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Tell Us About You/Your Company or What Type of Work You Do if Seeking Employment: IT CIO for a small business, planning implementation and support to strategic assets focused on internal or external projects that drive value.

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I have 19 years experience as an IT professional creating and implementing solutions for information systems and professional services.

Core competencies include:
• Technology Solution Sales • Professional Services • Project Management
• Executive Presentations • International Business • Relationship Management

HIGHLIGHTED ACHIEVEMENTS
• Systems & Software Solutions – Worked with clients, engineers and suppliers to manage IT implementations to timely and successful completion.
• Support & Maintenance – Provided and coordinated support for LAN & WAN clients with facilities in multiple locations.
• Supplier Management – Extensive experience in account management with strategic suppliers. Excellent communication skills and business acumen. Able to work with executives and staff members of all levels.
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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

TechCentral, Dallas, TX 2009 – Present
VP of Business Development
Develop marketing systems to expand the business foot print of managed services for small business in the DFW area.
• Report to the President with regard to changes in the marketing that is currently being done to provide the strategic growth in the small business sector that I have done in the past.

I2R, Plano, TX 2007 – 2009
Director – MES Group
Developed a business strategy for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) a new division within I2R.
Recruited targeted vendors that we partnered with to create solutions. Found clients that needed MES capability.
• Worked closely with clients to identify their needs and created effective solutions based on their goals and business model.
• Coordinated sales teams, application managers and support staff to implement MES systems.

Accomplishments
• Established Strategic Direction - Developed comprehensive and realistic business plans and provided critical leadership by identifying business needs and creating plans to address and close gaps.
• Developed New Relationships with strategic business partners that we worked with to close large projects together.
• Managed Accounts - Worked with clients to keep their technology in line with their business growth and expansion needs.

Dallas Network Services, Dallas, TX 2000 – 2007
Partner
• Co-Founder of the business.
• Managed a client base and increased revenues each year. Trained and managed account engineers.
• Leveraged strategic partnerships with: Microsoft, Dell, Symantec, etc.

Middleton Burns & Davis CPA Firm, Dallas, TX 1998 – 2000
Windows Business Unit Manager
Quickly accelerated through the ranks based on increasing revenue and market share by signing up new clients into our managed services program. Expanded and developed the company’s customer service philosophy for clients and team members.
• Sold managed (computer) services to business in the DFW area.
• Created a new division to focus on computer based phone systems that became a new area of business for the company.

Computer Exchange of Dallas 1992 – 1998
Owner
• Founder, owner and manager of Computer Exchange of Dallas, Inc.
• Worked with a Fortune 500 company to liquidate access computer equipment – CompuCom Systems of Dallas Texas.

Brokerage Services of America Inc. 1990 – 1992
Operations Mgr. / Dir. Information Systems
• Managed day to day operations in computer liquidation business.

E-Systems – Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1988 – 1990
Senior Technical Specialist
• Responsible for inventory of all shipments and staging of components for deployment.

EDUCATION
B.S., Industrial Engineering Technology, East Texas State University, 1982
Technical Certification, Control Data Institute, Dallas, Texas 1983

OTHER
Accomplished student of public speaking, training, seminars and group presentations.
Experienced in international business and cross cultural communication.