Chief Information Officer

Chief Information Officer

Qualifications Profile

Multifaceted, performance-driven, and accomplished professional, offering extensive experience in various aspects of the information

technology industry, encompassing business analysis, enterprise architecture, and general management. Armed with proven record of

success in driving company profitability by leading and implementing various industry-related initiatives. Effective at fulfilling

multiple roles toward the attainment of company objectives. Knowledgeable of software development life cycle and Agile methodology.

Areas of expertise

Software Development Networking Cloud Computing Application Development

Domain Management Server Administration Strategic Planning and Implementation

Professional Experience

Total Merchant Services, Woodland Hills, CA

Chief Information Officer, Merchant Services 2012–Present

Carry out the information system and communications network

Set strategic direction in the development and maintenance of network infrastructure local and wide area connectivity and remote

access

Apply problem-solving skills in recommending hardware/software solutions to accomplish the company's business objectives

Strategically initiate goals, policies, and procedures for the information technology organization

Career Highlights:

Led the relocation of the company’s platform from physical datacenter to a cloud-based system on AWS within three months that enable

company growth, thereby generating in .5B sale of company

Merged 18 SQL server instances in AWS to three large systems, consequently saving $1M annually in licensing

SafeID, Calabasas, CA

Chief Information Officer 2011–2012

Communicated with administration, department managers, and representatives to exchange information, present new approaches, and to

discuss equipment/system changes

Assumed responsibility in handling and accomplishing technology projects

Took part in vendor contract negotiations for all new computer equipment and software purchased for the corporation

Oversaw the day-to-day operations, including supervising staff, as well as supporting administrative computing, networking, user

services, telecommunications and other information technology functions

Intuit, Inc., Dallas–Fort Worth Area

Senior Engineering Manager 2006–2010

Designed and established an MSMQ scaling model for the company’s payment gateway to enable scaling to over 100 credit card

transactions per second with average time per credit card authorization

Served as primary developer for the Intuit Tax Gateway to Paymentech in 2006, subsequently allowing the company to continue to file

electronic tax filing collecting fees from 55 million Americans in a few days every April

Earlier Career with Highlights

Innovative Gateway, Dallas–Fort Worth Area

Founder Senior Director

Established world class Gateway for First Data Corporation card processing merchants

Successfully created customer facing API in 7 languages to allow for easy integration to the gateway

Attained PCI Level 1 certification the first year it was required by the card associations for gateways

Zixit Corporation-Gateway, Dallas–Fort Worth Area

Vice President

Helped integrate the Anacom systems into the Zixit infrastructure after acquisition.

Succeeded in converting the gateway from PERL to JAVA for all processors and setup multisite redundancy using BIGIP

Anacom Communications, Dallas–Fort Worth Area

Vice President

Led the development of the first SSL connection to Nova bank

Helped design and create one of the first non-dial up methods for authorizing credit cards in the United States

Added SSL support in JAVA and PERL prior to it being made available to the general development community

INPRO International, Austin, TX

Managing Partner

Provided senior consulting for the IBM AS/400, IBM 38 and IBM 36 systems

Converted the entire data systems for Jenkins and Gilchrist law firm

Fossil Watches (formerly Overseas Products), Dallas–Fort Worth Area

Director of Management Information System (MIS)

Conducted the conversion of the systems from Novel 3.11 to the IBM AS/400 that enabled significant growth

Facilitated the creation of the first EDI link to retailers in the Fashion Watch business

IBM, Westlake, TX

Consultant

Played an integral role as senior on IBM AS/400 demonstrations on demand in IBM customer centers, which was the first software created

by non-IBM employees (contractors) for the IBM AS/400

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration

LeTourneau University–Dallas Campus, Dallas, TX

Graduated magna cum laude

Coursework in Chemical Engineering and Computer Science

University of Texas, Arlington, TX

Professional Development

Microsoft Certification Courses (SQL Server, Windows Management)

Technical Acumen

Clipper PERL Visual Basic Cobol 88 Pascal C# C++ JAVA

Android Python PHP XML/JSON MSMQ Windows RPG III NODE JS PERL JScript Windows Server

Patent

Larkin, E. (Year of 2014). Patent No. TMS1-P001P-US-20140212-DD. Location: US Patent and Trademark Office.

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