SUMMARY:

• Established Senior IT Professional with over 22 years of Global Finance, Supply Chain and “Engineering, Procurement, and Construction”(EPC) Project Logistics Management, Project Management, and Business Operations expertise.
• Results - driven leader with excellent communication and interpersonal skills; a strong emphasis delivering quality systems and application solutions, maintenance project implementation, planning, and organization, team building, and defining processes.
• Expert in the design and delivery of cost-effective, high-performance technology solutions in support of rapid international growth with budget responsibility of $3.5M annually (1.5%of revenue).
• Proven history and success in increasing profitability, improving performance, and cultivating productivity in sensitive, fast-paced environments and a highly competitive industry.

CORE COMPETENCIES AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT STRENGTHS:

• Enterprise IT Infrastructure, Design, and Integration Agile Methodology
• Global Market Evaluation, Penetration & Expansion Maximizing Productivity
• Global Supply Chain Logistics Enterprise IT Security
• EPC Project Logistics and Management Java/J2EE Programming
• Strategic & Operational Technology Planning TIBCO MDM Integration / TIBCO 3rd Pillar
• Unix, AIX, Linux System Administration System Builder (SB+) / RedBack Development
• Apache, TomCat, WebLogic, WebSphere Application Server Rational Clear Case, Subversion, PRC, CVN, Git Repositories

PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Seasoned Developer who is able to mitigate risks and work with ambiguous requirements and push through roadblocks to meet deadlines and budget constraints.
• Ability to work with Business Partners and 3rd Party Vendors to meet project goals.
• Comprehensive experience managing multiple activities of varying complexity with conflicting priorities involving cross-functional teams, aggressive time constraints, and challenging markets/economic conditions
• Demonstrates professional reliability, highly self-motivated with the ability to assume multi-task in a fast paced environment.
• Multi-faceted professional, providing management experience with the ability to effectively communicate across all organizational levels
• Articulate, diplomatic, persuasive; easily establishes rapport and credibility with people at all levels, works well with people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures
• Extensive working knowledge of Pick Basic, UniBasic/Unidata, Universe, U2, System Builder(SB+) and Multi-Value Databases.
• Maintains current knowledge of technology, best practices, and threats, capable of assessing appropriate measures from that information
• Architected and Designed TIBCO MDM Integration with Leasing and Credit origination systems
• Focused and persistent: both "big picture" visionary and detail oriented, resolving issues that have the potential to block goals and aspirations
• Tenacious in building new business, securing customer loyalty, and forging strong relationships with external business partners

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Austin, TX

Managing Partner/Private Lender - Real Estate Investor

Responsibilities:

• Architecting and Developing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) utilizing Java, J2EE, JSON, SOAP, WSDL Integration Broker with Legacy Leasing System (InfoLease).
• Performing hands on Architecting, Design, & Coding of UniBasic(Pick Basic) Code for Payment & Remittance Lockbox, Invoice Processing, Aging, of Leasing accounts.
• Hands-on PERL Scripting for automation of Corporate IT Security Compliance and automation of account deletions in Legacy leasing environment. Currently automating all
• Implementing, Managing, and Supporting Apache Tomcat, JBoss, & Weblogic application servers for Development, UAT, and Production environments.
• Implementation of Integration Manager Object-Based APIs with (Unidata Based) IDS InfoLease System with Confidential Workflow Credit Origination System known as DealFlo providing credit scoring, credit decisioning and credit limit amounts for customers.
• Architecting, Developing, and Managing automated installation and release management between Development, UAT, and Production environments, utilizing PERL, Ant, Maven, and KSH scripting.
• Leading Peer Code Reviews on Enhancements, Small-Medium, and Large Scale software development projects for Confidential Leasing Consolidation Project.
• Leading, and managing upgrade efforts AIX 5.3 (Unix) environment and also conversion of new environment to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) projects. Providing scripting knowledge of BASH scripting and conversion of legacy scripts.

Confidential, Austin, TX

Consultant/Application Developer-Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Architecting and Developing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) utilizing Java, J2EE, JSON, SOAP, WSDL Integration Broker with Legacy Leasing System (Infolease).
• Performance Review of current capacity and recommending and implementing process improvements on InfLease System and EMC Data Storage arrays.
• Hands-on PERL Scripting for automation of Corporate IT Security Compliance and automation of account deletions in Legacy leasing environment.
• Implementing, Managing, and Supporting Apache Tomcat application servers for Development, UAT, and Production environments.
• Architecting, Developing, and Managing automated installation and release management between Development, UAT, and Production environments, utilizing PERL, Ant, Maven, and KSH scripting.
• Leading Peer Code Reviews on Enhancements, Small-Medium, and Large Scale software development projects for Confidential Leasing Consolidation Project.
• Implemented Eclipse IDE with U2 Rocket Software plug-in (Unidata - Unibasic) development environment and converted from legacy vi, vim, and native Unidata line editors.
• Leading, and managing upgrade efforts AIX 5.3 (Unix) environment and also conversion of new environment to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) projects. Providing scripting knowledge of BASH scripting and conversion of legacy scripts.
• Documented PGP best practices on encryption for integration with 3rd Party vendors for data impots into Legacy leasing system(Infolease).

Confidential, Austin, TX

Managing Partner/Private Lender

Responsibilities:

• Acquired and managed construction on several residential projects for the purpose of improving the property and selling.
• Provided Funding to other real estate investors for construction projects, acquisition of commercial properties.

Confidential, Austin, TX

Owner/CEO

Responsibilities:

• Provide 24 Hour Call Center IT Support
• Cloud Services(Public, Private, Hybrid), Hosting and Server Virtualization
• Network Engineering- Configuring Cisco Switches, Adaptive Security Appliances (Cisco / SonicWall)
• IT Security Services (VPN, Data Encryption, Firewalls, IPS)
• VOIP Solutions, Mobility Integration, Unified Messaging, Collaboration Software
• Office365 Transition Specialist
• Information Technology Project management
• Enterprise WIFI Solutions (WIPS, WVLANs, Cloud Based Management)
• Disaster Recovery and Continuation of Business Planning
• International Trading and Business Development
• Web, Business Process, Back Office Application design and Integration

Confidential, Houston, TX

CIO/VP of Information Technology

Responsibilities:

• Planned and managed Global IT and Security Fiscal budgets
• Hands on Project Management of all IT Infrastructure and Software Development Projects.
• Created and managed workflow process for all software projects from envisioning, planning,
• Created Corporate Project Management Office
• Established guidelines, policies, and standards for IT and Security Projects
• Created Project Lifecycle, Utilizing Agile SDLC
• Created Document Workflow for Auditing and Governance, Requirements, Resource Matrix, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Release Documents, etc
• Established policies and guidelines for Data Retention, Data Storage, Disaster Recovery, and Continuation of Business
• Implemented Business Process Improvement initiative for business and IT departments, resulting in cost reduction of $15M(USD)
• Re-designed 3 key business processes, including Customs Import Brokerage Process(E. Africa), Perishable Export Process (E. Africa), and Road Transport for Regional Air Carriers(Middle East & E. Africa);totaling in over $35M(USD) in annual revenues
• Established a single IT Global supplier management process to leverage maximum purchasing power, resulting in saving $2.2Mof annual IT spending
• Created Centralized DataCenter Operations in USA, resulting in $1.6M in annual savings
• Established Transoceanic P & D as a Confidential Imports Broker in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, cutting the lead time of Imports through Dar Es Salaam, Mombasa, and Kampala, from days down to 24 hours.
• Spearheaded business and department startup and system operational activities to enable trading and logistics business to generate revenues from 0 to $300M in 5 years
• Identified, planned, and implemented the initial IT requirements for business kick-off
• Created IT financial budget and funding of $25K at start-up and grew to $2M within 3 years
• Managed Information Technology and Security vendors in all foreign and domestic locations
• Established performance expectations and mentored both business operations and IT staff
• Implemented GPS Tracking for all Global Transportation Assets (Prime Movers, Aircraft, and Cargo) to monitor and reduce losses due to pilferage, theft, and accidents, increasing profitability by $2M (USD) annually
• Established relationships with external partner for integration of global IT and logistics solutions to secure annual revenues of $26M(USD)
• Implemented multiple infrastructure systems to manage security and power and increase profitability by $3M (USD) annually
• Lead technology efforts to establish Transoceanic Project & Development as a “ Confidential ” importer in E. Africa and reduce lead times of import clearance by 60%.
• Provided hands on coding for Logistics system and developed Confidential approved airline tracking of air freight shipments and lead to more efficient ways of tracking, routing, shipping, and receiving of cargo.

Confidential, Grapevine, TX

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Directed medium and large scale project efforts in an enterprise production environment; created and managed project plans and timelines
• Lead and managed large scale project to integrate legacy leasing (Infolease) system with Citi’s TIBCO service oriented architecture.
• Determined and monitored time estimates, level of effort, and scope of software development projects
• Provided technical leadership and mentorship to the development team on key deliverables
• Conducted training mentorship for internal, contractor, and offshore development resources on Unidata development and programming techniques
• Provided support for the Business and QA teams throughout the development lifecycle
• TIBCO MDM Integration for Leasing Origination from InfoLease to Confidential Leasing System

Confidential, Irving, TX

Infolease Developer

Responsibilities:

• Consolidated Loan and Leasing origination system to Developed java-based web services Websphere MQ Messaging (TIBCO MDM SOA) while utilizing Agile Development Processes for rapid development and integration with Citi’s Workflow Loan Origination System (TIBCO 3rd Pillar Loan Path).
• Unidata UniBasic (Pick Basic) Coding and design of applications.
• Automated several IT Processes utilizing Perl, Ksh, and CSH scripting.
• Managed leasing consolidation projects to integrate multiple leasing platforms to a single lease management system (Infolease).
• Created development tools SharePoint website for tips and tricks, coding standards, on-boarding information for internal and offshore development teams, and samples of project technical artifacts