Experience

City of Woodbury, Minnesota

• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• IT Director

  • Nov 2003 - Present

  Information Technology Department Director with overall responsibility for technical operations for the entire city. Information Technology Department Director with overall responsibility for technical operations for the entire city.



Dow

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• IS Supervisor

  • Aug 1993 - Nov 2003

  IS Department operations supervisor and project manager. Worked extensively in DEC VAX and PC integrated environment for manufacturing. IS Department operations supervisor and project manager. Worked extensively in DEC VAX and PC integrated environment for manufacturing.



Dow Chemical - FilmTec subsidiary

• IT Project Manager/Supervisor

  • 1993 - 2003

  Project Manager overseeing the corporate sponsored replacement of a custom built Manufacturing Execution System (MES) with a combination of database applications from Aspen Technologies, Visual Basic shop floor applications, and an XML transaction manager server application using MS SQLServer.Lead the Request for Proposal process using Dow Chemical’s Six Sigma strategy by identifying potential contract development firms, analyzed their submitted proposals and designs, and selected the winning firm to develop four key Visual Basic client applications and an XML transaction manager server application. Managed this outsourced development effort along with internal development efforts to successfully roll out, under budget, an easier to use and more reliable set of client-server MES applications.



FilmTec Corporation

• IS Systems Administrator

  • 1993 - 2003

  Supervisor of I.S. staff responsible for all programming, database administration, network administration, end-user support, and SAP ERP system interfaces for a custom built VAX-based MES.Responsible for department and individual goal setting and tracking, pay planning and budgeting, performance reviews, resource assignments, support and maintenance contract management, documentation of policies and procedures, disaster plans, and general day-to-day problem resolution.Provided technical leadership and mentoring in network and server/midrange system administration.Developed strategy and performed initial implementation of ODBC technology to migrate legacy applications and reporting capabilities off of VAX midrange system into a client-server architecture.



Dorsey & Whitney LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Information Services Coordinator

  • Jan 1988 - Jun 1993

  DEC VAX Administrator and data center supervisor for mini-frame operations. Macintosh desktop and network technician responsibilities in 10Base2 and 10Base5 Ethernet network environment. DEC VAX Administrator and data center supervisor for mini-frame operations. Macintosh desktop and network technician responsibilities in 10Base2 and 10Base5 Ethernet network environment.