Ron Chess
Director of Compliance & Technology at New Jersey Guaranty Association- Claim this Profile
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New Jersey Guaranty Association
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Insurance
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Compliance & Technology
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Sep 2013 - Present
Basking Ridge, NJ - Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Compliance (GRC) - Organizational Performance Management - Strategic Planning - Business Continuity Planning - Enterprise Architecture - Business Intelligence - Business Process Management
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The Smarter Start
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Information Technology & Services
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Principal Consultant
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Oct 2012 - Dec 2013
Central NJ Core Competencies & Specialties: - Cloud migrations and integrations for native mode, hybrid mode, and full on-premise replacements across the technology space - SaaS, PaaS, IaaS. - IT Organizational Transformation: Leadership, coaching, governance, and restructuring for scale-ups, scale-downs, turnarounds. - Enterprise Architecture: Develop strategy, system designs, processes, plans to enhance and support business models.
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Premiere Destinations LLC.
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO, Managing Partner
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Mar 2012 - Jun 2013
Central NJ Manage the entire technology lifecycle, from strategic vison to development, operations, and support activities. Create and discover growth opportunities by developing and integrating a culture of customer focus and engagement in a results-driven environment. Technologies & Tools: Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft Team Foundation Service, ASP.NET MVC, MS SQL Server, Windows Azure, Google Apps for Business, Adobe Creative Cloud.
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Learning Ally
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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200 - 300 Employee
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Vice President, Enterprise Architecture
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Sep 2010 - Dec 2011
Develop departmental strategy, policy, and implementation plans to align Information Technology with organizational business objectives. Design, develop and manage enterprise technology platforms and infrastructure for manufacturing, sales, marketing, development, customer service, volunteer services, finance, and human resources. Develop, manage Information Technology's capital & operating budgets. Actively seek private and public funding opportunities, co-author funding… Show more Develop departmental strategy, policy, and implementation plans to align Information Technology with organizational business objectives. Design, develop and manage enterprise technology platforms and infrastructure for manufacturing, sales, marketing, development, customer service, volunteer services, finance, and human resources. Develop, manage Information Technology's capital & operating budgets. Actively seek private and public funding opportunities, co-author funding proposals, compile and submit efficacy reports to sponsoring parties. Manage Partners/Vendors, Operations and Software Development teams through all Information Technology initiatives in a fast-paced, turnaround environment. Initiatives & Implementations: Cloud migration to Netsuite CRM, ERP, Salesforce Automation, Marketing Automation and Case Management. Cloud migration to Google Apps for Business from Microsoft Exchange & Sharepoint. Develop integrations for the hybrid on-premise/cloud computing and service delivery model.
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Director, IT Operations & Infrastructure
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Jun 2004 - Sep 2010
Develop strategy/budgets/implementation plans for infrastructure improvement, including voice/data communications, datacenter engineering and operations, end-user device provisioning in 20+ branch offices and 1 headquarters facility. Manage staff, vendors, partners in infrastructure/operations improvement projects and organizational technology support activities. Technologies Implemented/Managed: - Cisco switches, routers, VoIP phones, ASA series firewalls. 20+ branch office… Show more Develop strategy/budgets/implementation plans for infrastructure improvement, including voice/data communications, datacenter engineering and operations, end-user device provisioning in 20+ branch offices and 1 headquarters facility. Manage staff, vendors, partners in infrastructure/operations improvement projects and organizational technology support activities. Technologies Implemented/Managed: - Cisco switches, routers, VoIP phones, ASA series firewalls. 20+ branch office WAN configuration. - Dell high-density blade servers, Fibre Channel EMC SAN. - VMware stack, Windows Server 2008, Active Directory, TCP/IP stack/services. - Exchange 2010, SQL Server 2008, Sharepoint 2010, IIS. - SAGE MAS500 ERP, Pivotal CRM, Raiser's Edge, ADP/ABRA Integrated HRMS/Payroll.
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Director, Information Technology
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Jul 1997 - Jun 2004
Central NJ Develop and manage all aspects of organizational Information Technology from the ground-up in a rapid-growth, startup environment. Notable Projects: - Designed & developed proprietary employee relocation management application with web-based client portal using Borland (Embarcadero) Delphi, MS SQL Server, HTML/CSS. - Developed Information Technology Infrastructure, Policy, Security, SOP's, and all associated business workflows/processes.
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Colonial Pipeline Company
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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700 & Above Employee
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Technician
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Jun 1990 - Jun 1997
SCADA systems; pipeline scheduling automation systems; radar tank gauging systems; leak detection/prevention systems; project manager; local Emergency Response Communications Team Leader.
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