A senior manager experienced in telecommunications and information systems management with over 25 years experience. Demonstrated ability to take a manufacturing company from a limited deployment of information system to a fully integrated (order processing, configuration, accounting, ERP/MRP system, manufacturing, inventory control, etc.), WWW enabled environment. System includes locally developed software integrated into a AS-400 ERP system (Computer Associates, PRMS). Developmental assignments in programming and systems engineering produced achievements that led to recent and current assignments managing and leading all phases of costing, engineering, and project management for installation and initial operations of telecommunications and automated information system projects. Background includes systems integration, creation of networks, systems testing, and data processing.
Director of Information Systems and Communications with a rapidly growing medium sized manufacturing company (annual sales of $70 million). Directly responsible for all information and communications systems, including project management, applications development, day-to-day operation, manufacturing systems, and technical procurement. Member of company Senior Staff with bottom line responsibility for entire company.
Commander (general manager) for a 550 person organization that engineered and installed over 540 telecommunications and information system projects for the United States Air Force.
Served as project manager for installation of fiber optics, copper cable systems, telephone switches, radio systems, and satellite ground station telecommunication systems.
Led inspection teams that conducted formal Malcom Baldridge National Quality Award evaluations of operations throughout the United States. Used statistical process control and metrics development in evaluation of operations and quality programs.
Compared, costed, and recommended voice and data communications solutions, such as ATM versus SONET, Fast Ethernet versus FDDI, and ISDN versus partial T-1.
Consulted and led client organizations through initial implementation of networked PCs and revisions to mainframe systems. Conducted macro programming to customize client server systems to user needs and then planned, installed, and supervised initial operation of systems, including user training.
Programmed in C, FORTRAN, COBOL, and BASIC in UNIX, VAX, and PC environments.
Managed projects that included interface with
foreign personnel and contractors in Europe and the Far East.
| 2003 - Present |
Computer Science Graduate Student at Texas A&M
University - Corpus Christ
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Adjunct lecturer at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, working on a Masters in Computer Science. |
| 1997 - 2003 |
Director of Information & Communications Technology,
International Environmental Corporation
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Responsible for all information systems and communications for a company with annual sales of $70 million dollars. International Environmental Corporation manufactures air conditioning components. |
| 1994-1997 |
Commander, Engineering
& Installation Group and Director of Plans & Quality Assurance,
38th Engineering & Installation Wing, Tinker Air Force Base
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This organization engineers and installs all Air Force communication and information systems worldwide. Managed all phases of initial cost estimates, engineering, project management, and installation of over 540 telecommunications and automated information projects. These included campus networks, mainframe and PC based management information systems, satellite earth stations, telephone switches, cable plants, navigation aids, microwave, and ground radio systems. Conducted trend analysis using statistical and metric review tools and recommended operational changes credited with reducing overall project installation time by 15%. |
| 1992-1994 |
Director, Communications & Electronics Division, Anderson Air Force Base, Guam |
The organization created temporary telecommunications and information systems solutions to meet contingency needs throughout the Pacific and Indian Ocean areas of operation. Planned and operated multiple communication systems including satellite ground stations, automated telephone switches, and an aircraft control system of 45 UNIX Workstations in a client/server environment using both Sybase and Oracle. Investigated and presented a plan to senior management for creating the organization's first PC network. The $1.2 million project was approved and implemented creating its first E-mail capability and a resulting productivity improvement. |
| 1990-1992 |
Project Manager, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Washington, DC |
This branch of DISA provided data transmission
for the Department of Defense. Developed and managed the software/hardware test program for the Defense Message System (DMS) designed to provide a dedicated, secure (classified) message communication system running on the internet using industry standard protocols (TCP/IP). Administered the GOSIP X.400 (E-mail protocol) and the X.500 (directory protocol) to assure message delivery and receipt acknowledgment and that high level security was accomplished at reasonable cost. |
| 1985-1989 |
Communications Systems Test Manager,
Operational Test
& Evaluation Center (AFOTEC),
Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico |
AFOTEC is the independent test agency that conducts operational testing of all new equipment before fielding. Managed large scale field tests of integrated communications and information systems. Discovered major flaws in the military JTIDS (communications and information processing system) and the National Weather System NEXRAD. The results were provided to prime contractors for corrective action. |
| 1975 - 1985 |
Various locations, United States Air Force
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Earlier developmental assignments were related to database and scientific programming in COBOL, FORTRAN, and "C" and as a systems engineer. |
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Year
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Degree Issued & School
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Summary
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| 2003 - Present | Currently in Computer Science Master's Degree Program at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | Taking graduate level classes in computer science |
| 1984 | Master of Business Administration, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA | MBA program with an emphasis on Management Information Systems |
| 1975 | Bachelor of Sciences, Southern Utah University, Cedar City Utah | Major in accounting and a minor in Business Administration |
| Various | Graduate continuing education courses in various Air Force schools and civilian universities | Comprehensive resident courses related to advanced telecommunications theory and operations, advanced information systems theory and operations (Distinguished Graduate), intermediate level applications programming development course (Distinguished Graduate), "C" language/UNIX Shell programming, YACC/LEX, and digital information theory. |