IT Management Professional
Project Manager and Consultant offers six years of experience backed by Master’s Degree and experience in designing and developing applications and systems. Enjoys working with equipment, and displays most significant strengths in managing, problem solving and executing solutions. Effectively addresses client expectations, motivates team members and manages time and money. Excels at doing the seemingly impossible, making something out of nothing and discovering clever alternate solutions on time and on budget. Additional expertise in:
|
|
|
Career Achievements
CPI Solutions
- Direct projects through on-time completion within budget, identifying and mitigating project risks.
- Work directly with up to 25 clients on as many as 10 concurrent projects.
- Developed eCommerce Web sites for Olde Thompson and Mitratech allowing site visitors to purchase product and services online.
- Worked with MGA Entertainment to specify Web hosting solution for 2 multi-player online games serving up to 100,000 users.
- Developed Web sites and assisted in search engine optimization for numerous clients, including HCI Consulting, Ronlo Engineering and Pacific Cabling, allowing clients to increase income opportunities by increasing their Web exposure.
- Served as project manager and system architect on development of production control management system for Lockheed-Martin. Completed system allowed Lockheed-Martin to track all data associated with production of infrared chips.
- Contributed to building standard project management process for CPI.
- Designed and standardized project specification form for client applications.
- Led modification and update of all forms of application development documentation.
- Saved 100% of clients who were previously looking to stop consulting with CPI Solutions.
- Increased development team efficiency code quality through improved processes and documentation.
Laurel Springs School
- Created technology solutions to help school increase enrollments 20% without hiring additional onsite staff. Provided better data reporting for school certification process by developing enterprise intranet system for processing all student enrollments.
- Developed online curriculum to help remote users utilize available technologies; delivered sales and training presentations to prospective clients, educational trade shows and school districts all over US.
- Presented Internet educational ideas to education ministers from Malaysia, Turkey, and Mauritius.
- Taught classes for staff in available technology use, instituting internal HR development strategy.
- Designed relational databases to house important educational data.
- Designed and directed development and rollout of online learning management system.
- Interviewed internal users, designed and built customer relationship management system.
- Negotiated deals on software and hardware from major manufacturers.
- Led office redesign and rewired application for voice and data lines without downtime for office users.
- Saved money by changing business process from completely paper based to completely digital system.
- Designed computer software inventory database to track installed software on 1,000+ computer systems.
- Improved relations between teachers and Technology Department with energeassistance.
Professional Experience
Senior Consultant / Project ManagerCPI SOLUTIONS
Camarillo, CA
11/2005 to Present
- Gather client requirements, determine needs, and analyze project Return On Investment.
- Serve as System Architect, supervising application and database developers through client applications development process, tracking work breakdown schedules and resources.
- Author project briefs, system requirements, project specifications, complex system specifications, UML use case diagrams, process flow charts and narrative use case documents.
- Develop Web sites and Web-based applications.
- Document applications by creating use cases, user stories, process flow charts, wire-frame prototypes.
- Manage change request documentation.
- Teach project management techniques.
Information Technology Director
LAUREL SPRINGS SCHOOL
Ojai, CA
05/2002 to 11/2005
- Maintained all network systems, including Wide Area Networking technologies, routers, firewalls, anti-spam solutions, remote access solutions and Virtual Private Network set-ups.
- Supported office staff and remote users on desktop technical issues and taught online systems usage.
- Wrote and put in place technology usage policies for onsite staff members and offsite teachers.
- Installed, upgraded and administered servers and desktop computers. • Developed advanced reports and queries on Microsoft SQL 2000 Server Database implementations.
- Maintained and backed up 10 servers, including database servers, Web servers, file and print servers, and email servers with combined uptime of 99.9% and 6M+ hits per month.
- Secured sensitive demographic information for students and payment information for families.
- Managed four on-shore and off-shore out-sourced developers.
Computer Networking Specialist
SANTA PAULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Santa Paula, CA
04/2001 to 05/2002
- Maintained Microsoft Windows 2000 and NT Server systems across 8 school sites.
- Responded to technical support trouble tickets generated from 800 teachers.
- Repaired, maintained and backed up 1,000+ desktop systems.
- Evaluated and provided recommendations about new software packages.
COMPUTER SKILLS
| Domain | Windows NT and Windows Active Directory. |
| OS / Hardware | MS Windows 2000/2003/NT servers and desktops, MS Exchange 2000/2003 servers, Red Hat, Mandrake Linux / Dell, Compaq and HP. |
| Application Servers | MS SharePoint, MS Team Foundation Server, MS Project Server Software MS Office, Project, Visio, and Front Page; MS Visual Studio, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks. Quark Express, Adobe Photoshop, and other software packages. |
| Databases | PostGreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL 2000 and 2005 Server, MS Access. |
| Languages | ASP, ASP.NET, Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005, PHP, MYSQL, XHTML and XML, XSL, ADO, VBScript, HTML, JavaScript, CSS. |
| Networking | Token ring, Ethernet, TCP/IP including subnetting, WAN technologies Frame Relay, T1 leased lines, and ISDN, Cisco routers, switches, PIX Firewalls. |
| Web Technology | Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) and Apache Web server. |
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
- Masters of Information Technology, Project Management
Capella University, Minneapolis, MN, 11/2004 to Present. GPA 3.5. Anticipate graduating 05/2008. - Bachelor of Science Degree, Information Technology
University of Phoenix, Oxnard, CA, 05/2004. GPA 3.7 - Associate of Science Degree
Information Technology, Computer Networking Systems ITT Technical Institute, Oxnard, CA, 07/2002. Nominated Student of the Quarter, GPA 3.9 - Microsoft Certified Professional: Certificate ID 2662474, 12/2002