Experience

NXTsoft (now Kinective)

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Implementation Specialist

  • Mar 2021 - Present



Regions Bank

• United States
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Applications Programming Manager

  • Jul 2007 - Aug 2018

  ✦ Took a leading role on a stalled 24x7 availability to users project, coordinating closely with Tech Support to successfully implement over 11,000 changes, covering 80+ applications ✦ Organized changes needed to the application portfolio and continue to represent Application Development as we move to a digital computing environment supporting 24x7 processing availability ✦ Created and implemented a program for developers to present new ideas ✦ Led the integration of multiple teams, managing 4 diverse locations; Birmingham, Memphis, Montgomery and New Orleans ✦ Directed the technology efforts for Regions re-entry into the credit card business ✦ Served as the primary manager for all applications during the divesture of 59 branches to 3 separate buyers without incident or customer impacts ✦ Improved processes and reduced costs by implementing a new enterprise architecture that eliminated dozens of servers for printing loan documents ✦ Headed the ready advance project which provided customers with immediate access to short term loans, monthly revenue exceeded $5M ✦ Collaborated with Total Systems to implement real time and batch processes for maintaining portfolio accuracy Show less



AmSouth Bank

• Birmingham, Alabama Area

• Line of Business IT Manager

  • 1998 - 2007

  ✦ Rebuilt the programming team from 2 associates to 12 and supported the merger of First American Bank ✦ Oversaw all technical and project needs for a specific Line Of Business, including the overall IT to business partnerships ✦ Served as the technology partner for Marketing, Lending, Collections, Finance & AmSouth Investments ✦ Met regularly with senior and executive levels of management and worked to strengthen the IT relationship ✦ Led a matrix managed technology team that provided end-to-end services for application development, networking, desktops, servers, security and project management ✦ Regularly served as the senior manager providing leadership for our strategic planning and budgeting processes ✦ Successfully led the technology efforts to implement over $70M of capital projects ✦ Retooled 3 disparate call centers with major enhancements that included Online Knowledge tools, quality monitoring, load balancing and equipment upgrades ✦ Transitioned the mortgage technology staff into the IT department and re-built the team, assuming primary responsibility for all Mortgage Application systems ✦ Converted a multi-billion dollar Home Equity portfolio from our external servicing vendor to our in-house system Show less



Alabama Gas Corporation

• Coordinator, Administration\Security\Integration

  • 1993 - 1998

  ✦ Provided integration services for multi-platform applications, including security, data movement, disaster recovery and change control✦ Developed formal change control policy requiring user signoff, test results and communication between all areas of IT✦ Implemented the first Internet firewall within the company✦ Negotiated new disaster recovery contracts that provided a 38% reduction in monthly costs✦ Led a cross application team in the selection of a “middleware” solution to provide an infrastructure for data and application integration regardless of computing platform. Eliminated several independent projects and the software paid for itself in less than 6 months✦ Managed security administration for the Z/OS mainframe using RACF Show less

• Supervisor + Applications Support

  • 1993 - 1996

  ✦ Managed the analysts, programmers and project leaders responsible for all enterprise application software✦ Application software included General Ledger, Payroll, Customer Accounting, A/P, A/R, Materials Management and a variety of other systems ✦ Met regularly with Sr. managers throughout the company to provide project updates, budget and strategic planning✦ Garnered unanimous support from Executive Management to initiate a Payroll replacement project



Drummond Company, Inc.

• United States
• Mining
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Systems Programmer

  • 1986 - 1993

  ✦ Maintained the MVS operating system, network and all related components ✦ Performed 4 major software release upgrades involving a wide range of products, including VTAM, JES2, CICS, TSO, and MVS, Performance Management tools, numerous programming languages and PC connections✦ Developed and conducted training classes for users and programmers on a variety of topics

• Application Programmer

  • 1985 - 1986

  ✦ Converted all of the JCL and programs for several systems during the merger of Alabama By-Products and Drummond✦ Appointed as the MIS representative for the company in working with the IRS