Manager Management

Thomas Jones

Email: *********@********.***

Address: **** **** ******, **** ***

City: Philadelphia

State: PA

Zip: 19103

Country: USA

Phone: 804-***-****

Skill Level: Senior

Salary Range: 150

Willing to Relocate

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Job History / Details:

CIO / CTO / VP / DIRECTOR / SENIOR TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE

Consulting, Internal IT Management or Software Development

Over thirty years of diverse and increasingly challenging technology experience, with more than 10 years in senior/executive management (Sr. Manager to CTO/CIO) positions. Experience includes internal IT management (private & public sector), aaABig 4aa consulting and software development. Proven success in long-term strategy development, internal IT operations & software development ($64 million budget & 500+ people), commercial software development ($11 million budget & 40+ people),

program/project management of large / global system implementation (up to $100 million & 150+ people), organizational change management, processes improvement and organizational turnarounds.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Aaa Strategy, Vision & Leadership Aaa Enterprise Implementations

Aaa Business and IT Alignment Aaa Business Process Improvement

Aaa Internal IT Effectiveness Aaa Technology Evaluation & Selection

Aaa Program / Project Management Aaa Solution Architecture & Advanced Software Development

Aaa Turning Troubled Situations Around Aaa Practice & Utilization Management/Profit & Loss

SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Aaa Consolidated 33 IT departments of the 5th largest city in America into one, resulting in a central group of ~500 employees and a $64 million annual operating budget. Designed a private/public cloud strategy for the City to reduce owned data centers. Worked with the Federal Government and Military to re-purpose software from the war theater for use in the City. Expanded/refined the 5-yr strategy and roadmap, and planned the expenditure of $125 million in capital improvement to upgrade the network, consolidated over 20 aaAdata centersaa, implemented key new initiatives like Zoning Violations Portal and Mobile 311 and laid out the framework for an ERP to replace numerous legacy systems. (City of Philadelphia)

Aaa Guided district-wide initiatives such as 311 / CiRM, aaAwar on paperaa document management and workflow, expansion of the citywide data warehouse and the revamping of the Districtaaas web presence to be consumer / citizen oriented. Worked with DC Public Schools and the Health & Human Services agencies to enhance the systems to consolidate data, perform child-related risk analysis, identify data needs & sources earlier and be more citizen-centric vs. agency-centric. Assumed major new financial and administrative roles with the departure of the Chief-of-Staff, the CFO and the COO. Inherited and cleaned up an administration and financial mess. Assisted with one of the nationaaas first government cloud strategies, incorporating technologies/solutions such as YouTube, gMail, QuickBase and other tools. (District of Columbia)

Aaa Co-led a 500-person development group, adding additional development capabilities such as .NET and SOA. Helped build a statewide strategic planning & project oversight group. Drove development of a solution delivery and architecture review process for the central IT organization with a refined RAD / maintenance methodology. Provided technology oversight, and played a pivotal role, in turning around the $70 million Child Welfare System implementation. (State of New Jersey)

Aaa Co-Founded and led two "Big 4" middle market consulting / professional services practices, helping take one practice from zero to $12 million in sales and 50 people in less than 18 months. Focused on ERP implementations and IT effectiveness engagements. Also developed numerous consulting methodologies such as technology evaluation and engagement management, and helped write E&Yaaas NavigatorA(c) project management methodology. (Ernst & Young)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

Aaa THE AKA GROUP & THINKAMERICA SOLUTIONS, West Conshohocken, PA 2012-present

Partner

Consulting and aaAurban on-shoringaa firms of former C-level executives from the information technology, financial and process improvement field, specializing in enhancing the productivity and effectiveness of knowledge workers throughout the organization, helping transform knowledge into strategic assets.

Aaa CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, DIVISION OF TECHNOLOGY (DOT), Philadelphia, PA 2009-2012

Interim Chief Technology Officer (CTO) 2011

1st Deputy / Chief Information Officer (CIO 2009-2011, 2012

Fifth largest city in America (i.e., 1.5million residents, $5 billion annual operating budget and 22k employees) and a Fortune 500 level organization with an IT staff of ~500 driving a OPEX/CAPEX budget of $64/$125 million, supporting a city operation with over 55 unique business units.

Aaa DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER (OCTO), Washington, DC 2007-2009

Deputy Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Central IT organization with a staff of ~600 and a budget of over $70 million, a remaining capital budget of $98 million (out of $800m) -- supporting a city operation, and the DC Public School System, with over 80 distinct and unique business units serving 600,000 residents (1.6 million daytime occupants), over $5.5 billion annual operating budget and 23,000 employees.

Aaa STATE OF NJ, OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (OIT), Trenton, NJ 2004-2007

Special Projects, Program Management & Coordination (PMC) Office 2006-2007

Assistant Chief, Application Development & Maintenance 2004-2006

Central IT organization of approximately 1,000 employees, and a budget of approximately $100 million. Maintains the statewide infrastructure, operations and enterprise applications.

Aaa [a few] XTRA BRAIN CELLS, Richmond, VA & Atlanta, GA 2000-2004

Principal / Management & Technology Consultant

A small consortium of senior executives with expertise in information technology and management.

Aaa STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Alpharetta, GA 2000-2000

Senior Business & Technology Advisor

A $70 million regional consultancy and reseller, specializing in e-Supply Chain.

Aaa MA&A GROUP, Atlanta, GA 1998-2000

Managing Consultant / Account Service Executive

A former start-up ($8 million in revenue) offering staff augmentation and consulting services.

Aaa RADIANT SYSTEMS, Alpharetta, GA 1997-1998

Director, Product Development, PCS Division

Small, $100 million, commercial software development company developing point-of-sales and back-office software for the petroleum convenience store, restaurant and retail sales outlet industries.

Aaa ERNST & YOUNG, LLP, Richmond, VA & Atlanta, GA 1987-1997

Senior Manager / Engagement Director (Consulting) 1993-1997

Manager (Consulting) 1988-1993

Sr. Consultant 1987-1988

A $7 billion accounting and management consulting firm serving organizations ranging in size from start-ups to some of the worldaaas largest companies. A member of the aaABig 4.aa

VARIOUS POSITIONS IN COMPUTER OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMMING AT THE BEGINNING OF MY CAREER

Associate/IT Consultant Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Bethesda, MD

MIS Manager General Physics Corporation, Columbia, MD

Senior Programmer Equitable Bank, Baltimore, MD

Senior Technician / Computer Operator US Air Force, Wurtsmith AFB, MI

EDUCATION / HONORS

Aaa Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia

Pursued (part-time) BA, Business Administration (2-years into a 4-year program; 3.84 Cumulative GPA)

Aaa United States Air Force

Commendation, Cost Savings / Outstanding Technical Expertise; Honor Graduate, Computer Operation School

Aaa Richmond Technical Center, Richmond VA

Certificate of Outstanding Accomplishment, Data Processing

Outstanding Achievement Award (4.0 GPA - both years of the 2-year programs)

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