Experienced IT Professional
Hartford, Connecticut Area
Experienced IT Professional
Hartford, Connecticut Area
Results Oriented professional with over 23 years of experience in the successful design, development and deployment of technology strategies and policy. Experienced leading IS operations and administrative teams through all phases of medium to large-scale technology rollout including cost analysis, planning, vendor selection and relations, and acquisition. Diverse background includes extensive knowledge of local and wide area networks, large-scale systems development, and the integration of emerging technologies in a large user community. Expansive thinker with an outstanding record of achievement in implementing business concepts in technical environments for large and small scale companies with a high level of ethics and risk management alternatives.
IT Planning & Development - Network and Infrastructure Design - Systems Design & Implementation
Project Management - Quality Assurance - Management of eCommerce Projects - Profit & Loss Management
Business Development - Software Solutions
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
I am focused on creating innovative solutions for technical business needs. I lead an experienced and highly competent team of web developers and infrastructure professionals that is responsible for bringing our creative ideas to life, and maintaining a high level of availability of our core systems.
(Hospital & Health Care industry)
September 2004 — May 2008 (3 years 9 months)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2002 — September 2004 (2 years 5 months)
Developed IT organization for medium sized Medical Communications Company from one individual to three, reporting to EVP of Finance. Managed a local and wide area network consisting of 7 Novell Netware servers, 4 Windows 2000 servers, and two physical sites, as well as a voice network consisting of two Nortel phone switches and two voice T1’s. Developed and managed budget in excess of 1 million dollars for all facets of the IT organization. Managed all vendor relationships and selected vendors for all IT needs. Made the following improvements to the IT Department
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 1999 — May 2002 (3 years 3 months)
Merged Innovative Resources, Inc. with VERTEX, Inc. to form a strong IT consulting company of over 100 consultants providing expert programming, LAN/WAN expertise, Project Management, and Quality Assurance to medium to large corporations. Assisted in day-to-day operations and strategic planning for the company. Drafted proposals for new and existing clients for development of their IT strategies and policies. Assisted in all phases of business development. Part of management team developing an in house Web Content Management System for use in rapid development of customer web sites. Assisted in management and development of Internet, E-Commerce and client server projects. Directed 12 technical network staff. Managed the following clients:
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)
March 1995 — March 1999 (4 years 1 month)
Founded Innovative Resources, Inc., which provided high-technology office connectivity hardware and software solutions, troubleshooting and project management for medium to large corporations. Managed all fiscal aspects of company. Developed organization from 2 employees to 12 and achieved over $950,000 annually in revenue. Clientele included the following corporations:
1981 — 1986
New Technology, Flying, Playing with my kids