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North Carolina, United States

North Carolina, United States

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

- Managed IT projects regarding the aviation sector focused on developing a customer friendly online resource for aircraft buying and selling.- Generated all-in-one database (centralized resource) which gathered comprehensive information regarding the aviation industry such as valuation data for aircrafts up to mid-sized valuing $40M+.- Led project-management on the development of databases for high-end products and large volumes.- Instrumental in planning and executing innovative strategies to achieve objectives for infrastructure improvement; redefined the scope of the project and coordinated resources.- Built and managed successful client relationships, ensuring all business needs were met.- Reviewed technology infrastructure, proposed enhancements, managed implementation projects, and assessed results.- Focused on developing a robust back end operation to support business objectives.- Provided oversight in formulating data recovery processes, testing databases, and consolidating comprehensive information.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

- Demonstrated strengths in corporate engineering, technology implementation, and management of diverse technical teams.- Provided industry insight and technology expertise to develop foundation’s premier knowledge of systems and technology deployments, with new corporate-wide business website.- Oversaw and managed an Annual IT Capital Budget of $350,000+.- Deployed a robust website which supported 1.3 million unique visitors over a 30 day period, serving over 2.5M pages per day.- Supervised traditional department management functions including fiscal responsibility, resource management, project management, and administrative detail.- Tasked with the responsibilities to scale-out and deploy the organizations website and databases from a single MLS to over 50 MLSs, representing more than 60% of all Real Estate Agents in the US.- Consolidated all legacy systems, replaced with new and emerging technology solutions, and modernized the IT and application development departments.- Revamped company website, conducted technical recruitments, and rendered expertise with regards to architectural, engineering, and technical aspects.- Devised efficient and scalable database architectures and algorithms to process a large number of queries per hour.- Identified and implemented the company’s globalization process with a focus on continuous improvement practices.- Strategic focus has been on internationalization, globalization, localizability and localization processes.- Efficiently led a team of professional IT/Networking Group, and directed maintenance of 85+ Servers in a heterogeneous environment containing both Windows 2008 Enterprise Servers and Linux Servers.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

- Charged with providing the leadership, strategic direction and implementation of corporate technological initiatives & projects- Supervised test areas of integration, regression, and error handling, to boundary application, shakedown, and customer facing documents.- Transitioned as an influential change-agent internally, continuing to direct major software and database development projects on a worldwide scale.- Engaged in definition, design, development and maintenance of specific MIS, including production and maintenance of associated documentation, while closely monitoring a team of 10 IT professionals.- Led design of internal content management system used to manage project assets and workflow, significantly improving project management methodology.- Spearheaded IT projects and involved in accomplishing project deadlines for customers of all sizes, from small businesses to Fortune 100 firms.- Directed and steered functions like defining scope, assigning priorities, delegating responsibilities and managing recruitments.- Rendered operational support for the creation of relevant data files, databases, reports, prints etc. in daily operations.- Built consensus and established common protocols between diverse and complementary project groups.- Analyzed business infrastructures, philosophies, and anticipated market expansion, delivering recommendations across areas of system architecture, software developments, and DB management.- Designed and deployed seven websites for Duke Energy Corporation within a 7-month period.- Collaborated with management team & defined company’s global strategy, encompassing formal standardized processes.- Created a detailed project plan with well-defined tasks, milestones, client sign-offs, test cycles, and specifications, which served to communicate project progress to management.

High Point, North Carolina

- Rejuvenated corporate information systems strategy and incorporated the ideals to coincide with the overall business plan.- Overhauled mapping of all transaction processing and development of database-driven Web applications, including rotating advertisement system, online survey data collection application, and e-mail newsletters.- Effectively oversaw and managed the responsibility as a director of operations, through strategic evaluation, development and execution of operational-enhancing solutions and initiatives that captured dramatic improvement across operations management, financial reporting, cash flow and bottom-line profitability.- Developed database-driven Web applications, and focused on technical sales engineering.- Upgraded technology systems across all departments at the corporate office.- Delivered competent technology solutions, to track entries linked from various websites, and optimized SQL service DB.- Analyzed business infrastructures, philosophies, and anticipated market expansion, delivering recommendations across areas of system architecture.- Merged core business operations with complementary firms to manage interactive 2D and 3D product imaging capabilities for furniture websites.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

- Supervised and maintained daily network operations, including internet/intranet site administration, backup, disaster recovery, virus-protection, email, and security.- Researched, planned, developed, and implemented overall integrated network system design, including software/hardware component specifications, upgrades, configuration, and expansion.- Managed technological advancements, and steered strategic IT operations, including business systems development, application engineering, network management, and database design.- Monitored and diagnosed network system-level issues of performance, speed, reliability, and accessibility. Installed, upgraded, and configured routers, switches, and hubs.- Resolved problems related to collision, data traffic congestion, LAN segmentation, and network cable standards.- Planned project management of infrastructure for networks, including design, analysis, evaluation, installation, and maintenance.- Collaborated with financial analysts and business partners to identify system requirements & develop technology strategies.- Demonstrated strengths in corporate engineering, technology implementation, and management of diverse technical teams.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

- Tasked with the responsibilities to closely collaborate with business users and project team members to develop detailed systems and programming specifications, via leveraging solid analytical skills and developing strategies and designs for implementing complex business rules and logic- Worked on implementing and maintaining an Oracle-based order processing, inventory control, and warehousing logistic systems called ANIMALS used to support Animal Health Division’s growth from $80MM a year in sales to over $500MM in sales in just 18 months- Pioneered the SeedNet Project utilizing product development methodology, and refined tasks pertaining to order processing, inventory management, and accounting procedures- Served as the Database Administrator (DBA) for the Oracle database used for the Seed Division’s SeedNet project as well as the Animal Health Division’s ANIMALS project

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Joint Major: Mathematics & Business

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management Information Systems

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Management Information Systems