SUMMARY
This broadly experienced IT professional can bring to your organization a wide variety of skills and experiences, which will translate to bottom line, cost effective productivity for himself and those around him. He is especially effective in changing situations where both short term and long term goals must be balanced.
He can deliver on time and within budget and understands corporate profitability as well as local responsibility. He is experienced in the entire lifecycle of consulting engagements from cold calling and sales through implementation and ongoing support. He is also has lived and taught the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and is effective in managing and developing employees

CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Institute - PMP
Microsoft MCSE – Win NT4, Win 2000, Win 2003, currently working on MCTS Win 2008
Microsoft MCDBA – SQL Server 7, SQL Server 2000
Microsoft MCTS – SQL Server 2005, C#
Microsoft MCTS Dynamics GP 10 – Financials & Installation
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 – Sales & Presales
Road Warrior - Delta Million Miler

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Program Director 9/2004 - 12/2011
Confidential,Hillside Court, Englewood, Ohio
Full responsibility for budget, management, and delivery of $7M portfolio of public sector software products

Initiated, supervised, and in some cases lead rewrites of all software from legacy PICK software to Microsoft .Net™ and SQLServer™.

• New functionality was added with focus groups of existing clients and analysis of lost bids.
• Existing personnel had to be retrained for new technologies.
• Conversion and cutover for existing clients needed smooth transition.
• Managed or oversaw projects
• Database design, SQL implementation, SQL stored procedure coding
• Designed or reviewed software designs
• Coded in VB.Net and ASP.Net, user controls

Lead certification effort leading to 35 certified individuals, and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status with six competencies.

• Taught classes covering Networking, Windows Server, Desktop support, SQLServer, Project Management, personnel management, and Dynamics GP

Adopted Microsoft Dynamics GP as replacement financial product. Numerous modifications were required for Ohio public sector use. Also client expectation of compatibility with legacy products needed to be managed

• Project Manager
• Learned and used Dexterity to modify GP
• Designed reports with Frx and management reporter
• Converted data to SQL server
• Coded in Dexterity, VB.Net, and Access

Rolled out remote facilities management service for small municipalities.

• Designed technical service, marketing plan, and roll out plan
• Used this as an opportunity to mentor two staff members to build future capability in this area

Chief Software Architect 9/1998 - 5/2004)
Confidential,Blue Ash, Ohio

Responsible for full life cycle of several ASP.Net™ projects, taking developers with no .Net experience; training and supervising them and managing the project as well handling the most difficult technical task myself. Buck stops here for technical issues and primary architect of all client solutions. Projects included:

Multi-use (single instance) website customized via parameters and database entries for use by over 35 different county property valuation administrators.

• Sales support, analysis,
• Project Management, team of 3
• Database design, SQL implementation, SQL stored procedure coding
• Website technical design
• VB.Net and ASP.Net coding.

Kidney transplant database for regional medical center using Microsoft Access™ -

• Sales support
• Analysis
• Project Management team of 2
• Database design, Access implementation
• VBA coding.

Internet report delivery system for Federal Home Loan bank with over 1400 correspondents and 5000 users.

• Sales support
• Analysis
• Project Manager, team of 8
• Lead analysis & design
• SQL Server database design and implementation to implement row level security with Active Directory administration, Coded SQL stored procedure coding
• Website infrastructure design
• VB.Net and ASP.Net coding
• Lead infrastructure installation and upgrade.

Internet portal to replace a product from Computer Associates and providing additional functionality in support of medical billing and office management application. Five separately sourced COTS products had to be synthesized into a single look and feel. Requirements included single sign-on support for applications running on both Windows™ (traditional ASP) and Unix™ Apache™. Several Microsoft SQLServer™ and Oracle™ databases need to be synchronized so that updates in one were reflected in the others

• Project Manager, team of 6
• Lead GAP analysis & design
• SQL Server database and triggers design. SQL Server implementation, SQL stored procedure coding.
• Oracle database & triggers design.
• Website infrastructure design.
• VB.Net and ASP.Net coding.

Converted accounting system from Dec Vax Ross system to AS/400 based JDEdwards system.

• Gap Analysis
• Project Management, team of 4
• GL restructure
• Data conversion
• End user training
• AS/400 implementation

Major upgrade of a property tax assessment system from Microsoft Access™ to VB/Net/ASP.Net/ SQLServer including a handheld application to facilitate field input.

• Sales support
• Analysis
• Project Management, team of 14
• Database design, SQL implementation, SQL stored procedure coding, conversion from legacy database
• Website design, built custom controls, designed website infrastructure
• VB.Net, ASP.Net and user controls coding.

Replacement of an existing Unix/Apache MySQL on line training application and certification site with VB.Net/ASP.Net/SQLServer.

• Sales support
• Analysis
• Project Management, team of 5
• Database design
• Website design
• ASP.Net coding
• Infrastructure design and installation, conversion from legacy database

Consultant/ Project manager 1/1998-9/1998
Confidential,Blue Ash, Ohio

• Y2K compliance for COBOL programs.
• Lead conversion projects involving both internal and client personnel.
• Revised and created documentation

• Organized the help desk
• Created class presentation and material
• Organized and supervised off shore Y2K “factory”.

Project manager 5/1997-12/1997
Confidential,Cincinnati, Ohio

• Y2K compliance for COBOL programs.
• Lead projects
• Created and enforced standards

Vice President, Consultant 5/1987-4/1997
Confidential,Cincinnati, Ohio)
Lead projects for eastern US clients of Seattle, Washington based international supplier of accounting and management software. Involved in many strategic initiatives and projects. Financial systems were tailored and installed for nonprofits, distribution, oil and gas, regulated utilities, government, newspaper, and retail clients.
Manager 4/1985-5/1997
Confidential,Cincinnati, Ohio
Built a turnkey computer & software practice with a national scope for this Big Six CPA firm. Primary emphasis was on healthcare billing and manufacturing financial systems. Staff was spread across six offices from Pennsylvania to California.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
I-Intermediate A-Advanced E-Expert (T)-Have taught

Platforms:

A (T) Windows Desktop (2000 thru 7)
A (T) Windows Server (NT4 thru 2008R2)
A Microsoft IIS
A Microsoft Exchange
A VMware
I Microsoft SharePoint
A Active Directory
I Windows Mobile
I AS/400
A IBM MVS
A UNIX
A Linux
A CICS
I AIX
A Pick (JBase, Universe)
A (T) Routing & Networking
I VOIP

Database Management Systems:

E (T) Microsoft SQL Server (2000 thru 2008R2)
I Oracle
I DB2
A VSAM
A Multivalued

Software:

E Microsoft Project
E (T) Microsoft Office
E Microsoft Visio
A (T) Microsoft Dynamics GP
I Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Tools:

E SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
E (T) SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
A Microsoft Visual Studio (6.0 thru 2010)
E (T) SQL Server Management Studio
A Microsoft Source Safe
A Microsoft VS Team Foundations

Programming Languages:

A C# (Desktop & ASP.Net)
E (T) VB.Net (Desktop & ASP.Net)
A VB-6
A Traditional VBScript ASP
E VBA
A Dexterity
E (T) SQL Stored Procedures
I Perl
A COBOL
A Pick Basic

Application Areas:

E (T) Accounting & Finance
A Sales & Marketing
E Human Resources
A Classroom and Online Training
E Public Sector
E Property Valuation & Taxation
A Regulated Public Utilities
A Banking
A Medical Billing
A Medical Records
I Manufacturing
A Non-Profit
A Membership
A Fund Raising

EDUCATION
MBA
Engineering Computer Science
BA (Psychology)