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Boynton Beach, FL, US

Boynton Beach, Florida

• Hired as contractor by a multi-state law firm to handle incoming & outgoing communication from CEO; function as general CEO liaison; apply and maintain business licenses; handle various IT and operational issues.
• Negotiated additional office space for law firm and saved them almost $300,000 during a 6 year period by reducing their square footage cost and obtaining 1 year free rent on the additional 7,000 square feet.
• Hired as contractor by law firm to create Judgment Lien Execution Packages; process judgment letters and judgment lien certifications; scan and copy documents while Paralegal was on vacation for 2 weeks. Also.
• Performed special project for SunTrust Bank.
• Managed clerical Census Form verification and data entry personnel for the US Census Bureau 2010.

Provided full-scale Disaster Recovery & IT Infrastructure Project Management solutions for IBM business process improvements; managed implementation of proposed processes. * Managed IBM global IT Infrastructure Transition projects for several Fortune 100 companies (beverage industry & IBM divestiture). Project Management Office environment. Developed IBM.

Provided solutions for business process improvements to non-profit organizations & managed implementation of proposed processes. * Instrumental generating over $3 million in pledges in less than 7 months while managing activities for $10 million Capital Campaign.* Instrumental in negotiating agreement with SBA for over $669,000 and an additional $27,000.

* Spearheaded development of European website shopping center for art dealers & galleries, successfully coordinating all activities with client located in London, equipment in Atlanta & programmers in Louisiana & California. * Orchestrated IBM integration of former Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. (Oregon) following IBM acquisition by merging 23 diverse.

* Held accountable for consolidating AT&T 24/7 Customer Service Desk from 100+ areas across US to 3 areas, following outsourcing of AT&T Service Desk facilities to IBM Global Services.* Completed directing Ryder Shared Services Center migration project following outsourcing of its MIS hardware to IBM Global Services. * Managed integration of Ryder Systems.

* Produced solution & directed Shared Services Center migration project from distributed, nationwide online data processing database network servicing 70 districts, to centralized remote data center operation with 11 RISC systems, 550 PCs, etc. Also monitored/negotiated contracts for newly built data center. * Acted as IT liaison with suppliers.

* Managed OS/2 Warp project & other software development initiatives from concept thru rollout.* Directed product mods to 80 existing & 150 new application features, user education, new processes, documentation; launched rollouts to 100,000+ users; led successful integration into IBM product lines. * Translated user business requirements (gathering.

* Directed operations of a 24/7 nationwide integrated online data processing database network servicing 7 warehouses and 1 manufacturing plant for this janitorial cleaning fluids company. Also oversaw budgeting, planning, technology contract negotiations, writing Request For Quotations, and analyzing vendor responses.* Decreased plant production costs by.

* Streamlined operations of several Fortune 500 companies by improving client processes such as accounting, retail, manufacturing, distribution and service industry operations; by managing on a outsourcing basis the clients' technical data processing staff, operating budgets, & customer service/support operations; & by performing budgeting, long-range.

* Provided "Big 8" accounting firm, their Fortune 500 (and other clients) with regional in-house computer hardware / software outsourcing expertise; improved their capabilities to provide accounting, management information systems, and related services to Fortune 500 clients and smaller firms. Projects entailed managing from 6 to over 50 people.* Automated.