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Atlanta, Georgia, Us

SOLTECH is an award-winning custom software development and IT staffing firm offering services from high-level IT strategy to building mobile, web and data-centric applications, to the recruitment and placement of top technology talent. Our overarching purpose is to make the world a better place by bringing to life innovative software solutions that make our lives easier, safer, healthier, and more productive.Executive Leadership: Spearheaded the growth of the firm by leading talent acquisition, business development, and marketing teams, resulting in significant business expansion. Strategic Vision: Developed and executed strategic initiatives that enhanced market presence and competitive edge in the technology consulting and IT staffing sectors.Motivational Leadership: Fostered a positive and high-performance organizational culture through motivational leadership and team-building activities.Financial Oversight: Provided comprehensive financial oversight, ensuring fiscal responsibility and sustainable profitability.Operational Management: Streamlined operational processes to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve service delivery.Business Development: Identified and capitalized on new business opportunities, forming strategic partnerships that expanded client base and service offerings. Marketing Strategy: Directed innovative marketing campaigns that increased brand awareness and drove client engagement.Client Relations: Maintained strong client relationships by delivering exceptional service and tailored solutions, leading to high client satisfaction and retention rates. Team Development: Mentored and developed a diverse team of professionals, promoting a culture of continuous learning and professional growth. Administrative Duties: Managed administrative functions to ensure smooth day-to-day operations and regulatory compliance

San Diego, California, Us

As a Vistage member, I am committed to elevating my company and my community. Vistage is the world's largest CEO peer advisory and executive coaching organization, and has been helping business leaders make better decisions that get better results since 1957.

Prior to founding SolTech, I was instrumental in opening an Atlanta business unit for a Florida based consulting firm. Computer Management Sciences, Inc. grew to over 150 consultants in Atlanta with annual revenues in excess of $15 Million. Specific duties included the development of business plans, annual budgets, and revenue forecasts; the establishment and management of over 100 client relationships; the recruiting of IT professionals; and the management of recruiting and sales teams.

St Louis, Missouri, Us

Served as the talent acquisition and business development manager for a software services company specializing in providing consulting and software development services in Windows and Unix technologies. Services included technology architecture/assessment, migrations to Unix or Windows environments, systems and network planning and implementation, GUI design and development, database server expertise, and distributed application development.Responsible for employee hiring and sales activities. Significantly increased the number of billable consultants.Identified additional opportunities within existing client base and opened new client accounts.

Amherst, New York, Us

Began as a consultant for The Coca-Cola Company, and was later promoted to Professional Services Manager. Moved into a business development role, responsible for selling IT services to Fortune 500 clients such as IBM, Coca-Cola, BellSouth and Sprint.

Assumed sole responsibility for ongoing development and support of the In-Touch system.Additional responsibilities included new feature and functionality development of mainframe-based banking software.

Member of the IT department of this pioneer in blood preservation methods and supplier of IV products.Key member of the software development team that provided 24x7x365 support for the billing system that ran nightly. Responsible for requirements elicitation, analysis, and development of new features and functionality for the mainframe billing system utilizing COBOL, TELON (an application generator for building business applications), and relational database technologies.

Rochester, New York, Us

Participated in the Illinois State University Computer Sciences Department Co-op Program, working at Eastman Kodak during 3 semesters. Responsible for the quality assurance and roll-out of an enterprise office automation system, to include preparing and presenting informational sessions to the user community and executive leadership team.Conducted data analytics and created reports to provide business insights to the executive leadership team.

B.S., Computer Science

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