- Operator
and Datacenter
supervisor
- My initial IBM
positions, while
still in college, provided a strong foundation in computer
technology and gave me the opportunity to explore and experiment with
an amazing variety of leading edge technology.
Incredibly, it also gave me early exposure to DARPAnet, the Defense
Advanced Research Project Agency project that eventually became the
bedrock of the internet.
- Scientific
marketing and
support
- Responsible
for providing marketing and technical support and training for the
entire midwestern part of the country. I learned to speak in
public and
to develop skills as an instructor.
- Areas of expertise
included
project
scheduling, school bus scheduling, student scheduling, wholesale and
retail product forecasting/scheduling and vehicle scheduling.
- Database
and query language
consultant
- Similar
responsibilities to those above, but for database management software
and technology that let people use computers using with simple English
phrases.
- Marketing
and technical
support to the insurance industry
- This
was the beginning of my recurring involvement with the insurance
industry.
- Clients
included all of the major insurers in the Chicago area
- .Product
Manager
- Having
won numerous awards, including the exclusive IBM Golden Circle, I was
transferred to a divisional headquarters location in White Plains, NY
and our family moved to Connecticut.
- This
position allowed me to pursue my interest in simplifying the interfaces
between people and computers.
- It
is here that I developed
expertise in negotiating with multiple groups and countries
and balancing conflicting needs, and in forecasting revenue and
expenses
(sounds like a City Council position, doesn't it).
- Development
manager /
Project manager
- The
desire to get to Texas led to this position which involved the direct
development and business management for a number of software products
- .Strategic
Planning
Manager
- Developing
the long term strategy and
forecasts for a $50M/year revenue stream
- Plans,
Controls and Security
Manager
- "Owned"
all of the equipment for an IBM division across the country.
- This
position also included responsibility for disaster recovery planning
for
a very large national datacenter, and also for security of the systems.
- Equal
Opportunity reporting and tracking was another responsibility of this
position and provided me with new insights in that area.
- Market
Development
- Worked
with two of the largest IBM customers in the country to develop new
relationships and explore new technologies.
- It
was through this activity that I became involved with a variety of
publishing products and techniques, and the precursor technologies that
led to the internet's worldwide web.
- Management
Consultant
- IBM
entered the management consulting business, assisting
clients in developing and implementing business strategies.
This also evolved into assisting clients to successfully implement
large scale mergers and acquisitions.
- My
focus was primarily in the insurance
industry and my clients include many
of the largest insurance companies in the country.
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