CTO and Owner, Key Ally, Inc.
Greater New York City Area
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- Freelance Writer/Industry Analyst at eWeek (Ziff-Davis)
- ISD&I Manager at New York Botanical Garden
- Regular Contributor at International Spectrum
- Past President/President/Vice President at International U2 Users Group
- Editor in Chief & Puzzle Editor at Greater NY Mensa
- CTO at Key Ally, Inc.
- Past
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- COO at CL1 Ventures, LLC
- CTO at Mount Olympus Systems
- Project Manager mvCMS Open Source Project at U2UG
- Associate Editor at Database Trends and Applications
- Senior Programmer at Quick International Courier
- Area Manager at Salant Corporation
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Charles Barouch’s Summary
We provide both wide and deep consulting, able to offer both business expertise and computer expertise.
Charles Barouch’s Specialties:
We have system design, implementation, overhaul, and maintenance experience in multiple industries, with concentrations in manufacturing, import/export, transportation, and logistics.
Charles Barouch’s Experience
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Freelance Writer/Industry Analyst
eWeek (Ziff-Davis)
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Writing about trends and trade shows.
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ISD&I Manager
New York Botanical Garden
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Responsible greasing the wheels for major projects necessary to the future development of services provided by the NY Botanical Garden to the community.
Former title: Manager for Business Systems
Present title: Information Systems Development and Integration Manager. -
Regular Contributor
International Spectrum
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2005 — Present (3 years 4 months)
Writing on Technology and Business.
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Past President/President/Vice President
International U2 Users Group
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2005 — Present (3 years 8 months)
The International U2 Users Group represents users of modern multivalued tools and databases sold by IBM. We welcome all users of this technology and we shepherd the U2-Users list, which is an excellent free resource for technical support.
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Editor in Chief & Puzzle Editor
Greater NY Mensa
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
September 2004 — Present (4 years 2 months)
Previously the Calendar Editor.
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CTO
Key Ally, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2002 — Present (6 years 4 months)
Business and Computer Consulting. We provide everything from mentoring to product packaging design, to web design, to database programming.
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COO
CL1 Ventures, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
April 2007 — September 2007 (6 months)
CL1 Ventures, LLC is an entertainment company which is dedicated to creating unique, participatory gaming experiences over the internet.
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CTO
Mount Olympus Systems
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 2002 — March 2007 (4 years 5 months)
* Partner and co-founder of the company.
* Lead Developer on the Zeus line of data integration (import, export, filtering, transformation - ETL) toolset.
* Lecturer on databases and connectivity. -
Project Manager mvCMS Open Source Project
U2UG
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 2005 — October 2006 (1 year)
mvCMS is a major Open Source initiative, being supported on Source Forge (https://sourceforge.net/projects/movecms) and on U2UG.org. More information can be found by joining the U2-Community e-mail list <http://listserver.u2ug.org/>.
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Associate Editor
Database Trends and Applications
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2003 — August 2005 (2 years 8 months)
I write success stories for the US Edition.
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Senior Programmer
Quick International Courier
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
November 1997 — May 1999 (1 year 7 months)
• Overhauled and standardized hundreds of programs
• Oversaw outside consultants
• AIX (IBM Unix) Administrator
• Senior Programmer for Applications
• Ported major portions of the system to Nucleus (4GL GUI)
• Provided network, Mac, PC, and peripheral support
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Area Manager
Salant Corporation
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Import and Export industry)
March 1994 — November 1997 (3 years 9 months)
• Responsible for virtually all IT hiring
• Responsible (directly and by dotted line) for half of the IT staff
• Direct responsibilities included Order Cycle (including EDI), Inventory Cycle, and Documentation
• Developed and co-developed major Pick (Sequoia) software initiatives, including a complete rewrite of the overnight job scheduler
• Provided direction, support and coding for Model Stock, EDI, improvement to all phases of Pick software
• Trained other managers
• Authored most of the formal communication between the department and senior management
• TOPIX (Sequoia Unix) Administrator
Additional Information
Charles Barouch’s Websites:
Charles Barouch’s Groups:
U2UG, International Spectrum
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OPEN Forum -
Ubuntu Users / Linux Users -
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Linux Expert -
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DAMA International -
Highly Competent # (selected) -
Apparel Executives Forum -
Pick Users Group -
VMARK U2 and Informix supporter -
Subcontractor and Outsourcing Network -
Data Migration/Integration & ETL Group -
jBASE -
TEXMUG
Charles Barouch’s Honors:
J.E.S. & Associates - Certified Pick Professional
Binary Star Development Corp - Certified Advanced Nucleus Developer
IBM certified U2 Developer
IBM certified UniVerse Administrator
Charles Barouch’s Contact Settings
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