DESCRIPTION
I am an accomplished senior leader in information technology and software development, with over 30 years experience in software support and development. I am also a well-organized individual with experience implementing processes and standards that improve organizational throughput, as well as leading teams through organizational change (mergers and acquisitions). My management philosophy is to create teams that are highly collaborative and transparent.
Professional Skills
- Management / Leadership of Software Development
- People & Project Management
- Experience managing groups through bankruptcy and acquisition
- Research and technical architecture direction
- Planning, budgeting, forecasting
- Vendor contracts
- Working with on-shore and off-shore outsourcing
- Agile/SCRUM software development methodology
Technical Background
- Unix, MVS, Windows, Web Development
- .net, C#, MVC, HTML, CSS, JS
- BI/DW, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS
- Java/J2EE, C/C++, SQL/RDBMS, Perl
- Biztalk, WebMethods, Sharepoint
- ERP (Oracle 11i), RICE, AIM
- B2B, EAI and Systems Integration
- MS Office Tools, MS Project
- WordPress and other CMS
- Relational Databases and SQL
- System Administration, Powershell
- Microsoft Azure
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, TRAINING
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP Number: 482335)
- Professional Training Courses (Several language/technology specific courses, Leadership/Management courses)
EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND
SRB Tech Services LLC (April 2018 – Current)
Owner / Consultant
- Provide Project Management and Technical Consulting for customers.
- Product Specialist in the payroll processing industry.
- Web development & hosting.
- Small Company & Startup consulting
Horseco, Inc. (May 2014 – March 2018)
VP of Information Technology
- Horseco, Inc. is a startup company, where my role includes building a development staff of analysts and engineers to build an application in the thoroughbred horse racing industry.
- I am responsible for budget, staffing, project management, partner relationships.
- I perform some hands-on work like system administration, development, testing, and support.
- I also assist in health product development, logistics, and delivery.
Standard Register (May 2009 – April 2014)
Director, Software Development
- Staff of approximately 55 Developers, Architects, and Analysts in 7 departments. $5.2MM expense budget.
- Primarily .net technologies, focused on web/eCommerce development, business intelligence, data warehousing, and B2B/EAI integration.
- Responsible for several simultaneous projects, as well as system support, vendor management, and financial management.
- Financial budgeting, forecasting for both capital and expense operating budgets.
- Responsible for leading our team transformation to Agile/SCRUM best practices.
- Managed large team through bankruptcy and later acquisition (Workflow One acquired by Standard Register).
Workflow One (May 2007 – May 2009)
Sr. Manager, Commerce and Integration Services
- Led a team of 15 developers and analysts.
- Delivered multiple strategic and customer-facing projects.
- Managed on-shore and off-shore consulting resources.
Workflow One (June 2005 – May 2007)
Manager, Integration Services
- Led team of software engineers in the systems integration of ERP installation.
- Led team of software engineers during transition project as Relizon merged with another company (Workflow One).
- Led team located in different locations (Dayton, Ohio and Norfolk, VA).
- Worked with software vendors on pricing and license maintenance.
Relizon (April 2004 - June 2005)
Technical Lead/Architect, ERP Implementation
- Led the technical evaluation of several ERP vendors, leading to an eventual selection of Oracle Applications 11i E-Business Suite. This technical evaluation was combined with several other functional evaluations to reach the selected vendor.
- Served as project manager for a portion of the RICE team, focusing on extensions and interfaces.
- Designed overall integration strategy for ERP integration to legacy systems and bolt-on applications.
- Served as focal point on international team of developers (Dayton, Montreal, & India) to accomplish an aggressive schedule of object design, development and testing.
Relizon (Jun 2002 - April 2004)
Technical Lead/Architect, eCommerce
- Unix, Oracle DBMS & Java/J2EE system using BEA Weblogic 6.1 application server and Weblogic Commerce Server 3.5 for commerce applications.
- Lead architect on solution to allow customers to manage marketing campaigns of literature to targeted customers. I designed the database components and some of the java components needed. Mentored several junior developers on this project during implementation while I began working on the ERP implementation.
Relizon (Sep 1999 - Jun 2002)
Technical Lead of Relizon’s primary Warehouse/Distribution System
- Unix, C, and Ingres DBMS.
- Led several stabilization and performance improvement efforts.
- Led initiative to archive and purge old data from system. This was a major effort involving business owners, support staff, and development.
Self-Employed – SJL Technical Services (05/98 - 09/99)
Software Engineering Consultant
- Provide consulting services to the team creating the next generation ATM systems for Diebold, Inc.
- Unix, C, and Oracle DBMS.
PQ Systems, Inc. (04/97-05/98) (part time)
Systems Analyst
- Wide variety of tasks including telephonic customer support, hardware/ software installation & setup.
Lexis-Nexis (01/90-12/96)
Several positions in technical support and software development
- Served on a project team implementing a hard copy conversion system on a Unix platform, utilizing advanced client/server and communications services. Developed several system components, totaling well over 20,000 lines of C/C++ code. During the last year of the project, served as technical lead for the project, working with the team to produce 3 successful product releases during that time.
- Provided technical support for a wide variety of systems that were implemented on MVS, Unix, and Windows operating systems. During the last 3 years of this assignment, I served as team lead, and also led a Continuous Improvement team that implemented several time saving utilities for the department which resulted in significant savings to the department.
- Promotions: During my 7 years at Lexis-Nexis, I received 5 promotions and received 16 service awards for outstanding service to the company.
LMTech, Inc. (01/89-01/90) (part time)
Systems Analyst
- Wide variety of tasks including telephonic customer support, hardware/software setup, and development.