports development.

Hoffmann Estates, Il

◆ Analyzed, designed and developed new COBOL/DB2 mainframe batch programs.◆ Maintained and improved existing programs using COBOL, JCL/PROCs, DB2, CICS and Utilities.◆ Worked closely with Business Analysts to gather requirements, create specifications, and develop process flow charts and project documentation

Power Management Sales Manager, Westmont, ILSenior Field Sales Engineer, Westmont, ILProduct Training Specialist, Pittsburgh, PAApplication Engineer, Pittsburgh, PA

Masters, Business Administration, Gpa: 3.82

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor SocietyConcentration: Management Information Systems

Computer Career Program

An accelerated post-graduate program concentrating on Structured Programming and System Analysis including: Advanced COBOL, JCL.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering