Rick Rossi
**** **** **., ***. ****, Sarasota, Florida 34237
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Scrum Master Certification, MBA and Graduate Certification in Information Systems Management.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Owner, Publisher and Editor 11/2013 - Current
The Daily Paleosphere @ thepaleosphere.com
Currently publish and edit news aggregation website using WordPress. Peruse and select science news articles pushed by Newsblur. Commission income generated using Commission Junction US, Amazon Associates, Google Adsense, Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools.
Client Accounts Manager / IT Administrator 08/2002 – 03/2014
Coastal Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.
Spearheaded successful transition from in-house technology infrastructure to cloud-based infrastructure via a suite of Emdeon Revenue Cycle Management products thereby reducing technology costs, increasing productivity and enhancing data security and integrity. Reduced receivables collection times from ninety days to less than thirty increasing cash flow dramatically.
Business Development Executive and Database Administrator
Outsource America, Inc.
Created a company-wide custom Microsoft Access contact database to replace paper contact records thereby enhancing sales analysis, reporting and prospect generation Successfully expanded the company's national presence in the data conversion market.
Treasurer and Systems Administrator
Stedman Insurance Group
Started as a systems administrator for a Honeywell midrange computer running the DPS operating system and proprietary business software. Went on to manage a team of programmers and database architects to legacy this technology and successfully migrate all data to an ARIX midrange computer running the SCO Unix operating
system and the Dataflex RDMS. This configuration was later successfully ported to a Linux distribution running on a microcomputer thus reducing technology hardware costs. The team successfully integrated the SBT Accounting system with the Dataflex customer database to create an early form of what has come to be known as Enterprise-wide CRM. As a result of my success as project manager and completion of my Masters degree, I was promoted to Treasurer of which the accounting, finance and information technology departments became my responsibility.
EDUCATION
Professional Graduate Business Certificate in Information Systems Management, Argosy University, Sarasota, FL
Master of Business Administration, Argosy University, Sarasota, FL
B.S. in Psychology, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA
Certified Accredited Scrum Master, The Scrum Institute.