Bruce Howard

Senior Managing Partner at Ensio Corporation

Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States

About

Experience

  • Chief Executive Officer at Zoduna Corporation
    Jun 2008 - Present · 18 yrs 1 mo

    Carved out technology from Ensio Corporation Led development of company operations and sales Led development of mobile Java storage technology Sold over 11 million licenses of Java mobile storage technology in 58 countries for Windows, WindowsMobile, Blackberry, Android and Linux platforms Led development of new storage technology for Apple MAC, Apple IOS, Android, Cynogen, OxygenOS, Kindle, Windows, Windows Mobile, Linux, Blackberry, Nucleus, QNX and other platforms, supporting C, C++, Objective-C, Swift, Java and .Net C# using both procedural SQL and Object data storage APIs

  • Senior Managing Partner at Ensio Corporation
    Jan 2004 - Present · 22 yrs 6 mos

    National Board of Medical Examiners ($160 Million Medical Skills Assessment) – Interim CIO and SVP of IT - Led the IT organization comprised of approximately 132 full-time staff and 30 contractors supporting both core IT functions and product engineering of software designed for high stakes exam systems. Teams are comprised of agile scrum teams, ERP systems, infrastructure, support, vendor management, program management office, and business process engineering functions. Zebra Technologies ($3.6 Billion Hi-Tech Mobile Device and Printer Manufacturing) – Program Executive – Led global field service and repair Motorola merger. Prospect Capital ($1 Billion Financial Firm) - Interim CIO – Led the transformation of the IT organization, from 1980’s and 1990’s technology. Led multiple initiatives to select and implement new commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) systems, develop an enterprise architecture, develop a network architecture, develop a data center architecture, revamp the networks, move and upgrade two data centers, revamp the organization and provide many other aspects of modernizing the IT operations. Negotiated 32 new contracts for software, consulting services, systems, networking, telecom, data storage, backup systems, etc. Completed five-year strategic planning and annual opex and capex budget planning. Stryker Corporation ($12.4 Billion High-Tech Medical Devices) – Program Executive – Led planning for a $70 million program to merge six legal entities, merge over 40 legacy systems onto Oracle EBS, Siebel CRM, Oracle Fusion, FIMS, and other COTS systems. Micros Systems ($2.6 Billion Hi-Tech in Hospitality) (Acquired by Oracle) – Program Executive - Led turn-around and delivery of $180 million M&A integration program that included consolidation of 119 legal entities and 450 bank accounts; consolidation of product lines, manufacturing, sales, etc.; operational transformation across 72 countries; and creation of global shared service centers.

  • CTO / CIO at Fiske Corporation
    Jan 2004 - May 2008 · 4 yrs 5 mos

    Led the development of company's web and mobile technology for mortgage brokers and agents, real estate brokers and agents, mortgage retail and mortgage wholesale Focused on development of mobile and web ecommerce applications for customers, partners and mortgage investors Led the acquisition due diligence and post merger integration of 19 companies Drove revenue through superior consumer and partner applications

  • Senior Director, Global Services at Oracle
    Nov 2001 - Jan 2004 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Led $126 million in consulting services for western half of North America for healthcare and the Midwest for Education, Insurance and Government. In addition managed all data architects for the Western half of North America. Turned around the operations and let a $40 million increase in revenue over two years. Led ERP and technology services that included web services, mobility, unified communications, workflow, EDI and many other technologies. Led the development of the organization to include over 800 staff worldwide with off-shore centers in 6 countries

  • Chief Operating Officer at Syclo
    Apr 2000 - Nov 2001 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Was an interim COO to turn around the company for this mobile B2B software company. Led partnership development that resulted in doubling company revenue in one year and long-term growth averaging more than 30% annually. Led development of partnership with SAP that culminated in SAP AG's acquisition of Syclo Led engineering, quality, product management, sales, service and support