IT Consultant, IT Leader, Solution Developer Achieving Business-IT Alignment
Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area
IT Consultant, IT Leader, Solution Developer Achieving Business-IT Alignment
Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area
Aligning Business and IT to Achieve Operational Excellence.
I am an experienced IT professional with global experience in the customer care, telecommunications, Insurance, Health Care, Automotive, digital print and manufacturing verticals with the exceptional ability to visualize and implement solutions that enhance customer service, value and reduce operating costs.
Information Technology focuses on delivering solutions to people that enable people to successfully deliver exceeding results to their customers. IT does not just happen; solution delivery is realized as the result of insight, leadership and teamwork. If solutions cannot make a positive impact on people and processes, then it is ineffective.
Good IT leaders do not operate in a vacuum; they must be proactive in business and use their expertise to bring about changes in IT that achieve business objectives.
I enjoy opportunities at being involved in business at all levels in an effort to understand the unique processes that make business happen. This enables me to identify where improvement can be made and bring changes to bear that people can really use. I continually self challenged to rethink processes to achieve empirical continual improvements in measures of performance, such as customer satisfaction, cost, quality, service, and speed to market.
I enjoy a “hands-on” approach to learning, performing and mentoring professionals. Involved in technology since the “age of vacuum tubes”, I have developed keen insight on implementing IT as well as viability of new technologies.
I have experience working with a number of start-up ventures as well as small business to realize large scale performance that was once the domain of large corporations. Our economy is forcing everyone to re-evaluate needs and budgets. My distinctive advantage is that I have always sought to maximizing performance and reliability while optimizing resources.
IT Leadership, Conception and Delivery
Data Center Management
IT Platform Integration
Process Re-Engineering
VoIP/CRM Enabled Solutions
Business Continuity Planning / Disaster Recovery
.NET Development / MS SQL Server
Web/Internet Development
Microsoft Server and Business Platforms
DotNetNuke Development
Iron Speed application generation
(Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Consult for service delivery businesses provide customer service and hosting solutions. Focused on delivering high value solutions including process re-engineering, VoIP calling systems and customer/customer applications. Clients include Cloud 10, REOConnection, Veritas Technology Solutions, LoweBell Technologies, Platnium Technology and Cardinal Health.
(Public Company; RRD; Financial Services industry)
February 2008 — December 2008 (11 months)
Delivered innovative digital print and media IT solutions to clients (Nissan/Infiniti, Mercedes, Xerox and General Motors) via a variety of mediums. Responsibilities included supporting sales teams and working directly with client leadership to create new products and services.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TTEC; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)
February 2005 — April 2006 (1 year 3 months)
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TTEC; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 1997 — February 2005 (7 years 5 months)
Managed all technology aspects for twelve technology service delivery operations and remote data centers throughout the United States and Canada. Developed and managed $6M operations and capital budget. Led 7 direct and 60 indirect reports.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1996 — October 1997 (1 year 10 months)
Developed applications supporting electronic filing and banking software. Started an Internet Service Provider (ISP) group covering a customer base of over 600 customers within the first year.
Masters/Graduate , Information Technology & Securty , 2004 — 2005
BSIT , Information Technology , 2001 — 2004
Application development focusing on automation and process improvement
Altitude User Group