Paul Dube

Current

Senior Manager, IT at Craft & Hobby Association

Past

Co-Moderator at My Virtual Power Forum
Member (formerly Board of Directors) at WWWAC - World Wide Web Artists Consortium
CIO & Managing Partner at AlignIT Advisors

Steering Chairperson at Professional Services Group - Dover
Instructor at Professional Services Group - Dover
CIO / Consultant / Business Dev. at StratITech Consulting, LLC
Teaching Committee Chair at Professional Services Group ( PSG )
Charter Member at Modo Fac Central
Director, IT at BEI Medical Systems / Boston Scientific
MIS Manager at ACMI

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Education

Bridgeport Engineering Institute
Fairfield University
W. F. Kaynor Regional Vocational Technical School

Western Governor's University

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Recommended

9 people have recommended Paul

Connections

467 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Paul Dube’s Summary

With over 20 years experience leveraging technology to empower and enable the business, I hope to keep doing that for another 20 years.

Paul Dube’s Specialties:

My specialty is architecting business solutions and ensuring that your IT systems support your business strategy. I understand that technology is a collection of tools and that choosing the right ones or making existing tools work better is key to increasing profit and shareholder value. Choosing tools that fit the environment makes it easier for employees to perform their tasks, making them more productive, unleashing their creativity, and letting them concentrate on their core competencies.

Paul Dube’s Experience

Senior Manager, IT

Craft & Hobby Association

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

Operating at the junction of Business and Technology, work to continuously improve systems and member offerings to enhance constituent relations and organization success.
Co-Moderator

My Virtual Power Forum

(Online Media industry)

July 2005 — August 2009 (4 years 2 months)

Co-moderate message traffic, encourage proper netiquette, assist with forum questions, attempt to help others understand and get the most benefit from both MyLinkedInPowerForum and LinkedIn.

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyVirtualPowerForum/
Member (formerly Board of Directors)

WWWAC - World Wide Web Artists Consortium

(Online Media industry)

February 2003 — February 2009 (6 years 1 month)

The World Wide Web Artists' Consortium is a global organization dedicated to encouraging education, collaboration and entrepreneurship in the individuals who make up our passionate membership. As an unbiased voice of the industry, WWWAC is committed to supporting the unprecedented growth of the Internet by creating opportunities for our members to succeed in their online endeavors.

Membership now includes professionals in every aspect of business, Attorneys, Accountants, Marketing, Web and Software development, Information Technology, etc.

http://WWWAC.org
CIO & Managing Partner

AlignIT Advisors

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

May 2005 — May 2007 (2 years 1 month)

AlignIT Advisors is a group of independent businesses that are specialists in their fields. This allows each to concentrate on our core competencies to remain on the leading edge of our fields while still enjoying the cross-fertilization and synergy of like-minded professionals in related fields. It also provides our customers one place to go to and select the best professionals from multiple specialties to deliver a whole product.

http://www.AlignITAdvisors.com

Current assignments include:
Operations Manager - Vasomedical, Inc.
Director, Information Technology - Vasomedical, Inc -- Satellite Aerospace
Steering Chairperson

Professional Services Group - Dover

(Non-Profit; Civic & Social Organization industry)

February 2006 — October 2006 (9 months)

Cat herder, loose nut behind the steering wheel...
But seriously, obtain consensus on strategic initiatives, ensure all subcommittees work toward congruent goals, establish policies & proceedures within guidelines set by NJ-DoL, and co-ordinate activities of the task groups through guidance of subcommittee co-chairs in an all volunteer organization.

Legacies include instituting a "continuous improvement" culture & mantra & steering toward an overarching theme of "Creating & Executing Your Marketing Plan", establishing a Marketing Committee to oversee the development of that theme for members as well as market the group to employeers.

Of course, I am still teaching Networking for Succe$$, Networking II - The Online Tools, & Resume Writing.
Instructor

Professional Services Group - Dover

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

September 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 2 months)

Instructor in Networking for Success, Networking II _ The Online Tools, and Resume Writing. Developed Networking II course.
CIO / Consultant / Business Dev.

StratITech Consulting, LLC

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2002 — October 2006 (3 years 11 months)

At client companies:

· Created agile management team addressing business issues by starting & chairing Solutions Task Force ( STF ).
· Addressed Sarbanes-Oxley ( SOX ) gap in IT oversight of IT by chartering STF as CIO.
· Managed client IT staff through STF.
· Increased confidence in Disaster Recovery Plan ( DRP ) by documenting, enhancing, and testing existing plan.
· Closed SOX issue by locating inexpensive add-on to ERP system.
· Avoided Sales Tax audits by increasing accuracy through automated rate updates.
· Increased utilization of ERP system by conducting focused seminars.
· Eased sales force realignment by implementing custom integrated software.
· Enhanced information available to customer service representatives by integrating ERP to shipping system.
Teaching Committee Chair

Professional Services Group ( PSG )

(Non-Profit; Civic & Social Organization industry)

November 2005 — February 2006 (4 months)

The Professional Services Group (PSG) is sponsored by the state of New Jersey, Department of Labor. It is a self-help group (is that an oxymoron?) where members help each other find jobs. Colleagues work together to help each other by matching our resources with jobs from our network of Employers in the metropolitan area. Whether you are an employer or someone seeking a job, PSG provides a valuable FREE resource for you to use.

Legacy of creating & teaching use of the online tools to extend the reach of networking in an optional workshop.
Charter Member

Modo Fac Central

(Privately Held; Civic & Social Organization industry)

February 2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

Member of the Strategy & Ideas Team
Member of the Site Design Team

I am using my meager skills to try and help Kerry Santo achieve her dream. I believe in her Mission, Purpose, and Principles and will do whatever I can to help make her vision a reality.
Director, IT

BEI Medical Systems / Boston Scientific

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Medical Devices industry)

August 1997 — December 2002 (5 years 5 months)

· Created agile management team addressing business issues by starting & chairing Solutions Task Force ( STF ).
· Delivered high availability of systems & allowed Business Continuity Plan ( BCP ) to focus on personnel and business issues by developing innovative concept for DRP.
· Enhanced management of business by implementing ERP system, replacing bookkeeping system.
· Avoided payroll growth during company start-up by performing most functions and outsourcing some.
· Completed web site redesign project on-time and in-budget during Phase III clinical trials despite heavy workload on team members in start-up phase.
· Deployed modular, integrated, & integrated complete system infrastructure.
· Obtained higher service levels & reduced cost through Supply Chain Relationship Management ( SCRM ).
MIS Manager

ACMI

(Public Company; Medical Devices industry)

January 1986 — August 1997 (11 years 8 months)

· Created agile management team addressing business issues by starting & chairing Solutions Task Force.
· Increased Customer Satisfaction by 40% by implementing innovative 800# system.
· Executed simultaneous acquisition system integration & ERP system implementation.
· Trimmed redundant personnel after acquisition.
· Reduced ERP support costs by 75% through mainframe to unix migration of system.
· Effected 25% increase in Customer Satisfaction levels with custom developed Sales Force Automation system.
· Reduced operating expenses by 10% per year over 5 year company growth phase.
· Reduced Field Inventory by 50% using integrated, custom developed control system.
· Cut manufacturing inefficiencies by identifying problems and working with manufacturing department to correct.
· Eliminated 75% or warranty repair expense for product line, corrected long standing FDA GMP issue, gained competitive advantage, and lowered mfg. cost 5% with product redesign and custom built machine.

Paul Dube’s Education

Bridgeport Engineering Institute

ASEE , 1987 — 1991
Fairfield University

ASEE , 1987 — 1991
W. F. Kaynor Regional Vocational Technical School

Diploma , Tool & Die , 1970 — 1974
Western Governor's University

Additional Information

Paul Dube’s Websites:

Paul Dube’s Interests:

Self Organizing On-demand Networks Wireless technologies Social Entrepreneur Helping others help themselves

Paul Dube’s Groups:

WWWAC - World Wide Web Artist's Consortium - former BoD member & current organization member.,
Modo Fac Central,
MyLinkedInPowerForum,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum
LinkedInSecurity,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedinSecurity
LinkedInnovators,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedInnovators
LinkedInBloggers,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedInBloggers
LinkedFUN,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedFUN
New Jersey Senior Executives Networking Group (NJ-SENG)
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/NJ-SENG, CHA