Experience

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  IMERGE Consulting

  • Texas and Arizona

  • Partner | Officer ► Information Governance | IT Strategy | Process Improvement | Document Mgt.

    • Sep 1998 - Present
    • Texas and Arizona

    IMERGE Consulting, founded in 1993, is a content, records management and information governance consulting firm with offices in US and Canada, and clients across the world. IMERGE delivers powerful, unique solutions that solve your greatest enterprise content management challenges.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬As a Partner of IMERGE Consulting, I manage many of the projects contracted by the firm’s public- and private sector clients. I lead the development of all facets of our IT and content management services, including sales and creating RFPs, bids and proposals.Additionally, I am involved in strategic and organizational planning, business process reengineering, technology studies and deployment, information technology policies and procedures, JAD facilitation, and application requirements planning and deployment.A certified Enterprise Records Management Master with a 30-year career history in IT consulting, my work also includes: ✔ Project planning and management. These services include planning, organizing, managing, and tracking project activities and tasks. I also manage consultants and client resources assigned to the project.✔ Project consulting. This involves developing surveys, interviewing clients, identifying needs, defining requirements and revising business processes. I develop and present project deliverables that include strategic plans, information architectures, implementation strategies and program management structures, and identifying and prioritizing business improvement opportunities.✔ Corporate management. I provide such administrative functions for IMERGE as corporate filings, accounting, tax returns, receipt and distribution of funds and marketing direction.If you’d like to learn more about IMERGE and our services, please email me: ✉ [email protected]

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  Methods, Inc.

  • Orange County, California Area

  • Founder | President ► Architecture | Infrastructure Design | IS Planning | Process Reengineering

    • Oct 1979 - Present
    • Orange County, California Area

    Methods Inc. was an independent IT Consulting services and software development company.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬As Founder and president of Methods Inc., I consulted clients in the areas of IT management and application development. The more significant projects included the establishment of a system support organization and leadership of a major business process reengineering project.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS✔ Led development of an IT Architecture and five-year plan for a large state agency. The ITA Plan linked the IT direction with the strategic agency mission, goals, and objectives. I also formed and led an Information Technology Advisory Committee, made up of seven senior agency managers, to chart the agency's IT direction, and made regular presentations to executive staff. The resulting plan was widely reviewed and accepted by personnel across the state. ✔ Formed and directed the efforts of seven multi-divisional, senior management Business Process Reengineering task forces to develop business-focused Knowledge Management Strategy Plans. The goal was to formalize an overall strategic architecture of new development, modify the existing system and apply new technology to support a new luxury product line.✔ Implemented an Information Engineering development approach after reviewing development processes, performance history and future plans. The development platform focused on a business strategy-driven planning approach supported by an IE Methodology and utilizing a RAD process. The new processes resulted in a 50% increase in productivity, significant improvement in system design quality and reduced post-implementation maintenance requirements.✔ Designed and developed a Dealer Survey and Evaluation system to assess many aspects of the facilities, sales efforts, financial performance, etc. This resulted in dealership upgrade projects for over 40% of the dealerships across the country.

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  Data Enterprises of the Northwest Inc.

  • Greater Seattle Area

  • MIS Director ► Effective Team Leader ► Project Management | Business Analysis |Communications

    • 1977 - 1979
    • Greater Seattle Area

    As Client Management Information Systems (MIS) Director for this facilities management company, I managed a group of 35 application development, systems and operations personnel. Serving in this role, I was responsible for managing all the IS activities for a national automobile import-and-distribution client, including overseeing all planning, budgeting, hardware & software selection, communications, operations, systems, and application development. My major accomplishments included consolidating the IS functions of four autonomous regional divisions into a single, centralized IS organization and data center.

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  Jacobs

  • Pasadena, California

  • Manager, Systems Dvpmt. ► Cost/Benefit Analysis | Records Management | Systems Integration

    • 1976 - 1977
    • Pasadena, California

    With $15 billion in fiscal 2017 revenue when combined with full-year CH2M revenues and a talent force of more than 77,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of services including scientific, technical, professional and construction- and program-management for business, industrial, commercial, government and infrastructure sectors.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬As Manager of Systems Development, I was responsible for all systems development and maintenance activities. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS✔ Consolidated two system-3 operations onto a centralized IBM mainframe, establishing an RJE network✔ Directed the development and implementation of an online project cost and billing system utilized by two organizations. Putting this application online and integrating with the Payroll, Labor Distribution and Accounts Payable systems allowed us to to reduce the project management reporting cycle by over 40%.

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  Alex Colman

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Systems & Programming Manager ► Database Integration | Bolstering Revenue from $30M to $100M

    • 1973 - 1976
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    In this role, I managed a group of 15 professional developers responsible for the development, implementation, administration and coordination of all MIS projects. Utilizing a state-of-the-art integrated database, we developed Manufacturing, Distribution, and Financial Applications to support the business operation of five separate garment divisions.This moved the company from manual to fully computerized processes and allowed them to grow from $30 M to $100M in sales within five years. Major applications included Order Entry, Inventory Control, Warehouse Management, Distribution, Sales Analysis, MRP, Manufacturing Control, A/R, A/P, G/L and Fixed Assets.