Alan Stone

Solicited and established relationships by providing creative and strategic solutions achieved in the execution of specific projects for a variety of clientele. Personally secured a long-term contract as IT Project Manager for Lincoln University, reporting directly to the CIO.

Achievements:

·Played a key role in the successful execution of more than 11 high-visibility projects supporting various Lincoln University initiatives,including:

oIntroduced MS Project to the university’s IT organization.

oManaged the implementation and customization of MOSS 2007.

oManaged the move of Graduate Operations to a new location.

oProvided IT leadership driving the implementation of two new TV studios and an on campus radio station.

oDetermined the requirements scope of work for all data, telephone, electrical and video wiring for a new student union building, University Hall and the Ware Center for Performing Arts.

oActed as the primary onsite liaison for the implementation of 41 Smartboards across multiple facilities.

oManaged all onsite aspects of Cisco Call manager/ Unity implementation for a new Cisco VoIP Telephony Solution.

Directed the delivery of all Information Technology services while providing leadership ofApplication Development, Estimating and Drafting Departments. Served as a trusted and high level advisor to the executive board while maintaining a senior management position as an officer of the company. Developed and implemented a technology infrastructure to seamlessly integrate more than 20 regional sales centers with centralized resources and systems at company headquarters.

Achievements:

·Enabled the company to cut remote site costs while introducing integrated communications and enabling more rapid systems adjustments by guiding all aspects of a successful Cisco VoIP implementation.

·Enhanced levels of customization, reporting and extension by phasing out a legacy ERP system, and migrating all required data to new, SQL-based ERP system incorporating a flexible, open database as its engine. Consequently enabled more informed and flexible business decisions.

·Enhanced the company’s sales processes by extending and enhancing ERP data to the point of sale, thus reducing duplicate data entry effort and making real-time information a tool to facilitate educated decision-making.

·Improved work flow management by evaluating, purchasing and introducing a new paperless document workflow management system

·Enhanced customer satisfaction by providing customers real-time access to their job schedules and documents; achieved this by implementing an extranet built upon a new ERP system that allowed customers and vendors a level of visibility into company processes and substantially improved customer/vendor communications

·Dramatically increased the productivity of remote field personnel by enabling them to remain on the jobsite while processing vendor accounts payable remotely via wireless laptop, consequently improved vendor relations by speeding up the processing of accounts payable.

·Increased the company’s visibility to the buying public by developing and implementing its first website promoting online purchase decisions,scheduling and document management.

Directed the delivery of all aspects of Information Technology including systems and database development, end- user training and IT support to telecommunications clients.

Achievements:

·Enabled the company to secure additional revenues while positioning IT as a profit center by spearheading the development of custom database systems thatcaptured, analyzed and presented key clinical pipeline information to pharmaceutical client decision-makers.

·Worked with key stakeholders to determine system requirements and execute delivery thereof.

·Achieved critical customer buy-in by developing and conducting training programs for client end users of custom database systems.