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Managed Health Care Enterprise Architecture Assessment

For over 15 years, we’ve closely partnered with Microsoft to bring their vast and expanding suite of enterprise solutions to clients—from better apps to powerful analytics to cloud flexibility.We help enhance, implement, integrate, support and procure your Microsoft products. Together we will solve business problems and leverage the platform to increase maximum business productivity and results within your organization.We are proud to be a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Application Development, Cloud Platform, Cloud Productivity, and Collaboration and Content. We are also a Microsoft Systems Integration Partner, a Microsoft Managed Partner, and a Cloud Solution Provider.

Built hybrid cloud Managed Services practice, including Managed Backup and O365 solutions, at RetroFit to transition from traditional on premise Managed Services and remote monitoring to cloud focused channel delivery. Trained sales team and partners on solutions.

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Fractional/Contract CEO/COO providing multiple companies with varying levels of consulting, advice and leadership.

Held numerous executive positions within the company from 2001-2006; managed sales and operations as President of the US subsidiary and then CEO through the successful sale of the company. Restructured the company into a profitable business focusing on Custom Application Development and Enterprise Content Management built on two enterprise-level platforms, Microsoft for custom development and EMC CMA (Documentum) for ECM. As a key partner, the company was a National Systems Integrator with Microsoft and a member of the EMC CMA Partner Advisory Board. Managed the turnaround of the company from losing more than $2M a year into a profitable one with an exceptionally strong balance sheet and stable revenue stream, which led to a successful shareholder exit.Directed the company to industry-leading KPIs across sales and operational indicators including gross margins and customer satisfaction.

Hired as the VP North American operations at the end of the dot com era and spearheaded the transition of the business from primarily a web development focus to a more sustainable systems integration model.Positioned, negotiated, and completed the sale of the company’s North American operations to Burntsand.Managed transition from dotcom based web development to systems integration and application development business

New England based startup consulting company.; Part of the 3-member executive management team that built the company offering BI, Custom Development, and infrastructure solutions to companies in the New England Market. Following the sales of the company to Whittman-Hart, an international $1.5B firm, played a key role in driving the growth of the division to $40M+. Built the Business Intelligence, Infrastructure Services and Custom Application Development from zero to a run rate of each to $6M-$10M in 18-24 months.Managed the company’s operations to ensure maximum operational effectiveness; achieved a 45% gross margin and a 20% profit.The company was ranked in the “INC 500” for fastest growing private companies 2 years in a row.

Designed, Architected Data Warehouse for Private Bank. Logical and functional design of baseline Business Intelligence architecture for the banks Data Warehouse management system. System subsequently spun out as Intellidex and sold to Sybase as their DW Management system.

Managed a team integrating all aspects of Trust and Custody systems across a network of acquired banks. These private banking, custody and tax systems were converted into centralized systems while we coordinated the centralization of operations and supported over a thousand users.

Worked with management at AT&T to stabilize their post-divestiture billing and marketing systems while formalizing data center operations and implementations.Managed project teams developing and implementing an industry-standard securities system for a major financial institution in Boston.