Candidate Spotlight

WAYNE G.

Summary:

As a senior staff member, this capable Information Technology leader brings focus, structure, process, cooperation and confidence to the tasks at hand. Emphasizing leadership, strategic & tactical planning, cross-functional teamwork and mentoring while reducing inefficiencies such as poor planning and miscommunication, with the goal being the success of the entire organization, its staff, partners and the business objectives.

PROFILE:
Innovative, strategically and technically capable IT professional with proven ability to successfully align IT and its technologies with the business and its goals. Strong background in IT Project Management, Planning and Development, Budgeting, Software Development, and Hardware and Software Implementation.
Experience as a strategic change agent includes determining how IT can benefit the organization, improving existing IT stability and reliability, mentoring staff, creating, organizing and developing/restructuring the IT department/group.
Extensive IT management experience in financial, insurance, medical-device manufacturing, electronic media and securities industries deploying PCs on client-server/hosted networks and the Internet, mainframes and mini-computers. International management experience – client and vendor relationship management experience.

SELECTED PROJECTS:
• Managed the technology implementation of a 150,000 square-foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility built in County Cork, Ireland, for a major multi-national corporation. Matrix-managed an international technology team consisting of over 25 employees, consultants and vendor companies to complete this two-year project on time, on spec, and within its $3.5M IT budget.
• Contracted by its board of directors to bring managerial focus, operational standards and stronger customer synergy to a national full-service IT solutions provider. Implementing process directives, mentoring senior staff, guiding company direction and client interaction -- resulting in both improved client satisfaction and a 20-percentage point increase to the bottom line.
• Analyzed business practices/needs and technology requirements of a company that had no IT department, then created and executed the plan which created that IT department, successfully serving the company’s business practices and satisfying its technology needs.
• Analyzed the outsourced IT needs of a convergence technology and communication solutions provider and created an RFQ for the solution. Managed a series of projects and, as the on-demand CIO/CTO, continue to team with the VP of development as he embarks on new technology initiatives.
• Re-engineered department and infrastructure of a troubled IT organization, creating a stable, scalable IT environment that gave users new-found confidence in the company's previously unreliable platforms and non-client-service-oriented staff.
• Functioning as the on-demand CIO/CTO for a regional real-estate developer. Provide ongoing guidance, direction and project management for their technology initiatives.

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