SUMMARY:

• A senior IT professional with managerial experience and expertise in a wide range of technical platforms, applications, and systems as well a business acumen within the Manufacturing, Distribution, Logistics, Supply Chain, Retail and Hospitality environments.
• Key areas of specialization are ERP, Web Development, E - Commerce, Compliance, Security, Telephony, Networking, Disaster Recovery and Project Management
• These positions have been in highly regulated environments with strict internal and external control demands (HIPPA, FDA, ATF, PCI, SOX, ISO, and Gaming).

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technologies: Web DevASP.Net, C#.Net, VB.Net, Visual Studio, IIS,SQL, LAMP (Joomlsla, Solr, Hadoop),Magento, Demandware,WebSphere, Blue Martini Web AnalyticsOmniture, Coremetrics, WebTrends, Google Analytics, ealeaf, Gomez CDNsAWS, Akamai, Limelight, Navisite Networking/Firewall LoadbalancingCisco, Foundry, F5, Checkpoint, Barracuda, Brocade, CoyotePoint SANsEMC, NetApp FAS, IBM Shark, Equallogic VirtualizationVMWare, Microsoft Telephony/Call Center Avaya CMS/CCE, Cacti Monitoring,Five9, Monet, Interactive Intelligence, Nortel, NEAX OS/HardwareAS400/iSeries, WinTel, HP - UX, MAC, Linux, Unix, AIX List ManagementCampaign Enterprise, Lyris, NCR, QAS Network Management CA Unicenter, Solarwinds, SMS, Alteris, Heat, Remedy, Numara - all ITIL Compliant Content ManagementInterwoven, SiteSource, MS Sharepoint, Adspace management Web SearchMicrosoft Fast Search, Solr, Endeca CollaborationSharepoint, CitrixEnterprise SolutionsJDE World and One World including Manufacturing-Distribution-Logistics add-ons, Dynamics AX, Manhattan Associates, Blue Cherry, Blue Martini, Lawson, PeopleSoft, Great Plains, MultiView, Ecometry, Forecast21, Soloman, Infinium, TecSys, Mozart POSIBM, NCR, Micros, Geac Remanco, Aloha Channel MarketingPepperjam, Mercent EDI\Supply ChainHarbinger, Oracle, Sterling, Peregrine, VendorNet Database Management Datawarehouse Report WritingSQL SSRS, Oracle, Informix, DB2, Hyperion, Crystal Reports, Cognos, Reports FXPayment IntegrationBill Me Later, Google Checkout, PayPal, Paymentech, GiftCards-First Horizon EmailMS Exchange/Office 365, Lotus Notes-Domino Disaster RecoveryXOSoft, SunGard, NaviSite-TimeWarner, Lockheed Martin, Industrial Defender CommunityTelligent Community Server, Home grown - Forums, Contests, Blogs, Galleries Remote ManageCitrix, Logmein, MS Terminal Services, Seagull, Mochasoft, Alteris

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

CIO

Confidential, New York, NY/ Bergen County, NJ/Irvine, CA

Responsibilities:

• Canis Majoris provides Ecommerce and Enterprise management consulting services within the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania area. Recent engagements include:
• Coordinating the RFP/Negotiation phase an ERP and Job Costing implementation for a New York based Construction Company.
• Lead the development of a new Web presence, ERP implementation, and fulfillment capability for a Nutritional Supplement Company.
• Performed selection of third party development teams to improve UI, business rules and mobile capabilities in a Magento environment.
• Drafted and implemented a business plan, assisted in talent acquisition for a startup MSP - Managed Service Provider. Including implementation of O365 and selection of a PSA (TigerPaw).

VP of Technology

Confidential, North Haven, CT

Responsibilities:

• Oversight of advanced WMS on Dynamix AX implementation including.
• ‘Directed pick and put-away”
• Lot number and serialization control
• Multi-Location WMS functionality
• Tracking at the bin level
• Routing
• Managed the implementation of a new Ecommerce platform with direct integration to Dynamix AX and AWS for content distribution and critical off-site backup
• Lead cross functional teams that:
• Build out and opened a new 100,000 sq ft warehouse utilizing advanced warehousing techniques
• Implemented Dynamics Anywhere w/WiFi handheld devices
• Built a Data warehouse utilizing SQL tools and Amazon Web Services.
• Implemented fully redundant international MPLS (2 carriers) utilizing BGP
• Moved all mission critical applications/hardware to Colocation facility
• Moved over 35 Physical Servers to VMWare ESXi
• Installed 30TB Equallogic NAS to support VMWARE as well as other varied environments
• Built Company Ecommerce Site in .Net and Informational Site in Joomla/LAMP environment
• Implemented Sharepoint for Product Development Department to collaborate on CAD designs, and AX BOM’s, Item Creation, Pricing, etc.
• Achieved PCI Level 2 Compliance
• Installed and integrated MS Lync (w/Skype) with Federation
• Implemented Dell Kace across the WAN including Mobile devices
• Selected and implemented Nagios tools for network monitoring and maintenance

Chief Technology Officer

Confidential, Hazleton, PA

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Disaster Recovery and off-site Hot Standby solutions that included Web and Call Center.
• Implemented PCI compliance plan achieving Level 1 compliance.
• Improved Cart Conversion Rates by 35 % via page load times, and improved site search and navigation.
• Enhanced Page Load time performance via local hardware caching, SSL offloading, load balancing and Akamai
• Migrated to latest version of Ecometry-Red Prairie.
• Deployed new Call Center technologies converging in/outbound calls and email queues with enhanced reporting utilizing Interactive Intelligence.
• Developed in-house Community (Blogs, Forums, Galleries) as enhancements to Telligent’s Community
• Created efficiencies and cost savings via server consolidation and the deployment of VMWare.
• Designed, coded and deployed affiliate marketing solutions and tracking via Ominture.
• Developed Internal Content Management Solution for Adspace.
• Implemented SEO initiatives that improved Page Rank and page load times.
• Brought Email Campaign management in-house saving over $500K/year.
• Developed the code and integrated Mercent to market our products via Ebay, Amazon and Google, as well as automate affiliates and paid search via one single source.
• Teamed with First Horizon to launched Gift Cards, generating $4M in additional revenue.
• Created PMO, QA and Help Desk departments and the associated environments and tools to support them; tools implemented included TeaLeaf, Gomez, and Omniture.
• Developed “Recommendation Engine” .

VP of IT

Confidential, Miami, FL

Responsibilities:

• Lead teams that implemented a fully redundant high availability Disaster Recovery Solution utilizing SunGard, DataVault, XOSoft,and Avaya to provide remote real-time replication of all applications along with workspace and call center functionality.
• Managed the Startup of an On-line Pharmacy - LifeExtensionRx.com including web presences, ERP setup and integration, Logistics, etc.l
• Installed infrastructure to allow for 100% uptime at our corporate office in the case of an emergency.
• Project managed the opening of 3 new distribution centers.
• Planned and organized the opening of a West Coast call center and help desk providing 24/7 support.
• Teamed with vendors and in-house resources to converge voice, data, and video using a combination of MPLS, VPN, and Metro-E Services creating a fully meshed environment.
• Coordinate internal and eternal resources to achieve PCI compliance.
• Managed development teams to convert all existing web applications from Java to .Net.
• Lead the multi-departmental project for the opening a HIPPA compliant online Pharmacy.
• Implemented Intranet and internal content management utilizing MS Sharepoint.
• Integrated extensible JDE business objects into Web middle layer increasing cart response times by 40%
• Negotiated JDE and business partner contracts related to the upgrade ot JDE Enterprise One.
• Implemented JDE MRP solutions for all contract manufacturers.
• Managed trades and vendors to implement generator backup of all mission critical systems.

Sr. Vice President and CIO

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

• Planned and negotiated, from RFP to implementation, the migration of Manufacturing, Distribution, Financial Reporting, Supply Chain-EDI and WMS functions from legacy VMS to JDE Enterprise One. This was a two year process that included RFPs. RFQs, SOW and the final selection process.
• Integrated JDE One World with PKMS for advanced WMS functionality
• Lead project team that developed SOX 404 compliance guidelines.
• Reduced Operational costs by 25% via the staff realignment.
• Renegotiated maintenance and telecom contracts saving over $500K per year.
• Developed Web Based (3PL) third party logistics extranet application that resulted in additional revenue of $40million per annum.
• Coordinated the conversion of 36 international locations to fully redundant MPLS-VPN saving $750k per year.

CIO/General Manager Customer Networking Division

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Lawson financial reporting systems.
• Integrated Blue Cherry to Manhattan Associates
• Launched company’s first website.
• Managed several high-profile profitable engagements with many of the clients listed above.
• Developed Time and Expense reporting system for 2000 consultants that reduced administrative costs
• Implemented employee self-service HR System.
• Increased the Network Divisions revenues by 35%/yr.
• Served as the IBM Beta site for the integration of Lotus Domino on the AS400 migrating from Groupwise.
• Achieved Service Provider Premier/Gold status with IBM, Microsoft, Cisco and Checkpoint.

Corporate Vice President, IT

Confidential, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Responsibilities:

• Installed and integrated several in-room amenities including environmental controls (lighting and heating), in-room bars, express checkout from the PBX-phone system, and movies on-demand.
• Opened two new hotels with 750 additional rooms, this process involved physical network and data center planning, integration, application customization and staffing.
• Designed and developed a Central Reservations System that managed all company owned hotels.