INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL

Project Management - Systems Development - International Experience
Goal oriented leader with 20 years of demonstrated hands-on experience in leading, planning, developing and implementing information solutions to address business needs and opportunities. Strategic international implementation and operation support experience with software application services, product support, quality assurance and training. I have a strong record of success in using robust IT architectures to solve business issues while effectively managing implementation costs and risks. Innovative subject matter expert and proposal writer on government services contract proposals and business development endeavors.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Leadership
Architecture & Design
Web Development
Database / SQL

Software Development
Budgeting & Cost Control
Project Management
Applications Management

Business Development
Team Building
Proposal Writer
ERP & MRO

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

• Designed, developed and implemented RFID gas cylinder tracking system for 7,000 cylinders for NASA providing cost savings, enhanced visibility and replacing the existing barcode system.
• Delivered multi-million dollar project for US Navy from concept, through development, implementation and training on schedule and with successful transition to support.
• Critical analysis study of security posture balanced with costs and business constraints resulting in implementation of full-disk encryption of laptops and implementation of AES based two factor authentication.
• Concept, design and implementation of an Integrated Management Solution for worldwide business systems throughout the Middle East, Afghanistan, Iraq, Europe and South America.
• Architect and project manager using PMI PMBOK methodology for a $750K software information solution for a global command center for a multi-billion dollar US Government contract.
• Human Resources technology roadmap for PeopleSoft. Implemented HR Applications Management plan and policy to discontinue and phase out legacy technology implementations.
• Implemented, designed and developed a web based asset management and tracking application to provide enterprise workflows and visibility dashboards, comprehensive reporting, event notification and overall management of distributed assets.
• Developed the Zig Ziglar's Success Planner - Life management and personal achievement system incorporating Zig Ziglar's proven goal setting methods into individuals' daily lives.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, (Grand Prairie, TX) 2009 - Present
Confidential, combines the capabilities of AAR Corp (NYSE:AIR) with the experience of a seasoned Government and commercial contracting and management team. The result is a unique start-up company dedicated to providing value-added support for the U.S. and other governments' defense/logistics and nation building initiatives. I joined AARGS as part of the initial management team.
Vice President, Information Technology, 2009 - Present

• Strategic IT guidance and alignment. Setting plans and implementing Information Technology in support of the new start-up company marketing and pursuit efforts. Setting groundwork for continuous improvement initiatives including ISO, COBIT, Change and Incident Management.
• Technical writing, graphics support & business proposal development for government contracts and commercial proposals.
• Setup, configured, secured and managed initial business systems (ADP HR, SonicRecruit, Lawson, Microsoft Exchange, VOIP Phone system, and SharePoint)

Confidential, (Euless, TX) 2008 - 2009
Staccato provides professional technology services including consulting, project management, and software development using open source and other toolsets.
Owner/Lead Consultant, 2008 - 2009

• Technical & Business systems consultation and project management to Oil and Natural Gas companies in the DFW area.
• Partnered with RTI to jointly develop and deliver a visibility and reporting solution for land management and production at a local Oil and Natural Gas firm.
• Project to manage project using an Open Source based technology solution (CATS, OrangeHRM, and SugarCRM) for recruiting, human resources and operations.
• Pilot project using TrueCrypt open source full disk encryption implementing the TwoFish algorithm.

Confidential, (Fort Worth, TX) 2002 - 2009
Confidential, provides professional program management, aviation services, contingency support, facility operations, information technology, maritime security services, personal physical electronic security and other global services to governments, corporations and worldwide organizations.
Information Technology Consultant, 2009 - 2009

• Responsible for identification, design, definition and pricing of the Information Management solution set in support of a $1 billion defense contract Kuwait. Including Proposal development, business development and sales support. Aligning DynCorp IT solutions and reporting platform with contract requirements. Deliver presentations about Supply Chain Management solution platform and technology driven process improvement to senior leadership in the company.

Director, Applications Management, 2005 - 2008

• Hands-on leadership of my international applications team of 70 personnel. Implementing systems in Iraq, Afghanistan, Oman, UAE and many countries in South America.
• Project management for commercial applications implementation (Peoplesoft HR, Costpoint Financials, Cognos, Hyperion, Sharepoint, CA Service Desk etc) and our .NET developed systems.
• Accountable for the full systems support, availability, hardware configuration, updates and patching, customization. Maintaining our ISO 9001:2000 Certification and processes.
• Lead architect for Agile web development team responsible for over fifty business systems, websites, and hosted applications.
• Responsible for our Architecture and Data Strategy to include data integration, quality, modeling, security and business intelligence. Implementing in ASP.NET applications.
• Implementing ITIL v3 best practices for Application Management, Earned Value Management, Change Management and Release Management. Support of continuous improvement reporting and compliance for Sarbanes - Oxley 404 (SOX) using the COBIT governance framework.

Director, IT Solutions Development, 2003 - 2005

• Responsible for overall technology vision for the 35 person IT Development team. Execution through agile designing, specifying and developing of web based applications as well as complimentary handheld and mobile applications, implemented in-house and commercial products and provided support for current existing products.
• Project Management and Implementation for the VB.NET and C# internet based applications strategy for operational global support in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, and South America.
• Business Development and Sales support. Architected new technology platform approach for our sales team, lead the IT side of the effort to new multi-billion dollar contract. Led the IT sales presence at various trade shows such as the 2007 Dubai Air Show.
• Championed the use of SCRUM and agile processes; integrating it into our change management. Using SCRUM in an iterative and incremental process environment improved ability to adjust to dynamic worldwide operations tempo.
• Architect the design, development and implementation of applications used to track projects, assets (RFID / barcodes), contract finances, EVMS, CRM/Business Development recruiting and contract personnel management, timesheets throughout the world.
• Recruit, develop, motivate, promote and retain geographically dispersed staff, structuring them into teams that deliver results and savings. Promoted 4 developers to Managers mentored and trained to achieve organizational objectives.
• Top 5 Technologies used: ASP.NET, VB.NET/C#, SQL Server, Oracle, CSS/DHTML

Manager, Software Development, 2002 - 2003

• Manage team of 20 software developers, maintain fiscal responsibility and prepare and manages the department budget reporting budget variances through periodic reports.
• ASP web based applications as well as complimentary handheld and mobile applications, implemented in-house and commercial products and provided support for current existing products.
• Developed handheld PocketPC inventory management application to manage inventoried assets using RFID tags. Included barcode scanning, signature capture and synchronization with a web based host application.
• Top 5 Technologies used: ASP, VB, SQL Server, Oracle, and PocketPC tools
  

Confidential, (Richardson, TX) 2000 - 2002
Confidential, provides an innovative Edgeware platform, iMotion, that enables the tracking of billions of individual items anywhere in real-time and offering an innovative RFID platform that simplifies the development, deployment and management of RFID based solutions
Software Development Manager, 2000 - 2002

• Joined GlobeRanger and helped launch this company performing in many roles including marketing and tradeshows, recruiting and IT during the early startup phase.
• Implemented AES, DES and compression algorithms on the Palm OS and PocketPC handhelds.
• Lead Developer/manager for the release of large web based platform that collects data from wireless devices, implements a logical customer hierarchy and provides comprehensive reporting, event notification and management of distributed assets.
• Solutions created leveraging Surveillance cameras, Palm OS, PocketPC, Symbol Technologies, RFID using satellite networks and telecom protocols like CDPD.

Confidential, (Dallas, TX) 1999 - 2000
Confidential, natural gas and oil field companies a solution for data collection, notifications and dashboard reporting.
Senior Software Engineer, 1999 - 2000

• Provided web-based telemetry services for oil and gas producers, provided and installed pump-off control RTUs and used a spread-spectrum wireless communication network. Lead the development and maintenance for software that configured and maintained a wireless devices and remotely collected data from Natural Gas wells.
• Web based portal and dashboard to monitor fluid level, production and pump-off controller activity, and to control load limits, stroke and load references. Produced various pump-off control reports, such as event and runtime reports to analyze trending and performance.

Confidential, (Dallas, TX) 1998 - 1999
Confidential, offers technology and business solutions including consulting, application development, implementation, network design, object oriented technology, and web based solutions.
Consultant, Web Development, 1998 - 1999

• Lead Developer on supply chain management Web based container-tracking program that tracks in real time the railroad containers by using a mainframe DB2 database.
• Developed a Web based application that allows maintenance of shipping service orders for all of the customer's North American rail containers.
• Developed a Web based application that summarizes Excel, Word and PowerPoint briefings.
• Enhanced and maintained an existing product that provides a web based reporting solution. It used Cold Fusion, Visual Basic middle ware and powered Crystal Reports & SQL

Confidential, (Worldwide) 1990 - 1998
I served honorably in the United States Air Force for almost 9 years in the Communications and Systems Programming career field.

• 1996 - 1998 Confidential, Omaha, NE
  Leader of the five person team providing Top Secret database and technical support to 30 UNIX and 25 PC users. Developed a planning package using Visual Basic, PowerBuilder, Access, and Sybase to compare and analyze mission requirements and generate message traffic. Precise attention to details and data calculation was required due to the national security implications.
• 1993 - 1996 Confidential, Ramstein, Germany
  Project Manager and Team Leader for full life cycle development of 4 major projects. Lead developer for major command system software and for multiple business automation programs using Visual Basic 3 and 4, Access 2, MAPI and Delphi 1 and 2.
• 1990 - 1993 Confidential, San Antonio, TX
  Computer programming and statistical analysis support for human resource projects using Turbo Pascal, SPSS and statistical reporting programming languages.

• Top Secret