Management Development

Drew West

Email: abpaqs@r.postjobfree.com

Address: *** **** ******

City: Ventura

State: CA

Zip: 93002

Country: USA

Phone: 602-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: $140,000

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Andrew (Drew) D. West

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INTRODUCTION

An experienced, results-oriented leader with exceptional skills in people/team development and resource management; sales, business and donor relationship development; advanced technology utilization, operations management; finance management; process design and improvement implementation. Extensive technology and software engineering management experience. Capable of delivering strategic, innovative and automated solutions to capture business opportunities cost-effectively.

Seeking a position in the greater Ventura County, California area. LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/drew-west/2/1b8/17

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

aa Software Engineering Leadership

aa Strategic Planning and Execution

aa Budget and P&L Management

aa Client Relationship Management

aa Business Process Improvement

aa Cross Functional Collaboration

aa Risk Management and Mitigation

aa Team and People Development

aa Audit and Regulatory Compliance

aa Complex Systems Integration

aa Business Channels Development

aa Global Outsource Project Management

aa Mobile/Cloud Application Strategies

aa Application Test/QA Management

aa Sales and Business Development

aa Non-profit & Fundraising Management

aa Operations Management

aa Supplier and Vendor Management

aa Creative Complex Problem Solving

aa Application Life-cycle Management

aa Resources and Capacity Planning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

03/2008 to present with Take Charge America, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona

Director of Software Engineering for a national non-profit consumer counseling and education company

- Establish strategic direction and application architecture for enterprise technology innovation (internally developed .Net/MS SQL, Web-based, commercially packaged, cloud-based and mobile solutions), acquisition and implementation to meet existing and anticipated needs of the organization

- Responsible for delivery of system and data integration with trading partners, including:

- Bank of America - JP Morgan CHASE - Homeownership Preservation Foundation

- Wells Fargo - Department of Treasury - Department of Housing and Urban Development

- Responsible for departmental performance; budgetary management; staff oversight, hiring and development

( ~20 FTE; and contractors) and application provider vendor relationship management

- Responsible for technology development and regulatory compliance in 50 States

- Examples of successful projects include:

- Quarterly releases to custom (.Net-based) enterprise-wide client counseling and relationship management (CRM), payment processing and accounting systems tightly integration with MasterCard RPPS and Transunion

- Development and implementation of a .Net-based consumer support and counseling solution with the Homeownership Preservation Foundation (www.995hope.org) and the Department of Treasury and Housing & Urban Development (www.makinghomeaffordable.gov)

- Development and implementation of all corporate Web platforms (www.TakeChargeAmerica.org)

- Integration development and implementation of an Electronic Communication Management System, now providing over 125,000 automated personalized email and text messages to client and pending clients each month

04/2002 to 03/2008 with First National Bank Holding Company, Scottsdale, Arizona

Vice President of Software Development for a national financial service company

- Managed custom enterprise application and integration delivery to 18 divisions of a $4B national financial institution supporting all banking processes, including:

- Consumer Banking - Commercial Banking - Item Processing

- Online Banking - Online Bill Payment - Electronic Funds Transfer

- Mortgage Banking - Wealth Management - Specialty Banking

- Credit Bureau Integration - Corporate Web Sites - Employee Intranets (SharePoint)

- Directly lead teams consisting of approximately 45 developers, plus additional outsource partners and contractors, specializing in .NET and JAVA development projects

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued)

04/2002 to 03/2008 with First National Bank Holding Company, Scottsdale, Arizona (continued)

- Examples of successful projects include:

- Created Doc-Ex, a custom, secure file sharing application to enable financial data collaboration between national clients, agents and processors for a $1B specialty bank (www.CABanc.com)

- Implementation of a large scale integrated mortgage loan origination system

- Led global delivery strategies and projects to capture variable worldwide delivery capacity with:

- Fidelity Information Systems, Bangalore, India - Microsoft Corporation, Hyderabad, India

- Responsible for disparate systems integration across enterprise lines of business and divisions

- Managed enterprise Microsoft SharePoint implementation planning, deployment and ongoing operation

- Responsible for departmental performance; budgetary management; staff oversight, hiring and development and regulatory compliance

10/2001 to 01/2002 with DBL Distributing, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona

Director of eCommerce for a national consumer electronics distributor

- Managed and developed $20M national e-commerce distribution with over 400 online electronics resellers

- Successfully captured and developed consumer electronic blind drop-ship account relationships with Amazon.com, BUY.com, iQVC.com, and CostCo.com resulting in over $2M in monthly sales

- Responsible for departmental performance, budgetary management, and staff oversight and development

- Managed departmental staff hiring and team/resource development

06/1999 to 12/2000 with XCEED, Inc., New York, NY

Vice President of Operations and Delivery for a full-service technology integration company

- Managed operations for $60M business-to-business and business-to-consumer solutions technology provider

- Clients projects included:

- CBS, Survivor Websites - Warner Brothers, The Matrix (the movie) Website

- American Express, Corporate Card - Hilton Hotels, Honors Program

- Responsible for departmental performance, budgetary management, and staff oversight and development

- Managed departmental staff hiring and team/resource development

04/1998 to 06/1999 with Impact Innovations, Inc. Atlanta GA

Regional Business Development Manager for a full-service technology integration company

- Managed national strategic business alliances for technology systems integrator

- Successful business development with integration partners such as Vantive Corporation, Remedy Corporation, Quintus, Eastman Software, FileNet Corporation, InterWorld, and Silverstream, Inc. aaa driving over $6M in annual product and project revenue

01/1988 to 10/1998 with Eastman Software, Inc., Lowell, MA

Regional Alternate Channels Manager with company specializing in document imaging and workflow solutions

- Managed business development and technology solution delivery activities of 40 individuals in the 18 States

- Consistently exceeded annual sales and customer satisfaction targets with major projects with:

- Over $4M in successful annual project delivery with the State of Utah

- Over $2M in embedded software license integration with Waterway Capital

- Over $2M in annual technology solution deliver with Hercules Aerospace

- Over $1M in annual systems sales to Morton-Thiokol

- Responsible for departmental performance, budget management, staff hiring and team/resource development

EDUCATION

University of California, Santa Barbara RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk UK

Major: Social Psychology Major: General Studies

Minor: Business Administration

University of Phoenix Ongoing Continuing Education Programs

Additional Business Studies

COMMUNITY COMMITMENT

01/2007 to present with African Orphans Project

Member of Board of Directors and Active Team Leader with a non-profit helping African AIDS orphans

- To-date 38 homes have been built to shelter and provide care for approximately 180 orphans

07/2012 to present with St. Maryaaas Food Bank Alliance (SMFBA)

Member of Development and Philanthropy Committee and advisor to SMFBA Board of Directors

References available upon request.

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