DOUGLAS R. YATES

Newport Beach, CA ● 925-***-**** (Cell) ● ad32aj@r.postjobfree.com

IT EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT

Expert in the design, development and delivery of fiscally-responsible, high-performance technology initiatives for large operations to meet challenging business problems and strategic executive decisions. Extensive qualifications in all facets of project life cycle development, including feasibility studies, design, development, vendor selection and compliance, testing, build/integration, prototyping, installation and training. Equal strengths installing the standards, practices and benchmarks required to successfully complete complex projects.

● IT Infrastructure Design & Implementation ● Strategic & Operational Business Planning

● IT Department Organization & Control ● Systems Engineering & Database Architecture

● Emerging Technologies & Innovations ● P&L Management & Productivity Enhancement

● Software Design & Development ● Operations & Project Management

● Process Re-engineering & Improvement ● Blockchain Technology Personal Qualities: A decisive leader skilled at building relationships across functional lines within the Business and IT community. A creative problem solver with the ability to translate ideas into action and a willingness to go

‘above and beyond’ to exceed expectations. Effective team building and professional development and strong communication and project management skills. Douglas gets stuff done! PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Re-Gen Service Systems

CTO 2023 to Present

Developed business plan, including budgets and forecasts. Designed secure automated locker system for the automobile service industry. Designed and developed mobile app and API integration for the diverse dealer management systems. Prepped operations to scale to

$30M+ revenue per year.

Ken Moran Charitable Trust, WY

CTO/PMO 2021 to 2023

Managed complete offshore IT team to develop a blockchain based exchange and NFT marketplace. Manage all the day to day operations. Generated $3M+ in revenue in 6 weeks. Conducted a weekly PODCAST, delivering blockchain and bitcoin industry news and information.

Markethive, Inc, Shell, WY

CTO/PMO 2017 to 2021

Managed complete offshore IT team to develop a blockchain based Market Network, including creating and launching a crypto-coin

(MHV/HIVE). Co-wrote white-paper, managed all Agile project plans milestones, budgets, meeting every milestone, while raising

$500K in crowd-funding. Increased customer based by 1000% and brought company to profitability. OXOgenix International LLC / GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES, Inc., Reno, NV 2013 to 2017 CTO/Senior Business Analysis/co-Founder

Responsible for business, operational and product plans. Raised initial seed capital. Established operational budgets and plan, including supply-chain operational procedures, architected e-commerce web site and setup customer service process. Developed and implemented the marketing and sales plans taking company from $0 to $1M a month in gross sales over a 4 month period( for a total of $2.3M in gross revenue). Managed the day-to-day activities, Swift payment transfers, monthly P/L, cash flow and board oversight. DRAKE DOSH, INC., Fremont, CA 1989 to 2013

President, Senior Consultant

Senior IT consultant successfully deploying more than $3 billion in enterprise projects for Fortune 500 companies, with budgets from

$100,000 to $60+ million. Primary accountabilities include strategic and operational planning, as well as technology evaluation, acquisition, development and integration. Frequently function as a member of the client’s executive team to help develop sophisticated technical visions and create corresponding multi-million dollar IT operating and capital budgets. Tandem OS, COBOL85, SCOBOL, NONSTOP SQL, Oracle DB, Oracle Forms…

● $60 million project for the California Department of Motor Vehicles: Partnered with Hewlett-Packard to design, develop and manage the upgrade of DMV's license and registration database, enabling DMV to increase their transaction throughput by more than a 100 fold while reducing inquiry turnaround by 50%.

● $25 million project for SBC (formerly Pacific Bell): Led the design and development of multiple interfaces to automate the line switching technology, allowing the customers to add and remove features automatically from their telephone system. Effort reduced help desk call volume by 40%, saving $2.6 million annually.

● $23 million project for ROSS Stores: Led the requirements, design, development, implementation and support for 7 projects within the Warehouse Management System (WMS) implementation life cycle. Reduced project implementation time and labor costs by up to 30% ($1,800,000+).

● $16 million projects for Infinera Corp: Provide program management services to implement several HR (Workday) and Procurement related cloud and enterprise projects leading 50% reduction in HR workflow and 75% reduction in on-boarding and maintaining a new supplier. (translates to $450K+ savings per year). Managed a successful implementation of SAP, managing both he onshore and offshore teams to fully automate both the financial and engineering processes, saving $2.4 million annually.

● $12 million project for Time/Warner (formerly Lieberman Enterprises): Led the design and development of a new warehouse picking feedback system, reducing fulfillment errors by nearly 50% and increasing productivity by approximately 30%. Total savings exceeded $4 million annually

● $9 million project for Renesas Corp: Supported the executed staff in writing and implementing standardized IT practices and procedures, which allow the executives to calculated the ROI of their IT initiatives. Along with implemented a complete global reporting platform for both internal revenue analysts and marketing campaign tracking. Saving the company over $6 million dollars annually.

● $6 million project for Hewlett-Packard (formally Tandem Computers): Led the design and development of client- server based hardware replacement guided service system, reducing field service calls 60% and saving $2.6 million annually.

● $5 million project for Super Franks, LLC: Led development and implementation of the business, financial and marketing plans that brought this food service/family entertainment company from its inception to profitability after 23 months (revenue of

$2.5M - $3M per year).

● $3 million project for Wells Fargo Bank: Led the redesign of the company’s credit and lease scoring system, leading to a 10% ($1+ million) reduction in application processing costs. DOUGLAS R. YATES Page 2

EDEN RECORDS, Concord, CA 1991 to 1993

Chief Executive Officer / Co-Founder

Founded and led this recording company from concept to a $1+ million enterprise. Authored business, financial and marketing plans to facilitate company start-up and accelerate market growth. Designed policies and procedures for all core operations and spearheaded initial sales and promotional campaigns. Designed a cost-effective IT function capable of meeting both current and long-range management information requirements.

● Negotiated major domestic/international distribution agreements with 11 independent record companies, growing the company to full operation in 9 months with sales in excess of $1 million annually.

● Designed and developed a budget/project cost and sales database that provided on-demand talent data and reduced lead time for data acquisition and reporting from 3+ weeks to less than 1 hour.

● Evaluated and procured an integrated accounting system, full color graphics design system and both client and server technologies. Designed and implemented a real-time sales tracking database. EXPRESSWAY, INC., Sunnyvale, CA 1984 to 1989

Technical Sales Manager/Co-Founder

Assumed a broad scope of responsibilities that ranged from lead architect and developer of a $12 million software code generator to the establishment of a technical sales team. Acknowledged by senior management as a major contributor in helping the company to grow from $500,000 to more than $20 million in annual sales. Recruited, trained and mentored teams of highly technically-sophisticated sales representatives.

● Designed the industry’s first “English-like” query language that ran on a Tandem Computer, NONSTOP SQL, COBOL85, SCOBOL, TAL, PATHWAY & ENSCRIBE

● Led a team of 3 developers that completed a major piece of a 3rd generation software code generator from inception to market in less than 1 year.

● Developed both development lifecycle and testing standards that were implemented and followed by more than 200 technical personnel.

● Created a complete technical sales presentation and supporting prototype systems that was presented to potential clients, helping to generate $5+ million in new annual sales.

● Made presentations to more than 75 Fortune 500 companies as part of an effort to rebuild disintegrating customer relationships, helping the company to maintain $12+ million in existing business.

● Served as Project Manager on a manufacturing automation project for Lockheed, a coal mining automation process for Denison Mines, and a compensation tracking project for Showboat Casino. HEWLETT-PACKARD, INC. (formerly Tandem Computers, Inc.), Cupertino, CA 1979 to 1984 Developer/Corporate Quality Engineer

Designed, developed and managed the corporate quality indicators and their related collection systems. Reviewed quality initiatives and reported results monthly to senior management. Conducted monthly presentations of the “state-of-manufacturing” for 300+ manufacturing employees. Plus, assisted engineering team on ENFORM, PATHWAY and TACL.

● Partnered with system integration and board testing staff to reduce assembly and testing failures by 30%.

● Conceived a full multi-media, real-time assembly line reporting system that was included in every major customer corporate presentation.

● Introduced a stockroom and board test facility inventory tracking system which virtually eliminated quarterly inventory shutdowns.

EDUCATION

M.B.A. candidate ● Strategic Management ● Robert Kennedy University, Zurich, Switzerland B.A. ● Business Management ● Robert Kennedy University, Zurich, Switzerland Certified Real Estate Master Investor ● Global Publishing, Inc., Ron LeGrand, Jacksonville, FL. Information Marketing Association Member ● Mentored and Trained by GKIC, Dan Kennedy National Information Marketing Guild ● Chairman

Product Launch Manager ● Certified by Jeff Walker (internationally known product launch formula creator). California Legislature Assembly Resolution ● Honored as a Distinguished California Resident on Nov. 7, 2008 in resolution no. 2712

1st Degree Black Belt ● Tae Kwon Do

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