New Bremen, Ohio, United States
An innovative and goal-oriented IT Executive with extensive experience inventing software products, leading cross-functional teams, and directing large engineering organizations. Recognized for business and technical skills that include product definition, preparing business cases, negotiating vendor contracts, managing staff and budgets, and implementing transformative strategies.
Responsible for defining and executing the IT strategy for all operations, support, and software development. Provide direction for data center operations, hardware strategy, networking, telephony, security, business continuity, software purchasing, software development, internal help desk and support.
Provide experienced insight into the development of software products and services including user experiences, business models, technology options, and partner management. Major clients included Dakota Legal Software, creator of a legal citation software product for litigation attorneys that corrects legal citations in Bluebook format, and Vantiv, a major credit card transaction processing company that was venturing into a mobile Point of Sale product line.
Responsible for the vision and direction for Lexis for Microsoft Office product. Directed multiple software engineering teams of up to 35 in-house, off-shore and partner engineers. Managed $5M annual development budget. Defined product roadmap, determined customer imperatives, scouted potential technology partners, and negotiated successful partner contracts.
Provided vision and direction for Lexis Web product, defining product concept, negotiating hardware and software contracts, and delivering a product capable of competing with free resources on the Internet.
Managed all aspects of a large engineering organization. Directed team of over 100 engineers and oversaw annual budget of $10-15M. Recruited and retained staff, and defined and implemented transformative strategies for the team.
Directed a twenty-person senior engineering team responsible for creating an XML Gateway that served as the primary interface for alliance partners and external customers. Conducted technical negotiations with alliance partners, reviewed contract language on technical agreements, and ensured technical solutions were available on schedule. Defined and delivered new product, managed $1M+ budget, and coordinating activities with peer groups.