Project Manager Account Executive

IRA M. BELLACH

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m: 516-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/irabellach ***.*******@*****.***

Accomplished Operations Executive

Accomplished business technology executive with extensive operations

experience providing leadership and direction; aligning resources with

organization goals and objectives; developing, implementing and maintaining

plans, budgets, computer systems and applications; and managing resources

to find creative solutions to difficult, time-sensitive organizational

information needs/problems; able to communicate complex concepts in simple

terms.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Strategic & Operations Planning/Control/Budgeting - Business Analysis -

Process Assessment, Improvement & Re-engineering - Project/Program

Management - Organization & Communications - Vendor Management - Team

Building - Relocations - Applications Design/Development - Data Centers -

Security Audit - Functional Requirements/Specifications -

Conversions/Upgrades - eCommerce - Programming - Database (SQL) -

Internet/Intranet/extranet - Business Continuity/Recovery Planning -

Sales/Marketing/Financial Background.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

United Way of New York City (1997 - June 2013)

As Vice President, Chief Information Officer, reporting to the

COO, responsible for telecommunications, all technology operations,

security, systems development & maintenance and user support. Promoted in

2000 from Director of IT.

Was responsible for the successful development and operations of IT

infrastructure (hardware, software, security, etc.) to process over $500

million in donations for the September 11th Fund. Lead a group of

development teams to effectively coordinate solution components -- The

following companies donated resources: IBM, Microsoft, McKinsey & Co.,

KPMG, Yahoo, Arthur Andersen, iBasis and Compaq.

Conceived and implemented eCommerce application for electronic campaigning

(companies served included: Federal Reserve Bank of NYC, Merrill Lynch,

McKinsey & Co., NYSE, Hearst Corporation, The Limited, Keyspan, etc.) and

managed buildout of site co-location at ISP - produced over 300 thousand

pledges valued at $100 million+. Is a member of senior management

operations team; coordinator of volunteer IT executive advisory committee;

member of national United Way internet strategies steering committee.

Scope of responsibilities and accomplishments include:

VoIP - Avaya Office IP Video conferencing project

Office 365 migration (Cloud based) Database applications (Cold Fusion/MS

Virtualization project & Co-location SQL)

Executed office and data center Implemented card access security

relocation system

Y2K conversion of AP/GL system Migrated Fundraising system to ANDAR

(AS/400) ERP

IT Business Continuity/Recovery

Planning

Professional Service Centers for the Handicapped, Inc. (1992 - 1997)

As MIS Director, reporting to President of $30 million agency, responsible

for planning, organizing and supervising the agency's information

services and data processing, including establishment and coordination of

systems, programs and operating procedures; acquisition and implementation

of all applicable software and equipment.

Created clinic appointment scheduling system handling 450 visits per

week for 50 active clinicians; established access from remote sites and

links to Medicaid for electronic billing.

Evaluated major PBX vendors & products; negotiated, implemented &

administered Northern Telecom Meridian Option 11 PBX telephone system

supporting 150 users.

Planned, installed & maintained 100 user Novell LAN, including

cabling, communications, fax and print servers.

Consolidated three peer-to-peer LANs and migrated to new

administrative offices.

Installed LANtastic 5.x / 6.0 LANs in five separate departmental

locations.

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Professional Service Centers for the Handicapped, Inc. (Continued)

Developed systems for United Way for privatization of two NYC human

service agency functions: Adult Home Placements

and Utility Assistance Program

Managed data entry, support staff & technical development; provided

support to 25 remote sites.

Quintupled the number of PCs in use to over 130.

Developed from inception comprehensive PC-based real-time multi-user

relational data base systems in Clipper to store and retrieve information

for key aspects concerning this 800 employee multi-location human services

agency's day-to-day operations. Systems included:

client and referral data base staff

scheduling

personnel interview scheduling system document

tracking and scheduling

staff training system incident

tracking and analysis

Oxford insurance benefits tracking system

maintenance tracking system

geriatric center MIS system political

action data base

Medicaid benefit tracking audit

reporting and analysis

vacation accrual manpower

tracking

Expanded Desk Top Publishing throughout agency with Pagemaker, Microsoft

Word, Lotus Freelance, Powerpoint and other Windows programs.Special

projects included creating fundraising and promotional pieces.

Performed numerous analyses with Excel, Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus Improv.

Implemented computer training program.

Gruntal & Co. (1988 - 1992)

Developed PC-based system to better service clients after analysis of

requirements and identification of deficiencies in existing reports and

statements. System used Lotus Symphony, dBASE, WordPerfect and programs

written in C, Basic and MS-DOS. Improved portfolio management and

evaluation capabilities, increased operational efficiencies, provided tax

information, and enhanced client confidence in servicing abilities. Was

responsible as an account executive for developing clientele and providing

suitable investment products and services.

Advest, Inc. (1982 - 1988)

Account Executive - Registered Representative

ADP Network Services Inc. (1978 - 1981)

As a project manager/account manager was responsible for

providing remote computer services, analytical and softwarefinancial data

base retrieval products to investment banking and brokerage clients. Was

recognized as top performing account manager in 1981.

Chemical Bank / Chemlink (1975 - 1978)

As lead programmer/analyst participated in the original design

implementation & modifications of Chemlink, Chemical Bank's worldwide on-

line cash management computer system. Designed and coded major system

components including balances, debit/credit, lockbox activity, foreign

exchange rates, target balances and foreign & domestic wire transfer.

EDUCATION

Novell Certified NetWare Engineer

Masters in Business Administration, Marketing Management, Pace University

Bachelors in Engineering, Industrial / Operations Research, Pratt Institute

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