Highly skilled, dynamic professional with a strong background conceptualizing, designing, developing and implementing programs, applications and databases that maximize productivity, accuracy and efficiency.  Detail-oriented leader offering excellent communication, problem-solving, analytical and management skills.  Able to effectively coordinate and drive projects to on-time, within-budget completion.  Expert in website development, e-commerce innovation and reporting.  Demonstrated ability utilizing many database technologies and cloud services.

 

John Deere – Moline, Illinois 2013 – Present

Enterprise Cloud - Technology Solutions Architect

Working across the Enterprise to bring more business units to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

§    Awarded Certifications for Solutions Architect, Developer, and SysOps Administration by AWS

Manager ISG Cloud Infrastructure Services – Moline, IL/Urbandale, IA

Manage four employees bringing AWS to John Deere.  Worked closely with ISG in implementing AWS in two regions, U.S. and Europe. 

§    “Global IT Innovation Award” for bringing John Deere to the cloud.

§    Efficiently and effectively moved applications from one external provider to to AWS.

§    Efficiently and effectively moved applications from on premise to AWS.

§    Established a weekly management report showing spend and component usage using Linux, C, Python, Redshift, and Aurora.

Technology Solutions Architect – Big Data

Worked on a team that made hardware and software decisions to select and install Hadoop at John Deere. Worked with multiple Hadoop vendors on POC’s of their products including Cloudera, MapR, Hortonworks, and BigInsights

Technology Solutions Architect – Database

Worked on a team that made decisions on databases internally and for the database technology roadmap for John Deere.

 

Martin Engineering – Neponset, Illinois 2000 – 2013

Information Technology Manager / Database Administrator

Manage two system administrators responsible for 283 computers and phone systems around the globe for this manufacturing company.  Oversee the database administration of all systems consisting of MS SQL and mySQL. Maintain strong working knowledge of all company departments.  Execute $850,000 budget. 

§    Efficiently and effectively converted a limited Firebird database to MS SQL after an acquisition so users had access to all information previously available to them along with enhanced database functionality.

§    Established a daily management report comparing previous year’s sales to current year’s forecast broken out by product and sales channel; report to key stakeholders as a one-page summary of open orders, sales history, A/R, inventory and shipments.

§    Streamlined data management by reconciling 12 years of data; creating a data warehouse in MS SQL Server; automating processes, and designing a website with the capability of categorizing by customer, territory, channel, product group, product line or item.

§    Maximized accuracy of sales data and reporting by charting and designing a web-based sales and costing system.

§    Designed a multi-lingual, multi-currency website and budgeting system.

§    Evaluated manual procedures to identify discrepancies, devise process improvements and determine automation opportunities with a focus on improving productivity and maximizing safety.

§    Converted from GroupWise email system to Google Apps for 700+ users

 

 

General Search – Oakbrook, Illinois 2000

Database Administrator

Managed database administration and schema development to provide news article feeds and news picture feeds for the General Search website.  Completed training in Oracle and IBM DB2.

§    Coordinated development and maintenance of a website with news and photo updates every five minutes, as well as free search engine and various other components.

§    Proactively led a 17-member team in an environment that promoted optimal productivity through constant training and mentoring. 

§    Fostered strong vendor relationships in order to expedite website construction and effectively coordinate all IT support functions including software, servers, T1 lines, and telephone and network connections.

§    Consistently completed projects on time and within budget while achieving exceptional user ratings and 99.7% server uptime.

 

Fidlar & Chambers Company – Rock Island, Illinois 1999 – 2000

Database Administrator/Developer/ System Administrator

Managed WAN covering Iowa, Illinois and Michigan for this rapidly-growing government software company.  Created, installed and supported Laredo, an application enabling Internet access to land record documents.  Resolved firewall, proxy and security issues.  Converted database structures from Sybase to MS SQL.

§    Researched and selected a Linux server to accommodate a 2.0 peak load for website management; effectively tested server by flooding an entire T1 line with requests and uploads from election centers.

§    Enabled election data upload from government systems to the Fidlar election website on all Windows platforms within only eight seconds by utilizing complex Perl, C and PHP programs, resulting in a significant reduction of calls to election officers by providing real-time results.

 

 

Internet Express, Incorporated – Moline, Illinois 1998 – 1999

Database Administrator / Director of Web Development

Fueled development of database-driven websites and provided customer support for this Internet Service Provider.  Resolved critical issues, evaluated requirements and prepared designs.

§    Significantly enhanced pricing capabilities by designing an authorized login area that allowed customers and employees to access data from any location.

§    Empowered customers with limited HTML programming experience to successfully maintain their websites.

§    Drove development of more than 30 websites for an extremely diverse client base including government agencies, physicians and sports clubs. 

 

 

Personal Computer Services – Geneseo, Illinois 1991 – 1998

Consultant/Owner

Founded this company to provide hardware, software and Internet consulting services to a diverse client base.  Cultivated new business and managed a full scope of client projects.

§    Quickly built an impressive customer base that resulted in need to form a strategic partnership with another company.

§    Independently designed and developed MasterScorer, an MS Access competitive sports scoring program, used at the 1993 Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics and by Walt Disney World in 1997; program is still being used due to effectiveness of the results.

§    Facilitated significant cost savings for a client by instituting a software package that reduced head count by 30 personnel, requiring only three staff for system support and maintenance.

 

Synergetics – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1990 – 1991

Management Consultant

Traveled across North America to consult with Information Services departments at 23 major corporations.  Clients included a ship yard, foam rubber plants and a coupon processing company. 

§    Built a top-performing consulting team by clearly defining goals, providing ongoing support and instilling accountability.

 

Nielson Clearing House/Dun & Bradstreet – Clinton, Iowa 1984 – 1990

Finance and Accounting Computer Analyst

Selected to evaluate, select, program and support hardware and software products.  Consulted with global clients to identify requirements and recommend solutions.

§    Produced a budgeting system, using dBase, for a multi-national, multi-currency client to replace manual processes involving reporting, spreadsheet development and consolidation of currency exchanges. 

 

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