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Wadesboro, Nc

• Instrumental in the restoration of a young pecan orchard, consisting of fertilization, trimming, pest control keeping with using non-chemical, organic products as best as possible while handling accounts payable, receivables, and sales of product.• Manage the full profit, loss, and asset base with responsibility for driving profitability of the orchard through lowering cost of production and increasing quality and volume crops shipped.• Maintain equipment and facilities related to the care of orchard including tractors, mowers, sprayers, UTV, and infrastructure such as well and roadways.• Oversight in the development of annual operating goals, human resource needs, and orchard business plans, including review operating costs and performance for orchard within assigned scope of responsibility.• Partner with county NC Agriculture Agent to determine proper fertilization required through soil, leaf samples, working with multiple vendors in selecting appropriate supplies for the care and health of the trees. • Monitor, review, and analyze biological and financial performance for root cause of issues, develop effective countermeasures, and execute plans to restore performance.

Charlotte Nc

• Drove creation of tools and process improvements that streamlined TechOps, increasing internal support, IT administration, security, and automating recurring tasks and responses to issues.• Planned and executed changes to development, staging, and production systems according to documented change control policies while maintaining server, network, and storage infrastructure.• Created and tracked reporting dashboards, custom instrumentation, and alerts to provide real-time system performance data, participating in on-call rotation to provide coverage of critical issues.• Assisted in the maintaining of numerous enterprise application systems including, Lawson ERP, Infor Time & Expense, Siebel, MOVEit, Workday, SAGE, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Online, O365, and TM1.• Ensured security of managed systems and data, executing project work to help achieve team goals.• Collaborated with engineers, system managers, and senior leadership to improve products and services, troubleshoot issues, and ensure smooth implementation releases.• Acted as Technical Lead for internal and external audits with Ernst and Young, and KPMG.• Produced and maintained clear and thorough technical documentation as it pertained to operating procedures, change management, and inventories.• Maintained currency of knowledge with respect to relevant technology, equipment, and systems.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Responsible for modifying and maintaining existing code in response to user’s testing and requirements, development of new functionality. Successfully deployed numerous versions and completed the applications migration from Powerbuilder 4.0 to 5.0 to 6.0. Performed extensive QA testing using a structured testing methodology. Responsible for the application documentation and application support to the end user.

Information Technology

Business Administration, Business/Commerce, General