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Summary:
Information Technology Management
Experience consists of over 30 years in the business and IT community with emphasis on Software Development Life Cycle, system analysis, Project Management, Business Process Management. In program and project leadership positions within the Development, Quality Assurance, Release Management, Configuration Management, ITIL and SOX fields for the past 15 years. Worked as a Java, HTML, and Visual C++ developer prior to that. Good working knowledge of Oracle 9.x, MySQL and SQL.
My experience has enhanced my skills in the areas of providing solid problem solving skills, business skills, and verbal/written communication skills.
The highlight of my career is having the opportunity that was provided to me during my exposure to Project Management (PMO) projects, (Managing a PeopleSoft projects o $50M and team size of 125 employees and contractors with 10 of these employees being apart of my Management Team and my Direct Reports), Team Management (Quality Assurance teams to support shrink wrap products, Enterprise Applications, Integration Projects, Web Applications and Mobile Applications), Software Development (Methodologies SDLC, RUP, Leap Frog, Agile, Waterfall, RUP); the education and use of Quality Center (black box, white box, integration, application testing, load and stress testing, bug tracking, test plans & test scripts), SharePoint (module development, testing requirements, operational functionality), Microsoft Project, performance management, regression testing, process development, all provided me with a rounded IT knowledge base. Having experience and the understanding of Service Level Agreement (SLA) , with a large emphasis on stakeholder and steering committee reports, budget management, PMO operations, customer service and training material development, production readiness and monitoring. Customer interaction and satisfaction are key components in my success of any project.
Military Service:
Navy United States (Disabled Veteran)
SUBMARINE SERVICE (Intelligence Officer)
Fast Attack (SSN) and Fleet Ballistic Missile (SSBN) Submarines.
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Education:
Ph.D. - Doctoral Computer Science
M.B.A. – Masters of Business Administration
Masters – Computer Science (Information Technology)
Bachelors – Business/Religion
Bachelors - Business Management
EMPLOYMENT
Trident Consulting Firm, Columbia, SC
President/CEO
· Developed strategy as to the mission and expertise that would be provided by Trident to the public and private sector.
· Developed the operational plan, marketing plan and financial structure to develop, advertise, create technology solutions and higher personnel
· We the primary developer for the Trident Website (http://tridentcf.com) along with being the primary developer for the custom code within the website
· Overlooked and provide project management for the development of Trident’s Twitter account (@tridentassoc; for the development of Trident’s Facebook account @tridentassoc and assisted our Sr. V.P. with assistance on the Trident Blog (http://tridentcf.com/blog)
· Responsible for the connections we make/made with our associate candidates
· Responsible in the determination, negotiations and securing of our additional offices within the U.S. – (locations: Columbia, SC; Austin, TX & Los Angeles, CA (Camarillo)
Columbia College, Columbia, SC
IT Specialist
· Supporting the Educational Technology Department with tools and software to support the efforts of the Education Technologist to assist in providing Faculty and Students with applications and communication tools between departments.
· Evaluated new software and procedures to determine the potential value and ROI if implemented for the college.
· Assisted the Ed Tech department with troubleshooting issues with classroom equipment
· Provided the college with a CRM system that allows Faculty to input their issues to Ed Tech that would better support their efforts; which provided a better means of evaluations as well as a tracking mechanism for Ed Tech.
· Assisted in teaching Faculty with new technology that would be available for their teaching methodology.
Jan. 2009 – Sept. 2013
Jan. 2011 – Jan 2012
EduSys, Inc. (Education software development), Columbia, SC
President/CIO
· Provided services for Higher Education and Public Libraries with the development of Integrated Educational Systems using the Open Source packages and custom code (Java, Python, and PHP).
· Responsible for the company owned data centers (2) with provided for client data services and localization.
· Managed employees of 26 person team
· Specializing in Content Management (CMS), Customer Relations Management (CRM), Open Source Applications.
· Maintained the corporate budget and interfaced with our HR department regarding all personnel issues.
· Responsible for all the Project Management Office (PMO) functions
· Responsible as the front-line interface to clients and screened all tickets and issues related to development, testing, data center, implementation.
Columbia College, Columbia, SC
Adjunct Professor
· Taught BS level courses for the Computer Information Sciences department
· Instructor for:
o Visual Basic
o Project Management
o Web Design
Aug. 2008 - Feb 2009
MediaTrust, Santa Barbara, CA
Project Manager
· Responsible for ensuring that application and systems software of the right quality were specified, tested and delivered for deployment.
· Worked within the Quality Assurance process using a close bond between Engineers and Business Stakeholders to ensure that the delivered applications acceptably meet requirements and Business Expectations with the highest quality possible.
· Responsible for performance or review of requirements and code, specification and use of traditional and best-of breed testing for IIS-based and Apache/Tomcat based systems using SQL Server as a Database.
Sept. 2007 - Aug. 2008
Warner Bros., (Entertainment) Burbank, CA
Director PMO / Project Manager
· Methodology is ITIL and Agile
· Responsible to the Steering Committee and Stakeholders for budget, schedule, compliance, licensing, methodology.
· Responsible for Project Management of the initial development and implementation of PeopleSoft HR / Payroll modules.
· Responsible for resource and planning efforts of Workbrain.
· Responsible for automated testing (Quality Center) for Load and Performance testing as well as development of front-end scripts for user simulation.
· Responsible for Project Status reporting to the Product Manager.
· Responsible for all project management audits related to SOX issues / compliance.
June 2007 - Sept. 2007
Pacific Capital Bancorp, (Mortgage Banking) Santa Barbara, CA
QMO PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
· Managed a team of 3 Process Analysts within the Quality Management Office (QMO).
· Defined and implemented an ITIL Process Framework and develop departmental processes.
· Methodology is Agile
· Defined and implemented procedures for embedded code/software in Process Analysis Rules.
· Analyzed gathered metrics and methods to ensure repeatability of process, workflow and improvements.
· Assessed the impact of implemented programs, processes and provide input to better align the organization.
· Provided analytical reports to facilitate process monitoring and evaluate improvements.
· Performed best practices research and provided suggestions to enhance process improvements.
Dec. 2006 - June 2007
BOSSgov, (DoD Contrator) Santa Barbara, CA
V.P. Development
(This project was for the Dept. of The Army and is classified).
Responsible for managing the development, test, technical writing teams for a Department of Army contract with BOSSgov.
· Responsible for maintaining all Application and Web Servers and SharePoint Development sites and servers.
· Methodology was Agile & Leap Frog
· Responsible for the design and building of the Prototype product to support the I-LIMBS Project. (U.S. Army)
Feb 2006 - Nov 2006
Zurich / Farmers, (Investment and Insurance) Los Angeles, CA
Director PMO - SR. PROJECT MANAGER
· Responsible for managing Peregrine development team supporting ISP.
· Created and refined detailed project plans, including work breakdown structures, track project schedules and technical performance.
· Responsible for allocation of resources, shape priorities, and coordinate interaction with the customers and users to keep the project team focused on the right goals.
· Responsible for managing successful, large-scale IT projects, which included software analysis, design, programming, testing and implementation.
· Responsible for managing projects to an acceptable level of risk by balancing scope, time, cost and quality, while maintaining a positive environment that promotes individual development and high performance standards.
· Responsible for overseeing the development and tracking of integrated project plans.
· Responsible for ensuring a positive, collaborative work environment for the team.
· Responsible for mentoring and coaching project team members.
Dec. 2005 - Feb. 2006
Evidant, (Data Center Monitoring) Irvine, CA
Sr. Director, Project Management Office (PMO)
· Responsible for/to budget, steering committee, and the successful delivery of new modules to the Serrano Project
· Defined and implemented ITIL Project Checklist and QA checkpoints.
· Responsible for Operational Monitoring of Production Systems and the process for Change Control.
Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2005
Countrywide (Mortgage Banking), Calabasas, CA
SR. PROJECT MANAGER (Contractor)
Responsible for the R & D team related to Finance and Human Resources
· Responsible for Operational Monitoring of Production Systems and the process for Change Control.
· Responsible for results of all aspects of embedded code / software algorithms for controlling the output within the Rules Application for Process Control and statistics.
· Responsible for metrics that governed the acceptance criteria used to determine risk or system instability.
· Responsible for all Performance Testing for the implementation of PeopleSoft Finance, HR / Payroll, CRM, EPM / BI.
· Responsible for interfacing with Business Teams to ensure compliance and development of policy around business rules.
Feb 2004 - Nov 2004
Ameriquest (Mortgage Banking), Anaheim, CA
SR. PROJECT MANAGER (Contractor)
· Managed an Outsource / Offshore team (India) of 12 persons in developing Quality Assurance Policy and Procedures and the establishment of the RUP methodology.
· Responsible for SOX / ITIL compliance of all Configuration Management and QA areas.
· Developed Configuration Management procedures, gate controls and policy.
Mar. 2003 - Feb. 2004
Napster, Hollywood, CA (Legal Napster)
Sr. Director, QA
· Responsible for cross department Operational Level Agreements (OLAs) and Production Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
· Developed and chaired Disposition Meetings.
· Reviewed results based on the functions of the music control for the embedded code / software algorithms for controlling the delivery of the music application controls for portable burns.
Sept. 2002 - Mar. 2003
Digital Evolution, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Director, QA
· Responsible for developing and maintained the Test Plan and using Microsoft Project Plan, provided timelines and resource leveling for the QA Team.
· Responsible for creating the QA Policy and Procedures, Configuration Management (CM) procedures and developing the process for development and QA interfacing with CM.
Mar. 1996 - Sept. 2002
InScience, Inc., West Covina, CA
Sr. Vice President, Quality Assurance
· Trained consultant team and Full Time Employees in Quality Assurance (black box; white box and automated testing) (RUP, UML and RAD).
Clients supported:
· Client: ConsumerInfo.Com (Free Credit Report), Orange, CA
· Client: GMAC Bank, Burbank, CA
· Client: Yamaha (Manufacturing), Cypress, CA
· Client: Warner Bros.(Entertainment), Burbank, CA
· Client: PSB Lending (Mortgage), Carlsbad, CA
· Client: SmartPages.Com (Online Yellowpages), Pasadena, CA
· Client: Countrywide Mortgage, Pasadena, CA
May 1972 – Jan 1996 U.S. Navy (Retired, Disabled Vet)
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