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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Executive responsible for supporting all IT services and innovation for NLA’s US and international operations supporting distribution and direct sales channels. Implemented and manage a world-wide Microsoft Dynamics 365 finance and operations solution.

Redondo Beach, Ca, Us

Executive responsible for supporting all IT services and systems for Wedgewood’s national operations and subsidiaries with a growth rate greater than 25% per year.• Delivered the custom .Net/SharePoint platform, Minerva than manages all acquired properties through various business processes including, acquisition, financing, rehabilitation, property management, pricing, escrow and reporting analytics. The application completely integrated with Dynamics 365 managing over $1.75 billion in investment assets resulting in numerous increases in investment performance through enhanced analytics, improved management and operational efficiencies. • Orchestrated the custom development of a proprietary asset purchasing platform architected on the Microsoft Azure platform which simplified the Wedgewood foreclosure purchasing process allowing immediate expansion into 5 new purchasing channels and more than 50% expansion into the national real estate marketplace.• Implemented and managed the Microsoft Dynamics 365 financials and operations solution supporting almost 200 operating companies/LLCs, which seamlessly integrated into custom developed business applications and reporting.• Introduced the development of two mobile IOS/Android applications using Xamarin to enhance the portfolio of tools used by the remote management teams by adding property management, vendor management and assets appraisal functions.• Streamlined a B2B integration with Home Depot that allowed Wedgewood to simplify the procurement process and greatly improved project accounting measures for thousands of simultaneous rehabilitation projects.

Torrance, Ca, Us

Responsible for all IT services, managing a staff of 75 with a multi-million operating budget.• Co-developed Keenan's benefit administration portal, "BenefitBridge". In 2011, assumed responsibility from original vendor for all development which resulted in faster time to market, greater innovation, and quality delivery of the service for over a half million members.• Designed and implemented a property and casualty client portal, "P&C Bridge". This application received accolades from customers and contributed to a higher than average customer renewal rate.• Initiated the replacement of two Third Party Administration claims management systems resulting in business transformation, increased operational efficiencies, improved quality measures, and deployment of Internet based self-service applications for clients.• Implemented Business Intelligence tools, resulting in a consolidated data model that provides business analytics, predictive modeling and faster delivery of client information.• Management of Security/Compliance that included completion of numerous SAS 70/SSAE 16 audits over 7 years, and instituting a managed/encrypted workstation architecture resulting in significantly reduced compliance risk.• Architected Keenan's data center consolidation strategy and migration to cloud-based solutions.

Responsible for all Gemstar IT business applications including financials, distribution, publishing and legal for all divisions.• Led the software selection for an ERP solution to consolidate three existing financial applications and the legacy distribution solutions, resulting in the selection of Oracle E-Business Suite.• Managed a development team through SOX requirements gathering and implementation.• Identified numerous improvements to the Hyperion Business Intelligence solution resulting in expanded business analytics and greater productivity gains.• Implemented a legal contract and case management solution integrated with a document/content management solution.

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- Reduced the IT operating budget by 25% in two years through renegotiation of IT contracts, vendor relationship management, and establishment of SLAs while the company grew at nearly 20%.- Implemented a comprehensive project management system aligning the requests of Marketing, R&D and Production which decreased the number of production issues, reduced a product’s time-to-market and redefined the software development methodology across all organizations.- Developed and co-chaired the corporate governance program for IT and capital expenditure projects.- Designed a digital asset management architecture to effectively distribute, reuse and account for VUG's intellectual property.

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Responible for IT Applications including Oracle ERP, PeopleSoft HR, i2 Forecast and Planning and reporting systems for VUG's North American operations.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Responsible for the Professional Services division of InterWorld’s San Francisco office. • Implemented electronic commerce solutions for clients to utilize InterWorld’s technology offerings. • Co-developed the InterWorld Professional Services implementation methodology providing clients rapid deployment of e-commerce sites. This methodology was deployed at all clients sites following the first successful implementation.

Dublin 2, Ie

As a manager in the Technology practice:- Responsible for the design of the technical architecture design for a 1000-seat implementation of a PeopleSoft Financial and Human Resource package at a major University- Responsible for the design and configuration of multiple Oracle v7.3 environments for the development of Agency-wide PeopleSoft applications for a public agency.