PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Metro Development Group, Tampa, Florida 2006 – Recent
Florida-Based Land Developer
Director of Information Technology
As
Metro’s first executive level IT person, I brought all
previously outsourced IT functions in-house to create the
company’s IT department. By shifting support, development and
network administration internally, I was able to save the
company over $250,000 annually on their technology budget AND
increased service levels to internal customers.
Feeling
equally at home with the functional users, I was also able to
step out of the “technology box” and leverage my business and
process improvement experience to accomplish the following:.
·
Oversaw the development and implementation of a Project
Management system designed to facilitate the land
development process
·
Led
the analysis of retain/replace decision of existing
financial system
·
Renegotiated/revised technology contracts to realize a
monthly overhead savings of 60% on IT and telecommunications
costs
·
Managed the conversion of the payroll system from in-house
to an outside service provider (ADP)
·
Converted from completely outsourced IT Department to 100%
in-house.
·
Managed the relocation/recabling of the company data center
·
Implemented a web-based employee self service portal
·
Implemented a web-based communication center to facilitate
transfer of critical financial data which was integral to
the closing of a $250mm Joint Venture with a private equity
firm
Centex Homes – Orlando, Florida 2005 - 2006
National homebuilder
Community Program Manager
At the
height of the Florida “land boom”, the Orlando office of this
national homebuilder needed a process guru to coordinate the
community opening process. Functional groups were not
communicating and there was quite a bit of redundancy and in
some cases, “dropped balls”. I worked with stakeholders to
develop, implement and manage a more efficient way to open
communities from land acquisition to home sales.
To
accomplish this, I analyzed and documented existing processes;
reviewed the “human” interactions, documented and prototyped
various hand-offs and created a scheduling template, complete
with appropriate dependencies. I created a team of process
owners who met weekly and facilitated workshops to document
process flows and coordinated with programmers in the creation
of a community tracking database for the collection of all
required data points.
The end
result was streamlined process and reduced cycle times from land
identification through the community opening. A few of my wins:
·
Facilitated Community Planning Sessions leading to
coordinated efforts in opening new communities
·
Greater collaboration among departments
·
Developed metrics to measure success/efficiency
·
Established processes to ensure timely & effective community
openings
University of Colorado – Boulder, Colorado 2004 - 2005
Golden West Commuter, LLC
- Golden, Colorado
(multiple projects)
Interim Director of Financial Systems (contract position)
As a
contract consultant, I was responsible for implementing,
upgrading and supporting financial and other systems. I worked
extensively with end-users, customers, stakeholders and
technical staff to ensure success in high visibility projects.
Seminole Tribe of Florida
– Hollywood, Florida 2003 – 2004
Project Manager
I led
the selection/implementation of an Enterprise Software system
for this large Native-American government organization. My scope
of work included end-to-end project management, conducting
scoping sessions, requirements definition, formulating
RFP/evaluating responses, analyzing business processes,
organizing project team, vendor selection, facilitating software
demos, contract/software license negotiations, change management
and implementation of Enterprise system to include HR, Payroll,
Financials, Procurement and document imaging solution.
I met
regularly with the executive steering committee to update
project status and interfaced with the software and services
vendors to keep the implementation on track.
San Joaquin County, California – Stockton, California 2002
- 2003
Project Manager
I led
this $900 million County through Discovery, Fit/Gap analysis,
data conversion, interface development, change management,
testing, training and implementation of PeopleSoft Financials,
HR/Payroll and portal. I oversaw the development of conversions,
interfaces and reports as well as managed the implementation
activities of the consultants on site
I worked
closely with the County PMO to assure adherence to established
PM methodologies, interfaced with the client management team to
manage scope changes and provide status updates as well as
conducted regular meetings with the project team to flesh out
obstacles.
Jefferson County, Colorado – Golden, Colorado 2000 - 2002
Project Manager
I
managed the selection and implementation of an Enterprise System
(ERP) for the largest county in Colorado. My scope of work
included managing the selection process, requirements gathering
and deploying a full financial and HR/Payroll web-based system.
I recruited, assembled and managed a full time project team from
process analysis, requirements definition, creating/issuing RFP
and selection through implementation. I interfaced with
management, consultants and vendors, evaluated proposals,
contract negotiations, scope of work and made periodic
presentations to elected officials.
Key
Duties: Project Management, directing the activities of approx.
15 consultants and 12 internal staff, managed to vendors
implementation methodology, requirements gathering, facilitating
software demos, implementing training plan, implementing help
desk, implementing change management plan, full budget
responsibility for project.
PeopleSoft, Inc. – Pleasanton, California 1997 - 1999
Senior Consultant
I
implemented, configured, designed and trained clients on
enterprise-wide Financial Applications. As a key member of the
implementation team, I conducted requirements & scope definition
sessions, testing, Fit/GAP analysis and developed reporting
requirements. I participated in several full life cycle
Financial System implementations and upgrades as well as
provided production support and interfacing with client
contacts, sales reps and partners.
For a
short time, I provided customer support in PeopleSoft’s Global
Support Center.
Grant Thornton LLP (Later Experio Solutions and
Hitachi Consulting) 1996 - 1997
Senior Consultant
I
consulted on ERP Financial applications implementations,
financial reporting, process analysis, requirements analysis,
Fit/GAP and software selections. I also assisted the Assurances
practice with EDP audits of local government IT operations.
EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
MBA,
University of Tampa
BS, Computer Science,
Tampa College
BA, Finance,
University of South Florida
Project Management Certificate Program,
Colorado State University
PMP Certification,
Project Management Institute
AFFILIATIONS
PMI –
Mile Hi Chapter
Central Florida Chapter PMI
TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS-Access, MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Project,
MS-Visio, PeopleSoft,
Lawson, JD Edwards (EnterpriseOne)
