Expert Details
Engineering Management
ID: 717169
Florida, USA
and technology management, including project engineering and project
management, management of new technology, Business Continuity
Planning, business process reengineering, disaster ecovery planning,
technology department assessments, entrepreneurship, and creativity.
He has taken 18 electronic products from conception to market,
including customer service and logistics. During the development of
these products, Expert managed both hardware and microcomputer
software design. He is skilled in the areas of cost estimation and control
and team building. Additionally, he has founded or worked with several
small entrepreneurial companies in both the technological and financial
fields.
Expert has created business continuity (BC) plans for departments in the States of Arkansas, Louisianna, and Alabama as well as Blue/Cross Blue/Shield of Arkansas, Georgia Tech and Manulife USA. He has also audited BC plans and provided training for organizations. He has performed IT assessments for Lynx and the Florida Department of Transportation. Expert has performed business process reengineering for Lynx, TECO Energy, Health First, Methodist Hospitals, and the Orange County (Florida) Department of Health and Family Services.He was part of the team that analyzed and outsourced the City of Memphis, Tennessee IT Department.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1984 | Degree: M.B.A. | Subject: Finance/New Product Management | Institution: East Tennessee State University |
| Year: 1979 | Degree: M.S.E. | Subject: Electrical Engineering/Computer Design | Institution: University of Central Florida |
| Year: 1976 | Degree: B.S.E. | Subject: Electrical Engineering/Digital Design | Institution: University of Central Florida |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2001 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Senior Project Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert is responsible for managing consulting projects in the IT field. His specialty is business continuity planning as well as IT assessments. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1998 to 2001 | Employer: SCB Computer Technology | Title: Senior Project Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for managing consulting projects in the IT field. His specialty is business continuity planning |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1990 to 2003 | Employer: Sunshine Securities Corporation | Title: V. P. Compliance | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 1998 | Employer: University of Central Florida | Title: Assistant Chair and Instructor | Department: Industrial Engineering |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1989 to 1993 | Employer: University of Central Florida | Title: Instructor | Department: Industrial Engineering |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1987 to 1989 | Employer: McIntosh & Dwyer Securities Corporation | Title: President | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1983 to 1986 | Employer: General Electric Co. | Title: Product Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1982 to 1983 | Employer: DPT Inc. | Title: Project Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert is currently a member of IEEE, PMI, CPM and the Institute of Industrial Engineers. |
| Professional Appointments |
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| He was a working member of the national IEEE committee that developed IEEE STD-730, a standard for software quality assurance and a voting member of several IEEE Standard Committees. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert holds a patent for intelligent hysteresis for an intelligent setback thermostat. He has 12 publications. |
Fields of Expertise
engineering management, technology management, business continuity planning, blue cross, blue shield, emergency management, business ethics, small business, entrepreneurship, team building, project review, computer system disaster recovery planning, disaster recovery, technical management, software standard, project cost management, engineering project management, technology innovation, project cost control, project cost estimation, project cost engineering, engineering economics, software product quality, development engineering management, disaster planning, management, design for assembly, new product development, automated inspection, product design, computer design, cost control, factory integration, innovation, computer equipment, engineering, thermostat, software quality assurance, risk management, research management, project scheduling, project planning, project management, microprocessor application, personal microcomputer, factory automation, disaster avoidance, cost engineering, control electronics science, computer network, business process re-engineering, Apple Macintosh