management director vp cio it software development agile scrum aws
Resume:
Christopher
Calhoun
*****@**************.***
847-
217-
5027
I
am
a
proven
IT
leader
looking
for
a
challenging
position
where
I
can
offer
my
unique
set
of
technical
and
management
skills
to
help
grow
a
company.
Over
the
course
of
the
last
15
years
I
have
managed
teams
of
various
sizes,
which
have
provided
all
of
the
IT
components
required
to
support
a
company.
Some
of
these
components
include
various
tasks
ranging
from
agile
application
development
and
testing,
vendor
management,
quality,
product
management
and
infrastructure
architecture
and
management.
I
offer
a
very
diverse
and
well-
rounded
background
to
allow
me
to
fit
into
most
any
IT
environment
requiring
strong
leadership.
IT
Management
and
Leadership
15
years
of
managing
IT
teams
Product
management
and
innovation
Agile
application
development
teams
.NET
with
SQL
Server
development
teams
Web-
based
application
development
Java
with
Oracle
and
MySQL
development
teams
Small
and
large
teams
Mobile
app
development
teams
Network
and
infrastructure
teams
External
vendor
and
team
management
Amazon
AWS
management
Budget
ownership
and
cost
management
CoLo
management
Oversee
security
and
compliance
requirements
Support
and
help
desk
teams
Implementation
of
new
tools
and
process
Amazon
AWS
and
Azure
Cloud
Full
network
and
server
architecture
experience
Multiple
VLan
setups
with
VPN
appliances
for
40
remote
office
connectivity
Performed
2
full
company
migrations
from
internal
infrastructure
to
external
Amazon
AWS
RDS
setup
and
management
Introduced
cost
savings
of
40%
for
server
hardware
costs
S3
setup/management
for
file
sharing
and
storage
and
system
management
Security
group
and
ACL
design,
setup
and
management
Glacier
for
off-
site
secure
storage
EC2
API
tools
and
automated
scripting
for
creating
servers
Full
road-
warrior
VPN
setup
for
employees
to
connect
and
mirroring
directly
to
remote
Amazon
network
Setup
of
fail-
over
redundant
hot-
spot
at
Azure
for
primary
production
servers
PHP,
MySQL
and
Linux
Design,
built
and
launched
a
musician
web
site
for
Built
utilizing
PHP,
MySQL
with
Apache
on
an
Amazon
managing
music
which
I
have
maintained
for
8
years
hosted
Linux
server
Over
1000
enrollees
who
utilize
the
site
Designed,
built
and
launched
several
smaller
scale
interactive
sites
using
Yii
framework
as
well
as
Joomla
Site
is
built
on
a
home-
grown
framework
I
built
which
content
management
provides
statistics,
hack
detection
and
tools
to
expedite
development
MedSpeed
LLC
-
Elmhurst,
IL
November
2012
–
Present
Vice
President
of
IT
MedSpeed
is
a
medical
logistics
company
that
specializes
in
providing
a
cost-
effective,
efficient
service
for
handling
all
deliveries
of
specimens,
pharmaceuticals
and
supplies
between
medical
offices.
MedSpeed
utilizes
scan
and
track
technology
with
scanners
and
an
internally
built
system
to
provide
end-
to-
end
tracking
of
movements
of
articles
as
well
as
online
services
for
clients
to
manage
their
requests
and
shipping.
I
was
hired
to
re-
engineer
the
company
infrastructure,
technology
processes
and
staffing
of
the
IT
group.
Pharos
Innovations,
Northfield,
IL
June
2009
–
November
2012
Vice
President
and
CIO
Responsible
for
overseeing
all
IT-
related
functions
and
technical
staff
including
product
development,
technical
support,
technical
infrastructure,
intranet,
marketing
web
applications,
security
and
policies
and
product
implementations.
The
primary
product
of
Pharos
is
Tel-
assurance,
which
is
an
IVR
and
web-
based
application
which
provides
non-
device
patient
monitoring
for
patients
with
chronic
diseases
such
as
chronic
heart
failure,
diabetes
and
COPD
to
name
a
few.
HealthCom
-
>
McKesson
Corporation
-
>
RelayHealth,
Wheeling,
IL
A
Fortune
15
Healthcare
Company
Note:
HealthCom
Acquired
in
May
2006
April
2006
–
June
2009
(HealthCom
2002-
2006,
McKesson
2006
–
June
2009)
Director
of
Product
Development
and
Technical
Services
–
Patient
Compass
Online
(May
2006-
June
2009)
Director
of
IT
and
Product
Development
(April
2002-
May
2006)
Responsible
for
managing
staff
to
design,
develop,
implement
and
support
the
Patient
Compass
online
solutions.
Daily
responsibilities
include
involvement
with
product
management,
sales
support
and
product
implementation
as
we
build
up
staff
to
take
on
these
roles.
Patient
Compass
Online
is
a
self-
service
web
application
for
patients
allowing
them
to
view
their
account
information
online,
make
payments
online,
view
a
image
of
their
statements
as
well
as
utilize
business
office
information
online
24/7
providing
a
“virtual
business
office”
for
hospitals
and
physician
groups
to
offer
their
patients.
Patient
Compass
Online
has
a
J2EE
back-
end
framework
utilizing
EJB’s
(migrating
to
generic
web
services
now),
Struts
and
JSP’s.
infiNET
Solutions,
Buffalo
Grove,
Illinois
6/99-
4/02
Business
Unit
Manager
–
iServices
Division
Responsible
for
managing
a
custom
web
development
team
in
charge
of
various
projects.
Projects
utilized
various
technologies
from
Perl
to
ASP
with
Flash
to
provide
interactive
custom
solutions
for
clients
needing
a
custom
web
application.
Danaher
Controls
and
Omron
Electronics
8/95-
6/99
Controls
Engineer
and
Applications
Engineer
These
positions
were
engineering
positions
prior
to
making
the
change
over
to
software
development.
Both
of
these
positions
provided
hands
on
experience
with
hardware
and
software
and
also
required
a
lot
of
interaction
with
clients.
The
communication
skills
and
hands-
on
skills
attained
here
were
huge
for
my
growth
down
the
road
later
into
management.
Education:
University
of
Dayton
-
Dayton,
Ohio
Bachelor
of
Science
in
Electrical
Engineering,
May
1995
References:
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