E. Joseph Sheffield
Hot Springs Village, AR 71909
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PROFILE
Accomplished Chief Information Officer with 25+ years experience of optimizing business capabilities by driving IT strategy and vision seeking a leadership position with a forward thinking organization. Adept at translating enterprise applications, infrastructure, and analytics systems into strategic business partners. Develops high-performing teams and liaises with executive teams in formulating and executing IT policies that deliver value to clients. Bringing the most out of every member of the IT department AREAS OF EXCELLENCE
IT Organization Leadership
Technology Planning/Roadmap
Development
Team Building
Project Management
Risk Mitigation
Digital Transformation
Enterprise Applications
Planning/Integration
Process Improvement
Managing IT Budget
Implementing Change
Management
IT Consultant
TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY
Hardware:
Software:
Dell Powerstore/Unisphere/PowerVault Servers, Pure Array, NAS Storage, Fortigate FW, Dell/Netgear/Fortinet Switches, Dell PC’s and laptops, ZeroClients, older hardware Windows Server, VMWare, Linux Suse/Redhat, Git,
TeamSupport, Wrike, LimaCharlie, Cylance, Groupwise, SQL Server, Dell, HP, VLAN network segmentation, Commvault, Veeam, Zerto DR, Adobe, VNC, old legacy software.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Chief Information Officer February 2006 to Present Waypoint Analytical, Memphis, TN
Provide executive level IT leadership for the entire organization.
Instrumental in turning revenue from 3m (2006) to present revenue of 45m. Production volume went from approximately 1k samples a day to present capacity of 36k a day.
Lead the conversion of many labor intensive work to full automation.
Provide strategic advisement for corporate clients on technology strategy and digital innovations process to drive operations.
Lead the complete overhaul of our Cyber Security posture. Cyber security is a high priority on every project and IT discussion.
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Work with IT management on department roadmaps, along with short and long term technology goals and plans.
When needed have a hands on approach to work with the team to get major projects done.
Transform the IT Support team to new heights in customer satisfaction and efficiency.
Backup to the SQL DBA as needed.
Created a top notch culture in the IT department, putting team first, collaboration, and team building events.
Project Manager/Application Developer January 2003 to February 2006 ADC Integrated Systems, Memphis, TN
Lead the development and installation of re-designing application projects to increase our clients’ productivity and customer satisfaction.
Lead to major contracts at Brother International and Hassell Hughes Lumber.
Responsible for redesigning all production line PC’s and backend database design for Brother International. Project Management for the contract with Brother.
Responsible for Design and Implementation of inventory system for Hassell Hughes lumber company which included development in VB.net, Win CE, and ASP.net, with SQL as the backend. Project Manager/System Administrator December 1999 to October 2002 DoxSys, Inc at VA Finance Center, Austin Tx
Led team in a 5 million dollar government contract at the VA Finance Center
Responsible for all areas related to the ViewStar Imaging system
Manage Technical and Support staff to achieve contract requirements and goals
Database Administration design for SQL 6.5
Manage several server and desktop migrations
Application Developer/System Engineer March 1995 to December 1999 DoxSys, Inc at VA Finance Center, Austin Tx
Night Shift Operator with DoxSys handling all the night processes and backups. Promoted to System Engineer, then to Application Developer, and ending as the on-site Project Manager.
Program and Code with LISP, VB4, VB6.
Supported appx 200 users at the VAFC on their Imaging System. Hardware Support for RightFax boards, large Kodak scanners, and many various desktop and servers ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERSONAL
1997 Image Architect Solution Provider
1998 & 1999 DoxSys Presidential Achievement Award Recipient
2007 Voted on School Board, served 2 year term
2008 St. Ann Church Servant Award
Outstanding Performance Bonuses Received at least annually from 2005-2023
Volunteer many hours to non-profits and church opportunities.
30+ year caregiver to my disabled veteran brother.
Veteran of US Army Reserves.