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Work Experience

I.T. Contractor for Confidential,
Confidential,April 2008 to Present
Serving as single support as Network Admin and Application Support and also serving and I.T. Manager and Development Manager for PHP and Adobe Suites..
I am supporting Exchange Servers and 6 Web Sites with supporting of MACS and Dell and HP and Win 2003/2005/2008 and Win 2007/XP OS Systems on the Desktops. Actively supporting SQL Server, Oracle DB, MS Office 2003/2007,Unix, XENIX, Citrix thin Clients and Server Islands, Share Point Apps / Server Support, VMWare, VSServers, JD Edwards, Oracle Apps, Glovia and Chess I am actively performing SQL Data Searches and Crystal Reporting for Clients. I am also supporting several Phone Systems consisting of regular digital and VOIP for several models of Norstar/NEC Phone Systems, Door/Fire/Burglar Security Systems. Most recently, heavily involved in the planning and moving an entire Operation to a new Data Center with 65 Servers, 3 different Phone Systems, AS400 I Series (Hardware and Software) and all Mac and Dell Work Stations This project was accomplished on-time and On-budget! I am very versed in the details of managing any I.T. areas whether it be detail support and/or at the I.T. Director or Manager level..

Senior Systems Analyst
Confidential,Dalton, GA
May 2007 to April 2008
At Shaw, I provided selection analysis and support for Major Systems Projects within the Global Sales/Marketing Support Areas. Shaw maintains an I.T. Staff which exceeds more than 500 Professionals.
Selection and installing various Major I.T. Packages to accomplish Company goals was involved. The specific Tools that were used involved Six Sigma Technology and Scrum Processes which required extensive use of Process Mapping and Visio Charting tools to define and summarize and map out the Detail departmental Process steps. Documentation and presentation of the processing flow and steps were involved in the Management and Training cycles. I also supported The HR Department while at Shaw on various Projects. These involved defining and documentation of the data requirements to load the required Tables for the PeopleSoft modules, including all processing steps to describe these interrelated events. The use of Visio Charting and Process Mapping for Six Sigma was utilized for these analyses,
The Presentations and follow on training materials.

Full time IT Director
Confidential,March 2001 to May 2007


Responsible for all the I.T. Services for a Major Emerson Division with headquarters in Tennessee serving Plants in the USA, Mexico and China. Had
full responsibility for all Budgets, Cost containment, Security Programs and
Policies, Procedures and staffing requirements. The technology involved at least the following: Web Site and Intranet Site, Share point Services, Oracle DB, SQL Server, Oracle
Apps, Chess, Macola, SAP ERP, JD Edwards ERP, Unix, XP, Lean Manufacturing,
USA/China/Mexico Operations, NT Servers, Win2003 Servers, Exchange Server
2003/Share Point Services, RS/6000, AS/400 Hardware Support and Software (I Series Servers), Cognos, Crystal Reports, .NET, 2003
Microsoft Suite, VPN Networks, VOIP Telephone/Voice Mail Systems and Plant
Cameras and Door Security Systems, Multi Media/Video Conferencing, Citrix Meta
frame and Thin Clients. All I.T. Employees in the 3 countries report back to me. This is a global network environment with each Division responsible for
their I.T. structures within the corporate policies and guidelines. My position
is held accountable for the entire I.T. Infrastructure.

Consultant
Self Employed
March 2000 to March 2001
engagements in
.various Transportation, Logistics and Manufacturing Companies being compensated on Contracts and/or serving others as an Employee on their Payroll, Serving in
CIO, Director of Development, Systems Manager, Network Administrator and in
System Developer roles.

Emerson is much immersed into the Six Sigma Technologies for Project control via Process Flows/Diagramming, Process Documentation and follow on Training of Employees. I was very involved in the usage of Six Sigma
Process Flow tools and utilized Visio and PowerPoint for the presentation of Projects and Job Descriptions
For all Projects and related activities for Domestic and the Mexico and China Plants. We used Hyperion to roll up
The Financials from the Division Accounting Systems to the corporate systems from Oracle Apps, JD Edwards and Macola ERP systems. This was accomplished on a Monthly basis.
Director of Management Information Systems
Confidential,Chattanooga, TN
May 1981 to March 2000

* Responsible for all aspects of the Corporation\'s I.T. which included all
decisions relative to computer hardware, software, web sites, telephone,
voice mail systems, distribution, warehousing, EDI, barcode and RF
scanning applications
* I reported directly to the President and Chief Operating Officer (and
Chairman -as required).

* Supervised 5 Managers for areas of Telecom, Client Server, AS/400 and
Mainframe, EDI, Application development, Telephony support. Filling in for my Managers as required.

* Help desk setup and support & Managed HR, Accounting and Distribution
Center Depts.

* Multi-plant multi-location international company
* Served on corporate acquisition team for new companies and product lines
* Chairman of Corporate IT Steering Team and a host of Corporate Special
Projects
* Budget and cost control responsibilities for a $2.5 million annually
* Implementation of enterprise wide JD Edwards World Software for the AS/400
* Implementation of enterprise wide transportation logistic system and automated warehousing Bar Code and Scanning (very knowledgeable in
Logistics Systems per se).
* Implementation of document imaging system yielding a paperless environment
* Implementation of company wide e-mail/voice mail system on fiber base
network
* Implementation of automated art department to accomplish package design in house
.Team leader for Y2K compliance team, other than MIS - Compliance met well in advance
* Served as Quality Control leader for company wide IT training composition and deploy.

Computer Platforms
*IBM AS/400 client server environment Fiber Based - T1 frame relay VPN
WAN,HP3k,9k
*UNIX, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, Token Ring, Ethernet, Bay Network Equipment, Cisco
Routers
*Windows NT 4.0, Novell Netware 3.12, Windows 2000, Office 2000
*IBM 9221 / S390 Mainframes & EMC - Document Imaging and Central Fax RS/6000
*Meridian, Rohm, NORTEL, OCTEL voice mail system and Executone Telephony systems
*Sterling software EDI Gentran translators to all retail customers (i.e.
Wal*Mart, etc)
*DSI DC Link warehousing and distribution center data collection on line to
AS/400

Software
*OS/400, AIX, AS/400 COBOL, RPG/400, OS390, DB2, DOS/VSE, MVS, SQL, Office 2000
*Novell, MTS, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/Server 2003/Exchange Server 2003, Visual
Basic 6, GUPTA, Oracle Database/Apps
*DOS/VSE-SP, MVS, COBOL, CICS, Assembler, TSO, C++, JAVA (introductions only)
*Gentran and Premenos EDI translators, Clipper, GroupWise, PL/SQL(Oracle), ADO
* DSI DC link Data Collector, SAP (Distribution Suite only), Lotus
Notes/workflow/Domino
* JD Edwards World ERP software (all suites),Peoplesoft HR/Payroll, GEAC
Financials
* BPCS, ASK, and MOVEX MRP software, PICK (minor exposure),CHESS (Glovia)
* Barcode labeling software, Bar Coding RF Software, FoxPro, Forest & Trees,
FileMaker
* Optio document software for AS/400, Raptor Firewall, Cognos Decision Stream
etc.

* I2 transportation logistics software and LogPro Logistics software, ALK PC
Miler
* Telephone and voice mail software (Nortel, Octel, Rohm, AT&T and NEC)
Director of Data Services

Confidential,Birmingham, AL
1971 to 1981
Managed and directed over 50 data processing personnel of Programmer/Analyst,
Operators, Data Control and Data Entry functions. Evaluated and selected point of sales technology, Mainframe Computers, in-store ordering equipment,
Warehousing picking and shipping systems. Managed the implementation of the first point of sales UPC Scanning system in the southeast. Installed and
implemented a leading edge Billing/ordering/inventory for fixed and floating
warehouse storage, automated conveyors and selection equipment. Directed all
supporting software to manage these systems. Was responsible for all
financial, progress monitoring and training functions relative to corporate and systems. Performed computer acquisition negotiations to allow over 1.5 million
savings over a period of 5 years. Personally directed the separation of Bruno\'s from the current BIG B Drug Chain relative to all their data processing
requirements including the hiring of the new staffs and the transfer of operations to a new computer facility. The systems installed in a Mainframe
On-line environment resulted in reduced labor and storage requirements for products warehoused and shipped to the food stores providing direct profits for the entire corporation.
Computer Platforms
*IBM models 20, 1401, S/360, S/370, 4341 with 3270 terminals
*NCR store based POS scanning and ordering technology

Software
*COBOL, RPG, Assembler, MTCS, CICS
*Custom in house application software and AA&Co. Software

Programming Manager
Confidential,Birmingham, AL
1963 to 1971
Supervised 15+ Programmers and 4 Computer Operators in all aspects of Mainframe
computer support for the magazine\'s Order Fulfillment Systems and Cash
collections and Accounts Receivable applications. Personally programmed many
computer applications and improvements to software utilized. The sole
Technical Systems Support person for all the application languages and IBM and
RCA Operating systems. The trainer for the new computer languages and systems as deployed and implemented for all users of the software applications.

Price Waterhouse & Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Team member of the Management Advisory Systems staff. Duties included various
engagements involving Audit support on Systems Analysis. Many independent
Systems and Programming projects, Systems Design and Proposal presentations and assistance on computer hardware selections and acquisition. Personally
assisted clients with personnel selection and evaluations. Traveled throughout the USA.

Monsanto, Inc, Decatur, Alabama and St. Louis, Mo.

Team member of a group that planned, designed and installed the merger of the
Central Engineering systems from three divisions to headquarters in St. Louis,
Mo. All programming and documentation was established for the IBM 7040/44
Mainframe and S/360 Mainframe at world headquarters. The primary applications
involved systems to support all plant designs (drawings and material/equipment and financial monitoring). Individual training classes was conducted in groups to the entire Monsanto Engineering staff that was then in excess of 3000
persons.

Additional Software Citrix Winframe/Metaframe thin client
technology,COM/DCOM, ActiveX, Visual Studio Siemens ROLM and AT&T, Intutity
telephony systems
NEC telephony systems, Frame Relay,VPN, GPS and voice/data technology
Lotus Notes/ Domino, Crystal Reports, Showcase Reporting
Seagull Jwalk software for AS/400, UNIX AIX (OS for RS/6000)
Legato Backups and Interchange Servers, Oracle DB/Apps, Cognos Decision stream /
Query
Visual Basic and Source Safe and some experience in .NET
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Education
Business and Computer Science
Studied Accounting
Masters Degree – Business / Computer Technology