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| Desired Industry: Information Technology |
SpiderID: 14532 |
| Desired Job Location: Clarkston, Michigan |
Date Posted: 8/6/2007 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: Sept. 1, 2007 |
| Desired Wage: 150,000 |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Executive (President, VP, CEO) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, 50-75% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Masters |
Willing to Relocate: Yes |
Objective:
I would like to help an organization grow sales, develop new services to diversify revenue streams, and improve delivery of existing services.
Experience:
SunGard Higher Education, 4 Country View Road, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355
General Manager, Innovation & Enterprise Consulting Services, February 1998 to present
Responsible for directing technology projects and personnel to ensure the successful completion of activities for designated products, technologies, systems, or services. Manages personnel activities, directs development of project plans, and develops long-range direction and strategies. Leads and manages multiple technical and business process teams. Leads, motivates, mentors, and coaches team members. Has successfully developed, sold, and delivered several new consulting services. Particular expertise in turn-around services as well as start-ups.
Achievements include:
Set records at billable rates for various professional service teams
Created a standardized consulting delivery methodology which eliminated most re-work hours
Shifted the consulting delivery culture to identify new revenue opportunities at existing accounts
Created 22+ consulting practices that are independent of any products
Created several CXO-level consulting services which provided paid scoping for incremental business opportunities, thus expanding variable rate pricing with existing clients.
Sold the largest volume of incremental consulting services from an service account entry
Sold the largest non-product contract in corporate history
Shortened the development cycle to get new consulting services to market
Higher Colleges of Technology, P.O. Box 25026, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Chief Finance Officer April 1996 to January 1998
Responsible for the functions of finance and accounting, budgeting, purchasing, human resources and personnel services, facilities development, office administration, and information and telecommunication services. Position is a member of the senior Policy Council board of directors, and reports to the Vice Chancellor. Served as Chair of Budget Committee (U.S.$92 million), Chair of Medical Insurance Task Force, Chair of Staff Performance Evaluation Steering Committee, Personnel Committee, Purchasing Committee, and Strategic Planning.
Chief Information Officer August 1990 to March 1996
Provided vision, leadership and administration in the planning, application, design, implementation and maintenance of information technology systems in support of learning and administrative functions. Served as the leader / advocate for IT by envisioning, planning and effectively communicating its value and use within the college.
The position reports to the Vice Chancellor for the countrywide system of 10 campuses and 1,100 staff. The HCT is a new vocational / technical college system utilizing competency based training methods. The market demand for its graduates has created a national reputation for quality and has caused rapid growth in admissions. Its expertise in ESL led to a UNESCO award recognizing revolutionary educational practices.
Field started new MIS department inclusive of staffing, computer room facility, hardware and networking infrastructure, telecommunication systems, database design and application software implementation inclusive of development standards and policy. The center is characterized by the reliability of hardware, advanced network infrastructure as well as pioneering efforts in telecommunication services and software development. Manage 15 personnel (of 12 nationalities) including three managers and multiple indirect campus support staff.
Achievements include:
Development of Center for Excellence in Research and Training--a software technology park offering commercial training through strategic private sector partners.
First higher ed institution in the Middle East to implement Internet access for staff and students inclusive of web page development www.hct.ac.ae
Utilized cost justification and DSS for qualitative analysis to implement video-conferencing for international recruitment interviews. Complementing an audio-conferencing system, it continues HCT's leadership in working with the national telecom monopoly to test and introduce new services.
Implemented library system including acquisition, cataloging, circulation, and on-line catalog.
Installed and support 3,800 microcomputers including hardware, software, training and security standards. Academic laboratories utilized multimedia computer based training packages for teaching English as a second language.
Implemented SCT's Banner student records system (ORACLE-based). Project approval to live date duration of seven months -- on time and within budget.
Developed ORACLE-based financial system including General Ledger, Budget, and Accounts Payable. Specifications unique to the Middle East required introduction of western T.Q.M. techniques to Indian-based contract programming supplier.
Implementing RAMCO Marshall human resource system including salary and benefits, dependents, housing, staff attendance, and payroll utilizing ORACLE / C++ GUI and Lotus Notes for the recruitment function.
Established standards for development specifications, CASE tool utilization, project management, quality assurance testing, documentation library, forms control, procedure manuals, operations and disaster recovery / contingency planning.
Designed and supervised construction of computer room including dual security access, specialized air filtration, and separated printer environment.
Implemented 20 LANs for academic and administrative users utilizing AT&T's PDS structured cabling. Intelligent classrooms implemented for use within MIS instruction.
Began implementation of ATM technology in a number of colleges for an advanced infrastructure to support multimedia applications in the classroom.
Strategic utilization for administrative wide area network including cc:Mail electronic mail, cc:Fax, and client services from VAX ORACLE server for institutional research and planning using SPSS, SAS and DataBrowser.
Extraordinary Projects September 1992 to January 1998
Development board for Centre for Excellence in Research and Training - Technology Park
Consultation with Ministry of Higher Education and overseas Cultural Attache offices.
Consultation with Ministry of Health, Government Information Authority and State Audit Inst.
Taught foundations and program level computing courses at both mens and womens colleges.
Executive IT Steering Committee for the UAE University from March 1992 through July 1993.
Advanced Business Solutions, Inc., P.O. Box 56, Trenton, Michigan 48183
Partner July 1986 to July 1990
Entrepreneurial start-up, management, and subsequent sale of firm providing computing and turn-around management consulting to light industrial market, corporate training and small business seminars. Four staff. Final year revenues of $740,000.
Oakland Community College, George A. Bee Administration Center, 2480 Opdyke Road, P.O. Box 812, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48303-0812
User Computing Consultant November 1987 to July 1990
Adjunct Faculty May 1988 to July 1990
McLouth Steel Products Corp., 1650 West Jefferson, Trenton, Michigan 48183
Programmer Analyst April 1985 to October 1987
Security Bank and Trust, 16333 Trenton Road, Southgate, Michigan 48195
Systems Analyst - Automation Projects June 1984 to March 1985
Systems Analyst - Business Methods May 1983 to May 1984
Education:
EDUCATION:
University of New England, Graduate School of Business Administration, Armidale, Australia. Masters of Business Administration degree in International Business and Marketing April 2001
Madonna University, 36600 Schoolcraft Road, Livonia, Michigan 48150 Bachelor of Science degree with major in Accounting - August 1984. Associate of Science degree in Business Administration - December 1982.
American Institute of Banking, Suite 2006, Commonwealth Building, Detroit, Michigan 48226 Negotiable Instruments and Principles of Banking.
Affiliations:
PUBLIC OFFICES:
City Councilman, Trenton, Michigan. Elected to four-year term on November 3, 1987 by popular vote against five other candidates. Youngest elected official in city's history. Represented the council on advisory board to the local 33rd District Court and the Michigan Municipal League. U.S$14.3 million annual budget. 210 employees represented by four unions. Tenure oversaw property tax re-financing of two major industrial sites (auto and steel), the development of a light-industrial park, and the start of major infrastructure renovations to roads and the waste water treatment plant. Proposed and lead coalition in approving property tax and water fee reductions in 1990 budget. Led effort to automate municipal police department.
Chairman of Mayor's Blue Ribbon Committee on Downtown Commercial Development in the city of Trenton. December 1988 to October 1989. Implemented market survey and recommended long-term zoning plans for re-development.
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