CHIEF TECHNICAL ARCHITECT:
Chief Technical Architect/IT Executive (CTO) with 25+ year experience, and an expert in solving known and unknown business problems by applying the right technology to produce the best solutions for the business.

• Budget Preparation
• Forecasting
• Internet / Intranet / Web Technology
• Process Improvement
• Product Development
• Project Management
• Recruiting
• Research / Development
• Software Development
• Strategic Planning
• Open Source Software

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Reduced cost overruns by $2 million through reorganization of contractor management process.
• Saved $5.6 million and advanced startup's launch by 8 weeks through efficient collection of IT and business requirements.
• Managed construction, migration, and integration of 3 data centers, saving millions in each case.
• Saved $5 million in startup costs by integrating and utilizing existing technology into Brazilian initiative.
• Eliminated $7.5 million in budget overruns by introducing controls and expanding / restructuring headcount.
• Boosted user satisfaction by 75% in support of 800+ customers in an R&D environment by overcoming acrimonious staff conditions through hands-on leadership.
• Mastered language and cultural barriers to build cohesive Brazilian startup team.
• Led software development initiatives; outsourced development teams in China, India, and Ghana.
• Developed new commercial and in-house software products using LAMP; managed custom software development and WebSphere and J2EE developers.
• Created 2 project management offices, including methodology, definition, and implementation.
• Improved Mexican manufacturing facility uptime to 99% from 50% due unacceptable downtime.
• Developed SAN storage strategy, saving 3-5 days of unscheduled down time per month and solving manufacturing service level issues.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential. Dallas, Texas. 2012 - Present.
Chief Technical Architect

• Architect and responsibility for software development and infrastructure delivery.
• Specialized in LAMP and open source web projects
• Develop SLAs, operations, procedures, and processes.
• Supervise US employees and offshore development teams.
• Manage all requirements gathering, analysis, and solution delivery.

Confidential. McKinney, Texas. 2005 - 2012.
CTO

• Oversee development and delivery methodologies, as well as project management.
• Managed infrastructure teams on LINUX, Windows, and Macintosh systems
• Created EDI and B2B solutions, as well as managing ERP implementations.

Confidential. Watford, United Kingdom. 2009 - 2012

• Created and implemented the architecture, Venus, for running all gaming and on-site operations. This actually a real-time system using an airline-bus running games, reception, the hostess station and general operations. The database and data model was specifically designed for a real-time model
• Performed due-diligence evaluation of a prospective acquisition.
• Interviewed all key personal and created reports of software and hardware conditions leading to the eventual purchase of the company.
• Managed assimilation of custom software after acquisition.
• Created software to run TopGolf sites including hardware and software selection, and led JAD / RAD sessions.
• Facilitated creation of use cases and led implementation HFE and new graphics design.

Confidential. Dallas, Texas.

• Implemented receivables systems for the Texas Virtual Schools Network.
• Created receivables system for Region 10.
• Developed custom software changes to ERP using LAMP (LINUX, APACHE, MYSQL, PHP + PERL).

Confidential. Dallas, Texas.

• Managed creation of EDI solution for B2B communications.
• Managed resources developing custom software changes to Great Plains using .Net.

Confidential. Dallas, Texas.
Acting CIO

• Managed selection and implementation of ERP system.
• Designed new warehouse management system for opening of new warehouse.
• Developed custom software using offshore development team with LAMP (LINUX, APACHE, MYSQL, PHP + PERL) stack.

Confidential. Dallas, Texas.
Applications Director

• Designed and developed custom software using offshore development team with LAMP (LINUX, APACHE, MYSQL, PHP + PERL) stack to enhance agent experience and policy rating accuracy.

Confidential. Dallas, Texas.
Technology Director

• Architected new commercial software products using offshore development team with LAMP (LINUX, APACHE, MYSQL, PHP + PERL) stack.
• Designed entire technology platform and product presentation.
• Implemented new data products, including development of functional specifications, technical requirements, use cases, and project / product schedule.

Confidential. Dallas, Texas. 2006.
Senior Consultant

• Functioned as Senior Technical Advisor at SVP Level for Citigroup in Westlake, Texas
• Headed data center migration team implementing board level strategy of datacenter construction and disbursement.
• Moved / migrated 45 WAN circuits (9.6KB thru OC3) in 45 days.
• Planned, lead, organized, and controlled projects nationwide, including distributed systems, mainframes, and networks, with enhancements, consolidations, and implementations. Technologies included applications, messaging, security, authentication, terminal services, firewalls, UNIX infrastructure, file servers, Tivoli, VPNs, Netbackup and more.
• Managed multiple large and mid-size projects with as many as 500 UNIX systems, 3,000 Wintel servers, and close to a peta-byte of SAN to ensure the quality and timely completion of system projects undertaken to support business functions.
• Led large project teams (40+) in defining deliverables, milestones, resources, and schedule in project work plans.

Confidential. Dallas, Texas. 2004.
Manager / Director Pre-Production

• Improved Mexican manufacturing facility uptime to 99% from 50% due unacceptable downtime
• Re-implemented Unicenter to re-coup $3,000,000 investment; prevented acquisition of a new job, monitor, and performance package, saving additional millions of dollars.
• Developed SAN storage strategy, saving 3-5 days of unscheduled down time per month
• Implemented EMC DatabaseXtender to improve performance of Oracle 11i applications while saving $250,000 on initial price proposal.
• Implemented process improvements using ITIL framework and self-directed teams.

Independent Consultant. 2001 - 2004.
Contract COO. Confidential. Irving, Texas.

• Created program office and developed project delivery methodology.
• Managed e-commerce, infrastructure and network project delivery.

Director of Technology. Confidential. Dallas, Texas.

• Created technical architecture for web kiosk based applications using Microsoft technologies.
• Provided technical consulting and support to outsourced development group.
• Managed technology infrastructure and provide internal support.

Contract CTO. Confidential. Lewisville, Texas.

• Developed disaster recovery plan for 5-site research facility.
• Assessed, planned, and implemented HIPAA protocols for various physician practices.
• Developed security assessment protocol for large practices and hospitals.

Consulting Manager. Confidential. Chicago, Illinois.

• Conducted technical research and evaluation of new business initiative for Brazilian holding company, revealing major development problems and saving client $11.5 million by recommending project be canceled.
• Saved $5 million in startup costs by integrating and utilizing existing technology into Brazilian initiative.
• Saved $5.6 million and advanced startup's launch by 8 weeks through efficient collection of IT and business requirements.

Confidential. Irving, Texas. 1998 - 2001.
Senior Manage

• Eliminated $7.5 million budget overruns by introducing controls and expanding / restructuring headcount.
• Teamed with specialists in evaluating 5 enterprise-wide applications; improved usability projecting $1 million in savings-per-application.
• Managed professional service contracts and 75 contractors; reduced cost overruns by $2 million.
• Utilized RAD / JAD processes to validate requirements, select feasible technology, design project plans, and estimate time line / budgets.

Confidential. Southlake, Texas. 1997 - 1998.
Senior Manager

• Completed and managed Y2K rollover complete with process improvements and zero failures resulting in $5+ million savings.
• Created processes and procedures for 471 applications 5000+ hardware items, certifying SABRE and American Airlines were Y2K compliant.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:

M.S. in Space Physics. Confidential. Fairbanks, Alaska.
B.S. in Physics. Confidential. Fairbanks, Alaska.
Project Management Professional (PMP).Confidential.
Oracle DBA Master. Confidential

Operating System Certifications:

• Digital Unix
• SunOS
• SGI Irix Sun Solaris
• OpenVMS Systems Internals Master