Experience

Inspiration Software, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager

  • May 2012 - Nov 2019

  • Assumed day-to-day responsibility for ongoing company operations• Worked with distributor and resellers to facilitate channel sales• Led company effort to lower costs of production and shift toward electronic fulfillment of orders• Coordinated outsourcing of various support services to cloud-based vendors

• VP Operations

  • Apr 2000 - Apr 2012

  IT/technical support• Selected, implemented and managed accounting and related business systems• Planned and directed implementation of numerous major IT projects• Coordinated work of outside vendors on various wiring and networking projects• Hired, trained and supervised 4-person IT/tech support staffOrder processing/inventory• Managed order processing, including online store and relations with third-party fulfillment house• Managed inventory, including demand planning and vendor pricingFinancial/planning• Created department budget, then consistently delivered results at approximately 5-10% under budget• Provided financial analysis used by owners for sales and product planning• As a member of senior management team, participated in strategic planning for company as a wholeFacilities• Led 2005 effort to find new office space, negotiate lease, plan build-out and coordinate move• Planned and directed several major cubicle reconfigurations Show less



Timberline Software (now Sage), Inspiration Software

• Software QA

  • 1990 - 2000

  • Designed and coded automated testing suites • Hired, trained and managed temporary testing staff • Extensive hands-on testing • Designed and coded automated testing suites • Hired, trained and managed temporary testing staff • Extensive hands-on testing