Information Technology Marketing

CHERYL WELLS

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Engaged, decisive visionary capable of making difficult decisions; a natural leader gifted with the ability to understand and communicate the science of technology with marketing savvy. An Information Technology executive adept at managing all phases of projects, proven to add profit to the bottom line; dynamic, experienced and formidable, a triple threat for bringing in projects on-time and under-budget. Multidimensional performer seeking a challenging position utilizing current skills and abilities, with the opportunity for professional growth. Strengths in:

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project Design & Management - Advanced Hardware/Software Knowledge - Interpersonal Skills

Business Case Development - Change Management Marketing Prospective = Strategic Planning Team Development & Leadership - Negotiation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VP Information Technology, Gannett Direct Marketing Services, Division Gannett Co Inc., Louisville, KY (2004

– present)

• Strategic planner using business analytics to define the direction of IT

• Negotiated cost reductions with IT vendors creating an average savings of 18% a year.

• Support Marketing and Sales efforts

Key accomplishments

• Planned, designed and developed a multidimensional centralized invoice application that combines processing

and postal savings by creating statements dynamically.

• Researched, developed and launched a centralized renewals process for a Fortune 100 big box company creating

over 75 million dollars in revenue.

• Won the Who’s Who Award 2007

Director Information Technology, Gannett Direct Marketing Services, Division Gannett Co Inc., Louisville, KY

(1998 - 2004)

• Directed IT and IT Operations, Budgets, and Capital Spending Requests

• Analyzed and developed applications for the iSeries 400 platform in RPGLE, RPG 400, RPG IV and JAVA.

Key accomplishments

• Merged two hardware/software platforms cutting the IT costs for support and maintenance by 37%. This

conversion created efficiencies that allowed a staff reduction while improving project production.

• Designed, developed and implemented a communication process that opened opportunities for a healthcare

recoveries company to expand their business capabilities and return millions of dollars to the health insurance

industry. This process added $500K to our revenue annually.

Manager Information Technology, Gannett Direct Marketing Services, Division Gannett Co Inc., Louisville, KY (1994

– 1998)

• Managed IT and IT Operations - training, budgets, project development and management

• Responsible for team building and skill set development

Programmer/analyst, Gannett Direct Marketing Services, Division Gannett Co Inc., Louisville, KY

(1991-1994)

• Development of client and company applications in RPG III, RPG IV, RPG 400, RPGLE and JAVA.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science: Computer Science,

University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

TECHNICAL SKILLS

IBM iSeries 400 platform - advanced with RPGLE, RPG IV, RPGIII, JAVA, Sequel, E-Send, Client Access, DBU,

Query, Pitney Bowes Business Insights/Group One Suite Code 1, Mailstream, Merge/Purge, List Convert, Geo Coder

Network/PC platform - MS Office Suite, MS Access, Visio, MS Project, PowerPoint, Outlook, Window Books, Data

Junction, WS FTP Pro, Adobe, PGP encryption, networking, Unix

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