Nelson Spessard

Current

Director of IT at Group Dental Services, Inc
President-Owner at Knottwith, LLC

Past

Member Board of Directors at Group Dental Services of MD, Inc
Manager-Global Shared Services Operations at Gate Gourmet International
Principal/Senior Solutions Architect at SRA International

Technical Manager at AOL
Manager-Technical Programs at Orion Scientific Systems
Senior Member Technical Staff at Global One
Senior Programmer at SAIC
Programmer / Chemist at Dames and Moore

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Education

Hood College
Western Maryland College

Recommended

11 people have recommended Nelson

Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

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Nelson Spessard’s Summary

Information Technology Professional specializing in IT realignment and a proven track record of large scale global and small scale solution development and deployments. Over 15 years of experience in the IT industry including establishing governance & processes, project & P/L management, operations support, team leadership, quality assurance, testing and audits, network design and implementation, software design and implementation, as well as software development. Areas of specialization include professional services, telecommunications, knowledge sharing, and scientific processing. Able to effectively communicate with all levels of personnel and management to create and align IT solutions that meet business goals and objectives as well as customer needs; while still adhering to industry best practices. Over 12 years experience in Open Source software and Internet technologies.

A proven record of successfully managing and growing engagement opportunities and for creating revenue streams with innovation and creativity.

A dynamic leader experienced in creating top performing teams and a proven track record of being able to align business goals with team performance.

Nelson Spessard’s Specialties:

IT Realignment and Restructuring
New and Existing Product Development
Professional Services
Client Relations
Contract and Project Management
International Telecommunications and systems engineering
Business Development
Proposal Development
Computer Technologies (Internet, Warehousing, Enterprise)
P&L Responsibility

Nelson Spessard’s Experience

Director of IT

Group Dental Services, Inc

(Insurance industry)

August 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)

IT Realignment. Establishing processes procedures and an enterprise architecture to meet company growth. Lead IT department through SAS 70 certification. Helping to establish sound corporate IT governance as the company matures. Assisting with the company transition and integration after purchase by a large national insurance carrier.
President-Owner

Knottwith, LLC

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2006 — Present (2 years 1 month)

President-Owner of IT services company specializing in assisting companies in IT strategy, change management support, and IT services.
Member Board of Directors

Group Dental Services of MD, Inc

(Insurance industry)

September 2007 — April 2008 (8 months)
Manager-Global Shared Services Operations

Gate Gourmet International

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 6 months)
Principal/Senior Solutions Architect

SRA International

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SRX; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2001 — April 2005 (4 years)
Technical Manager

AOL

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

October 2000 — May 2001 (8 months)
Manager-Technical Programs

Orion Scientific Systems

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 1998 — October 2000 (2 years 1 month)
Senior Member Technical Staff

Global One

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

June 1995 — October 1998 (3 years 5 months)
Senior Programmer

SAIC

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 1991 — June 1995 (3 years 8 months)
Programmer / Chemist

Dames and Moore

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Environmental Services industry)

December 1990 — November 1991 (1 year)