BRUCE FOSTER

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Hudson, MA 01749 Email: acf72r@r.postjobfree.com

DESIRED POSITION TITLE

A top-performing, visionary IT leader Executive credited with leveraging

elite project management and business application and system architecture

expertise to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and drive revenue growth.

Analytical strategist excels in designing enterprise technology solutions

to correctly target and resolutely mitigate problems. Highly accomplished

leader exceeding able to harness, develop and motivate talent to promote

organizational excellence aligned with the ability to build and maintain

positive relationships across global business lines.

Key Strengths

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IT Infrastructure/Design International Business Needs Assessment

Project & Program Agile/Scrum & Waterfall Presentations & Public

Management Methodologies Speaking

Strategic Server Consolidation Patent Development

Planning/Analysis Software Development Quality Assurance/Testing

Industry Networking

Technological Expertise

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Microsoft Office ( Java/Swing ( Visual Basic Application ( C/C++ ( FORTRAN

( LISP ( Bliss

Scripting Languages ( Database/SQL ( UNIX/Linux ( Windows ( CSS ( XML (

JavaScript ( REST

Professional Experience

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Hudson, MA 2014 - present

Consultant, 2014 - present

Independent IT Consultant

Provided business intelligent and validation support for IT projects and

ongoing activities in Life Sciences and IoT.

IBM, Waltham, MA 2003 - 2013

Executive IT Consultant, 2010 - 2013

Directed server consolidation, virtualization, optimization, and strategy

studies for Fortune 500, SMB, and Universities clients. Developed,

maintained, and managed server consolidation toolset employed by 100+

global IT architects using Microsoft Tools including Word, Excel

PowerPoint, Project, Visio, and Visual Basic for Application. Utilized

Waterfall and Agile/Scrum-like methodologies to implement complete Software

Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Designed new server consolidation toolset

using DB2, Java, JavaScript, Swing, WebSphere, CSS, XML, and ReST. Member

of Academy of Technology Study Group, Shared University Research Grant and

IBM Patent groups.

Key Achievements:

. Principal Software Developer of IT Infrastructure Tool

. Submitted multiple patent to protect intellectual property

. Developed and delivered C-suite executive presentations

. Oversaw development, testing, releases and implementation of tool set

used in IT Optimization Studies, supporting x86, reduced instruction set

computing (RISC), and mainframe hardware including Cloud studies, what-if

scenarios, and complete return on investment (ROI) financial analyses

. Crafted move from Excel on x86 hardware to a web-based, DB2 tool running

on Linux, Windows 7/8 and mobile devices (iOS and Android)

. Developed and optimized five-year strategic plan for a major medical

university to modernize and upgrade their datacenters and disaster

recovery center for research, education, and administration

. Designed five-year IT optimization plan for an international

pharmaceutical company enhancing infrastructure of large RISC servers,

including server consolidation and virtualization roadmap with local

failover and disaster recover capability, saving over $10 million

. Closed $15M order developing a five-year server consolidation and

virtualization plan for both x86 and RISC servers for large financial

company, upgrading and consolidating IT infrastructure

. Developed 5-year IT consolidation, virtualization, and optimization

online transaction processing (OLTP) system for bank customer with ATMs

in seven different states, upgrading "hot/warm" configuration to a

"hot/hot" configuration with a $5M ROI

. Reduced customer's datacenters from seven to one, adding a disaster

recovery center while at the same time reducing the number of servers by

80%

Economic Development Program IT Manager, 2006 - 2010

Directed IT projects as part of the Future Technology Solution Development

Center (FTSDC) to help the State of Indiana retain existing businesses

while bringing new business into the State. Partnered with the State of

Indiana, Indiana University, Purdue University, Indiana University Medical

School, and local companies.

Key Achievements:

. Reduced processing time for analyzing multiple imaging datasets from

several hours to less than ten minutes for two major clinics

. Cut back modeling time by a factor of 10X for project with a high-tech

modeling company

. Led project to port proprietary code to Cell Broadband Engine processor

to facilitate significant cost savings for major European oil company

searching for oil deposits utilizing ultrasound technology

. Managed the data center for the group

Technical Consulting Specialist, Healthcare and High Performance Computing,

2003 - 2006

Spearheaded technical pre-sales as a member of IBM's Life Sciences Emerging

Business Opportunities (EBO) group to develop new business in biological

science companies, medical institutes and medical schools.

Key Achievements:

. Technical Project Manager for IBM's internal Human Genome and Magnetic

Resonance Imaging Projects

. Organized and hosted Worldwide Ultrasound Conference at University of

Washington

. Grew biomedical engagements and business through research and execution

of advisory white paper on computationally challenging problems in

Biomedical Imaging, delivering presentations at Information Based

Medicine conferences garnering interest from major medical facilities

including Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Mass General Hospital, and

University of Washington

. Served on IBM Shared University Research (SUR) Grant committee

. Member of Academy of Technology (AoT) study: "How Do We Continue IT

Price/Performance Growth in the Post-Scaling (22nm) Microprocessor

Era?" from both a technological and economical viewpoint

COMPAQ COMPUTER AND HP, Program Manager, Chelmsford, MA 1998 - 2003

Program Manager/Marketing Manager - Life Sciences, Biotechnology, & High

Performance Computing

Drove Compaq to rank as the #1 vendor in Bioscience market, providing

marketing and technical support for North America. Led development of Life

Science business into Greater China, Japan, and Asia Pacific regions

including Australia, New Zealand, and Korea.

Re-established and expanded leadership role in high-performance computing

through successful launch of Compaq's first supercomputer, Compaq Alpha

Server SC series. Created tag line "Go Ahead Push the Limits." Coordinated

global marketing programs and collateral. Analyzed technical and business

computing benchmarks as part of corporate benchmarking review committee. Co-

chaired high-performance session at Pacific Biocomputing Symposium 2001

conference.

Achievements:

. Quarterbacked Compaq's Human Genome Project including construction of

large computer server farm for public effort

. Increased bioscience market share through design and delivery of best-in-

class marketing presentation supporting global initiatives including

leading documentation and presentation for numerous overseas markets

Education & Training

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Doctor of Philosophy, Physical BioChemistry, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Iowa City,

IA

Master of Business Administration, BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA

Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, WARTBURG COLLEGE, Waverly, IA

Patents

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Co-author of patent: "Universal Image Processing" (US 7,876,940)

Co-author of two patents: "A new tool for "Small System Builder for LISP"

(US 5,051,893 and US 5,303,380)

Co-author of patent submission: "Using Cost Value Matrix to Compare

Disparate Objects"

Co-author of patent disclosure: "A Optimized Spreadsheet Cell Translator

and Compiler"

Co-author of patent disclosure: "A Method for Easy Cell Display in Excel"

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