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Top Skills

Project Management

Leadership in Energy and

Environmental Design (LEED)

Sustainable Design

Certifications

Project Management Professional

(PMP)

Certified Climate Change

Professional (CC-P)

Certified Analytics Professional

(CAP)

Agile Analysis Certification (AAC)

ArcGIS Pro Professional 2201

(ArcGIS Pro)

Honors-Awards

Who's Who in America

25 Most Influential CTOs

Scholarship

Doctoral Scholar

Scholarship

Publications

2002 Year in Review

Virtual Marchers, Real Results

CTOs Predict HP-Compaq Merger

Will Happen

Member News

CTO Source Exclusive: Defining the

New CTO Job

Patents

Balanced Individual Dining Plate

Triple Pet Dish

Duane Ebesu

“Treat employees like they make a difference and they will.” — Jim Goodnight

Freeport, New York, United States

Summary

Mr. Ebesu’s work begins with a preference for positions of increased responsibility in management, with a focus on building relationships to produce deliverables of thoroughness and quality. He often embraces outside-of-the-box solutions to bring fresh ideas into workspaces that may have reached maturity. Mr. Ebesu typically seeks levels of optimization within an organization via measurable mission-based objectives and broad-based technologies, while maintaining absolute attention to matters of policy and governance by which the business must remain responsible. His personal goals have been to extend and promote organizational success through sustainable leadership practices that secure growth and effectiveness in long-term strategic planning.

Experience

FashionModa

Chief Marketing Officer

May 2019 - Present (5 years 5 months)

New York, New York, United States

Brand management with exclusive distribution of Carlos Molina footwear. Heavy focus on international television and social media advertising, including acquisition channel development. Manage tooling budget, build Asia sourcing and development team, evaluate and on-board new factories, review and revise prototypes, wooden models, RP parts, and shell patterns at key stages of development. Build and manage materials library. SBNP Consulting

Managing Director

August 2013 - April 2019 (5 years 9 months)

New York, United States

Partner position in a business dedicated to enhancing the impact and effectiveness of the small business/nonprofit sector by creating sustainable improvements in management practices. Focus areas include the Page 1 of 4

strengthening of backoffice practices that allow organizations to increase capacity in order to better serve diverse communities. EBESU Corp.

Managing Partner

March 2007 - July 2013 (6 years 5 months)

Freeport, New York, United States

Owner accountability includes the development of original consumer goods, inventory and supply-chain management, overseas production operations and administration. Most notable for the Snack Palette line of products. Housing Works

10 years 2 months

Senior Vice President

September 2002 - February 2007 (4 years 6 months)

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Executive (COO-type) position directs large staff and retail operations in multi- site agency of 11+ properties. Responsible for financial operations, strategic planning, and employee development. Supervised: Vice-President of Human Resources, Vice-President of Research, Vice-President of Food Services, Vice-President of Retail Operations, Vice-President of Information Technology, Vice-President of Fundraising/Development and Vice-President of Marketing. Chief Technology Officer

January 1999 - August 2002 (3 years 8 months)

New York, New York, United States

Position reports directly to CEO. Supervises Vice-President of IT and staff of engineers, programmers and consultants. Created applied relationships between quality management, systems applications, and case management. Directed communications network in a multi-site agency (11+ sites, voice and data). Responsible for program budgeting, cost-benefit analyses, systems integration, and strategic planning.

Deputy Director of Quality Assurance

January 1997 - January 1999 (2 years 1 month)

New York, New York, United States

Standards-based audits, adverse occurrence screenings, critical incident monitoring. Position reports directly to Executive Director and supervises staff of quality assurance associates. Implemented and reviewed QA mechanisms for agency work, including auditing against Framework for Standards. Ensured QA mechanisms directly contributed to the continuous improvement Page 2 of 4

of services to clients. Contributed to the preparation of an integrated system of inspection for clients and reported on the outcome of QA activities. Do Something

Systems Consultant

October 1999 - November 2002 (3 years 2 months)

New York, New York, United States

Web marketing, e-commerce network, backoffice engineering. Backup, security, file-and-print servers, Web servers, and redundancy. The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services

(CASES)

Research Planner

July 1993 - August 1996 (3 years 2 months)

New York, New York, United States

Research and evaluation, grant/proposal writing, whole-systems research and implementation. Projects encompassing a wide breadth of topics ranging from social issues related to poverty, violence and education to the reviews and analysis of youth intervention strategies. Activities varied from completing discrete technical projects to conducting long-term, ongoing inquiries and drafting planning papers.

New York Main Street Alliance (NYMSA)

Director of Finance

September 1992 - January 1993 (5 months)

New York, New York, United States

Automated systems accounting, full charge general ledger, including payroll, receivables and payables; also, database administrator for marketing literature and member recruitment. Includes financial accounting of all affairs, including grant distributions, supporter contributions, and costing. Boricua College

Adjunct Professor of Economics

1993 - 1993 (less than a year)

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Principles of Microeconomics, Business Administration Program. New York City Department of Transportation

Analyst

June 1990 - September 1991 (1 year 4 months)

New York, New York, United States

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Created simulation model for examining the effects of introducing service guidelines and a performance-based management compensation system on subsidized bus carriers. Analyzed service and financial patterns, assisting the division in understanding the impact of management changes and in refining and improving these changes before implementation. University of Southern California

Database Administrator

October 1988 - August 1989 (11 months)

Los Angeles, California, United States

Database programming for the 1989 USC Summer Superintendents' Conference; also, responsible for accounting procedures. Acted as liaison between the offices of Dean Guilbert Hentschke, Dr. Ernie Cioffi (Director of Continuing Education) and the PACE Center.

Education

Columbia University

M.Phil., Urban Planning · (August 1993 - February 2002) New York University

M.S., Management · (January 1990 - May 1992)

California State University-Dominguez Hills

M.B.A., Business · (January 1987 - December 1988)

California State University, Long Beach

B.A., Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing · (August 1980 - December 1986)

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