Experience

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  BHS Corrugated North America

  • Hanover Park, Illinois, United States

  • IT Manager, North America Group

    • Jul 2023 - Present
    • Hanover Park, Illinois, United States

    Manage the IT Operations of North America and Mexico.

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  RED DRACO, LLC

  • President & Technology Manager

    • Feb 2016 - Jul 2023

    Designed and delivered computing infrastructure solutions that include Voice, Data, and Cabling, Carrier Services, Wi-Fi, Access Controls, Sub-Systems (Smart Hospitality & Property Technology), Camera Surveillance (CCTV) and server room construction and build out. Deployed and implemented computing infrastructure environments, including fiber networks, integrated VOIP phone systems, cloud services, IoT and Wi-Fi.Hands on leadership to define and manage scope, schedule, expectations, integration with internal and external stakeholders, vendors and project teams to ensure successful and timely system deployments and implementations.Migrated on Premise Servers to Hosted, Desktops to Virtual Desktops. E-mail migration to Office365 Exchange, Manage On Premise environments: Domain Controllers, Remote Desktop Servers, Application Servers and SQL Database Servers and Cloud Storage Services.Managed Help Desk and End User support.

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  Innovative Communication Technology

  • Concord, California, USA

  • Operations & IT Manager

    • Oct 2013 - Feb 2016
    • Concord, California, USA

    Worked with customers to understand their Voice, Data, Cabling and Carrier Service requirements and provided solutions which were cost effective and scalable to support future growth and change.Optimized both telecommunication and computing environments, including network design, integrated VOIP phone systems, cloud services and desktop support and maintenance.Provided a Project Management role to ensure proper scope definition and expectation setting, management of both ICT and customer resources to ensure successful system deployments and implementations. Specialized in Allworx VOIP phone systems and worked with ICT technicians to troubleshoot and support all customer’s phone system integration with their computing environment. Result: Built long term business relationships with customers as we continued to troubleshoot issues, provide guidelines, training and ongoing onsite and remote technical support services.

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  NovoSol Partners, LLC

  • Walnut Creek, California, USA

  • Founder & Information Technology Specialist

    • Apr 2003 - Oct 2013
    • Walnut Creek, California, USA

    Worked with customers to understand their business & evaluated their IT requirements. Identified where technology would improve the way they do business and troubleshoot their day to day IT problems.Optimized computing environments, such as network design, server administration and desktop support and maintenance.Provided an IT Management role where no IT organization existed, including IT Strategy and Planning, preparation of budgets, preventative maintenance and security procedures, system and network health checks, backup and recovery policies, troubleshooting guidelines, training and ongoing onsite and remote technical support services.

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  Bechtel Corporation

  • Oracle 11i Project IT Manager

    • Jun 2002 - Apr 2003

    Managed the Oracle technical development team for $100 Million project to globally implement Oracle 11i application suite (Purchasing/CM/FA/AP/AR/GL/Projects) and integrate with dependency systems. Managed the Oracle 11i software development lifecycle, from business and operational process re-engineering and standardization to design, development and testing, including planning, staffing and budgeting. Coordinated with Architecture and Technical & Production Support teams to ensure infrastructure design criteria and schedule dependencies were aligned and implemented according to corporate policies and guidelines. Managed the design of an integration platform that combined the TAVIZ adaptor & PL/SQL technologies to complete data transformation and data transportation between the Oracle 11i Applications and the dependency systems, SAP HR, SAP Payroll and other legacy and custom built systems. Involved in the RFI, RFP and proof of concept (POC) engagements with vendors Oracle, Vitria and Microsoft held to understand whether their products would plug n play within the company environment and determine what the underlying benefits for adopting an enterprise integration solution (EAI) would be.

  • SAP Project IT Manager

    • May 2000 - Jun 2002

    Managed a $40 Million project with a 40 person IT team required to design, develop and globally implement SAP HR software application using the ASAP methodology.Implemented SAP HR 4.6b (Global Master Data, Global Employee Self Service, US Benefits, Org Management, Training & Events). Worked with process teams and functional design requirements to assess technical requirements and solutions for software, hardware, and architecture designs. Managed the infrastructure team (BASIS) for the installation and configuration of the R/3 (HP-UNIX, Oracle 8.16) and ITS Workplace system landscapes, including Disaster Recovery, Sandbox, global desktop configuration and network performance. Organized the SAP ABAP development team by sub-teams, Conversions, Reports, Interfaces and Enhancements, to better execute the work and to ensure adherence to company IT policies, procedures, programming standards and architecture guidelines. Worked with receiving organization to design the production support model and coordinate transition during the project post-implementation support phase. Result: Delivered a global solution on schedule and on budget.Participated in a series of senior level stakeholder meetings to prepare the company for the incorporation of new work processes and subsequent deployment of software. Meetings were held during the course of the project to report on progress as it pertained to the software methodology roadmap. Result: Stakeholders were more knowledgeable and comfortable about the project to help them make better informed decisions.Managed functional and technical requirement analysis for legacy international country, craft and expatriate payroll system replacement. Worked closely with PeopleSoft and SAP to evaluate the feasibility of a commercial software solution. Result: An in-house custom application to be designed developed and implemented globally.

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  BECHTEL INTERNATIONAL, INC.

  • Singapore, Singapore

  • Business System Specialist

    • Mar 1999 - May 2000
    • Singapore, Singapore

    Supported Financial and HR systems in Asia Pacific Region including business software development, implementation and training for 15 job sites and offices.Implemented and supported local, international and craft payroll systems and processes. Rewarded as leader for achieving payroll system Y2K compliance.Developed and implemented a customized version of Construction Human Resource Information System (CHRIS) a Visual Basic and MS Access application for international sites, including code changes, debugging, testing, and training.Gathered & analyzed the process requirements, and work process flows for both corporate and project billing and enhanced billing application to meet these specifications. This also included training the new users on the accounting process that would be managed by this application. Result: Automated the financial process to eliminate the manual re-entry of data into Excel and reduced the cost of working capital by 30%.Successful execution of site automation plans for Exxon and Optimal projects.Installed, setup and tested eTrack, a time & attendance application (Visual Basic, NT 4 Server and Oracle) for a 1000-employee petro-chemical project in Malaysia and conducted numerous training sessions, including train-the-trainer.

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  Bechtel Chile Ltda.

  • Manager Project Administration

    • Feb 1997 - Mar 1999

    Successfully directed construction offices and campsite operations for a $600 Million copper extraction project. Administered service contracts for security, cleaning and maintenance, accommodation and dining hall, with a team of 11 people. Managed telecommunication systems including telephones, radios, cable TV, computers and data transmission. Maintained control systems to authorize and monitor personnel, vehicles and materials entering and leaving the site.Performed Human Resources and Public Relations functions which included organizing social events, executive meetings and award ceremonies, interviewing, recruiting and dismissing employees.Demobilized 1000 employees in preparation for project completion and successfully turned the project over to the client sooner than planned.

  • Project Accounting Supervisor

    • Oct 1996 - Feb 1997

    Trained Spanish speaking team to operate in strict compliance with project and company procedures. Reviewed, signed off, and prepared progress payments, commitments payment registers, expense reports and vendor invoices. Rewrote and translated accounting & project procedures into Spanish.

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  Bechtel Overseas Corporation

  • Lima Province, Peru

  • Project Payroll Administrator/Assistant Controller

    • Jun 1997 - 1998
    • Lima Province, Peru

    Successful execution of local & U.S. accounting and expatriate payroll process and audit for $2.5 Billion gas pipeline project.Installed and configured payroll application to run the “Net Pay” international payroll. Executed the monthly payroll process, including offshore wire transfers, monthly Peruvian and US statutory payroll tax reporting, administration of employee benefit programs, 401K deductions & contributions for employees from UK, US, Australia, Canada and Holland.

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  Pacific Bechtel Corporation

  • Punto Fijo, Falcon State, Venezuela

  • Project Accountant

    • Nov 1993 - Oct 1996
    • Punto Fijo, Falcon State, Venezuela

    Streamlined and automated project accounting processes to meet local and US statutory reporting requirements.

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  Bechtel Limited

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Accountant

    • Aug 1991 - Nov 1993
    • London, United Kingdom

    Rewarded as leader for continuous improvement of the invoicing process on the Kuwait project.