Karl Weir

Past

Project Manager at Erie County
Director of Consulting at Globalquest Solutions
Integration Test Manager at Erie County

District Director of Professional Services at inacom
District Director of Professional Services at Inacom Information Systems
Professional Services Manger at vanstar

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Education

Insurance Education Centers of America
State University of New York College at Buffalo

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

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Karl Weir’s Summary

I have been in the reseller industry since college working my way through the ranks. I started off at ComputerLand as an installer/service tech them moved into System Engineering where I developed both my technical skills and project skills. I transitioned into sales/account management for several years and was then asked to move to management for Vanstar's professional services group managing two branches. After merger with Inacom in '98 I moved into the District Director's position responsible for 4 branches in Upstate NY and ~60 resources. In 2000 a group of us left Inacom and formed Globalquest Solutions, a regional system integration and managed services company.

Karl Weir’s Specialties:

I have a wide variety of skills and experiences in both the public and private sectors that include Practice Management, Managed Services, SAP Business One, Project Management, Web Development and eBusiness, Sales and Marketing.

Karl Weir’s Experience

Project Manager

Erie County

(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

November 2002 — May 2009 (6 years 7 months)

Contracted to Erie County, I worked with the county personnel and PWD and later IBM on the requirements, RFP for their ERP system. Once SAP R3 was selected, I was responsible for coordinating the county resources, communications, budget tracking, work deliverables review, and integration testing. Once awarded the multi-year support contract I continued on as a part-time PM helping coordinate support and future enhancements.
Director of Consulting

Globalquest Solutions

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2000 — May 2009 (9 years 2 months)

I have been responsible for managing the consulting devision at GqSI including the start-up of our SAP Business One Consulting practice. Additionally I worked on sales and marketing, the start-up of our managed services practice, web services and managed vendor relations.
Integration Test Manager

Erie County

(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Government Administration industry)

2003 — 2004 (1 year )

Provided Integration Management / Testing Coordinator services during the SAP R/3 implementation. Was responsible for test script generation, scheduling and coordination of the testing for Go-Live.
District Director of Professional Services

inacom

(Public Company; ICO; Information Technology and Services industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years )

I was responsible for the professional services team across Upstate New York including Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany. Large accounts included General Electric, Carrier, BOCES, Kledia Health, Delaware North Companies and Goodyear/Dunlop Tire. The teams specialized in large deployments, system integration and migrations and project management.
District Director of Professional Services

Inacom Information Systems

(Computer Software industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years )
Professional Services Manger

vanstar

(Public Company; VST; Information Technology and Services industry)

1991 — 1998 (7 years )

I was responsible for the professional services team across Western New York New York including Buffalo and, Rochester. Large accounts included BOCES, Kledia Health, Delaware North Companies and Goodyear/Dunlop Tire. The teams specialized in large deployments, system integration, system migrations and project management.

Karl Weir’s Education

Insurance Education Centers of America

License , All Lines Claims Adjusting , 2009 — 2009
State University of New York College at Buffalo

Engineering , Computer Science 1984 — 1990

Additional Information

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Karl Weir’s Interests:

Fishing, Hiking, Camping, Computers and Technology

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Boy Scouts

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