Experience

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  Self-Employed

  • Austin, Texas Area

  • Certified Public Accountant

    • Sep 2019 - Present
    • Austin, Texas Area

    I have always performed financial duties in my careers in Banking and the state of Texas, so a few years ago, I went back to school to obtain the required educational experience to obtain my CPA certification. I obtained the educational requirements, passed the 4 part CPA exam, and received the ...

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  Texas Department of Transportation

  • Austin, Texas, United States

  • Contract Manager II

    • Aug 2020 - Apr 2022
    • Austin, Texas, United States

    I am working in the IT Division assisting with developing an Application Managed Services solicitation. Additionally, I assist in other areas of IT as requested with projects, budgeting, and organizational activities.

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  Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

  • United States
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Area Manager - IT Fiscal Analysis and Support - Budget and Internal Accounting

    • Sep 2016 - Sep 2019

    I assisted in the out-year planning for major IT projects (including the Statewide Enterprise Resource Planning Project, CAPPS) for the Legislative Appropriation Request (LAR)), as well as managing the project budgets once they were funded. I worked closely with IT Executive Management as well as agency division directors to plan and financially implement their major IT projects. I also provided the financial information for the quarterly Quality Assurance Team reports for major IT projects and served as a resource for any questions.

  • IT Division Manager IR Planning Budgeting and Contracts

    • Jan 2007 - Aug 2016

    As IT Division Manager of IR Planning Budgeting and Contracting, I supervised a staff of 16 IT professionals that handled many of the administrative functions of a 300+ person IT Division for the Texas State Comptroller of Public Accounts. In particular, we developed multi-million IT contracts for hardware, software and services. We also administered the division's multi-million dollar annual budget and IT Asset Management functions.

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  Texas Department of Agriculture

  • Financial Analyst

    • Nov 2002 - Jan 2007

    I gathered requirements and served as the functional analyst to implement the financial portion of the Agency's Licensing system. I was also the functional analyst for Business Process Improvement activities for the Administrative Division, focusing on Procurement and HR activities.

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  Texas Attorney General

  • Accounting Manager

    • May 1997 - Oct 2001

    I worked in the Child Support Division and the Crime Victims Compensation Division of the Agency in an accounting management role. In Child Support, I assisted in setting up reconciliations of incoming Child Support Payments and outgoing payments to Custodial Parents. In Crime Victims Compensat...

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  Banking Executive

  • San Antonio and Austin Texas

  • Vice President and Cashier

    • Jun 1981 - May 1997
    • San Antonio and Austin Texas

    After graduating from college, I started my financial career in Banking. My first job was Assistant Vice President of National Bank of Commerce in San Antonio where I learned fundamental banking processes, such as book keeping, financial reporting, new accounts and teller operations. From there...