Description
Over 11 years of successful management and leadership experience with a reputation for meeting the most challenging organizational goals and objectives. A pragmatic and focused individual recognized for "making seemingly impossible situations work." A proven and VERIFIABLE record for: Producing higher performance standards and enhancing productivity during a period of increased demands on savings and cost avoidances during the recession of 2008. Automating departments. As head of IT Desktop Support helped installation and automation of new Helpdesk System (Uni-Center). Controlling growth management - able to motivate and maximize productivity and employee morale without financial incentives. Took an IT group with the lowest performance level (out of 28 cost centers) and improved to #1 ranking in less than 12 months in an employee opinion survey. Developing and implementing highly successful strategic plans (short and long term). Established software purchasing control systems that gained accountability for millions of dollars in software & maintenance licenses, thus reducing licenses purchases by $1 million. Helped negotiate and institute Autodesk licensing server, to help manage our AutoCAD licenses by pooling them into one central suppository after audit. Negotiated initial license fee from $1.75 million to $600,000.