Position as an IT Manager/Director of an IT (Information Technology) department at a growing company interested in using current technologies to create competitive advantage and add value to the company.

EXPERIENCE:

Boeing Corporation (Jan '02 - Present)
Senior technical analyst supporting financial systems in the area of EVM (earned value management) since 2005. Software products that are supported include COBRA, OPP, and wInsight from Deltek. Before 2005, served as the IT Manager responsible for planning, organizing, leading, and controlling activities associated with the development, test, implementation, and sustaining efforts of the Operations Systems used at the Huntsville site. Monitor EPACS system and implement corrective action/risk mitigation as required. Responsible for the administration of the Operations Systems organization and for following SEI/CMM processes. Directs an organization presently composed of 12 system programmer analysts. Screens, selects, and hires qualified applicants for the organization. Evaluates the performance of and determines salary adjustments for all personnel in the organization. Develops an annual budget and managing cost for the Operations Systems computing organization. Recommends and implements emerging information technologies and architectures to provide a competitive advantage to the Operations community at the Huntsville site.

Verilink Corporation (June '00 - Jan '02)
E Commerce Analyst responsible for leading the successful design, construction, delivery, and management of primarily web based applications. This position interacted with all levels of the organization and required excellent communication skills. This position also worked with sales and marketing teams to provide technology leadership and solutions design and participated in developing strategic E-Business service offerings. Lotus Notes Administrator and network administrator backup during reductions in staff. Taught HTML classes to 4th & 5th graders for the last two years at Heritage Elementary School in Madison, Alabama. 

Benchmark Electronics Inc. (November '96 - June '00)
Acquired AVEX Electronics Inc. from J.M. Huber Corporation in 1999
Information Systems Manager responsible for corporate Web Applications. Previously managed the MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) group responsible for collecting manufacturing data from the shop floor using ICC's SFDM (Shop Floor Data Manager) and Genrad's TRACS III software applications. The Web group was responsible for integrating shop floor collected data to Benchmark's TIME (Total Interactive Manufacturing Environment) system and for creating, designing and maintaining all company Internet, Intranet, and Extranet web pages and applications. During the deployment of our data collection software and TIME system, I supervised 17 employees and traveled to 4 remote facilities to coordinate the project. Project manager for global Lotus Notes deployment, which was migrated to Benchmark's Microsoft Exchange system. Worked two years with marketing consultant firm to prepare for four trade shows and to present our TIME system to attendees. Also trained over 200 internal employees on the TIME system's usage, features and capabilities. We used Microsoft IIS, Netscape and Apache HTTP Web servers running on Microsoft NT, SUN Solaris and Linux operating systems. Worked with Microsoft (ASP) Active Server Pages to access Access and Oracle databases in Intranet redesign. Experience with Allaire's HomeSite and Microsoft's FrontPage HTML editors. 

Rockwell International (July '86 - October '96)
Space Systems Division acquired by Boeing in 1997
LAN administrator and primary interface for all data communication services. Responsible for reviewing, centralizing, and approving all computer hardware and software requirements before purchasing along with compiling the one-year and five-year capital computer hardware forecast for Huntsville Operations. Installed, configured, and supported IBM compatible and Macintosh based computers on a LAN consisting of Novell and Windows NT servers. Postmaster of the corporate E-mail systems (cc:Mail and Microsoft Mail) for the Huntsville site which includes support of all SMTP links to the Internet. Supported 10BaseT (twisted), 10Base5 (thick), and 10Base2 (thin) ethernet cabling with Fibermux Crossbow concentrators, 3Com LANplex 2500 ethernet switch, and Cisco routers. Involved with proposals for new business in the areas of network design and hardware/software compatibility issues. While working at Rockwell, I consulted part-time with Traveller Information Services (ISP - Internet Service Provider), now LiveOnTheNet, for almost 2 years. For Traveller, I developed Internet Web pages using HTML code and Javascript along with creating musical content using RealAudio. During my employment at Rockwell, I attended various technical seminars/work shops and taught many informal classes on application software. I also completed two courses on Supervisory and Management Skills.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, June '86, Tennessee Technological University
Novell's CNA (Certified Netware Administrator) certification

AWARDS:

NASA Shuttle Program Silver Snoopy (Aug '92)
'08 Hall of Fame Inductee Bob Jones High School "In Recognition of His Significant Contribution to Bob Jones High School 2000-2008"
'08 Bob Jones High School Football Booster Club "Volunteer of the Year"
Engineer of the Month (July '88), Employee of the Month (April '90), Sustained Superior Performance Award (Aug '86 - Sept '88), (July '89 - Dec '89) and (Oct '91 - Feb '92).
AVEX's TIME system has received the following awards:
"Top 25 Extranets" from Information Week (Nov '97)
"Hall of Fame Award" from ScanTech News for Outstanding Use of Automated Data Collection Technologies in Manufacturing ('97)
"Excellence in Electronic Packaging and Production" at NEPCON West in the Value Added Services category (Mar '98)
"Vision Award" at Surface Mount International for the best new product from a contract manufacturer (Aug '98)

PERSONAL DETAILS:

Age - 47, Health - Excellent
Married - 4 children, Hobbies - All Sports and Genealogy