As a member of the Achilles Leadership Team, oversee the planning, organization, and execution of all information technology functions, including leading, directing, and managing the IT staff.• Advise and influence executive management on IT strategy and roadmap.• Influence change and system enhancements to business processes, policies, and infrastructure to deliver effective IT services. Established IT change management and a help desk solution and developed and instituted formal IT processes and policies.• Provide strategic technology direction and spearhead technology initiatives. • Assess new technologies, mission critical systems, security, communications and business continuity. Responsible for the acquisition, operation, and integration of network, communications, and computer systems.• Manage all IT activities including network and server administration, application development, Internet security, disaster recovery and contingency planning, software licensing, vendor relationships, IT capital and expense budgeting, IT priorities, and technical standards, policies, procedures.• Define staff performance objectives and plans to ensure alignment with departmental and company objectives. Monitor overall performance.• Manage IT aspects of employee on-boarding and terminations. Provide training.• Assessed the capabilities and maturity state of the legacy IT infrastructure and developed and implemented an action plan for improvement. • Improved the perception of the corporate IT function and established company-wide credibility for the IT department.• Successfully led a highly customized industry-specific ERP replacement project to capitalize on modern ERP software efficiencies and manufacturing best practices, including factory automation, resulting in significant cost savings and productivity gains.• Proposed and implemented a facility-wide network infrastructure upgrade.• Proposed and implemented a comprehensive MS 365 solution.

Technology consultant specializing in the design, implementation, support, and IT management of small to mid-size businesses. As the owner, Rick was directly engaged with clients providing high-level consulting and technical services and helping them to align and leverage technology so they could achieve their business objectives.Rick took great pride in being able to provide cost effective and innovative technical solutions to his customers. By maintaining a focus on technology and the strategic value it brings to organizations, NetVision Technologies provided great value to small and mid-sized organizations.Clients included:• Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, Bellevue, WA. Provided part-time technical consulting and support for small business. Developed and managed SharePoint Online site. Part-time contract 1/2015 - 12/2017.• Achilles USA, Inc., Everett, WA. Conducted a thorough analysis of the technology infrastructure, software utilization, and staff proficiency. Provided detailed executive level documentation of findings and recommendations. Contract 3/2013 - 7/2013.• Maris & Associates, Everett, WA. Upgraded the organization's technical environment utilizing MS Small Business Server, including Internet access, e-mail, and remote access. Managed business application and system installations. Part-time contract 11/2003 - 10/2009.• Cascade Aircraft Solutions, Issaquah, WA. Facilitated the organization's start-up by implementing a computer network utilizing MS Small Business Server. Enabled wireless LAN, Internet access, e-mail, anti-virus/spam protection, and a web presence. Part-time contract 8/2005 - 6/2007.• Snowblind Studios, Bothell, WA. Facilitated the organization's growth by implementing a MS Small Business Server domain into an existing peer-to-peer network. Provided firewall support, an antivirus and spam solution, and managed the technical efforts of two office relocations. Part-time contract 1/2005- 8/2006.

As a member of the management team, developed and executed the IT strategic plan, ensuring that the technical direction coincided with the organization’s business objectives. • Managed all aspects of the technical environment, including ongoing infrastructure improvements, technology advancements, technical projects, system implementations, application and system upgrades, systems administration, network security, business continuity and disaster recovery planning, end-user support, staff supervision, contract negotiations and vendor management, and IT budget and capital expenditures. • Technology and systems integration for business merger of B&OI and BarclayDean, now OpenSquare. In support of strategic merger initiatives, brought new technologies into enterprise environment including hosted business system solutions, virtualization technologies, Remote Desktop Services, desktop imaging and deployment technologies, and Office 365.

As a member of the Avandel leadership team, assumed responsibility for all IT functions, setting the technical direction and managing the efforts of the IT staff. Completed a comprehensive design of a network infrastructure expansion. Prior to the organization ceasing operations, managed the consolidation of two data centers.

Spanning ten domestic cities, established the technical direction, balanced and prioritized a complex workload, and coordinated the efforts of the IT network and administration staff. Managed strategic projects from inception through deployment, including leading the technical aspects of an ERP system replacement.

Provided strategic direction and vision for the IT environment. Established and managed a wide area network infrastructure and introduced computing capabilities into six domestic service center locations. Proposed an enterprise messaging solution for the new Component Services Division. Relocated to the division headquarters in Everett, WA.