Resume of CIO/CTO

Title
CIO/CTO

Primary Skills
Multi-lingual IT leader with extensive exp. in database & systems security, entrepreneurial and analytical skills.

Location
US-TX-Katy

Posted
Feb-07-08

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Innovative multi-lingual IT leader with extensive development work in Database & Security Administration, entrepreneurial vision and outstanding analytical skills. Disciplined approach to creating and improving processes
and systems. Proven record leading large-scale, mission-critical programs and projects in information technology, business development, quality, process improvement, shipping and customer service. Polished presentation, facilitation, communication and coaching skills to build and lead high-performing teams. Demonstrated ability to sell ideas, processes and concepts with Principled Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Integrity.
Key strengths include:

* IT Development - Systems Applications
* Project Leadership - IT & Business
* Business Consulting and Analysis

* Strategy Creation and Execution
* Change Management and Influence
* Quality and Process Leadership and Management

EXPERIENCE:

ZIHTEC COMPANY, LLP, Katy, TX 08/2002 -- current
President

Strategic business leader responsible for the vision and creation of child safety and business productivity software development,
education and sales.
* Development and sale of award winning personal and business
productivity / security software solutions that return control of the
internet experience back to the user. Thousands of distributors and
customers worldwide
* Led the charge for education on internet safety and child protection as
a frequent participant and contributor in public forums, together with
law enforcement and government protection agencies

VITAMINS FOR LIFE, Dallas, TX 09/97 -- 03/02
Founder/President - online vitamin and supplement retailer

Conceived and built one of the few successful online vitamin & supplement businesses on the internet, Vitamins4life.com
* Grew business from upstart with two employees, 25 products and two
manufacturers to 12 employees, more than 14,000 products, 400
national brands and annual sales exceeding $1Million.
* Engineered custom software solutions for sales, mail order fulfillment,
e-commerce, shipping and search engine optimization.
* The first vitamin site to be built with full multi-language capability
* Customer base surpassed 20,000 unique clients in less than 5 years
* Purchased by Vitacost (www.vitacost.com) in 2002 as part of their
market expansion efforts

GDSS, INC, Carrollton, TX 10/94 -- 06/97
President

Innovative manufacturing and direct marketing firm serving the electric sign industry
* Envisioned and created revolutionary electrical connectors for of electric
sign industry, received US patent for design and utility.
* Built direct sales company to market these products to electric sign
industry, landing accounts with the three major national suppliers which
yielded loyal customers nationwide.

PACOMEX USA/PACUSMA, LTD 04/93 -- 09/94
Chief Information Officer

Executive in charge of revamping IT infrastructure for 500+ employee computer electronics manufacturing firm with operations in Hong Kong and China
* Enhanced multi-lingual system to allow workers to see documents in
their native language and to create other documents in English in order
to facilitate production and shipping controls.
* Developed software to integrate manufacturing MRP and accounting
applications for a seamless operation

GLOBAL CONCEPTS CONSULTING (IT), Business Division 01/89 -- 04/93
Owner, President

Internal data consultant for Fortune 500 companies providing systems development reporting and technical expertise for strategic and operational needs of Security, Finance, Accounting, Operations, Manufacturing, and Marketing.
* Extensive consulting for international firm operating in China, Hong
Kong and the USA in the areas of sales, manufacturing, product
development and information systems development (Pacusma.com)
* Designed approximately 75% of the large database systems for
Pillsbury Corporation including:
Headquarter Inventory System (HQIC), Order Entry System, Demand
Forecasting, Load Consolidation, M.A.S.C.O.T. (sales system), F.A.C.T.
(orders archive system)
* Developed new plug and play tools for DBAs and programmers to
compile schema/sub schema. Handpicked by leadership to facilitate
large training sessions on the process. Facilitated rollout and
implemented these tools to the entire 500+ member IT staff at
Pillsbury.
* Highlighted opportunities for targeted sales increases and operational
efficiencies through the development of systems, metrics and reporting
on marketing initiatives and business performance.
* Recognized by senior leadership for excellence in delivery of business
results through technology.

THE MACRO GROUP (IT), 01/88 -- 01/89
Key DBA assigned to high profile Fortune 500 clients as internal consultant on design, implementation and efficiency.
* Recognized for consistently delivering superior results for clients in
implementation of critical components of new business platforms for
order processing, inventory and forecasting.

CONTROL DATA CORPORATION, Minneapolis, MN,
Management Information Systems Division 08/86 -- 12/87
Key data knowledge expert responsible for database design, administration and security administration throughout CDC.
* Led initiative to select, install and rollout first-ever IDMS database
system corporate wide for Control Data Corporation (CDC)
* Placed in charge of all security administration and access for mainframe
systems at CDC HQ
* Named Corporate CDC Employee of the Year for MIS for success in IDMS
database implementation

SYSTEMS KNOWLEDGE:
DB2, TSO, IDMS, SQL, MySQL, SBS Server, Perl, COBOL, MS-DOS, Exchange Server, MS Access, Symbian OS

EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science, Purdue University -- West Lafayette, IN 1986
Major: Computer Information Technology

AWARDS & RECOGNITION
* Worldwide IT Employee of the Year - Control Data Corporation 1986
For exemplary implementation and training of CDC's first ever IDMS
database

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
* DB2 Elite Coursework - Pillsbury 1988 - 1993
* CISSP studies 2007

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
* Coached Junior Olympics Girls VB, 9 yrs - Arlington TX for
Mid-Cities VBC 1994 - 2002
* Sponsor for City of Kokomo, Indiana -
Seminar on Protecting your Children on the Internet 2007 - current
* Sponsor for St. Anthony School, St. Louis, MO
Child protection software 2007 - current
* Community Volunteer on Computer Safety for children
Michael Griffen Elementary School.

Certifications
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