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Arvada, Co, Us

* City of Lakewood Emergency Management Committee. Led sub-committee that reviewed and made recommendations for City of Lakewood's Emergency Management Operations Procedures.* Central City Consolidated Mining Company. Supported and managed all business administrative functions. Managed the State of Colorado mining regulatory requirements for the business. Advisory.* EMS Manufacturing Company LLC. Managing partner. Instrumental in all phases of growing and developing this new business; including drafting business plan, selecting location, attaining financing coordinating tax payment, licensing and obtaining permits and insurance, operation, R&D and marketing.

Lakewood, Co, Us

Responsible for establishing Departments of Service and Security. Directed service logistics and operation. Responsible for the safety and security of campus: people and assets.• Mile Hi Church Emergency Readiness Program presented at 2013 International Church Conference held in Canada – other churches are now using Readiness Program.• Planned and directed logistic and operation for annual Christmas Candlelight Services – 9,000 inattendance.• Created and implemented interdepartmental Logistic Operation Team.• Authored and implemented Readiness Program: Policy and plans for Emergency Response, Security, Disaster, Incidents and Accidents, Safety and Overt and Covert Security Teams.

Lakewood, Co, Us

Responsible for managing and directing Ministry of Service Department with a budget of $136, 000 Managed three staff members, 57 team leaders, 1,300 plus team members• Managed and directed bi-annual large online study group registrations: Adventure in Prosperity and Adventure in Faith. • Grew volunteer program from 800 to 1300 people over 2 years• Led and directed 1,300 volunteers/45 corresponding teams through rollout and implementation into a new $12.8M church sanctuary.• Led the design and implementation of the new web based study group registration process and grew program to 1700 participants

Responsible for creating a new test database and integral components for a large telephony switch and billing system.• Develop, test, analysis multi-faceted software for interdepartmental projects. • Specifically requested and hired for this position. Database completed within timeline.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Responsible for managing entire scope and implementation of Digital Loop Carrier Telephony launches in Texas, New York, Florida, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and New Jersey.• Developed, coordinated, and managed multi-faceted project involving network operations, field operations, provisioning, systems engineering, billing, marketing, and customer care, call center so as to ensure on-time delivery of quality telephony product to various market, customers and clients.• Project successfully implemented on time.• Positive impact of $4 million to Profit & Loss statement.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Responsible for building and maintaining client relationships in City of Phoenix (Motorola, ON Semiconductor) and Salt River Project and Orange County (PacifiCare Insurance) Assessed client needs and provided business and technical solutions.• Successfully managed entire implementation of the Managed Services program for PacifiCare Insurance.• PacifiCare implementation successfully completed. Obtained approval and sign off from Vice President of IT.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Provided contract staffing for U S West in Denver and Salt Lake City. Worked directly with CIO, VPs, Directors and Managers to understand business objective, obtain and evaluate job requirements, then worked with business partners to recruit, prescreen and present IT candidates for hire to prospective managers• Managed 75 clients relationships and 1,000 plus on-site leased workers. • Grew monthly revenue from $150K to $1.3 Million.

Senior Level Contractor via System Certification Services Group.Responsible for setup of test environment and testing all aspects of telephony billing applications. Primary “go to person” assigned to get things done in short and critical time-frames

Responsible for management of: Data center, Operations, Help Desk, Network, Resource, Facilities, Projects, Inventory, and Disaster Recovery Weld County Data Center was outsourced. • Evaluated hardware maintenance services and contracted with IBM/CSO for a savings of $115,000. Developed annual budget ($1,000,000) and achieved projected target within $500 of budget.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Oversaw Data Center Operation. Responsible for annual $600,000 budget. Motivated and trained 15 staff members. Responsible for install/maintenance/repair/inventory, consumable supplies, requisitions and facilities management. Responsible for network management, remote job entry, capacity planning and management. Responsible for Personnel/Staffing/Performance reviews/Salary evaluation/Training and Education.