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EXPERIENCE

11/2001 - Present

Employers Security Insurance Company

Indianapolis, IN

Information Systems Manager

Responsible for all facets of technology services in a $25 million annual premium workers compensation monoline insurance carrier organization.

In the first six months I spent with the organization, I reduced the company's dependence on external IT resources from a monthly expenditure of $20,000 to less then $1,500. I finalized multiple open projects, and initiated the alignment of the technology plan with the organizational goals and consolidated IT resources in a logical fashion.

In the spring of 2002, the organization was placed under the supervision of the state department of insurance (IDOI) and the IDOI suspended the company's underwriting function until financial reserves were strengthened.

During this time period I actively reduced IT expenditures, reduced staff and provided 'guerilla' management of the critical systems. I was tasked with additional responsibilities: renegoitiating equipment and office space leases; managing a complete facility move (21,000 sq feet to 8,000 sq feet); and assisting the management team in the preparation and quality assurance of actuarial reports.

In the fall of 2002, the organization was released from the IDOI's direct supervision and returned to underwriting. To support this effort I personally managed the implementation of a new policy production system and the subsisquent changes to the underwriting workflow and management reporting. The new system has been operational since May 2003.

8/2000 - 8/2001

Bell Tech.logix

Indianapolis, IN

Senior Manager, IBM Technologies

Led the development of two major vertically focused web based applications for customers in the food services and real estate markets. Technologies used include Lotus Notes/Domino, JSP/ASP, Websphere, MS Internet Information Server, Dreamweaver UltraDev, Javascript/VBScript, Java, Enterprise Java Beans, and Lightweight Directory Assistance Protocol (LDAP).

Led the development of a manufacturing company’s extranet using the following technologies: Linux (Red Hat), Apache, PHP, PERL, PostgreSQL D/HTML, Citrix, and Java.

Defined and implemented an engineering firm’s adoption of Lotus Sametime technology for intra/inter-site instant messaging communications.

Led two customer organizations through migrations from Notes 4.6 to Domino 5.0

Wrote two feature articles for an IBM Technologies website, Notes.Net; this demonstrate the organization’s practice area thought-leadership to the national marketplace.

Developed for internal usage specialized Lotus QuickPlace tools to support vendor/distributor/customer virtual meeting places to facilitate specialized information technology systems delivery.

Established vendor relationships and cultured those relationship to the point where they were driving new leads and business to the organization.

Contributed to the IBM Business Partner Program’s Partnering In Excellence study by participating in a fifteen-person committee formed to establish best practices for partnering between IBM, Lotus, Lotus’ National Partner firms, and smaller regionally based IBM Business Partners.

11/1998 - Present

XtraNet, Incorporated

Noblesville, IN

Chief Systems Architect

Founded Lotus Notes development practice focusing on business to business communications over the world wide web (WWW).

Built a substantial e-commerce application for outsource servicing of uniform commercial credit act filing requirements to support commercial loan processing.

Developed an electronic imaging system to connect a multi-site orthopaedics medical practice. Imagine system handles ~260,000 active patients.

1/1997 - 11/1998

Replica, Incorporated

Indianapolis, IN

President

Founded and grew a Lotus Notes consulting practice from one individual to a cohesive team of seven.

Expanded total revenues to $1,250,000 in less then eighteen months resulting in a net value increase from $2000 to $140,000.

Led organization in undertaking projects in many different application areas including: information dissemination, knowledge management, and large system integration.

4/1996 - 1/1997

MCS Consultants Corporation

Indianapolis, IN

Senior Software Engineer

Built a package engineering management application that is in use by hundreds of pharmaceutical employees worldwide.

4/1995 - 4/1996

Delfin Systems

Reston, VA

Senior Software Systems Engineer

Maintained application development and testing facility for commercial Lotus Notes applications that were being transitioned to the R4 platform.

Developed a collaboration layer based in Lotus Notes in Delfin's flagship package, InfoPower, for the intelligence communities in the Washington, DC area.

11/1994 - 4/1995

Computer Analysis Corporation

Arlington, VA

Systems Administrator

Built and maintained a sixty node local area network.

Managed email services based in MS Mail.

Established an Internet presence over ISDN.

6/1994 - 11/1994

Computer Science Corporation (CSC)

Arlington, VA

Network Engineer

Managed 16,000 user ccMail network.

Responsible for transitioning 2,500 ccMaiL users to Lotus Notes mail.

Built and maintained twenty three local ccMail servers and fifteen Lotus Notes servers.

2/1993 - 6/1994

Mark Minasi & Company

Arlington, VA

Senior Technical Instructor

Taught two day technical seminars throughout the United States.

Assisted in course development.

11/1986 - 2/1993

United States Army

Aviation/Various Posts

Chief Warrant Officer/Blackhawk Helicopter Pilot

Pilot in Command of VH-60 and VH-1 helicopters supporting the highest level of military authorities in the Washington, DC area.

Managed the development of a nationwide flight scheduling system for the Operational Support Airlift Command's fixed wing aircraft.

Flew emergency evacuation missions which were in response to life saving medical necessity.