Director of IT

ANTHONY PAUL KOSTRESKI III

FREDERICK, MARYLAND

CELL 301-***-**** EMAIL **********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

A MANAGEMENT POSITION THAT PROVIDES DIRECTION FOR TECHNOLOGY IN THE ENTERPRISE

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project Management Systems Development Disaster Recovery Planning

Systems Implementation Business System Evaluation Business Continuity Planning

Network Planning and Design Information Access and Reporting Product Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Willard Companies – Frederick, MD 1993 - Present

A privately held group of auto dealerships and fertilizer manufacturing plants in the Mid-Atlantic region with annual sales over $75 million .

Director of Information Technology 2005 - Present

Evaluate new technology and make recommendations to owners and senior management

Interact with multiple contractors, DSS information specialists, consultants, management and company officers to implement company objectives and strategic plans

Define IT initiatives, goals and objectives that align with short and long term business strategy

Direct the development, maintenance and installation of technology infrastructure, including all hardware, software and communications

Manage the technology and business process needs of 6 manufacturing plants to ensure that $45 million in sales orders are delivered accurately and on time

Lead technology committee that formed the company technology roadmap. The resultant complete overhaul of the company ERP system will reduce manufacturing administrative overhead by up to 50%, increase delivery efficiency substantially and provide greater access to information for management decisions

Manage the development, support and direction of web based agricultural decision support system that has increased sales volume of agricultural products over 50 % by providing our customers with knowledge that assists with purchasing decisions and gives the sales team a unique competitive advantage

Designed and implemented sales force order entry system that streamlined the pricing process, eliminated pricing errors and increased sales rep efficiency

Directed the migration/integration of G/L, payable and inventory/PO system from a custom designed system to Microsoft Dynamics GP

Managed the transition of product development, maintenance and support of nationally branded agricultural decision support system, critical to business profitability, from non-performing vendor to a new development team while reducing costs and meeting all critical deadlines

Information Systems Manager 1998 –2005

Directed the redesign of all custom designed back-office applications (inventory, billing and A/R) and manufacturing applications for year 2000 compliance accomplished on time and 33% under budget

Designed and implemented billing and A/R system that supports over 3200 customers, over a million transactions per year and automated a manually intensive billing process that allowed for minimum staffing levels

Negotiated with communication carriers to significantly reduce communication costs for all the manufacturing companies

Managed the design and implementation of WAN connecting all manufacturing plants to simplify communications, reduce communication costs and streamline the manufacturing process

Negotiated with ADP and Reynolds & Reynolds for the installation of a new centralized ERP system for all auto dealerships, replacing separate ERP systems at each dealership, significantly reducing service, maintenance and support costs

Directed the development of custom designed manufacturing system that automated all material handling and mixing of fertilizer, leading to significant increases in plant efficiency by allowing for more production of fertilizer while maintaining minimum staffing levels

Computer Analyst 1995 – 1998

Oversaw all computer equipment at all manufacturing plants and auto dealerships, including the growth from approximately 10 computers and printers, to over 100

Managed the installation of network infrastructure and servers at all manufacturing plants that greatly improved information access and flow

Lead the migration of legacy IBM code and platform to a current midrange and equivalent code eliminating the need for costly legacy support

Financial Analyst 1993 – 1995

Worked closely with management to prepare operating and capital budgets

Developed daily, weekly and monthly dashboard of charts/graphs with key financial , inventory , sales and A/R indicators

Prepared trend analysis of several key expense categories that lead to the re-evaluation of hauling compensation

EDUCATION / AFFILIATION

Bachelor of Science in Finance and Logistics (Double Major) – University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

Master of Science, Information Systems – George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.

ITIL Foundation Certified

Project Management Professional

PMI member, PMI Montgomery County chapter member

SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE AREAS

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Framework Active Directory

Microsoft Sharepoint iSeries DB2/RPG/Websphere Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft Dynamics GP PostgreSQL/PostGIS Microsoft Office/VBA

Routing/WAN Configuration Windows Server 2003/2008 Microsoft IIS

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