September 2000 - Current, Grupo Ebanistas, Ltd. Co. & Grupo de Ebanistas, S.A. - Tampa, Florida and Guatemala C.A.
CEO
- Originator of the Grupo Ebanistas business model of distributing musuem quality original and reproduction furniture and frames through partnership with the Bed and Breakfast, Country Inn and Small Hotel Industries.
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June 1996 - Current, Estela's Mexican Restaurant, Inc. - Tampa and Brandon, Florida
Owner/Comptroller
- Maintain, monitor and supervise all accounting, insurance, personnel and regulatory requirements
- Developed wireless point of sale application for taking customers orders, printing orders for bar or kitchen
- Integrated point of sale system with printers, cash drawers and magnetic strip readers
January 1997 - January 2000, University of South Florida. - Tampa, Florida
Project Manager - University of South Florida - Information Technologies, Tampa, FL
- Established USF's Client/Server Development Environment Standards
- Provide on-site training on Oracle client/server application development, Oracle relational database, Oracle Forms 4.5, Oracle PL/SQL
- Provide management for all application development
- Continual training and mentoring for USF development staff
- Developed Accounts Receivable Cashier System, Student Check Refund System and Student Information API used by over 100 users servicing over 40,000 students
- Established source code control environment for software modifications
July 1996 - April 1999, MangoTech, Inc. - Tampa, Florida
Owner/Partner - Information Technologies Consulting, Training and Recruiting, Tampa, FL
- Created computer software technologies company
- Developed Oracle training facility
- Developed two commercial applications: MangoMenu and Restaurant Communicator
January 1995 - January 1997, Design Data Systems, Inc. - Largo, Florida
Project Manager / Programmer - Verifone Finance, Inc. - Portland, OR
- February 1996 - August 1996 (Oracle RDBMS 7.2, FORMS 4.5, REPORTS 2.5 and PL/SQL 2.0)
- Requirements gathering, project reporting, specification writing, resources management and training.
- Designed interface from Oracle based Order Entry and Accounts Receivable application to Vertex Sales/Use Tax Database application.
- Designed and programmed interfaces from General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Purchase Order, Accounts Receivable, Inventory Management and Order Entry to an Oracle/Powerbuilder Fixed Asset Application (Axtell).
- Design interface for bar-code scanning of purchase order receipts, return material authorizations and order entry picking tickets.
- Designed Asset Management application for tracking over 700,000 serialized inventory item that is fully integrated with Design Data's existing order entry and financial applications
Package Architect Manager / Programmer - GTE Directories Distribution - Tampa, FL
- July 1995 - January 1996 (Oracle RDBMS 7.1, FORMS 4.5, REPORTS 2.5 and PL/SQL 2.0)
- Requirements gathering, project reporting, specification writing, application and database design.
- Technical training on application/GUI "standards" for Oracle Applications.
- Custom design and implementation of Oracle Client/Server Accounting and Supply Chain Management software
- Programmed Order Entry GUI application with FORMS 4.5 and designed and developed database procedures and triggers for assessing additional order charges and sales taxes.
- Integration of 3rd party applications to Oracle based applications: Bar-coders and scanners, and AVP sales/use tax software.
Programmer - Largo, FL
- January 1995 - June 1995 (Oracle RDBMS 7.1, FORMS 4.5, REPORT 2.5 and PL/SQL)
- Technical Sales Support and Demonstrations.
- Quality Control testing and debugging of Order Entry and Inventory Management applications written in FORMS 4.5.
- Developed over 21 commercial application reports using REPORTS 2.5 and FORMS 4.5 for Order Entry application.
April 1988 - November 1994, Bunch Transport, Inc./C.K.B. Brokers, Inc. - Charleston, SC
Executive Vice President
- Responsible for administrative operations, services costing, corporate training
- Handled all state compliance issues and requirements
- Re-engineered: Equipment repair and maintenance reporting which permitted effective and efficient communication between drivers, maintenance, dispatch and accounting.
- Re-engineered: Dispatch, freight billing and driver payroll process focusing on eliminating duplicated efforts, improving the accessibility to information and providing better customer service.
- Organized and wrote Hiring Policies and Procedures Guide. Wrote Driver's Guide to state requirements.
- Created marketing strategy to attract prospective commercial drivers and owner operators.
- Evaluated and coordinated the asset purchase and takeover of a troubled motor carrier.
Comptroller
- Established accounting controls and procedures for receivables, payables, payroll and fixed assets.
- Monitored all industry tax issues and prepared states fuel tax returns.
- Reviewed and advised on all financing and depreciation requirements.
- Audited, reviewed and prepared depreciation schedules, financial statements.
Warehouse Manager
- Assumed control of a failing public warehouse, eliminated fraud, and made profitable.
- Established warehouse procedures and set standards for quality customer service.
DBA / Programmer
- Established standards for computing and information. Investigated, evaluated and purchased all information system components.
- Automated fuel purchases, driver advances and hubometer reporting with EDI.
- Programs Designed/Written: Freight Billing integrated with Drivers' Pay, Equipment Repairs and Maintenance, Shop Labor/Repair Monitor, Drivers' Mileage and Fuel Purchasing, Employee Payroll Reporting, State Mileage Tracking, Warehouse/Inventory Billing and Tracking.
- Created over 25 Forms and 50 reports.
- Software: Oracle RDBMS 6/7, Forms 3.0, ReportWriter 1.1, Unix.
October 1987 - March 1988 ComputerLand - Omaha, Nebraska - Salesman
June 1986 - May 1987 Bunch Transport, Inc. - Charleston, SC - Dispatcher, Accountant
September 1985 - June 1986 Price Waterhouse - New York, NY - Auditor