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Leland, NC *****

Cell: 304-***-****

Email: adv0ft@r.postjobfree.com

Kevin von Gersdorff

Experience

Objective

Detail-oriented and highly focused Controller with strong analytical, organizational, and IT skills with the ability to work independently seeking position with a fast-paced company that will provide additional opportunities for career advancement.

Co-owner/Controller Consultant KAVE, LLC

Currently (since July 2012), a Financial Controller Consultant for Camson Construction, Inc. (A Commercial General Contractor in Annapolis Junction, MD) where I manage the Financial and IT systems, set/oversee Accounting, Administration, and Project Management processes, supervise several employees, set budgets, and develop/utilize other key management tools/reports/schedules for measuring Contract Progress, Profitability, and Projections, administrator of the 401K program and insurance/accounting year-end audits.

Provide financial consulting services that include (but not limited to) preparation of financial statements, accounts payable/receivables/cash management/payroll services, and general ledger support.

IT consultant providing computer, server, network, software, & related solutions.

CIO/CFO Dominion Construction, Inc.

Management of all financial, informational and administrative activities and personnel.

Financial reporting (financial statements, tax returns, business license/gross receipt filing, etc.).

Preparation of month-end reports and closing of necessary system modules.

Develop Sage CRE 300 reports as needed, management of chart of accounts, design financial reports/schedules as needed.

Training (Provide necessary training to staff, department, and self in order to recommend best practices/tools for improving business processes).

Management of all IT systems/platforms. Includes establishing company standards & deployment of all hardware, software, peripherals, network, telephone systems, cellular phones, communication devices.

Involvement with key management/staff meetings.

Administrator of 401k program including monitoring/reporting of compliance tests/violations.

Assist with selection of company health-care & liability insurance providers & recruitment/hiring of personnel.

Manage/communicate special programs including bonus pool, forecasting, contract schedules, LUAGR, job burden, workers comp, and others.

Involvement with year-end financial audit.

Business Development and other responsibilities as outlined by the CEO/President.

Director of IT / Network Architect / Programmer D. M. Bowman, Inc., Williamsport, MD

Responsible for the management & efficient utilization of all information processing resources while directing & coordinating overall work programs of the organization as established to provide comprehensive company wide computer & communications system development & production, networking, telecommunications, & information management services to the Bowman Group.

Directs the development & implementation of standards, practices, & procedures to ensure orderly & timely development of company information processing & communication facilities. Also, directs the development & maintenance of programs to provide adequate & effective telecommunications on a company wide basis at a cost commensurate w/overall company objectives & needs. Develops mutually agreed upon goals w/assigned management staff & monitors results on a regular basis to assure prompt feedback & progress on assigned work programs. Resolves disputes & conflicts b/w organizational objectives w/regard to priorities, resource allocation, & direction. Attend regularly scheduled management, upper management, and board meetings.

Develops the department budget to meet staffing, developmental, equipment needs, etc.; administers controls and monitors the budget to ensure acceptable performance. Directly supervises assigned staff to ensure quality performance, in accordance with established company policies & procedures, evaluates performance & provides feedback and growth and development opportunities.

Project Leader for D. M. Bowman's Voice and Data project. Worked with Williams Communications in planning, designing, and implementing company Wide Area Network. WAN included networked Perle Controllers and Dumb Terminals (AS400), PCs, PBXs w/network dialing (4 digit) and Centralized Voicemail.

Helped to reduce costs by using more efficient communication methods and reducing the number of trunks at each site, Site-to-site dialing including voicemail notification and network message retrieval.

Responsible for configurations of all new sites. This includes establishing the most efficient communication methods with the appropriate LD carrier, planning, ordering, and implementing all data hardware, oversee the implementation of voice systems, wiring, and other necessary equipment.

Responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting all voice and data equipment and for coordinating all repairs w/the appropriate vendor. Monitored WAN for bottlenecks/network congestion to ensure optimal performance.

Managed NT Domain and Servers including Operating System Patches or Service Packs, Licenses, Software, and Hardware. Supervised IT department employees responsible for PC support and NT Administration

Converted the Corporate 3.12 Novell server based network to a multi-server Windows NT based network. Also, implemented and managed most of the Microsoft BackOffice products, DB2 Data Replicator, Network Virus protection and System Backup.

Trained company personnel in many areas including Microsoft Outlook, Query, Access and Excel, File Transfer/Download, and Contact/Appointment/Activity synchronization using Symantec Act.

Developed various Computer Applications for the Safety, Recruiting, Accounting, IT, & Operations Depts.

Developed a Financial Reporting System. This is a flexible financial report writer that allows the accounting department to produce financial reports for any financial period(s) for any profit center(s).

MIS Director/Sr. Programmer - Analyst ADRA International, Silver Spring, MD

Head of the MIS department. Assisted programmers w/all aspects of current configurations /systems.

Conducted staff meetings, performance evaluations, & interviews. Company Computer Committee Secretary.

Reported activity, performance, project costs/budgets, schedules, IT recommendations to management.

Evaluated existing and proposed systems. Developed MIS Job Request Tracking, Medical Claims Processing. Installed, Networked, Customized Commodity Tracking system.

Responsible for all Network installation, configuration, and management. Maintained computer hardware/software/security standards to ensure data integrity and portability.

Reviewed Client-Server alternatives. Utilized/managed outside MIS services.

Team Leader responsible for downsizing/converting hardware and software from mainframe to LAN.

Chief programmer/analyst responsible for developing complete financial package for network (GL, AP, AR, Journal Entry, Payroll, Fixed Assets, Financial Reports and Schedules,etc.).

Knowledge, utilization, and management of all Project Development Steps: Analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, implementation, & documentation/training.

Developed/modified systems for microcomputers and PC networks. Modified year-end tax programs.

Part of team responsible for modifying/enhancing Accounting package conforming to Int'l Accounting Manual.

Developed a time-keeping system for the Personnel dept. Modified a Service Record Tracking System.

Developed a volunteer position database for the Youth Service Dept. & Global Educational Institutions.

Provided computer support to ADRA Int’l. Provided support for the Project Food Commodity Tracking system.

Designed, coded, tested, implemented and maintained various application systems for the 7th-day Adventist World Headquarters. These include an Education Permission system for monitoring copyrighted material, Committee Index system for recording indexes to minutes, Travel Itinerary & Adventist Service Record system.

Supported Retirement, Library, Investment, Payroll, Demographic, & Education Statistical Reporting Systems.

Education Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV

B.S., Business Administration

Major: Business w/Concentration in Data Processing Minor: Mathematics

Graduated Magna Cum Laude (GPA: 3.5)

Dean's List (6), Turner Academic Scholarships (4)

Skills

All Windows-based computers/printers, HP/Dell PCs/Servers, Cisco Routers & Catalyst Switches, Ethernet,

IBM AS/400/Client-Access, Tandem-16 NonStop II, TCP/IP, DHCP, WINS, VPN, Acumatica ERP 2021 R2,

Sage 300 CRE w/ Inquiry, Report & Financial Statement Designer, MyAssistant, CrystalReports, IIS, MS

Exchange, MS 365 w/extensive Excel experience, Pathway, DDL, Encompass, MS Query, ODBC, Object

Pascal/Delphi, MS Access, HTML, Visual Basic/VBA, SQL, Cobol, C, RPG, Assembler

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