Biography

30 years of Executive IT Management experience within the manufacturing, engineering, construction and the higher education sectors

Skills Summary:

Managed contract compliance and service level deliverables Established project governance methodology and project management standards Established production change management and maintenance window standards Solid ability to successfully manage cost center deliverables to be on schedule and within budget Extensive experience in staff development, salary actions, performance issues and hiring Resource planning, cost tracking and budgeting experience spanning 16 years Highly skilled in the implementation of development and change management standards for production support teams Experienced at supervising 5 leaders and 64 associates in a global multi-site environment Experienced with the development of a business continuity plan Extensive technical knowledge and leadership experience in Legacy Application, Object Oriented and Microsoft Technology Skilled at development and testing of key controls related to Sarbanes Oxley Experienced at leading a global WAN upgrade to MPLS technology Experienced in migration to campus-wide VoIP communication systems Proficient at leading .Net and Websphere development projects

Technical Summary:

Languages:  COBOL, COBOL II, C++, Java, Visual Studio.Net, Websphere

ERP: Oracle, SAP and Datatel

Environments:  MVS, CICS, iSeries, Microsoft, Unix, AS400 and VMS

Databases:  SQLServer, DB2, IMS, Oracle, Ingres

Professional Experience:

Dean College, Franklin, MA                                                             October 2008 - Present

Vice President of Technology and Chief Information Officer

Dean College is a unique private, residential college offering associate and baccalaureate degree programs to an enrollment of approximately 1,000 full time students and 500 part time students.

Report to the President of Dean College. Developed the Information Technology Strategic Plan and reviewed quarterly the Information Technology Strategic direction with the President and Senior Leaders of Dean College Manage all Information Technology vendor contracts Responsible for a twelve member team that supports all of the Information Technology and audio visual systems for Dean College, including support for students when they are on campus Implemented change management process and monthly scheduled maintenance windows. This reduced unplanned system outages, increased customer focus and improved service delivery Implemented user group meetings to open two way communication between the Information Technology Department and the user community Implemented project management standards based on PMI Implemented a new wireless network partnering with Aruba Networks. This provided the College a fivefold increase in wireless connections and doubled the speed to the Internet Implemented a new VoIP solution working with NEC and Verizon Implemented a new campus-wide digital television service delivered from our head end located in our Datacenter Optimized the College’s server farm from 38 physical servers to twenty virtual servers using Microsoft’s Hyper-V. This reduced the power and cooling consumption of the College’s datacenter by forty percent Supported the build of a new $12 million dollar Performance and Dining Facility Supported the build of a new $9 million dollar Residence Hall Manage all Information Technology vendor relationships Member of the Senior Leadership Crisis Management Team for the College and Leader of the Dean Incident Response Team

Perot Systems Corporation, Plano, Texas                                                            1989 - 2008

Account Executive (Sep 04 – Oct 2008)

Perot Systems Corporation is a global provider of technology-based business solutions in selected industry sectors

Provided Leadership for two Accounts delivering infrastructure support including, LAN, WAN, Messaging, Desk Top, Hosting services for Oracle and SAP ERP and support center for 2 of Perot System’s top 15 clients Responsible for 2 contracts: one with a Total Contract Value of $35M the other with a contract value of $20M Reviewed contract compliance and deliverables with Executive sponsor Added new business with a Total Contract Value of $5M Implemented Project Management Methodology based on the PMI standard Implemented Change Management based on the ITIL methodology Implemented a centralized Support Center for our client at our Plano Data Center supporting 3,000 business users globally Leader of a technology refresh of PC’s, servers and printers in support of our clients global implementation of Oracle. Refreshed 1700 PCs, 172 servers and 100 printers Leader of global implementation of a new WAN using MPLS technology in sites located in the United States, Europe and Japan Adherence of controls for compliance with Sarbanes Oxley Met all Service Level Agreements and continuous improvement requirements resulting in new contracts and continued relationship with customer

Application Delivery Leader, Legacy Applications Parsons Corporation (Jan 01 – Sep 04)

Leader of the legacy application area in both production support and new development. Responsible for an $11M budget including resource planning, cost tracking and budget Managed a cost center so that the Application Delivery Team came in under budget by 5% Web Enabled Employee Pay Advise using Web Sphere Technology which helped our client reduce cost for mailing and printing. Serviced 10,000 employees globally Managed a development effort to develop online W2 application using Web Sphere Technology that serviced their domestic employees Managed an effort that implemented MS Active Directory Managed a development effort for a new Corporate Directory using Web Sphere technology on an AS400 servicing 10,000 employees Managed a development effort that developed an On Line Expense Report System using MS Technology Managed a development effort that developed an Executive Information Systems using Web Sphere Technology on an AS400. This tool was used by all executives and Project Managers in the company Met all Service Level Agreements, which contributed to Perot Systems receiving a year end bonus from our client

Deputy Technology Director, Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group (Jul 00 - Dec 00)

Advised the operational and marketing leaders for the Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Business Group of the capabilities, costs and risks associated with Information Systems Interpreted the Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group business requirements to the Information Systems Organization Assisted in the development of the Architecture Plan based on the needs of the Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group, budgets and current technology installed Worked in the coordination of the various Information Systems disciplines to provide a complete solution to the Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group

Application Delivery Leader, Legacy Applications Volkswagen of America (Jul 99 - Jun 00)

Led the Account Leadership Team and the Legacy Application Area in both production support and new development; supervised five direct reports and 40 indirect reports Performed resource planning, cost tracking and budgeting, to include managing a $10M dollar Cost Center budget Acted as a Technical Consultant for any design issues and /or solutions Led the team as part of a multi million dollar project in the successful migration of all systems to year 2000 compliance Implemented development and change management standards for all production support teams

Project Manager, Service Migration Project (Dec 97 - Jul 99)

Managed a 1.6 million dollar migration project migrating the Service Application used by Volkswagen of America from the mainframe environment to a UNIX environment using Object Oriented Technology Managed a staff of 16 professionals, to include salary action, performance reviews, hiring and career development plans Delivered a Complex Analysis System built using C++ as the application language, Oracle as the RDMS and Java as the User Interface The System represented the first production deliverable for this project and enabled Volkswagen of America to save approximately $1M in fines and penalties per reporting quarter

Team Leader, Service Application (1995-1997)

Systems Engineer, Service Team (1993-1995)

Systems Analysis, Development Project (1989-1992)

Education and Training:

BA, Psychology, University of New England (Biddeford, ME)

Computer Systems Specialist Program, Northeastern University (Boston, MA)

Been Accepted to MBA program at Assumpation College (Worcester MA)

Object Space Object Oriented Design and Analysis. Object Space C++ Perot Systems Leadership Workshop, Interviewing Workshop, Successful Project Management, Customer Satisfaction, Business Leadership Development Program Graduate Character First Foundation Certificate in ITIL Service Management CMMI Member PMI for 6 years