Project Manager Information Technology

"It is a PRIVILEGE to serve your business. Allow me to provide my 20+ years of business and technical experience to improve your systems and operations" - Shelton L. King

Shelton L. King

Moseley, Virginia 23120 Mobile: 804/677-6527

E-mail: *******.****@***********.***

SUMMARY

Dynamic information technology professional with 20+ years experience as a business partner directing IT staff primarily in manufacturing environments. Strengths include business intelligence, infrastructure planning, and business unit process improvement. Trained to utilize Lean Manufacturing techniques and technology solutions to improve shop floor process. Excellent interpersonal and project management skills.

EXPERIENCE

THE CONSULTANT’S PRIVILEGE, LLC, Moseley, Virginia

Business/Technical Consultant September 2008 - Present

Independent Consultant for small to medium sized businesses (SMB’s) offering services that cover project implementation, regular system support, Lean initiatives, and systems evaluation and recommendations.

Completed Projects IncludeTraining of a brand new IT staff on QAD, UNIX, Windows, Cisco, and telecom equipment.Made2Manage implementation running in a Windows Server 2008 / SQL Server 2005 environment. Led team in developing BOM’s and routings, populating the system, upgrading the software, and completing project on time and on budget.QAD implementation running in a HP-UX 11 / Progress 11 environment. System was an upgrade and a rebuild after a corporate purchase of assets from another company.Assist Chapter 7 Trustee and staff in collecting various computer data for bankruptcy filing.Move corporate headquarters from one location to another on time and under budget.

REHRIG UNITED, Richmond, Virginia

Director, Information Technology January 1999 – September 2008

Full information technology responsibility for a $65 million manufacturer of shopping carts and material handling products. Multiple manufacturing and warehousing locations produce products sold to most of the largest retailers in the United States.

Key AccomplishmentsLed the information systems transformation of an enterprise that grew from a single site to multiple sites including international business entities.Combined multiple legacy systems to one ERP system used by all business units. Project completed on-time and on-budget – fully operational at implementation.Planned, designed, and coordinated the installation of network infrastructure from the ground up covering multiple locations and ultimately supporting several plant consolidations

OVERNITE TRANSPORTATION, Inc., Richmond, Virginia

Server Group Team Leader August 1997 – January 1999

Led a team of seven server administrators supporting 60+ Windows, Novell, and UNIX servers at a $1 billion transportation company. Supported numerous system rollouts to the 1700+ terminals throughout the United States. Overnite was part of Union Pacific; an $8 billion intermodal transportation company.

Key AccomplishmentsSelected to represent the Overnite server group on the Union Pacific Y2K committee.Improved all server metrics including server up-time, security, and utilization. Key project manager in transforming the company’s Token Ring network to Ethernet.

PPD PHARMACO, Inc., Richmond, Virginia

Network Administrator May 1996 – July 1997

Responsible for all aspects of the 125+ node local area network including servers, network equipment, and telecommunications for a $35 million pharmaceutical testing company.

Key AccomplishmentsDeveloped needed documentation for all information systems procedures in a highly regulated pharmaceutical industry.Installed web-based “Test Result Notebook” applications that helped to standardize the business process.

STERILE CONCEPTS, Inc., Richmond, Virginia

MIS Operations Supervisor May 1991 – May 1996

Developed from the ground up the first local area network for the $125 million manufacturer of sterile hospital procedural trays. Supervised a staff of 5 MIS professionals that managed the day to day computing environment including the local area network, bar coding system, and UNIX servers.

Key AccomplishmentsDeveloped a help desk database that was accessible to the end user increasing productivity.Successfully led project that implemented the use of bar coding for both inventory control and time/attendance.

Education:

BS-Business Information Systems, May 1991

Virginia Commonwealth University: Richmond, Virginia

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