President at Xeric Corporation
Joplin, Missouri Area
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- President at Xeric Corporation
- Past
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- Senior Software Engineer at Optimal Solutions Incorporated
- Director of Information Technology at Resurrection Life Church
- Network Administrator at Sisters of Mercy Health System
- Adjunct Professor at Fort Scott Community College
- Network/PC technician at Mercy Health System of Kansas
- Education
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- Harvard University
- Pittsburg State University
- Oral Roberts University
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Mark Shead’s Summary
Dynamic professional with diverse technical experience and superior management skills. Proven success at developing an IT department from the ground up by building a talented team, creating cost effective processes, and creating strategic software. Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate business needs into efficient technical solutions and successful development projects. Easily interacts with executives, technical and non-technical staff, clients, and vendors. Accomplished leader with established track record in problem solving and software development as well as managing and motivating staff.
Mark Shead’s Specialties:
Process creation and improvement. Ecommerce, CRM and ERP implementation. Teamwork and leadership development planning.
Java, Continuous Integration, WebObjects, Tapestry, JUnit, Eclipse, Build Management, Automated Testing, CruiseControl, Software Version Control, Source Code Management, Subversion, CVS, Maven, IT Consulting, Non-profit Management Consulting, Technology Management Consulting, CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate), SCJP (Sun Certified Java Programmer)
Mark Shead’s Experience
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President
Xeric Corporation
(Management Consulting industry)
February 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)
Helping medium sized companies position their human and technical resources toward achieving business goals.
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Senior Software Engineer
Optimal Solutions Incorporated
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2005 — January 2006 (8 months)
Seven month engagement to implement software engineering best practices for development team on an existing product. Implemented and managed version control, product build, automated unit testing, issue tracking and project metric reporting. Led the development efforts for product enhancement and issue resolution.
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Director of Information Technology
Resurrection Life Church
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2001 — June 2005 (4 years 6 months)
-Led the development of web-based software for time and attendance, nursery check-in, forms processing, project management, cost accounting, and other internal applications.
-Led the design and creation of the www.reslife.org website which provides online streaming of worship services, credit card donation processing, and news for local congregation and parishioners around the world.
-Hired, trained and supervised all technical personnel including Web Programmer, Help Desk employees, Graphic Arts and Media Production departments.
-Designed, implemented, and managed help desk, web and application development, firewalls and security policies, VPN for remote sites, electronic payment processing, voice and data contracts, and VoIP based PBX.
-Managed IT budget. Worked closely with the finance department to establish cost accounting systems to strengthen the organization’s budget process. -
Network Administrator
Sisters of Mercy Health System
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Networking industry)
May 1998 — December 2000 (2 years 8 months)
-Represented company at corporate level regarding technical policy and design issues.
-Maintained router and remote access device programming and security as additional sites were added and network topology was updated.
-Responsible for WAN connectivity for two hospitals and 12 small clinics.
-Obtained CCNA certification from Cisco.
-Enabled network connectivity of over 1200 devices including Exchange 5.0/5.5 server, Novell networking, and handheld PCs. Responsible for upgrades and maintenance of all client/server technologies.
-Developed and conducted training programs for Microsoft Office applications; efforts increased employee productivity.
-Created simulation software to test new network configurations without impacting operations. -
Adjunct Professor
Fort Scott Community College
(Higher Education industry)
July 2000 — November 2000 (5 months)
Taught two short term courses on Internet technologies.
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Network/PC technician
Mercy Health System of Kansas
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
May 1995 — May 1998 (3 years 1 month)
-Worked fulltime during summers and part time during school year.
-Implemented remote access connectivity to mainframe using PPP over modem dial-up connections. Efforts eliminated the need for leased lines saving valuable company resources.
-Installed and supported API automated time and attendance system that covered multiple locations. Wrote software to process payroll deductions; efforts resulted in a 50% reduction in payroll staff between the two hospitals
-Developed a method to connect network PCs to the proprietary mainframe system using TCP/IP instead of error prone serial connections increasing reliability and decreasing support calls to the MIS department.
Mark Shead’s Education
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Harvard University
ALM (Masters) , Software Engineering , 2001 — 2009
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Pittsburg State University
MMA , Music Composition , September 1998 — May 1999
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Oral Roberts University
BMA , Music Composition , 1994 — 1998
