Robert Preston Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Recruited by the Chairman and CEO of this emerging health and well-being franchise organization with two businessunits to implement enterprise-wide quality control system, increase franchise revenue and customer retention byenhancing Operations and streamlining the IT processes.Successfully built the head office and IT infrastructure to support the.

Co-founder of a boutique food services company delivering high end baked goods and sauces to the retail, food servicesand restaurant industries with annual revenues of $240,000.Responsible for all aspects of the business, from cold sales calls, vendor relations, sourcing and negotiation of contractswith suppliers and customers.Oversaw the automation of the.

Founding partner of this IT consulting practice focusing on technology deployment for small start-up companies, focusingon strategy and design and delivery of web based presence.Provided strategic consulting to an ERP software company looking to expand their presence internationally.Composed an IT strategy for a Colorado based water park and campsite.

Hired by the President for this newly formed position with a financial services firm.Reorganized the IT department to put controls in place and developed department policies and procedures from scratchPrepared and presented IT budgets and controls, and an IT strategic plan and presented to the board of Directors.Drove the software selection process with a.

Provided vision and executive direction to the organization, budgeting/organization, staffing and integration/user relationswithin the larger organization.Managed the consolidation of multiple business units onto the same suite of applications while simultaneously building anew data center and moving the company’s voice and data lines into the new.

Designed, built, tested and delivered a new Customer Service System for this financial services division.. Pulled data fromthe legacy billing application and presented in an user friendly Unix based front end.Developed and supported all backend applications, billing, accounts receivable, collections through an auto dialer,inbound customer service though a.