Experience

Center for Schools and Communities
• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Youth Development Coordinator

  • Aug 2013 - Present


PA Food Merchants Association

• Vice President of IT

  • Jul 1998 - Oct 2021

  Responsible for the management of information systems for one of the largest state food industry associations nationwide. Support multiple computer platforms, serving a membership base in excess of 3,000. Facilitate the management of the internal technology team, as well as internal and external consultants in training, programming and systems analysis. Responsible for hardware and software administration (maintenance, upgrades and new installs) of IBM AS/400. Oversee the planning, design, implementation and management of local and wide area networks between headquarters and warehouse location. Responsible for annual budget planning, with capital expenditures exceeding $500,000. Developed and implemented action plans as part of the association’s Strategic Planning process; executed Disaster Recovery Planning, including the implementation and maintenance of a full-scale data replication system. Produced monthly “how to” technical column for association’s publication (5 years),. Show less

• General Manager of Data Processing

  • Apr 1996 - Jul 1998

  Responsible for managing information technology team in training, programming and systems analysis; supervised staff programmer/analyst and programming consultant. Programmed in Unibasic on a SCO Unix platform for the Pennsylvania Coupon Redemption Service (PCRS) subsidiary to allow business growth into 33 states; helped facilitate increase of PCRS third-party clients from 1990-1999. Projects included Merchants Express Money Order subsidiary expansion into multiple states and Year 2000 readiness. Supported multiple computer system platforms for association. Hardware and software administration, including upgrades, installs and system maintenance. Show less