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Came as part of management to help build the business and establish IT infrastructure. Developed Manufacturing program in VB .NET (400+ forms) with MS SQL Server back-end. Helped established the Accounting Department, took care of Inventory and developed bar-coding process to manage Inventory. Worked with external auditors to reach/maintain SOX Compliance (3 audits p/year).• Work with key shareholders to formulate technology plan consistent with business objectives.• Shares highly complex information related to areas of expertise.• Research, recommend and plan new technologies.• Identify and assign resources to projects.• Manage project planning, outsourcing, schedule and expenses.• Evaluate project proposals/change requests; make necessary recommendations for approval/rejection.• Mentored/trained IT personnel.• Accomplishes staff results by communicating expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising results; developing, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards.• Overseeing technical projects.• Hands-on experience in all stages of system development efforts (design, architecture, testing and support).• Disaster Recovery: Implemented robust backup system and cloud replication.• Budget: Reduced budget by continual vendor review process, right-sizing IT systems, keeping key IT functions in house.• Security: Achieved 0% incidents through updated networks and infrastructure.• Regulatory: FDA Validation of Manufacturing Application.Project examples:• Automate Raw Material Weighing; increasing accuracy to 98% and reducing Weighing time by 40%.• Fiber Network to connect campus (5 buildings).• Quarantine process facilitating complete control of Quarantined Products.• Deviation Reports/Change Controls reducing Quality Department processing time.• Electronic Payment interface for JP Morgan’s Chase (Pay Source) and Bank of America’s (Paymode-X).• Bar-code application tracking over $20M in inventory.

Software: Open Systems (BBx), SBT Accounting (FoxPro) and Everest (by Versata)Created a successful Software development company and worked 6 years selling/customizing Open Systems and SBT Accounting for many different types of businesses. During that time I personally developed technical expertise in many business areas and with many diverse systems and software products. During my tenure at R Software I developed strategic partnerships with Open Systems and SBT Accounting to offer their software to South Florida area companies. In 2003 had the opportunity to start working at Nutriforce Nutrition and phased out the software development company.

Languages: VB 6, BBx, VPRO 5Lead Analyst/Programmer. Would take a customer from the moment the sales process was executed until the customization was completed and implemented. We had a base software package (FACTS) with source code that was sold to a wide range of companies offering complete customization. Some of the customers included Pharmed Group, Southern Rainbow Farms, Eden Floral Farms, Bonded Warehouses, Tile Companies, etc. Also, as part of my duties, I did consulting for a chain of pharmacies in Caracas, Venezuela (1995) and for a company in the flower industry in Bogota, Colombia (1997).

Languages: Cobol, RPG II, Mantis on IBM Mainframes (4331 & System 34, 36)Started in the IT department in Quality Control area as I was studying and progressed to programmer, Analyst/Programmer and then Analyst during my tenure. I oversaw systems development for the area of Maintenance & Engineering and as such developed systems for: Flight Logs, Aircraft Repair Orders, Aircraft Purchase Orders, Fuel Consumption Control. In 1998 the company transferred me to Miami, FL to support the Repair Orders & PO Systems as well as develop new systems as needed.