Objective
A position in Information Technology Management, managing people, projects and systems as part of a motivated team where the focus is on excellence and enhanced use of technology with the goal of improving the organization as a whole.
Summary of Qualifications
Over twenty-five years of success in Information Technology Management in heterogeneous environments providing; planning, budgeting, procurement, development, training, and supervision of projects and personnel involving; development life cycle of software, hardware, operating systems, upgrades, maintenance, security, day-to-day operations and help desk services; yielding improvements in the functionality, performance, availability, usability, value and security of the systems of various organizations.
Interpersonal Skills
Excellent at written and verbal communication with individuals or groups, whether technical and non-technical. A highly effective manager with a strong ability to encourage others to be highly motivated participants in the group effort. A true team player whether involved with management, peers, subordinates or vendor personnel. An unmatched teaching ability; always able to bring those with less experience up to the need at hand.
Education
BS in Computer Science with MIS Minor, University of Delaware, May 2007; Associate Degree, Electrical Engineering, Penn College of Technology; various certificates: Project Management, Supervision Human Relations, Design and Estimating, Various Sales, Management and Supervisory training seminars and workshops.
Technical Qualifications
Networking Systems: Windows Server NT/2000/2003 Std, Enterprise & R2, Active Directory, Linux and Unix, multi-server/multi-site, VPN, firewall, NAT, DNS hosting, web hosting on Apache and IIS, Netware, AS/400
Desktop Operating Systems: All Windows desktop versions, various Linux distributions, MAC OS through X, OS/2, DOS
Development packages: Visual FoxPro 3.x-9.x; Java; ANSI C, C++, Visual C++ and C++.net; Visual Basic through .net; extensive SQL query writing; Access 2.0 to 2003; ODBC to Progress OE 10, MS-SQL, MySQL, DB2, DB/400 and Oracle; Numerous 4GL dB languages; Legacy Basic; Assembly; Lisp; COBOL & Fortran 77
Special Project Requirements: Specialized interfaces and communication drivers; Windows drivers, ActiveX controls, DLL’s & API functions; MS Office automation using OLE and DDE; EDI and associated barcode labeling; UML and other modeling methods; Six Sigma methodologies
Employment History
2005 to present: Information Technology Manager for Foxfire Printing and Packaging, Inc., responsible for managing all facets of technology for commercial printer and fulfillment house including: IT staff; upgrading Windows NT4 domain to Windows Server 2003 and Active Directory; development of various sub-systems to automate the processing of orders, shipments, invoicing, aged A/R reporting and electronic customer notification and time records processing; installation, upgrade and maintenance of Hagen OA MIS software, associated Progress OpenEdge 10 data base, and related add-on systems including; web portals for sales team, web portal for customer order entry, automated production scheduling, and shop floor time and activity record keeping; annual and project budgets; vendor and contractor contracting.
1986 to 2005: Self-employed - computer consultant/project manager. Various contractual and cost-plus arrangements with manufacturing and service companies such as; Mrs. Smith's Frozen Foods, Kellogg Company, Little Lake Industries, New Drug Services, Damage Recovery Services, Brandywine Compounding, International Reading Association, W. Atlee Burpee, Plants Express, Suncoast Greenhouses, Port to Port, Int’l Corp, Hopkins and Sons Moving, V.A.G Inc. and others. Projects varied from network systems installations, custom database systems for food development, accounting, process inventory tracking, time and expense systems, sales commission systems, membership systems, general accounting systems, fulfillment, hardware and software support services and training. Duties include all facets of small business.
1981 to 1986: Lead Electrical Engineer for North American Refractory, responsible for all phases of engineering for various operating facilities in North America. Projects included electrical power distribution, lighting systems, mechanical and computerized motor control, and computerized process control, statistical process control, data collection and analysis. Duties included sub-contracting, procurement, design, and supervision of other engineers, technical draftsman, programmers, field technicians and electricians numbering as high as 57.
1965 to 1981: R.D. Goss, Inc. Various capacities; part-time shop and counter sales ('65 to '70), full time electrician ('70 to '71), project foreman ('71 to '74), project superintendent ('74 to '78), general superintendent ('78 to '79), electrical project sales and design engineer ('79 to '81). Duties of final position included supervision of all personnel working on projects assigned numbering as high as 34.
Other skills/interests: All facets of electrical construction in commercial/industrial environments. Process control, electro/mechanical and digital/computer. Statistical Process Control. Supervising and managing various groups of subordinates. Accomplished Square Dance Caller (7 states) and teacher and the leader of an Exhibition Square Dance group. Tenor in a church choir and a gospel quartet.
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