Director, Major Projects and Transition Resume Tennessee - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Seasoned and successful IS professional wif over 15 years of experience in directing major technology projects, dramatically improving business processes, and building and leading high - performing teams for major aviation, insurance, and entertainment organizations. Secure multi-million-dollar cost savings by managing vendor negotiations, automating key processes, and optimizing resources. Proven problem-solver committed to strengthening IS departments, promoting employee development, and delivering outstanding customer service and support. Areas of expertise:
Project Management Problem-Solving Team-Building and Leadership
Business Process Improvement (BPI) Communication Business Needs Analysis
Vendor Relationships Systems Integration Technology Licensing Technology Rightsizing Automation Resource Optimization Budget Management Contract Negotiations Hardware/Software Upgrades Personnel Management Business Planning
Outsourcing Organizational Restructuring ITIL SOX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,Tennessee

Director, Major Projects and Transition

Responsibilities:

Reduced teh IT transition dollars by 73% by encouraging teh team to think outside teh box and get creative in how to integrate teh two networks and data centers.
Reduced teh IT corporate move budget by 50% using teh same techniques above.
Brought a level of employee empowerment to teh IT department at Pinnacle dat didn’t exist before.

Confidential

Director of Information Systems

Responsibilities:

Revitalized IS department, struggling wif 114% attrition rate post-bankruptcy, by stabilizing and hiring staff; achieved 0 turnover wifin 3 months.
Secured 31% savings in 3-year period by successfully renegotiating 41 IT contracts.
Decreased budget 41%; reduced Mesaba’s IT budget 54% by utilizing outsourcing, retraining, and job sharing to optimize resources.
Saved $500K in staff and benefits by outsourcing help desk and MS server support.
Moved all application development to an off-shore model.

Confidential, Minnesota

Enterprise Technology Manager

Responsibilities:

Saved $3.7M, eliminated 1700 filing cabinets, and reduced headcount by 17 by developing electronic document imaging and storage system utilizing Stellent; hand-picked by VP to lead 2-year project.
Secured $2.2M savings and grew business 47% by creating and launching electronic application processing system.
Reduced overall headcount from 498 to 54 in 9 years through process automation.
Improved technology department performance by creating policies and procedures manual.
Played instrumental role in preparing company for acquisition by achieving outstanding success wif automated processes.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows 3x, 9x, NT 3.51, 4, 2000, 2000 Server, 2003 Server, XP Mac OS 8x, 9x, 10 Linux Red Hat OS/2 CICS/VTAM SQL DTS

Databases: SQL 6.5, 7.0 MySQL FoxPro Access Btrieve VTAM

Applications: Microsoft Office Visual Studio .NET Citrix CICSOptika Imaging ARCserve Backup Backbone Backup MS Exchange Server MS SNA Server MS SQL Server MS Project Server IIS 3, 4, 5 Apache Web Server Kronos • Cisco Call Manager JD Edwards

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