Technology Architect and Business Consultant
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Business Applications Manager at Employers Direct Insurance Company
- Business Startup and Technology Consultant at Administrata, Inc,
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- Sr. Technology Architect at Employers Direct Insurance Company
- Sr. Environments Engineer at Countrywide Financial Corporation
- Manager of IT Infrastructure, Research and Development at Fremont Comp Insurance Group
- Avionics Test Station & Componant Specialist at California Air National Guard, 144th Fighter Wing
- Education
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- Pepperdine University, The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management
- University of Phoenix
- Fresno State University
- Community College of the Air Force
- Community College of the Air Force
- Community College of the Air Force
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Phillip Grove’s Summary
Technologist and Project Manager with extensive IT and Insurance background. Business start-up experience with an MBA emphasis in Entrepreneurship. Project Management experienced PMP and Certified Scrum Master (CSM). A passion for developing innovative business strategy and efficiency through business process improvement and technology design. Experienced with companies ranging in size from small-businesses to Fortune 50 corporations. Solid track record in consulting, planning and directing large projects, developing innovative business solutions, while integrating technical skill, business acumen, and marketing skills.
Phillip Grove’s Specialties:
Business Planning and Development, Strategic Planning, Business Process Improvement, Project Management, PMP, CSM, MCSE+I, RHCT, IT Systems and Application Architecture, Design, and Implementation, Research, Problem Solving, Team Management, Infrastructure, Applications, Agile Scrum Software Development, Design
Phillip Grove’s Experience
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Business Applications Manager
Employers Direct Insurance Company
(Public Company; Y; Insurance industry)
December 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
CTO Role, Senior Technology Architect, IT Manager, and Project Manager. Manage IT Development staff and projects in a fast-paced, growing Worker's Compensation Insurance carrier. Developed architectural and development strategy focused around core business applications, SaaS, SOA, Cloud-Computing, and web-services technologies with loosely-coupled systems to integrate legacy systems modern enterprise applications, business partners, and SaaS vendor solutions. Implementing technology to increase business agility and reduce operational costs. Introduced Agile/Scrum SDLC with Extreme (XP) in a traditionally rigid "waterfall" industry.
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Business Startup and Technology Consultant
Administrata, Inc,
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2002 — Present (7 years 3 months)
CEO, technology and business, and marketing consultant. Emphasis on startup, business plans, small business re-structuring, technology use, project planning, vendor negotiations, project implementation. Marketing efforts include Website/Branding consulting, web design and development. Technology consulting accross many hardware, software, networking, data centers, and general IT disciplines.
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Sr. Technology Architect
Employers Direct Insurance Company
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Insurance industry)
December 2004 — December 2007 (3 years 1 month)
Sr. Technical Architect, Project Manager, and primary Systems Administrator. Architected and implemented IT infrastructure consisting of Windows 2003, Red Hat Linux, VMWare, and Cisco Networking. Coordinate and manage many outsourced service providers. Research, build and deploy new servers, management and monitoring tools, and development environments to support local users, remote distributed users, partner companies, and consulting/contract developers.
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Sr. Environments Engineer
Countrywide Financial Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CWD; Banking industry)
September 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 4 months)
Multifaceted job covering a breadth of technical and business skills. Project Management, systems design, and SQL development. Managed five data center/computer labs with over 350 servers and workstations used for QA, Development, and software testing, and system staging, Test, certify, and implement new software testing tools. Utilize SQL, web, software development and statistical techniques for locating, collecting, aggregating, and processing various data sets to establish performance and availability trends in core business applications.
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Manager of IT Infrastructure, Research and Development
Fremont Comp Insurance Group
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; FMT; Insurance industry)
June 1996 — May 2001 (5 years )
Responsible for testing and introduction of new technologies. Managed team of five engineers in business process analysis, solution design, vendor management, and implementation projects. Worked heavily with business units to identify, design, and implement new technologies to automate and improve business processes. Developed corporate technology standards to reduce administration costs and increase system reliability.
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Avionics Test Station & Componant Specialist
California Air National Guard, 144th Fighter Wing
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
January 1993 — January 1999 (6 years 1 month)
F-16 Avionics electronics, test and repair.
Phillip Grove’s Education
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Pepperdine University, The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management
MBA , Business with Entrepreneurial Emphasis , 2004 — 2006
3rd Place Pepperdine's Business Plan Competition
Finalist in MBA Jungle Business Plan Competition- Activities and Societies:
- Pepperdine Alumni Association
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University of Phoenix
BA , Business Administration , January 2001 — July 2003
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Fresno State University
Computer Engineering September 1995 — May 1996
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Community College of the Air Force
Certification , Avionics Electronics (F-16, B-1, A-10) , 1994 — 1995
Graduated with Honors
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Community College of the Air Force
Certification , Electronics Fundamentals , 1994 — 1994
Class Leader
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Community College of the Air Force
Certification , Information Management , 1993 — 1993
Graduated with Honors
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