Experience

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  Radius Recycling

  • Portland, Oregon Area

  • IT Application Manager

    • May 2012 - Present
    • Portland, Oregon Area

    Multiple initiatives delivering custom Point of Sale systems, and IT infrastructure enhancements. Gathered requirements, and managed development, and vendors to deploy retail solutions with SOX and PCI compliance. Manage diverse IT Project initiatives with remote international teams, organize online events, & create video training media.

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  Schnitzer Steel

  • Portland, Oregon Area

  • IT Applications Lead

    • Dec 2010 - Jul 2011
    • Portland, Oregon Area

    Business analysis and application lead implementing upgrade of point of sale, data warehouse, and reporting, for Pick-N-Pull, a division of Schnitzer Steel.

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  GTS Services (Division of PPG)

  • Portland, Oregon Area

  • Director Product Development

    • Jan 2001 - Dec 2008
    • Portland, Oregon Area

    • Member of strategic management team and product manager for glass market applications• Developed GlasPacLX an enterprise glass business management suite with 3000+ licensees.• Developed InfoMAX business intelligence application.• Developed claims pre-audit application which resulted in 40% lower claims rejections.• Developed POS, Job Costing, Project Estimating, Web Portal, Credit Card Processing applications.

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  PCIS / GlasPac Total Solutions

  • Portland, Oregon Area

  • VP Software Engineering

    • Jan 1991 - Dec 2001
    • Portland, Oregon Area

    • Manage financial, operational, and growth objectives for development and technical support departments• Product manager for glass software, claims processing, and EDI translation• Presented future product strategy briefings to prospective buyers for the business. PPG purchased the business assets in 2001. • Analyzed business requirements and selected commercial support and sales force automation software.

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  PCIS

  • Portland, Oregon Area

  • Director of Research and Development

    • Jan 1987 - Dec 1990
    • Portland, Oregon Area

    • Direct the IT side of the business with primary focus on product development.• Conduct research, and determine product direction to assure product leadership.• Select technical platforms, architecture and strategies to support growth.• Directly manage programmers, QA, and technical writers.• Formed help desk department and hired and trained a lead and additional staff.• Award for outstanding leadership, teamwork and overall performance

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  Pacific Computer and Information Systems (PCIS)

  • Portland, Oregon Area

  • Business Systems Analyst / Programmer

    • Jan 1984 - Dec 1986
    • Portland, Oregon Area

    • First employee, stock holder, and board member of successful start-up. • Analyzed market requirements, designed and implemented software features.• Purchase hardware, configuring hardware, and loading software, and implementing systems on site.• Demonstrated product features to prospective buyers