Experience

Gremada Industries, Inc.

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IT Manager/Finance Integration Mgr

  • Dec 2016 - Present



Summit Group Software

• Dynamics GP Practice Manager

  • Mar 2010 - Aug 2016

  Solution Architect• Responsible for extracting and gathering client requirements and translate them into Design, Implementation and Integration solutions such as Scribe and SmartConnect.• Other duties included technical consulting, advising clients on hardware sizing, customer support, Software upgrades, Microsoft SQL Server expertise (stored procedures, indexes, view, etc), SSRS reporting, BI Reporting, technical sales and customer account management.• Data migrations and large scale integration projects were also a focus.Infrastructure Practice Manager• Tasked with Building a Dynamics GP hosting and Office 365 practice and team for Summit Group Software. • Developed and documents technical specs along with actual servers within Microsoft Azure to support Hosting GP.• Develop, document technical specs and consult on Office 365 migrations from various other email systems using industry standard tools.Dynamics GP Practice Manager• Responsible for managing Dynamics GP Implementation Team and project managers.• Team was responsible for all aspects of the Dynamics GP implementation from technical sales to implementation to support.• Filled role of Dynamics GP technical consultant for upgrades, migration and implementations. Duties also heavily involved data migrations.Dynamics CRM Technical Consultant/Project Manger• Customized Dynamics CRM per the technical spec for each customer.• Created SSRS reports and dashboards for end users• Responsible for Project Management role development and for managing all projects for the Summit Group CRM Team.Shareholder and member of Board of Directors – Summit Group Software, • Helped guide and determine direction for the President of the company and Conduct performance reviews of Company President• Provide input to the organization from a Top Level view



DFC Consultants, Ltd

• VP - Professional Services

  • 2003 - 2010

  Vice President – Professional Services Served as part of the management team responsible for overall profitability and viability of the company. Supervised all consultants, programming staff, and contracted resources. Direct contact in Partner relationship with Microsoft Business Solutions and all 3rd party software vendors.  Provide leadership to project teams for the implementation of Dynamics GP. Develop internal DFC project management guidelines and processes. Managed all elevated customer issues to include troubleshooting complex business problems related to software system flows as well as business strategy and planning. Conduct business process analysis incorporating project goals and timelines as well as risk management for all new and existing customers. Provide technical consulting on hardware recommendations, installation, and data migrations. Provide technical consulting and design for software customizations by DFC programmers. Teaching of technical classes for DFC customers. (MSSQL, etc) Planning and Deployment of internal systems at DFC (MS SQL, Dynamics GP, CRM, Network Streaming, Exchange, Cisco Phone System, and all supporting hardware).



Self Employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Independent IT/Technical Consultant

  • Jul 2001 - Apr 2003

  IT Consultant/Project Manager Contract consultant to Cass Clay Creamery in Fargo and a few smaller clients.  Assist internal IT staff with the implementation and support of GP and all internal systems. Lead Designer and Project Manager for custom written manufacturing system for Cass Clay Creamery with full integration into Dynamics GP. IT Consultant/Project Manager Contract consultant to Cass Clay Creamery in Fargo and a few smaller clients.  Assist internal IT staff with the implementation and support of GP and all internal systems. Lead Designer and Project Manager for custom written manufacturing system for Cass Clay Creamery with full integration into Dynamics GP.



Webb-IS

• United States
• Manufacturing

• Senior Technical Consultant

  • Jul 2000 - Jul 2001

  Senior Consultant Provide technical consulting for hardware recommendations, installation, data migrations, and project management for implementation of Great Plains products.  Conduct software searches and presentations to prospective clients. Develop Implementation and Project Management methodology for Dynamics GP implementations. Assist Sales with technical demos of Dynamics GP products and 3rd Party software. Internal implementation of Dynamics GP and Project Accounting.



Great Plains Software

• QA Testing, Development, Test Lab Manager, Technical Consultant

  • Jun 1991 - Jun 2000

  Various Positions Internet Development Team – responsibilities included training of 3 new team members on how to test internet products. Benchmarking of eCommerce product. Work with 3rd Party credit card vendors to integrate their offerings into the Great Plains eCommerce product. Consultant – Part of Great Plains consulting organization for 3 years. Responsibilities included Installation, upgrade , and migrations services for Great Plains products along with eCommerce implementation and coding services. Performance Lab Manager – Built original performance and testing lab at Great Plains. Managed lab resources and did performance testing of Great Plains products. Software Quality Assurance for Dynamics, Dynamics C/S+, and internet related products. 4 years Software Quality Assurance Intern for 1 year.