Business Management Experience

Manager of a Family Clothing Store - 10 years - Owner 5 years.
I have a total of 15 years experience in Retail. A family owned clothing store, that catered to Men and Women with moderate to better price clothing, shoes and accessories. As a manager and eventually an owner of the store, I was responsible for the full operations of the business. Purchasing inventory to be sold, receiving, pricing, merchandising, selling, customer service, and accounts receivable. We provide 90 day accounts and I was responsible for the collection of all receivables. Employees - responsible for the hiring, termination, and training of all employees. Brought new technologies to the business (1987) Real World Accounts Receivables and new computer system (Tandy 1000), electronic cash registers, and I wrote a software package that automated Returning Damaged Merchandised, Because of a change in the market and the decline of small clothing retailers across the country we were also forced to close down the business in 1995.

Board of Directors Construction DataFax, Inc
I was one of the original Director appointed in 2001, when the Board of Directors was established. I have been part of the management system that lead DataFax from 6 employees in 1995 to over 100 employees at the time of the Sale in 2007. Our annual revenue was growing at a rate of $1 million per year.

IT Director .
In 1995 I went to work with Construction DataFax. I started on as a Sales Associate but within 6 months had moved over to the start the IT Department. At that time my main responsiblity was to keep all system running 24 hours a day. I began developing other software systems and developed the Help Desk system. You can see a list of some of the software systems that was developed by clicking on the links to Software Development.

Director of Special Projects - Operations Manager .
I was responsible for setting up new departments, establishing procedures and policies for these new departments, acquiring or developing the software needed to perform at peak performance and establishing the requirements and skills needed for the employees to fill the position. Established the following departments, Accounting, HR, Business Development Assistant, and reorgainzed the Sales Department.IT Department, Help Desk and Customer Service.