Web Developer Manager

James Williams

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Summary of Qualifications

Experienced IT Director, Manager, Database admin, developer, network admin, with a track record of success; veteran with a background in writing and a former teacher.

Education

University of Texas-Arlington

B.S. in Information Systems and B.A. in History

Work Experience

Nexstar Media Group

IT Project Manager

May 2016-January 2018

Duties:

Managed 80+ different projects in $4 billion company in the midst of a major merger, doubling the size of the company. Some examples:

-develop and provide structure to project management methodology

-In addition to managing several projects, I performed hands-on management of some special projects

-keep track of all service renewals; obtaining quotes, ensuring continuation of coverage and support

Ricca Chemical Company

Director of Technology

May 2009-December 2015

Duties:

Managed 6-person IT department of chemical manufacturing company with 7 sites in 6 states;

Controlled $1 million annual budget; Managed over a dozen vendor relationships

Alongside other directors, worked on many company-wide initiatives

Directed/Managed several projects. A few examples:

-Created, implemented, and successfully tested Disaster Recovery Plan

-merged ERP system from a company that we bought into our current ERP system on a completely different platform (intra-departmental project)

-implemented changes to meet new federally-mandated GHS requirements 7 months ahead of time, which put us into a favorable position compared to our competitors (intra-departmental project)

-oversaw creation of several new reports and internal applications, many of which reduced the time to perform essential tasks by a factor of 10 or more

-managed creation of www.reagents.com and www.riccachemical.com

-moved company's sites to MPLS system, creating 99% uptime

-led virtualization project; converted 14 of our servers to Hyper-V virtual machines

-implemented new network changes, which saved $60-80,000 annually in AT&T bills

-moved company from antiquated tape-based backups to modern online backup system

BNSF Railway

Web Developer

August 2008-May 2009

Accomplishments:

-Using SQL Server and ASP.NET/VB.NET, re-designed the Safety & Rules Department Intranet site to facilitate user-friendly navigation to enable access to important information and documents by 40,000 users

-Wrote reports using SQL Server Reporting Services

ARGO Data Resources

Technical Service Engineer

October 2001-August 2008

Accomplishments:

-Configured Windows Server to install and support complex banking-specific development software; created services, configured load balancing, created databases

-Using ASP and SQL Server, built and maintained web-based ticket-tracking application, with robust reporting and search functions

Resident Check Residential Screening

Database administrator/web developer

February 2001-Sept 2001

Accomplishments:

-Maintained and administered several SQL Server databases; imported data from external sources;

-ASP Programming for company website

-Created backup plan and Disaster Recovery plan

HealthAxis.com

Web Developer

June 1999-August 2000

ASP Developer

Other Work Experience

1996-1997 School Teacher

1998-1999 Home Depot

Other leadership roles

Board member, coach/manager, webmaster, and various other positions of leadership Arlington Southwest Little League

Home Group leader at Grace Community Church of Arlington

Military

March 1984-February 1987 Military Policeman-- U.S. Army

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