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Schaumburg, Il, Us

Schaumburg, Il

Responsible for the oversite of the Operations Division. This Division includes the following departments: Conferences, Information Technology, Customer Service and Facilities Management.

Schaumburg Il

Responsible for all strategic technology strategy and decisions.Led re-envisioning the role of technology at AFS, transforming the approach to technology from a tactical business necessity to revenue-generating strategic asset. - Authored five-year technology strategic plan to take AFS from behind the curve to the leading edge of association technology - Completely altered AMS (ERP for the association industry) trajectory, with a paradigm-changing cloud-based solution (SalesForce)

Responsible for the creation and execution of all strategic information technology initiatives for the Society.Created IT department from the ground up -Developed two entirely new technology positions at the ASSH: IT Coordinator and Web Manger, to support the growing needs of the Society’s technology initiatives -Led hiring effort to pick top talent for the department, including viewing resumes, phone screenings and in person interviews -Lead, mentored, tutored and managed IT department staffPlanned and directed the implementation of information systems, web services, networks, and equipment for build-out of new offices. Member of Information Technology Action Group (ITAG), a committee consisting of prominent physicians in hand surgery, charged with developing new methods physician education using technology Upgraded Microsoft SharePoint from 2007 to 2010 to take advantage of new, out-of-the-box features that otherwise would have had to been custom-builtDesigned an e-publication fulfillment system for Society members; members and the general public can purchase books online on their mobile device and have it delivered immediatelyMoved entire organization's file servers to an online document management and collaboration systemDevelop and implement long- and short-term Information Technology plans and budgets for the Society Develop whitepapers and presentations on new and upcoming technologies for executive leadership of the AssociationInsure that staff members are informed of and trained on changes and enhancements to the Society’s technology infrastructure

Migrated membership database from legacy iMIS system to MS CRM 4.0Implemented on-demand purchasing system for digitized lecturesCreated product review system that allows users to review productsCreated SSRS reports for company areas such as Meetings, Accounting and Sales

Improved overall Credit Card Reconciliation through automation technologies

Refactored program that allows faculty, staff, and students (40,000+ people) to log in to over 25,000 public computers concurrentlyOrganized and deployed computer lab software to over 10 labs containing over 25,000 computersCreated training sessions on use of the lab login program for new employees

Masters, Mba

Activities and Societies: Masters in Business Administration with concentration in management information systems.

Bachelor, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Bachelor of Science from UIC College of Engineering.