Ashley Associates Work Values

Daily Duties at Ashley Associates:

Devised strategic IT and business plans. Prepared and controlled budget valued at 10 billion JPY. As company’s top technology executive, drove all aspects of technology research and development and fostered corporate growth. Formed valuable partnerships and represented company at industry and business functions. Built and retained top-class technology team of 20. Maintained company’s competitive edge by anticipated major shifts in technology, such as virtualization. Instituted and enforced adherence to technical standards for product development and company operations in effort to achieve ISO9001 certification. Technical Leadership/Consulting, Operational Efficiency, Outsourcing, Team Building • Served a pivotal leadership role as company’s top technology executive providing oversight of research, design, development and deployment of software packages for international banking/financial centers. • Delivered expert consultation, system support, software design and programming for large-scale deployments, ERP and CRM installations, datacenter design and custom server installations/integrations. Built talented 20-member technology team. Managed 50 member off shoring contingent. • Successfully led development projects and provided IT solutions to key clients, including EU Japan, Clarion, Amway, AIFUL, Eli Lilly, MontBlanc, Daiwa Securities, Toyotsu, Fiat, MUFG, Citigroup and Bank of NY. • Recorded company-wide savings of 120M JPY in a single year and reinforced company’s competitive edge by anticipating and responding to major shifts in technology, including implementation of virtualized platform. • Built strategic outsourcing partnerships resulting in savings of 3M JPY per month through lowered programming, quality assurance and testing costs. • Improved production efficiency of coding operations by 30% and enhanced code quality by more than 80% with associated savings 3.6M JPY per developer per year by establishing offshore operations/skills training. • Valued as trusted leader/advisor cultivating productive relationships with senior management, development teams and clients leading to successful project outcomes and process improvements. • Recognized for exemplary achievement and honored with several international Eli Lilly innovations awards. Leading-Edge Technology Design/Deployment, Large-Scale Systems/Software Development • Developed industry-first eMR communication platform and reduced TCO by 1.5B JPY annually with ROI of 1500% in first year by consolidating existing systems to enable medical reps to track doctor contacts/consults. • Successfully migrated custom software design source code (of more than 400K lines) from legacy PHP/Cold Fusion/Perl server management system to a Java/Shell Scripting interface. Supervised 4-member team. • Performed seamless transition to new platform with only 15 seconds of downtime during migration through adept leadership of server migration and upgrade path for Eli Lilly, an international pharmaceutical company. STEPHEN A. SALAKA PAGE 3 OF 3 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued) • Innovated first in industry 5-level encryption/security scheme and improved security for more than 50 million international banking customers of Lloyds TSB. (Utilized PHP/Shell Scripting/OpenSSL/MySQL/MSSQL). • Alerted teams of server anomalies by designing forensics discovery algorithm and employing custom network monitoring to perform statistical recursion on gathered data (Utilized Java/C/Perl/Shell Scripting/MySQL). • Served as strategic partner for key clients in leading consultation, selection, development, and deployment of ERP and CRM packages • Increased operational efficiency by leading design, development, and offshoring of .NET application server conversion of CMS solution for Eli Lilly. Utilized Java/Shell Scripting/Linux/Windows/Berkley DB. • Utilized advanced technical and language skills in bilingual Web design and hosting 100+ Fortune 500 clients. Managed server resources, network forensics, 24x7 systems support, systems engineering and • Demonstrated advanced knowledge/experience through design and development of multiple coding projects and websites in IBM WebSphere/IIS/LAMP/WAMP environment.

What they like about Ashley Associates:

A hiring company that offers alternative approaches to pay, performance bonuses, and/or equity in the firm is very attractive to you. You're generally less interested in working for an organization offering only traditional, salary-based compensation, one with limited opportunity to acquire equity in the firm, or one that does not actively promote skill development. In addition, you are more likely to choose a company that offers a variety of internal career options, with defined career paths. You view the learning of new skills and development of your expertise as key to your career advancement. These aspects of an organization may become even more important to you as you progress in your field, and are especially critical if you change career or occupation.

Tags

PMP, Six Sigma, Project Management Professional, Java, IT Director, IT Strategist, .NET, Software Architect, Strategic Planning, Process Improvement, Business Continuity Management, Change Management, Staff Leadership & Development, Operations Leadership Business Continuity Management Staff Leadership & Development , Software Engineering, Project Management Professional/PMP, Senior IT Manager, Operations Leadership , Japanese, Spanish, German, MCSE, MCPD, VPN, VOIP, PBX, Network Infrastructure, C, MSSQL, Investment Banking, Governance, MBA, Virtualization, ERP, CRM, SCJP

Skills

Project/Program Management, Strategic Planning, Design Organizational Process, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Performance Reporting and Analytics, Profit and Loss (P&L) Responsibility, Microsoft Office , Operational Excellence, Presentation Skills, Business Writing Skills, Business Analysis, Sales Force Automation, Sales Interpretation , P&L responsibilities, Presentation, Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts., Technology Solutions, Sales Support, Software Implementation, Requirements Analysis & Specification, Leadership , Business Continuity Management, Operations Leadership, Process Improvement, Software Engineering, Staff Leadership , Business Needs Analysis

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