Information Technology Director
Las Vegas, Nevada Area
- Current
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- Director of Information Technology at WorldDoc, Inc
- Past
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- Software Engineering Manager at MGM-Mirage
- Software Development Manager at Chase Credit Systems
- Director of Technology at Volume Foods
- Software Development Manager at mValue
- Actuarial Systems Manager at WellPoint
- Education
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- California Institute of Technology
- Connections
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- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
- Websites
Eric Kassan’s Summary
My driving desire is to increase the profitability of a business by best using information and technology. In order to deliver on this vision it is necessary to maintain a culture that encourages and rewards employees to stretch themselves. This also provides side benefits of low turnover and attracting top talent. My three top values are:
1. Provide the right information (not just data) at the right time.
2. Explore new technology for new marketing and sales channels.
3. Use technology to redesign current processes to be more efficient.
Eric Kassan’s Specialties:
Increasing profits through better use of information and technology, Technology Department Leadership, Information Architecture and Delivery, Application Development Processes, System Architecture, Business Process Reengineering
Eric Kassan’s Experience
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Director of Information Technology
WorldDoc, Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years)
The Director of Information Technology has primary responsibility for leading the development team and ensuring that it functions optimally in the delivery of its core objectives. In addition, the Director oversees the architectural guidance and development of core product software applications. This includes researching, designing, documenting and modifying software specifications throughout the product development and production life cycle. The Director role will also mentor other developers and assist in building a world-class software development team and environment.
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Software Engineering Manager
MGM-Mirage
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MGM; Gambling & Casinos industry)
January 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 10 months)
In this position I focused on leading development efforts associated with HR and finance, as well as cross-system integration. I managed direct employees as well as contracted resources.
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Software Development Manager
Chase Credit Systems
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2001 — April 2003 (2 years 2 months)
I was brought in to replace their core product - a software package that allowed Credit Reporting Agencies (Chase's customers) to run their business including providing credit reports to their customers and billing them for it. This involved numerous changes including
- changing the company from a software provider to an application service provider
- changing the development environment from an adhoc shop to an agile process driven collection of focused teams
- changing the technical platform from flat files and code written in C running on OS/2 to a three-tier achitecture with a SQL database and C# code running on Windows 2000
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Director of Technology
Volume Foods
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2000 — February 2001 (3 months)
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Software Development Manager
mValue
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2000 — October 2000 (6 months)
Brought on board to materialize company’s business vision through technology/process implementations, build internal development team, and shift technology from largely external to 100% internal function. Constructed testing and development environments, administered production database cluster, and migrated production systems to co-location facility. Teamed in installation and configuration of all servers and ad-serving applications. Trained staff in publishing/load balancing procedures for 40-server web farm.
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Actuarial Systems Manager
WellPoint
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WLP; Insurance industry)
December 1995 — May 2000 (4 years 6 months)
Led team of four in developing improvements for both data quality/delivery and overall technology function. Launched initiatives that affected hardware/software/OS, data warehousing, intranet, programming, and support functions. Motivated staff to look at new technologies and develop their skill sets. Reduced turnover 75 percent. Changed focus from request fulfillment to solution delivery.
Eric Kassan’s Education
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California Institute of Technology
B.S., 1987 — 1991
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Eric Kassan’s Interests:
Open Book Management, Process Improvement, Mountaineering, Driving
Eric Kassan’s Groups:
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