JOHN RUSSELL RHOADES
6501 1st
Street 806.797.7419
Lubbock,
TX 79416 RussRhoades@yahoo.com
SENIOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
MANAGEMENT
International
Arena
Innovative
professional with proven track record designing, developing and delivering
successful cost-effective, high-performance technology and information systems
solutions. Results-driven, analytical problem-solver adept at
increasing operational efficiencies, improving customer service levels, and
implementing and maintaining IT initiatives to support successful business
processes and meet multinational business demands. Fluent in
Turkish. Industry
experience in Education, Energy, Healthcare, Defense, and Government. Familiar with World Bank procedures. MBA Degree. Core competencies
include:
Project Management Intranet / Internet /
Website Leadership &
Staff Development
Customer Service Consulting
Systems Administration
Change Management Presentations
Accounting, Budgeting & Reporting
Vendor Relationships PC Systems Engineering
Troubleshooting & Support
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TREASURY, REPUBLIC
OF TURKEY,
Ankara,
Turkey 2000
- Present
System
Engineer
Hired for the
Agricultural Reform Implementation Project to change the method of agricultural
subsidies and improve the livelihood of Turkish farmers. Serve as technical
advisor for procuring goods and services for the project. Also, act as System
Administrator for systems (Acct/Fin DB, E-mail, Internet, Network, Security) housed in the project office space.
·
Key member of $20 million project, working
with 12 others, to establish IT infrastructure requirements to meet the joint
needs of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the stipulations of
a loan from the World Bank.
·
Worked with seven vendors to provide the
installation of PCU - LAN -Telephone and UPS cabling, Internet connection, network equipment, PCs, laptops, printers and faxes for a
new office site and for a rented office site.
Projects were $95,000 and $67,000 respectively.
·
Reduced cost of normal Internet connection
50% by using a wireless connection, and reduced contract payments 16% by using
yearly contracts versus monthly payments.
AYDIN SOFTWARE &
ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES, INC., Ankara,
Turkey 1998
- 2000
Subsidiary
of an international $2 billion defense contractor producing military mobile
radar systems and other defense systems.
MIS Manager
Recruited to plan,
procure, install and maintain all aspects of information systems for
headquarters and factory facilities, for a total of 160 users. Systems
included: MRP, accounting, e-mail, web, file/print services; networks, PCs,
printers, telephones, and faxes. Reported to the CFO, had four direct reports,
and a $275,000 budget.
·
Designed and implemented IT infrastructure
for new factory and upgraded headquarters, coming in under budget, reducing
estimated costs by 37%.
·
Enhanced legacy system operations, reducing
a 6-7 week lag in manpower reporting and decreasing accounts receivable cycle.
·
Increased accuracy of reports by reducing
errors due to unintentional charging to the wrong project.
·
Directed investigation, remediation and
documentation for Y2K compliance of all company internal systems and products.
·
Developed a "MIS Request Form" to
increase effectiveness of handling problems.
·
Created a process that assisted with
solutions, documented time/cost, identified abusive users and defined potential
areas of improvement.
SEVGI INVESTMENT HOLDING,
INC., Ankara,
Turkey 1996
- 1998
Controlling
organization for several health services companies in Ankara & Istanbul; founder of the first private hospital in Ankara.
MIS Manager
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SEVGI INVESTMENT HOLDING,
continued
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Hired to establish the
MIS department, including policies, procedures, information systems, and
hardware/software configurations for 50 users at company headquarters. Reported
to VP, had 3 direct reports and an annual budget of $75,000.
·
Educated top management on the importance
and significance of a strong technology infrastructure through providing
presentations and reports.
·
Established information systems policies and
procedures, and contributed to the creation of the corporate intranet and
internal Web site.
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Developed corporate-wide financial
consolidation and discrepancy reports.
·
Created automated, on-screen survey form for
customer satisfaction telephone survey team.
·
Implemented e-mail system
company wide and prepared training materials for end users.
·
Assisted in defining scope requirements and
implementation plans for Marketing, Strategic Management, and HR projects.
·
Standardized financial reporting from all
holdings to headquarters on a monthly basis via integrated Excel spreadsheet.
System provided an accurate presentation of financial issues in a reduced
timeframe, allowing top management to be better informed when making decisions.
EXXON COMPANY USA,
Houston,
TX 1994
- 1996
Systems Analyst
Recruited
as Systems Analyst for Payroll and Benefit Accounting Systems, responsible for
providing support services to include enhancements, consulting and on-call
(24/7) assistance for production runs. Also, handled problem analysis and correction, programming,
software installation and LAN connections.
·
Reduced potential problems and payroll
reruns by providing internal error checking and automatic notification to
analysts.
·
Provided encrypted upload and download of
employee information between CORS and accounting group, enabling a secure method
for transferring confidential earnings and payroll information between
headquarters and service stations.
·
Enhanced timekeeping peripheral systems
increasing effectiveness of interfaces and reports. Project increased
efficiency in data input process for time sheets and accuracy of related
reports.
TEXAS
TECH
UNIVERSITY
(COBA), Lubbock,
TX 1992
- 1994
COBA is the Rawls
College of Business Administration at TTU, having the 10th largest
undergraduate program among US business schools.
Assistant Director, BACS
Hired to provide
systems-level support to the department staff for PCs, networks, printers,
file/print services, and VAX mainframe. Involved in the
bidding and integration of computer equipment and peripherals.
Interviewed and recommended job candidates to the Director. Assisted
end-users with the support of the PC-VAX network, and PC hardware and software.
Supervised up to 10 part-time employees and reported to the Director, BACS.
·
Directed the daily activities of staff to
ensure effective dealing with PC / MAC, network, and printing for 200+ faculty
/ staff and COBA computer laboratories.
·
Managed the Data
Center
that included VAX mainframes, Alpha servers, and backup units to maintain the
level of research, programming, file and print
services provided.
EDUCATION
MBA,
Management Information Systems, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock,
TX
BBA, Management Information Systems, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
** Additional workshops in MS Office, PC, NT/2000
Servers, LAN's, Firewalls, IBM & DEC mainframes, COBOL & Telon
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating
Systems: Windows
2000 Server; XP Pro; 2000 Pro; NT 98 & 95; Novell; OS/2 Warp, VAX / VMS
Language/Scripting: HTML; BASIC; COBOL; VISUAL BASIC (dos);
Oracle PL/SQL; DB2; VAX Datatrieve
Software: Microsoft -
Exchange 2000; Office XP / 97 - Access, PowerPoint, Excel, Word; and Project
Legacy
Systems: IBM
JCL; IBM TSO / ISPF; IBM DB2; IBM IMS / DLI
Hardware: PCs; Servers; LAN
Switches; Cisco PIX 501; Checkpoint FW-1 / VPN-1 / FG
