Manager Management

BRYAN TARLETON

**** ******* ***** ( Buford, Georgia 30519

770-***-**** ( *************@*******.***

DIRECTOR OF SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT / CHIEF SYSTEM ARCHITECT

Distinguished Systems Development Senior Manager with more than 20 years of

experience leading teams successful at creating state-of-the-art system

architecture for the telecommunications and wireless industries. Excellent

project management capabilities with a 100% project success rate delivering

complex IT projects on time and on budget. Highly-developed leadership and

communication skills, with proven success building and maintaining

technically advanced engineering teams. Demonstrated ability to build and

implement custom-designed systems capable of winning patents and

significantly boosting corporate revenue.

Core Competencies

Systems Architecture & Design ( Telecommunications ( Strategic Planning (

Systems Development

Database Architecture ( Budgeting & Scheduling ( Customer Support (

Teambuilding & Leadership

Stress Tests ( Engineer Management ( Database Integrity ( Network Security

( Back Office Support

Project Management ( Cellular Switching ( Troubleshooting ( System

Operations ( Machine to Machine

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NUMEREX CORPORATION, Atlanta, Georgia ( 1998 - Present

Leader in wireless Machine to Machine networking and applications with

approximately 200 employees.

Vice President of Network Systems Development

Direct the Network Systems Development and Operations group, overseeing the

activities of system and software engineers charged with producing,

updating, and supporting the company's cutting-edge Digital Gateway system.

Provides oversight of all departmental functions including the maintenance

of the cellular network integration system, which supplies customers with

the means to communicate with remote devices over the cellular network.

Design and implement back office support systems, including the network and

device provisioning, billing and rating, operations management, control

portal, and customer management systems.

Highlights & Achievements:

. Developed the network system that facilitated Numerex's growth from a

less than $20 million a year company to one valued at more than $100

million per year, while simultaneously helping to build the company's

reputation as one of the world's most innovative and profitable tech

providers.

. Pioneered the use of M2M technology, growing from a system capable of

supporting less than 50,000 wireless devices producing less than 100,000

transactions a day to an architecture now supporting 1.5 million

wireless devices processing more than 100 million transactions daily.

. Maintained a perfect record for producing projects on time and on

budget, managing the development of more than 50 projects with a 100%

success rate.

. Gained personal distinction as a manager capable of cultivating

extremely talented and loyal technical teams, with an average team

member staying with the company for longer than 8 years.

. Received the Chairman's Award from the company's CEO in recognition of a

multitude of contributions to the company's growth and success.

. Won 3 US patents for 3 separate technologies designed and developed for

the Digital Gateway network system.

. Facilitated the company's ability to grow from a small player in the

industry with less than 60 full time employees, to a major contributor

to the world of Machine to Machine networking and applications.

BRYAN TARLETON ( Page 2 ( *************@*********.***

BELLSOUTH, Atlanta, Georgia ( 1990 - 1998

A large telecommunications company serving the South Eastern United States.

Systems Development Manager (1994 - 1998)

Oversaw the daily activities of system and software engineers, facilitating

their ability to produce the company's Cellemetry Gateway system. Created

and implemented new back office support systems, managing the development

of billing, operations, control, and customer management applications.

Hired and trained new employees building a team capable of responding to

new challenges and reaching new heights of innovation.

Highlights & Achievements:

. Designed and developed the Cellemetry Gateway, the precursor to

Numerex's Digital Gateway, implementing patented technology over

Analogue Cellular networks to support M2M messaging.

. Created custom hardware and software systems using multi-tier, multi-

server architecture and standard socket-based network communications

systems credited with saving the new venture thousands of dollars in

start up funds.

. Facilitated the group's ability to enter into a joint venture project

with Numerex that resulted in the division's transfer to Numerex in

1998.

. Led team charged with developing and implementing a state of the art

wireless telephony system targeted for Cellular and PCS deployment,

using a range of technically advanced programs, including ISDN, X.25,

TCP/IP Sockets, UNIX System Five Inter-process communications, and

analog and digital wireless systems.

Technical Lead / Systems and Database Administrator (1993 - 1994)

Administered the creation of a critical billing system utilized throughout

the company to manage and update billing processes and procedures.

Supervised technical staff, performed database stress testing and

performance tuning, and served as UNIX Systems Administrator and Database

Administrator. Designed, coded, tested, and debugged the newly developed

system, ensuring the system functioned as intended.

Highlights & Achievements:

. Led high-profile billing systems development project managing all

aspects of the project from the initial brainstorming for functional

design ideas through final user acceptance and implementation.

Applied Research and Development Technician (1990 - 1993)

Designed and coded prototype applications using MS Visual C++ and various

relational database systems. Wrote BellSouth's Corporate Architecture

Standards report gathering research and lab work results and supplying

detailed analysis used to document recommendations for future IT

development.

Highlights & Achievements:

. Created a proof of concept used to assist Windows desktop users in

monitoring transactions between their desktop and a relational database

and other applications.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science

West Georgia College ( Carrollton, Georgia

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

SS7, GSM, CDMA, SMPP, M2M

UNIX, Linux, Windows.net, C/C++/C#, Visual Basic, TCP/IP

Relational Databases, SQL, XML, Web Services

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