CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER ? VP of INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Visionary professional with over 25 years experience spearheading global technology operations that support and contribute to business success and growth.
? Combines demonstrated technical expertise and strong business acumen, partnering with corporate executives to develop and drive strategic plans.
? Provides dedicated leadership to multi-dimensional technology and operational teams, with a commitment to delivering projects on time and on budget, with minimal business interruption.
? Brings unique creativity and ingenuity to all challenges, with a keen ability to discover untapped opportunities for attainment of corporate goals.
? Executive Technology Leadership ? Solutions Management ? Relationship Development ? IT Program/Project Management ? Consensus Building ?.
? Vendor Management ? Customer Relations ? IT Operational/Infrastructure Management ? Negotiations ? Software Design ?.
? Disaster Recovery Systems ? E-Commerce ? Systems Development & Implementation ? Staff Management ? Budget Management ?.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
M&R MARKING SYSTEMS/TRODAT USA, Piscataway, New Jersey ? 1996-Present
International manufacturer and supplier of identification products, with annual sales of $35M.
Vice President, Information Technologies (1996-2007); Consultant (December 2007-Present)
Directed and developed overall IT services and management across global customer/vendor base, including 24/7 data center operations to support patented e-commerce application, OnlineCustom.com. Supervised 8-member staff, with full budget management control. Designed comprehensive IT strategy to support long-term business objectives ? including participation in Board-level leadership activities ? and prioritized and deployed resources to maximize productivity and customer experience. Overseas manufacturing systems integration to China, Taiwan and Costa Rica with distribution systems and logistics into 81+ countries.
Developed and implemented enterprise data system and data warehouse capabilities to support growth. Managed telecommunications/technical infrastructure services and SLAs, launched IT initiatives to support new products, and directed vendor and outsourcing relationships.
Major Achievements:
? Received partnership in firm due to outstanding contributions to company success and profitability.
? Delivered improvements to same-day order fulfillment rates by automating systems, which also slashed order processing, packing, and shipping time by 66%.
? Conducted successful negotiations with a carrier to provide next-day delivery at optimum cost, which allowed use of just 1 shipping facility and expedited service for domestic customers.
? Triggered $600K+ annual savings through strategic negotiation of key shipping/logistics contract.
? Successfully completed multiple system conversions with no downtime during business hours.
? Invented patented e-commerce (B2C/B2B), OnlineCustom (OLC) software ? U.S. Patent 6,901,376.
? New software resulted in significant growth for customers, including one who rose from bottom 10% in customer ranking to 7th-largest in less than 2 years.
? Created and implemented critical disaster recovery systems for both internal and remotely hosted systems.
HYM FINANCIAL, INC./UNIVERSAL TRUST, West Paterson, N.J. ? 1992-1996
Financial services conglomerate comprised of a national brokerage firm, trust company, and mortgage company, with $8B in assets under management.
Vice President, Management Information Services
Spearheaded MIS operations, with oversight of 13 employees. Provided daily operational support for 7 national offices, expertly managing teams of programmers and technical staff to ensure successful development and installation of new systems, as well as in-depth training for users. Implemented disaster recovery systems, developed and negotiated business plans for acquisitions and startups, and controlled operating contracts and IT-related legal activities
Major Achievements:
? Expertly architected real-time Brokerage Information Systems and Trust Accounting Systems, managing $1.5B+ in Certificates of Deposit and $6.5B+ in securities.
? Ensured operational success through design, deployment and support for all telecommunications systems, WAN, and LAN, as well as Telerate, Bloomberg, ADP, and Quotron trading and information networks.
? Generated $250K annual savings through expert negotiation of a key telecommunications agreement.
ADDITIONAL HISTORY
TRANSISTOR DEVICES, Cedar Knolls, New Jersey ? 1986-1992
Director, Management Information Services; Treasurer
Corporate responsibility for MIS, Financial and Accounting departments at seven divisions with 695 employees. Annual revenue of $65M.
? Supported 373% revenue growth through implementation of a customized MRP software package that provided essential information and controls.
? Architected corporate-wide CAD/CAE/CAM systems that slashed product development cycle time by 75%.
? Expedited document retrieval through development and implementation of an effective transactional document archival/retrieval system.
INITIAL SERVICES, USA, Secaucus, NJ ? 1984-1986
Corporate Director, Management Information Services
Corporate responsibility for MIS/DP at fourteen divisions and three sister companies with 1,900 employees. Annual revenue of $150M.
? Implemented Distributed Processing techniques for centralized MRP systems, making each division self sufficient while maintaining control at the corporate level.
? Successful development, installation and conversion of manual systems to interactive on-line computer systems with complete auditing facilities. Systems included MRP, financial, route accounting & scheduling.
? Revamped a large networked computer system to eliminate the need for a proposed $445,000 upgrade.
? Implementation of disaster prevention and recovery procedures/systems.
KURT ORBAN COMPANY, Wayne, NJ ? 1981-1984
Director, Data Processing
Manufacturer, Importer and Distributor of steel products, oil pipelining, tubular goods and OTR tires. Distributed Winnebago camping and off-road products. Annual sales of $750M with 125 employees in six divisions.
? Successful design, development, installation and conversion of manual and large scale batch systems to on-line computer systems(ie: financial, manufacturing and distribution).
? Implemented Distributed Processing techniques, reducing billing backlog of $200,000 from ten days to same day billing effectively increasing cash flow.
? Implemented EDI purchasing and acknowledgment automation with international suppliers in China, Korea, Taiwan and Japan replacing telex.
? Revised and made usable a library of accounting programs resulting in a $250,000 savings.
? Selected, trained and developed department personnel. Reducing MIS/DP staff from nineteen to ten, while increasing productivity.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Computer Science/Biology Major
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey
Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Courses in Lean Manufacturing & Project Management
TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE
Activant Prelude ADS (ERP/CRM) ? Results ERP ? Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2000/NT ? UNIX DG/UX ? HP/UX ? IBM U2 ? Unidata ? Universe ? SB+ System Builder ? Ultimate ? Pick Systems ? Dataworks? Avante ERP
xml ? .Net ? Progress ? EDI ? Microsoft SQL Server ? Citrix Server
MS Terminal Services ? Microsoft Exchange ? Fax & Telephony integrations
IBM P5 Series ? HP 9000 ? Data General Aviion ? Ultimate ? Honeywell
Sun (Solaris/OS) ? IBM RS/6000 (AIX/OS) ? LAN/WAN (TCP/IP) ? Cisco
Symbol Technologies ? Bar Code & RF systems (wireless) |
