Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

• Proof of concept Sharepoint to SAP integration for a major SAP consulting firm.
• Negotiated multiyear Enterprise agreements with Microsoft, Dell, Sprint, Verizon and Fujitsu as VP of IT at a $600 million a year Beer and Wine Wholesaler.
• Practice Manager in charge of Technical Sales and Delivery to Fortune 500 clients and high growth startups.
• Experience designing, selling, packaging and delivering services leveraging a Global Delivery Model (Onsite, Offsite, Offshore)
• Lead the design and architecture of all IT Systems at wine.com and eVineyard.
• Lead architect and developer of a fully integrated warehouse management system, a .Net based Web centric system, integrated into Epicor, utilizing the latest wireless technologies to manage inventory, pick, pack and shipment, in thirteen geographically dispersed locations and handling more than 30,000 orders per week.
• Lead architect and developer of integrated payment processing and sales tax calculation into Epicor for wine.com.
• Lead architect for real time traffic analysis and recommendation engine at wine.com.
• A lead in the effort to develop and continually improve the offshore model and methodology.
• Lead Solutions Architect in designs incorporating ASP, ASP.Net, COM/DCOM, C#, Php, Cold Fusion, JSPs , Servlets and EJBs for implementation on various platforms including Windows NT/2000/XP/2003, Linux, and Solaris. To date the ability to offer this level of flexibility has resulted in millions of dollars in contracts.
• Developed and managed development of infrastructure to facilitate Cold Fusion, ASP, .Net, Java, Php, and other proprietary solutions.
• Manage a team of offshore resources, providing ongoing development and support to major fortune 50 clients.
• Mobility experience with Tablet PC, Palm PC and Blackberry, including integration with JD Edwards and SAP.
• Networking experience includes implementation and administration of Linux, Windows and Novel.
• Set up and administer Apache Web Server, Jrun, and JWS as well as IIS on Windows, Linux and Solaris.
• Experience includes DNS, LDAP, Samba, CVS, Bugzilla, MySQL, SQL Server, Visual Source Safe, Subversion, Webtrends, MS Exchange Server, Windows Servers and more with implementation, configuration, and administration.

Work History

• Datagu, LLC
• Senior Consultant
• May 2008 to Present

• Product Development Consulting, Virtual CIO, Strategic Consulting, Team building, Brand Management.

• Command Management Services & Travel Command
• Director of Operations & Technology
• December 2006 to May 2008

• Ran operations for a travel agency specializing in high touch, high service with more than 750,000 room nights a year.
  • Standardized IT operations.
  • Sold services directly to the White House Travel Office, Lockheed Martin and the TSA.

• Columbia Distributing Company
• Vice President of IT
• Febuary 2006 to October 2006

• Restructured two regional IT departments into a single department with a $3.5 million budget and three groups; Infrastructure, Business Intelligence and ERP.
  • Introduced standardized project management methodology allowing increased productivity and transparency.
  • Increased efficiency of investment with Microsoft by negotiating an Enterprise Agreement, saving more than 30%.
  • Reduced hardware costs 33% by negotiating an agreement with Dell, Fujitsu and PCConnection.
  • Performed strategic technology assessment and created Columbia’s first Strategic Technology Plan.
  • Initiated an industry standard Executive Technology Steering Committee.
  • Introduced a Microsoft SharePoint based Intranet, a Helpdesk and standardized reporting.
  • Member of the executive management team in a $600 million dollar a year Beer and Wine Wholesaler.

• Acumen Development Group
• Senior Consultant
• January 2003 to December 2003

• Developing projects for Acumen customers providing custom software development, technology architecture assessment and project management services
  • eBusiness Consulting, Traffic Analysis, SEO, Email Marketing
  • Product development consulting.

• wine.com by eVineyard
• Chief Technologist
• August 1998 to December 2002

• Managing all aspects of creative and technology, from email to web site implementation to accounting system platform to creative design.
  • Reduced annual hosting expenditures by more than 80% at eVineyard and ELIMINATED hosting charges of more than $2 million a year at wine.com.
  • Managing, Architecting and Developing successful Dot Net based warehouse management systems that manage inventory and shipments in 13 warehouses. System scales from approximately 1,500 shipments per week to more than 30,000 shipments per week during Christmas holidays.
  • Managing and Designing Web Portal based CRM system allowing employees across the country to have real-time access to customer, product, sales and site activities
  • Architecting and Developing Dot Net based Outbound Email Marketing solution that allows wine.com to contact more than a million customers and prospects twice a week.

• Tall Order Consulting
• Senior Consultant
• November 1997 to August 1998

• Consulting in Web architecture and project management services for KVO Advertising and Public Relations clients (RIAA, Intel, Mentor Graphics)
  • Custom Web Analytical engine to track visitor behavior patterns for high volume websites.
  • Carrying out security consulting for RIAA and KVO
  • Designing and Developing Proof of Concept Dealer Management system for Freightliner and Debis IT

• Key Network Solutions
• VP of Technology
• November 1993 to October 1997

• Founder and VP of Technology of KNSi, a system integrator and ERP systems VAR
  • Managing a team of 4-10 programmers (employees and contractors)
  • Developing custom medical insurance billing system in VB
  • Integrating Ski Area Management System for a major NW Ski area
  • Developing Freight Forwarding system in VB, Access and SQL Server tied to Solomon IV
  • Carrying out Novell, NT Network design and implementations
  • Performing VB, SQL Server and MS Access development
  • Developing Solomon IV, Acuity and Timberline ERP solutions