OBJECTIVE Obtain a leadership position in a technologically challenging environment, which will fully utilize my education and experience as well as my analytical, organizational, administrative, and problem solving skills.

WORK EXPERIENCE ProSript Chief Information Officer Effectively plan for company's technology needs Oversee the IT department and development of projects and programming to advance corporate objectives Set the overall direction for technology through strategic planning and evaluation Leadership, planning and management of voice and data communications, academic technology, administrative systems, financial technology, training, user support and IT security and disaster systems Coordinate the development of information technology team, including recruiting, hiring, and supervising staff Evaluate overall information technology operations oversee the design and implementation of new applications and changes to existing computer systems and software and evaluate and procure new hardware and software to meet company needs. Oversee the development and maintenance of a company's databases and network security Assess business and IT Impact analysis and risk, including HIPAA regulations, Data backup solutions, Extended application recovery, Disaster readiness testing, Windows client and server recovery, and Crisis management Confidential Owner, Operator, Manager Manager of large restaurant and staff of over 50 Sales, Marketing, Accounting, Promotional, Operations, Customer Service, Management, Bartender, Waiter, Maintenance Confidential Technical Manager - Manager of the PDA team, including Programmers and a Business Analyst. Responsible for full software development lifecycle stages and processes around Mobile Device development. Research and Development tasks for improving speed, database reduction, synchronization efficiency, and hardware considerations Worked closely with Microsoft, developing new technologies in the Merge/Replication realm. Pushing the limits of the current MS platforms and discovering new methods of achieving success. Directed team toward new branch deployment objectives, while managing existing application flaws and customer service to active branches, employing industry best coding practices and techniques Approved all scheduling, payroll, vacations, etc. Responsible for hiring new resources Attended regular meetings with upper management to report on department status, make recommendations, and schedule agendas and projects. Confidential Vice President of Information Technology A very Hands-On Vice President and Director of IT. Directed department from 2 websites and 6 IT staff members to 9 robust websites and 21 Programmers, Network Analysts, Database Analysts, Report Writers, and Technical Support personnel. Guiding and promoting developers into leaders along the way Responsible for system design and implementation, as well as database design, network structure, Internet presence, and offsite real time replication to our office in New York. Implementation and deployed new software to the live sites. Coordinated payroll, vacation and time off, hiring, mentoring, and termination of all IT staff. Performed evaluations, yearly reviews, and salary adjustments Assigned all projects and daily tasks to IT members by way of company Incident tracking software package. Attended regular meetings with upper management to report on department status, make recommendations, and schedule agendas and projects. Coordinated with outside clients and vendors as well as purchased servers, switches, routers, and other necessary equipment. Designed and developed applications, class construction, DLL, development using the Visual Studio suite of programs, ASP, SQL tools, etc. Confidential Software Processing Manager Lead programmer and Manager of all other programmers. Designed and developed applications, class construction, DLL, ActiveX-EXE, OCX development in Visual Basic 6.0 and Some VB.Net, using Btrieve and Microsoft Sql databases. Assigned tasks and projects to other programmers, performed evaluations and yearly reviews. Attended company monthly operations meetings as a representative of IT. Designed and wrote a system of programs to eliminate over 700 preprinted forms and replaced them with automatically generated overlays for Laser printing and automatic creation of Pdf images for imaging and document management. Reduced printing by 4000 documents a day. Designed and wrote many major systems including a full invoicing and payment plan system. Too many others to list here. Most programming done in VB 6.0 making programs and dlls modular and available to many sources including the company web site programs. Confidential Assistant Vice President of IT Responsible for Coordinating daily actions of IT department along with VP Assign projects and supervise progress Perform yearly employee reviews/payroll/scheduling Meet with other company leaders and government factions to coordinate sensitive IT issues Act as technical answer man to company and as information source to IT Lead programmer/designer for major projects/ network systems Analyze, Design, and write applications Conduct informative classes Assist in general maintenance of Novell network and LAN activities Confidential Director of Systems Programming Oversee programmers in IT department Ensure that applications are produced timely, efficiently, and according to standards Knowledge resource for other programmers Develop programming/analyst skills to keep pace with changing technology Analyze/design/write applications using MS Visual Basic, MS Professional Basic, and MS Access for use in Windows and DOS utilizing database types including Btrieve, Pervasive, MS Access, and many others Review/Evaluate new tools/procedures and apply them to achieve more efficient programming methods Confidential Systems Programmer/Analyst Lead programmer responsible for analysis/design/revision/coding/maintenance of custom database systems, accounting, payroll, claims, premium finance, marketing analysis Performed programming per specifications and produced results in a prompt, efficient, and timely manner Reviewed procedures and offered solutions to speed/maximize the effectiveness of a project Confidential Vice President of Research and Development Responsible for coordinating daily activities of office from payroll to sales meetings to hardware installations. Designed and programmed a complete medical office system including full accounting/patient history/insurance reporting/ electronic claims package. Designed and programmed a complete independent insurance agency system complete with full accounting/claims/ reporting/customer database both of these systems were written for use across a network with complete file sharing and security. Programmer/Analyst Analyze, design, and write insurance application programs for major client. Revise programs and produce reports as requested. General hardware maintenance and repair to PC's and Novell network.