Resume of CTO

Title
CTO

Primary Skills
Experienced IT professional with over twenty-three years of technology expertise.

Location
US-TX-Houston

Posted
Feb-05-08

EXECUTIVE PROFILE
I am an experienced IT professional with over twenty-three years of technology expertise. Having served in many capacities under a Business Process and Technology Consultant title, the core technologies are focused in managing complex and diverse corporate infrastructures and their relation to strategic business operations and processes.
As a business focused technologist I am responsible for streamlining business operations through the use of strategic technology implementations. This 'merger' of Information Technology with Business Operations have allowed my clients to streamline their business both operationally and organizationally and pass such federal compliance requirements as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
* Doubled corporate gross sales over two consecutive years through strategic corporate alliances and exceptional service delivery processes.
* Provided strategic recommendations and supporting technology expertise to pass Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) federal compliance.
* Designed and planned corporate technology implementations to support business goals and objectives.
* Consult closely with Corporate Executives and Division Directors in establishing processes that increase the value, position and return on investment companies make in business technology.
* Negotiated return to support contracts for enterprise applications without penalties or adverse implications to the company.
* Rebuilt strategic vendor relationships to ensure corporate status with suppliers.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
President/CEO - 2003 to Present
Trillium Reef Consulting, Inc., Houston, TX
Serving as President of the company I am responsible for all corporate decisions, service offerings, client relationships and customer implementations. I have developed strategic business and technology partnerships enabling the company to be viewed as a respected service provider in the corporate area of focus. Through my extensive technical experience and understanding of business operations, the company has been able to position itself in a unique format by targeting the business side of potential clients.
* Negotiated strategic business partnerships to increase services offerings on a national level.
* Exhibit extensive ability to communicate with all levels of any organization and communicate effectively how company products and/or services may fit into the organization.
* Conduct quarterly meetings in three cities for the regional technical user community the company leads.

Sr. Solutions Architect - 2003 to 2005
IS&T, Houston, TX
As a Sr. Solution Architect, I provided professional consulting expertise primarily in the area of Network and Systems Management to large enterprise customers. The project scope for these clients included design, implementation and maintenance; covering the complete life cycle of the given project. I have provided consulting services to clients in creating the architecture of large scale Network and Systems Management solutions for the enterprise leveraging HP and Cisco solutions, successfully integrating management environments with ticket management systems to provide clients with a comprehensive management system for their environments. I have fulfilled several Project Management roles and created extensive project documentation, training manuals, proposals, and presentations.
* Designed the foundation of the Security Incident Response Process for client use relating to data security events. The process is based on the IT Information Library (ITIL) standard for Security Management.
* Developed custom monitoring techniques allowing clients the ability to monitor and meet SOX requirements.
* Provided companies with expertise in Business and Technology Processes through consulting with senior executives in establishing processes that increase the value, position and return on investment companies make in business technology.

Sr. Solution Architect - 2000 to 2002
InteQ Corporation, Bedford, MA
Provided pre-sales and post-sales consulting services and implementations for enterprise infrastructure management systems. Self managed project implementations and client communications working closely with the designated Sales representative for the customer. Provided 'up-sale' opportunities and solutions to existing clients during project implementations generating more corporate revenue and deepening the company's involvement with its clients.
Wrote numerous project proposals and presentations for new and existing customers and worked closely with potential customers internal staff in assisting them with project benefits and value propositions. Additionally, assisted the internal Services department with implementations and customer network infrastructure support by working on-behalf of our clients to resolve infrastructure issues.
* Designed and built a corporate operations center for an international heavy equipment rental company.
* Developed a secure infrastructure monitoring solution across an insecure Internet based infrastructure.
* Provided ITIL best practices solutions to new and existing customers and assisted them with any necessary process implementations.

I.T. Operations Manager - 1998 to 2000
Hillwood Development, Ft. Worth, TX
Working in the capacity of IT Operations Manger, I was tasked with the design, implementation and ongoing management of a national network infrastructure. My responsibilities included managing a centralized IT staff in supporting the client base, server infrastructure and networking infrastructure. I also managed a 2 million dollar portion of the central IT budget to provide training for staff, updates to the existing infrastructure systems and bring on new or improved technologies. I worked closely with Senior Management in developing the company's technical direction and worked to ensure that IT goals and objectives were in line with the business.
* Designed and implemented corporate Y2K infrastructure plan that minimized downtime and ensured business operations during the change.
* Communicated effectively with senior management regarding technical operations and corporate objectives.
* Implemented new infrastructure technologies to better equip the company to compete in the Land Development business sector.

AFFILIATIONS
* Texas Regional Chapter Leader, Vivit, Texas 2005

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
* HP OpenView Certified Consultant, Hewlett Packard 2000
* Foundation Certification, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) 2000

TRAINING SEMINARS
OpenView Software Forum, Denver, CO 2005

OpenView Software Forum, Miami, FL 2006

HP Software Universe, Las Vegas, NV 2007

Certifications
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