Over 15 years of experience in Information Technology (IT). Over 12 years in management and leadership.Proven ability to remain focused on the vision and goals and motivate organizations and teams to accomplish them.Directly responsible for hiring, integration, professional development, and career/performance management of dozens of employees at a time.Directly responsible for business and financial planning for the department.Directed and managed over two dozen successful, full-scale implementation and upgrade projects totaling over $30M in consulting services revenue.Extensive project management knowledge and experience, founded in PMI Institute Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) principles.Extensive business, functional, and technical knowledge and experience in software systems, including Lawson Software, J.D. Edwards, and others. Experience in financials, purchasing, human resources, manufacturing, and distribution functions. Experienced in business process improvement across multiple functional areas.Extensive industry experience in healthcare, retail, manufacturing and distribution, public sector, construction, and other markets.Directly involved in securing over $50M in consulting services revenue, including RFP/proposal response, estimating, and sales calls.Experienced with IBM, HP, and Sun UNIX servers, IBM iSeries (AS/400) servers, and Microsoft Windows Servers. Experience in hardware selection, software selection, server sizing and optimization.Skilled in change management and training best-practices and strategies. Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills. Ability to communicate effectively with personnel at all levels from executives to peers and end-users.Highly motivated and self-directed with attention to detail. Rapid promotion paths throughout career history with demonstrated leadership abilities.Specialties: Business and financial planning; Hiring, integration, career/performance management; Project Management; Business, functional, and technical experience with Lawson Software, J.D. Edwards, and others; Financials, purchasing, human resources, manufacturing, and distribution functions; Business process improvement; Healthcare, retail, manufacturing and distribution, public sector, construction, and other markets; Direct sales experience; UNIX, iSeries (AS/400), Microsoft Windows; Change management