Gedas Gudenas

Current

Vice President of Information Systems at Matthews Book Company

Past

IT Manager at Matthews Book Company
E-Commerce Business Manager at Matthews Book Company
Senior E-Commerce Architect / Project Manager at Matthews Book Company

Programmer / Business Analyst at Matthews Book Company

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Education

Webster University
Webster University

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Industry

Wholesale

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Gedas Gudenas’s Experience

Vice President of Information Systems

Matthews Book Company

(Privately Held; Wholesale industry)

February 2009 — Present (11 months)

* Responsible for all technology aspects within the organization
* In charge of creating and managing IT budget
* Manage a team working with Windows .NET, JAVA, Windows, Linux and Legacy technologies and supporting nationwide employees
* Setting of IT strategy and aligning corporate goals with technology investments
* In charge of development/support of ERP and multiple E-Commerce .NET Web applications
* Report to the Presidential Board
IT Manager

Matthews Book Company

(Privately Held; Wholesale industry)

July 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 8 months)
E-Commerce Business Manager

Matthews Book Company

(Retail industry)

January 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 7 months)

* Championed all E-Commerce Initiatives.
* Initiated collaborative efforts to define and implement search, affiliate and customer retention marketing strategies.
* Project manager on accounting department's migration from in-house legacy system to Compiere ERP software platform.
* Led Payment Card Industry’s (PCI) security compliance and certification effort across the corporation.
Senior E-Commerce Architect / Project Manager

Matthews Book Company

(Retail industry)

June 2002 — January 2006 (3 years 8 months)
Programmer / Business Analyst

Matthews Book Company

(Retail industry)

June 2000 — June 2002 (2 years 1 month)

* Lead Developer/Project Manager while working on B2B E-Commerce solution for medical book distributor.
* Managed a project team of two full time programmers, a tester and a graphics artist to create (www.matthewsbooks.com) web site.
* Developed E-Commerce B2B solution for medical supply distributor: www.mccoymedical.com

Gedas Gudenas’s Education

Webster University

MS , Computer Science emphasis in Distributed Systems , 2001 — 2003

GPA: 3.72 out of 4.0

Activities and Societies:

Chair of Computer Club
Webster University

BS , Computer Science , 1998 — 2001

* Minor in Mathematics
* Emphasis in Information Management
* Web Development Certificate
* University Honors (Cum Laude), Departmental Honors and Dean's List
* GPA: 3.95 out of 4.0