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Over 30 years of experience, including 17 years of international experience living and working in South America, bringing both technical acumen and business expertise to client projects.  With an exceptional capacity to break down available information into smaller parts, I am able to evaluate and weigh-up those parts in order to form logical solutions to problems or make sensible decisions based on evidence.   This ability allows me to quickly and effectively identify issues, recommend appropriate solutions and streamline processes.  My years of public and private training as well as living and working abroad, have also afforded me strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills useful for communicating across multiple teams and organizational stakeholders.  more…

Career Highlights

• 10,000 hours of software development instruction and presentation to over 7,000 professionals in the Powersoft/Sybase Powerbuilder and SQL Server, technical space.  Used often to train instructor candidates before certification.
• Chief of Operations and Logistics for Anschutz Mining – for their 65,000 sq mile, multi-phased, multi-million dollar Uranium Exploration Project located in the eastern Oriental region of Paraguay, South America.
• As a Service Manager for Levitz Furniture retailer brought the store from #15 in the region to #3 in 2 months and for the first time within the region, turned a profit for the department.
• Lead Software Developer for Texaco to design, develop and deliver a MS Windows client server application within a 2 month time constraint.  The product delivered on-time, within budget, no bugs, and uncovered $200K of previously misallocated funds within 2 weeks of production.
• As a software consultant for Cable & Wireless Communication, resolved within 2 months of contract start, 18 months of persistent AP & AR billing problems for two micro computer applications generating an annual revenue of approximately $500K.