career profile

 

highly skilled and technically-sophisticated professional with 10+ years of managerial experience and 13+ years of it experience. proven abilities in directing teams designing, planning, and implementing lans and wans. mastery of leadership at the management-level and proficient skill in planning, administrating, and dispersing it budget funds. lend it expertise to a variety of industries including multi-million dollar manufacturing plant. strong knowledge in data center operations, infrastructure planning, and project management. maintain and monitor staff expectations and motivation to fulfill organizational requirements and factors for the measurement of performance and consideration of efficiency versus effectiveness. technical expertise includes windows 2000 professional, windows xp professional, and windows 2000 server in an active directory experience.

business development        relationship management        integration of technology

it management expertise        marketing communications        leadership & teambuilding

strategy & implementation        personnel management        client relations

career history

 

information technology (it) manager c iapd, grpd, & bmd divisions

avery dennison, strongsville, ohio, 2006 to present     

         entrusted to undertake increased aop responsibility; oversee 2 additional divisions of avery dennison.

         defined a collaborative effort among specialty materials and converting groups in north america.

         effectively managed a group of it managers in immediate and focused completion of projects in specialty materials and converting groups in north america.

         launched an upgrade and stabilization plan associated with it infrastructure in the bmd division.

         control operational budget and expenditures.

         developed and interpreted organizational it goals, policies, procedures, and computer information resources, providing for data security and control, strategic computing, and disaster recovery.

-         directed daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards, and setting deadlines.

-         evaluated the organization's technology use and needs and recommended improvements, such as hardware/software upgrades; managed backup, security and user help systems.

-         met with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.

-         recruited, hired, trained and supervised it staff, or participated in staffing decisions.

-         stayed abreast of advances in technology.

 

information technology (it) manager c iapd division

avery dennison, strongsville, ohio, 2002 to 2006          

         salvaged $250k in 2003 through the strategic design and implementation of six-sigma projects.

         developed a computer hardware and media sales team (horizon 1) that produced $500k in revenue.

         instituted methods of developing goals and objectives for global $1.3b business unit.

         liaised with the finance department to arrange for a feasible it budget and addressed all it standard operational concerns with a focus on strategic, tactical, and short-term growth.

-         managed multiple sectors of it including network functionality and disaster recovery.

-         masterfully instituted a new lan/wan with wi-fi for cleveland facility within time/budget constraints.

-         rolled out procedures focused on disaster recovery and business continuity planning for the division, and ensuring network security.

 

 

 

information technology (it) supervisor

united parcel service, columbus, ohio, 1998 to 2002

         installed, configured, and supported local area network (lan), wide area network (wan), and internet system or a segment of a network system during the installation of 25 cisco 3500 series ethernet switches at 21 facilities in the district.

         monitored network to ensure network availability to all system users and perform necessary maintenance to support network availability based on 21 windows nt servers and 2 windows nt member servers, and 1 novell 4.2 server.

-         directed the professional success of 31 technicians and it specialists and oversaw district it department.

-         performed routine network startup/shutdown procedures, and maintained control records.

-         implemented network security measures to protect data, software, and hardware.

-         recommended changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determine hardware or software requirements for 23 nt and 2 novell servers in 21 distinct locations and 1450 windows nt workstation pcs.

-         maintained 13 rf antennas and 300 rf devices communicating throughout the warehouse facility.

 

****additional experience as senior technician project coordinator and lead technician, technical support group technician, and part-time supervisor for the united parcel service****

education

ohio university, masters of business administration, 1999

kent state university, bachelors of science in computer science within a business organization, 1993

professional development

 

• passed microsoft test number 070-073 c window nt workstation 4.0.
• completed 20-hour class on microsoft s networking essentials.
• completed 20-hour class on microsoft's window 2000 professional workstation operating system.

activities

 

volunteer, member of the computer science technology advisory council, ohio university

volunteer, teacher's aid for plain local school district

volunteer, charter member of avery dennison s toastmasters group