Provide IT strategic, tactical management and technical consulting to SMBs and corporations with revenues of up to $500M on a short-term and full-time basis.  Serve as CTO/CIO to guide companies with IT business initiatives by analyzing, identifying, specifying, planning and implementing projects.  Team with clients during discussions and negotiations with vendors and customers.

Significant Assignments and Accomplishments

“A.S. Inc.” – Reported to CEO of international ASP (Application Service Provider) as interim CTO during a personnel transition.

Ø  Responsibility:  To manage IT staff, systems and projects to keep them on track.

Ø  Action:  Assessed staff, current plans and projects, systems and policies to put operational processes in place.  Discovered major IT project had a 90% probability of failure and would jeopardize future business; proactively expanded scope of responsibility to develop replacement IT plans to upgrade infrastructure/OS/software.

Ø  Result:  Developed and led more confident and committed teams to create a new and better design and a more achievable implementation plan at a 25% lower cost and with significantly reduced risk to the company, while maintaining its SLAs (Service-Level Agreements) at or above 99.9% system availability.

Connect Computer, Inc. – Reported to Board of Directors of national full-service IT solutions provider.

Ø  Responsibility:  To identify and correct unprofitable company practices.

Ø  Action:  Implemented process directives, mentored senior staff, guided company direction and client interaction.  Identified and helped retain profitable clients and let unprofitable clients go.

Ø  Result:  A direct positive impact to the bottom line of 20%.

TPC Systems, Inc. – Reported to VP, Development for a provider of convergence technology and communications solutions.

Ø  Responsibility:  To analyze outsourced IT needs and to manage projects.

Ø  Action:  Reviewed company’s needs and current solution; identified alternate technical solutions and providers.

Ø  Result:  Client implemented a more reliable IT platform and was able to embark on new technology initiatives.

Diageo PLC – Reported to CIO of global liquor and spirits importer.

Ø  Responsibility:  To create an operations-effectiveness/change-control analysis and business-process reengineering proposal and implementation plan.

Ø  Action:  Analyzed current policies and wrote plan providing actionable initiatives.

Ø  Result:  Gave CIO capability to target identified problem areas with viable remediation.

Reported to President of 16-person software development and integration consulting company as Director of Applications Development and Project Management.

Ø   Responsibility:  To manage and provide structure for Software Development Department.

Ø   Result:  On-time, cost-effective solutions exceeding the company’s client expectations.

• Managed full project lifecycle, from client discovery phase through web development and implementation, satisfying client needs and producing successful websites.
• Created and implemented processes and procedures covering all aspects of client-focused web development, resulting in better-coordinated project management.
• Managed web projects from e-commerce through entertainment to e Media’s own corporate website - HTML, Cold Fusion and Flash-based with SQL databases. Most web sites included streaming media - with both real-time and on-demand content.

Reported to President of medical-device-manufacturing company to create and manage a suitable IT department.