Education
Master of Business Administration, Finance, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007 - 2009
Bachelor of Business Administration, Management, University of Montevallo, 2000 - 2004
Experience
GradesFirst, Director of Operations, June 2010 - Present
GradesFirst, Director of Operations, June 2010 - Present
Harbert Management Corporation, Network Architect, 2008 - June 2010
- Strategically increased the effectiveness of technology at a corporate level; managed projects for business process efficiency applications: CRM, Deal Flow, Change Management, and Document Creation
- 400x increase in client traffic to customer facing portal integrated with CRM
- Designed and Built SOA venture capital deal flow pipeline application
- 4x increase in efficiency of accounting process using collaborative application
- Automated change management for auditable changes to accounting systems
- Instituted and trained users on collaborate intranet sites
Harbert Management Corporation, Internet Services Engineer, 2006 - 2007
Oxford City Board of Education, Business Education Teacher, 2004-2006
- Developed skills to lead, speak, train, manage, and prioritize a diverse group of individuals
- Created and managed training programs for students and teachers
- Trained students and teachers to maximize impact of technology
Skills
Organizational Knowledge
- Ability to match people's potential with output by creating an environment for motivation
- Collaboration and communication enhancement
- Strategic design, design paths based on corporate mission
- Organizational culture, recognition, modification, and leveraging for change
Financial Management
- Corporate Cash Flow Models
- Budgeting, cost allocation analysis
- Corporate and project IRR, NPV, and MIRR analysis
- Value investment methods & philosophy
Information Technology
- Expert in Open Source Web Technologies: Ruby & Ruby on Rails 3 years; PHP 9 years; Linux, RHCT, Apache 9 years; Javascript 9 years; & jQuery 2 years
- Expert in Open Source Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3, CouchDB
- Expert in Web Design: HTML, CSS, W3C Standards, HTTP protocol, Javascript, DOM
- Project Management: Source Code Management, Collaborative Technologies, Test & Behavior Driven Development, & Agile Development Methods
- Expert using Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris
- Expert using SQL & deriving Business Intelligence
Activities
- 2011 University of Montevallo Junior Board
- AKL Chapter advisor
Speaking Engagements
- 2011 Tech Mixer University - Growing the Next Crop of Web Developers
- 2009 Tech Mixer University - Beginning Ruby on Rails
