Robert Bradford

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EDUCATION Masters in Business Administration

Financed The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL GPA: 3.75/4.00

100% of Graduated: May 2006 Concentration: Management Information Systems

education

Bachelor of Science: Computer Science

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Major GPA: 4.0/4.0

Graduated: May 2004 Minor: Mathematics

EXPERIENCE Lead Architect, Insuresoft, Tuscaloosa, AL

Responsible for direction, guidance, and application of software design

January principles

2008 to Instituted programming, development, and architectural standards

present Increased team member knowledge through training, knowledge repository,

code reviews, and examples

Researched new technologies performing cost/benefit analysis, prototyping,

and ability to implement

Served as a consultant to customer business and IT departments providing

recommendations for design, best practices, processes, project approach,

resource requirements and integration feasibility

Work with diverse teams in multiple geographic locations in analysis,

troubleshooting, communication, and prioritization of system-related issues

February

2006 to Assisted with technology migration resulting in new product capabilities,

January improved support and increased product sales

2008

Program Manager, AQ2 Technologies, Birmingham, AL

Managed software projects responsible for processing in excess of

$30million total per month

Responsible for design and architecture of financial software solutions

allowing remote capture, electronic check processing and Check21 solutions

August Liaison between customer IT and business departments

2005 to Responsible for integration between company software and a variety of

May 2006 customer systems

Project Manager, Alabama Department of Transportation Afflink,

Tuscaloosa, AL

Reviewed current processes providing analytical summary which lead to

June 2005 unprecedented communication between CIO, CFO and business unit; ultimately

to leading to synergies and reuse of existing internal projects and resources.

August

2005 Lead a team of 5 students in performing post implementation audit to ensure

quality of previously developed systems

Prepare final documentation for project sponsors and the University

Transportation Center of Alabama

January

2004 to Business System Analyst, Russell Corporation, Atlanta, GA

May 2005 Project: Deploy application solution to provide a distribution channel to

allow entrance into a new market segment

Project: Detail business processes for the Program Management Office based

on leading practices

Project: Establish a baseline of systems through stakeholder interviews

for determining strategic direction

Project: Ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley by identifying risks and

developing a plan for eliminating those risks

January

2002 to IT Manager, Student Services - The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

March 2003 Lead a four person support team responsible for maintaining network

stability, providing appropriate hardware and software, resolving problems,

and ensuring security for more than 200 users

Responsible for team member growth and development by increasing their

technical and problem solving skills

Scope, define solution outcomes, process business requirements to provide

effective, reliable and efficient solutions to aid in business operations

and allow students access to relevant information

Provide guidance to other departments to disseminate leading practices as a

means of integration and standardization

Deploy solutions affecting more than 20,000 students and approximately

June 2000 5,000 faculty

to

January Systems Developer, Kimberly Clark Corporation, Roswell, GA

2002 Manage intranet redesign project for Research & Design department

Design and execute project plan from acquired requirements

Meet with co-workers, managers, field-personnel, and other staff to develop

and validate project requirements and conduct cost-benefit analysis

Collaborate with 3rd party development team to develop coding and feature

standards to ensure common user experience and functionality across web

applications

Recognize areas of improvement and design systems which increase efficiency

by moving to a paperless system

Develop asset management system to reduce overhead by organizing and

managing assets, employees, specifications and projects

Evaluate and address safety concerns for machinery to ensure operator

safety and compliance with OSHA standards

Entrepreneur/President, McCloud Technologies Group Inc, Hamilton, AL

Technology specialist firm that offers consulting, networking and other IS

services coupled with product sales generating over $50,000 thru

approximately 100 customers

Responsible for daily business operations and functions including working

with vendors to create custom product lines and increase product offerings

Train over 100 clients on standards and ensure compliance with these

standards as a basis of good customer relations

Identify areas in other firms where technology could add business value

thru increases in efficiency and performance

COMPUTER Languages: C#, SQL, VB.NET, VB6, VBScript, Java, C++, HTML, XML

EXPERIENCE Operating Environments: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Unix (Solaris),

Linux

Business Tools: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visual Studio, Concurrent

Versioning Systems, Database Management Systems (Oracle, SQL Server),

statistical analysis tools, collaboration tools, and web development

software

Other: Active Directory, Group Policy, Domain Administration, Architecture,

Various Hardware, Cisco IOS/Hardware

HONORS AND Microsoft Student Ambassador Eagle Scout

ACTIVITIES Association for Computing Machinery - President Technology Peer Tutor

M.B.A. Scholarship ACM Outstanding Undergraduate Award

Permanent Address:

1812 Hunters Run

Tuscaloosa, AL 35405

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