Adolfo Celis

Current

• Director of Product Development at Internet America

Past

• Information Technology Manager at Commonwealth Engineering and Construction
• Information Technology Director at Gexa Energy, an FPL Group Company
• Application Development at ZMail Media

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Education

• University of Houston
• HCCS

Recommended

2 people have recommended Adolfo

Connections

75 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company

Adolfo Celis’s Summary

The majority of my career has been spent serving as a senior level network infrastructure manager with a computer programming and network engineering background. At the beginning of 2006, I pursued a break from the information technology industry to go back to school to major in Radio and Television broadcasting. I have career experience in the engineering, energy, chemical, and grocery market industries with focus in the mid to large public and private business sectors. Career responsibilities have included but are not limited to sales development, marketing, corporate website development, EDI billing system design, call center communication design, disaster recovery planning, electronic and postal invoicing engine, and network consolidation. More than six years of experience in corporate IT development combined with principal involvement in development of start-up businesses.

Adolfo Celis’s Specialties:

Start-ups, Disaster Recovery Planning, Voice Over IP, EDI Billing Systems, sales force management, prospecting and lead generation.

Adolfo Celis’s Experience

• Director of Product Development

  Internet America

  (Public Company; GEEK; Internet industry)

  June 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)

  Perform research and development over new and existing sources of revenue around internet service related products. Lead product revisions and launch projects. Perform due-diligence ensuring profitability, market relevance, and sustainability in accordance with the company's vision. Promoted from sales agent, to sales lead, to special projects, then to current position.

• Information Technology Manager

  Commonwealth Engineering and Construction

  (Oil & Energy industry)

  March 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 11 months)

  Technology consultant to a progressive concept of distributed engineering operations. Maintained and architected all flavored communication systems, clustered application servers, and agnostic network infrastructure. Create and maintain infrastructure for main office expansions and remote sites.
  Employed first as a contract consultant, then as my services were needed more was promoted to manage my own department.

• Information Technology Director

  Gexa Energy, an FPL Group Company

  (Public Company; Oil & Energy industry)

  January 2001 — March 2003 (2 years 3 months)

  Acted as a key member in the development of the company from a start-up to a mid-sized business. Created, managed, revised and maintained all communication systems, databases, application servers, desktop and network infrastructure. Authored business procedures and processes in regards to information flow and transactions.
  Authored in-house invoice and postal mail system. Initially hired as a programmer from a business sold to start-up the company and molded my own department from the success of the company.

• Application Development

  ZMail Media

  (Internet industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

Adolfo Celis’s Education

• University of Houston

  BA , Communications: Media Production , 2008 — 2010 (expected)

• HCCS

  Associates of Arts , Communications , 2006 — 2008

Additional Information

Adolfo Celis’s Websites:

• My Company

Adolfo Celis’s Interests:

* techno * linux * food for thought * digital art * programming * canada * networking * sparkly shiny things (aka bling bling) * cool cars * independent film * HDTV * PBX * VoIP * Wifi * muscle building * baking fertility bread from money trees *getting sexy back *tennis *swimming *art galleries

Adolfo Celis’s Groups:

•    Texas Film
•    Devicescape Members
•    ISP Networkers
•    Fans of Digsby

Adolfo Celis’s Honors:

Film Production Assistant - Certified by Texas Film Commission

Adolfo Celis’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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