Management Sales

ANTHONY D. LOPRETO

**** ** **** *** **. Palm City FL 34990

*******.*******@*****.*** • H: 772-***-**** • C: 631-***-****

SENIOR TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE

Strategic Planning • IT Management • Organizational Development • CISSP

Accomplished senior IT executive with over 20 years experience and a strong track record of improving corporate operations through the development and implementation of best practices in technology operations. Result-oriented professional, recognized for taking on major initiatives, adapting to rapidly changing environments and resolving mission critical issues to ensure bottom line success. Improved operational access to data while increasing overall security of confidential and Non-Public information. Motivational leader and builder of strong teams of technology professionals while lowering turnover and maintaining a positive work environment. Proven success working across all disciplines and levels, both inside and outside of the organization to accomplish strategic objectives.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Process/Program Mgmt.

Change Management

Staff Leadership Infrastructure Design

Technology Development

Client Relationship Mgmt. Budgets & Cost Controls

Vendor Management

Performance Improvement

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Storage Area Network SAN

VB6, C++, C#, .NET, SQL

Active Directory

Intrusion Detection/Prevention

Citrix MetaFrame

VM Ware Virtualization

ISO / HIPAA / PCI DSS SQL Server / Sybase / My SQL

VOIP Telephony

Watchguard Firewall

Remote Desktop Tools

Blackberry Enterprise Server

Encryption

Backup Technologies Network/System Security

Policy Implementation

Risk Management

Disaster Recovery Planning

Virtual Private Network VPN

Help Desk

CISSP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OXFORD MANAGEMENT SERVICES – Melville, NY and Fort Pierce, FL 1999-March 2011

Provided first and third party collection services to many Fortune 500 companies across the US in industries including financial, telecom, auto loans, student loans, and education.

Chief Technology Officer (2002-March 2011)

As a core member of the senior executive team, provide comprehensive technology leadership with the goal of increasing functionality, improving efficiency and reducing overall operational costs. Direct activities of a staff comprised of 10 FTE, one outsourced and three offshore positions, with responsibility for interviewing and hiring all IT personnel. Manage a yearly budget of $1.1M, and distribute monthly bonuses according to individual goal achievements on various projects.

Oversee all IT purchases and contracts. Develop and manage relationships with third-party providers, network and server specialists, and offshore developers. Provide critical planning and execution of an overall technology strategy that has enabled the company to grow from 20 employees in a single location in 1999 to more than 300 employees operating in four states.

• Established five separate IT departments for the management of Network/LAN Administration, Development, Data Processing, Security Administration, and Technical Support.

• Automated processes across all company functions.

• Introduced asset management and software license management, reducing overall spending and facilitating the elimination of redundant assets..

• Designed and implemented business continuity and disaster recovery plans.

• Developed and implemented security policies, best practices, and coding guidelines to achieve compliance with the Graham Leach Bliley Act, PCI DSS and ISO27002 standards. Implemented the framework for the ISO 27001 ISMS.

• Influential leader in market expansion and growth of the company from $2.5M to $20M in revenues.

Director of Information Technology (1999-2002)

Challenged to evaluate existing operations and develop new technology solutions to improve operational efficiency and overall business performance. Created and implemented policies and procedures and designed an updated and secure network infrastructure aligned with corporate expansion goals.

Deployed a comprehensive solution with firewall, VPN, FTP, backup, email, IIS, ADS, Citrix, card access, surveillance cameras, and other elements to manage core business activities. Developed programs for client data import and export functions. Hired four employees as the beginning of an IT department.

• Replaced outdated legacy collections management software and converted data files to a relational database and application that conformed to Y2K standards.

• Established security standards that were adopted throughout the company.

• Created intranet to provide real-time reporting for administration, mid-level, and executive level management groups.

• Designed and launched the company’s first website, which provided the client base with real-time audit capabilities.

COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL – Islandia, NY 1991-1999

During a period of rapid change in information technology, rose through a series of advancing positions for this $3.5B.leader in integrated enterprise IT solutions and consulting.

Technology Consultant Manager (1998-1999)

Directed a team of 15 Technology Consultants engaged in end-to-end client support for key enterprise management system (Unicenter TNG), which manages network monitoring, mission-critical processes, database, email and Internet performance (both NT and Unix systems). Interviewed and hired technical professionals for the entire development department and performed evaluations and annual reviews. Ensured the prompt and accurate resolution of problems ranging from user error to bugs.

• Developed and maintained progress reports for all technicians, providing information essential to individual development as well as overall team performance improvement.

• Assisted Professional Services sales team in closing large software contracts by designing and managing effective trials and product demonstrations.

Support Technician / QA Technician/Programmer – CA Unicenter for Unix (1995-1998)

Provided new product development and support for Unicenter, with primary responsibility for the TNG Agent component (client/server communication). Worked closely with QA department. Built software test environments. Performed maintenance updates and maintained documentation for problems and fixes.

• Created bug fixes in source code on both Windows NT and Unix platforms.

• Set up and maintained source control.

• Knowledge of multiple database environments (MS SQL Server, Sybase, Oracle, Ingres).

Early roles at Computer Associates involved programming, internal application support, and reporting activities related to internal client support, development, testing, and QA requests. In the role of Network Administrator, developed and maintained internal client database on Novell Netware. Supported legacy systems and mainframe database and applications for development, finance, sales and administrative departments. (1991-1995)

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

BS, Computer Science • Dowling College – Oakdale, NY

Minor in Applied Mathematics

ACTIVITIES

American Red Cross Volunteer

Volunteer Firefighter

Served in Deer Park and Holbrook as EMT and First Responder for 7 years

First Responder Team Member

Computer Associates

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