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Large Municipal Government with a full-service utility company; Manage systems and applications for City government, including an approximate division budget of $2.3M and a team of 4 direct report employees. Other select responsibilities include application selection and support, implementation and development, business analysis and business process improvement, end-user training, and Disaster Recovery. Selected Accomplishments:Contributed to MIS strategic plan and budget process for four years.Led city enterprise technology committees - worked with application owners and MIS management to coordinate forthcoming projects and prepare for fiscal year strategic planning and budgeting.Improved efficiency and reduced hardware costs by 60% through implementing wireless mobility hardware, security and applications for Utilities, Public Safety and Business Licenses to improve business processes. Acted as a member of the Executive Leadership Design Team. Team focus was on developing Leadership course for Executive City Management Staff, which was successfully implemented.Co-developed new help desk application for internal enterprise users. The application included problem tracking and a knowledge base for more efficient problem solving.Served on several committees as both a voting member and non-voting member of RFP teams.Developed training media, including course guides, training brochures and videos that enhanced the city users' understanding of complex product feature sets and helped them work more effectively. Supported over 50 applications running on multiple database platforms, including OS/400 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.Recruited, hired, and managed Systems group employees.

Advanced through a promotion, including oversight of the systems function and the 4-member IT team. Selected Accomplishments:Administered databases for all Microsoft SQL Server applications.Managed 10 + separate I.T. projects.Assumed a lead role in Public Safety and Integrated Voice Response applications, both for the desktop and mobile applications.Presented and participated in City of Marietta M-STAR program.Provided 24 hour support for all City business application and network infrastructure.; State University focused on Student Education, Development and Public Service ProjectsAdjunct Faculty, 2005Lecturer responsible for course instruction within the Department of Geography.Selected Accomplishments:Developed course lectures and practical labs for Introduction to Cartography and Introduction to Geographic Information Systems.Administered cartographic computer lab, including server and 25 clients.

Leader in Geographic Information Systems software and consultingAuthorized Instructor, 2003 to 2005Selected Accomplishments:Taught professional GIS course (Introduction to ArcGIS I) to over 50 students. Developed several independent lectures for GIS training.

State University focused on Student Education, Development and Public Service Projects; Selected Accomplishments:Maintained all hardware and software for Greater Atlanta Data Center (GADC).Analyzed crime for local and regional trends as a part of metro wide GIS system.Developed Training program and trained Police department employees on G.I.S. software.Recruited Metro Atlanta Police Departments as GADC partners.Presented at peer conferences