EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Hands on technical leader distinguished by the ability to bridge the gap between technical requirements and senior level management. Exceptional ability to act at all levels of an IT organization – direct involvement in activities ranging from server configuration to long range budget forecasting and board presentations. Significant experience operating with minimal involvement of senior management. Highly respected technical ability as well as significant experience with business requirements and processes. Extensive software development and engineering background. Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI, and various iSO standards.

Noteworthy Accomplishments

IT Director for a global manufacturing company. Managed successful transition to an independent, privately held company and later successful acquisition.

Managed North America IT Infrastructure for a Fortune 500 manufacturer. Centralized North America infrastructure standards and initiatives; interfaced with other regions (Europe and South America) on global activities. Responsible for procurement standards and site specific audit compliance.

Primary operations and project liaison to infrastructure outsourcer. Created project requests, approved proposed solutions, and participated in project activities through the entire lifecycle. Hands on management of help desk issues, project performance, change requests, incident/outage events, and disaster recovery.

Supervised software development located at corporate headquarters of a global manufacturer. Approved and prioritized development activities, defined technical direction, implemented formal change control process, and handled personnel issues. Responsible for IT infrastructure and operations in Duluth, GA including over 400 desktops and 75 servers.

Personally built or shadowed the install of most of the major servers at company’s primary datacenter.

Established the Mobile Computing Department for a Fortune 100 company. Staffed and directly managed development positions. Evaluated and selected technologies including servers, laptops, handhelds, and wireless connectivity.

Project manager in Advanced Technologies at the world’s largest beverage supplier. Tasks included hardware design, software development, technology evaluation, and project management. Started and operated the company’s anti-virus/malware department.

Certifications

Certified Ethical Hacker

CISSP (in process)

Competencies

Enterprise & ERP Systems

Infrastructure Design

IT Standards and Directions

IT Security and Validation

Incident Management

Application Development

Project & Program Management

Technology Implementation

System Consolidation

Contract Negotiations

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

eBusiness & Internet

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OKINUS Provider of alternative financing to under qualified purchasers March 2015 – August 2016

Director of Information Technology

Responsible for infrastructure and security for a financial services company. Consolidated services and outsourced where appropriate. Due to staffing size and limited internal expertise, brought in best of class providers for services ranging from monitoring to proactive maintenance.

Personally configured networks, security devices, monitoring systems, MS SQL databases, and servers. Operated both Windows and Debian Linux servers utilizing XEN and VMWare. Managed data centers on premise and at QTS in Suwanee.

Executed both penetration testing and network/server hardening.

FIBERVISIONS, INC World leader in Polyolefin and Bicomponent Fibers June 2006 – March 2015

Director of Information Technology

Directly responsible for managing all IT systems at locations in North America, Denmark, and China. Supervised a successful separation from former parent company Hercules, operating as an independent company for 5 years, and the successful acquisition of FiberVisions by Indorama.

Maintained tight controls over budget and worked directly with the internal customers on operations and business plans. Personally performed an array of technical tasks including LAN/WAN/VPN operations, server maintenance, executive desktop support, and telephone system operations.

Key Results

Successfully separated IT systems from former parent company Hercules including migration off of SAP and severing all network, email, licenses, and service billing.

Migrated entire global email system from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange.

Outsourced business critical systems including email, EDI maintenance, and corporate web site hosting.

Operated IT systems with a minimum of capital investment and expense during the transition between owners.

Responsible for infrastructure security and testing.

AGCO CORPORATION Fortune 500 manufacturer of agricultural equipment October 2000 – June 2006

Infrastructure Manager, North America

Responsible for support and operation of the IT department consisting of 5 locations with an annual budget of $24,000,000, including a $5,500,000 outsourcing agreement with EDS. Accountable for infrastructure and IT service delivery in an environment consisting of 1750 desktops and laptops, 120 Intel Servers, and 5 enterprise systems.

Managed the EDS project portfolio and priorities. Performed project reviews, technical validation, and resource coordination on all projects impacting desktops, servers, LAN, or WAN. Represented North America in global infrastructure planning, project implementation, and standards creation.

Key Results

Initiated Active Directory, Exchange 2003, and server monitoring efforts.

Architect of server consolidation and relocation of ERP system from Duluth datacenter to an EDS leveraged site. Project involved 20+ servers and affected 2500 users.

Implemented a Blackberry Enterprise Server required by senior management and critical tech support personnel.

Upgraded and consolidated Cisco equipment in North America. Obtained proper support contracts and aligned leases.

Delivered a formal patch and upgrade process for the Microsoft OS suite. Field personnel with no or limited connectivity included.

Streamlined the change request, change control, incident management, and procurement processes. Required careful coordination with AGCO resources, EDS, and other regions.

Interfaced with EDS in a managed services agreement incorporating desktop support, network management and data center operations, resulting in $2,000,000 reduction in operating expenses. On-going responsibility for managing the relationship and direction.

IT Manager, Duluth

Manage application development and operations for the Duluth, Georgia operations for AGCO.

Key results

Continued and refined transition of help desk, LAN management and desk side support to EDS.

Transitioned developers assigned to the OneWorld implementation project back in to corporate IT.

Realigned department resources with current business requirements and activities.

Implemented Sarbanes-Oxley controls and processes.

Modernized aging IT infrastructure. Refreshed all critical servers, eliminated obsolete OS’s, and upgraded local LAN.

Implemented policy to lease all hardware to ensure proper maintenance, replacement, and simplified budgeting.

Acquired and implemented IBM’s ClearQuest change management suite.

System Administrator

Responsible for Configurable Network Computing tasks (CNC) associated with implementation of JD Edwards OneWorld applications in production Sun/Wintel environment.

Technical leader on project to implement financials, sales order processing in North America. Environment included Oracle, Solaris, Veritas, WebSphere, OneWorld Xe, Citrix and legacy applications.

INNOTRAC CORPORATION Third-party order fulfillment and logistics service March 2000 – October 2000

Consultant

Responsible for architecture and integration of a Lawson ERP with legacy order processing system.

Key results

Identified EDI business processes and defined corresponding technical requirements.

Developed data mappings and transformations within the Mercator application tool.

Created isolated applications for various business needs in Visual Basic, Access, and C++.

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY The world’s largest beverage manufacturer April 1989 – March 2000

Application Manager – Mobile Computing

Cofounder of the Mobile Computing Department. Responsible for product evaluation, implementation, and technical staffing.

Key Results

Created first internally developed field service and product ordering systems for Norand, Telxon, and Newton handhelds.

Worked with numerous hardware vendors on unreleased products, assisted in creation of middleware, and implemented resulting systems. Companies included RIM (Blackberry), Apple, IBM, Microsoft, Telxon, and Norand.

Successfully deployed systems in 12 countries in 5 languages.

Responsible for software modifications required for year 2000. Primary contact from the business to mobile computing during transition.

Defined projects and managed a staff that ranged from 2 to 20 developers.

Solution Architect – Advanced Technology

Developed software and designed hardware for the Advanced Technology Department.

Key results

Designed and manufactured custom hardware to allow the remote use of a proprietary marketing system.

Founded and managed the antivirus group responsible for corporate headquarters.

Developed custom applications in C, C++, and assembler for everything from vending machines to AS/400’s.

Consulted to other departments on projects requiring various levels of new technology.

EDUCATION

Georgia Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

Certificate of Computer Design

TECHNOLOGY

Functional Experience: Financial systems, parts distribution and after-market support, sales order processing, manufacturing and inventory control, procurement, e-business, financial services

Enterprise Software: JD Edwards OneWorld ERP, Hyperion, COGNOS, Lawson Insight ERP, BASIS

Development Technologies: Java, Javascript, HTML5, C++, Python, XML, XSLT, Bash, SQL Server, Oracle DB, Mongo DB

Software tools: Office365, Exchange, Microsoft Studio (C++, J++, Access), Visual SourceSafe, Digital Workflow, IBM ClearQuest and ClearCase, WhatsUp Gold, Apache, IIS, Eclipse, git

Security tools: Wireshark, nmap, hping3, mitmproxy, Cisco, custom Python

Operating environments: Sun Solaris, Microsoft Server, WebSphere, Oracle, DB2, Windows (3.1, 95, 98, 2000, XP, W7, W10), Redhat Linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, VMware, VirtualPC, XEN, AWS, Citrix

Productivity and Design: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Visio, Rational Rose

Partners & Alliances: EDS, Dell, MCI, IBM, SUN, CBeyond, Verizon, Microsoft, Ceridian

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