JOSEPH A. PATTI

76 Huron Drive

Chatham, NJ  07928

973.219.8920

joepatti@yahoo.com

 

SUMMARY

Senior IT Executive

Strong business and IT expertise in diverse organizations ranging from Fortune 500 to small start-ups.  Can operate equally well in management, advisory/consultative, or staff positions for private and public companies.  Hands-on style with proven ability to grasp new technologies, develop plans, build and manage teams, obtain buy-in across multi-disciplined groups, direct large scale projects and consistently deliver results.  Highly developed critical thinking and creative problem solving skills derived from having been on different sides of varied business situations.

Key Strengths: Well-balanced combination of business, management and technology skills.  Able to engage stakeholders, strengthen relationships and align initiatives with strategic objectives.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Industry Knowledge

·    Mortgage Banking (Origination – Servicing)

·    Securities Processing/Research

·    IT Consulting

·    Restaurant Foodservice Distribution

·    Residential Construction & Real Estate

·    Employee Relocation Services

Business Functions

·    Equity/Fixed Income Research

·    Payroll & Tax Reporting

·    Investor & General Accounting

·    Account Management & Software Sales

·    Technology Practices

·    Software Product Development

 

 

Technology

·    Infrastructure Design & Support

·    Operations Management & Service Delivery

·    Data Center Automation, Consolidation & Relocation

·    Applications Development

·    Technology Upgrades & Rollouts

·    Capacity Planning & Performance Tuning

IT Management Controls/Governance

·    Project Management

·    Program Management

·    SLA Management

·    Applications Portfolio Management

·    Problem & Change Management

·    Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions

·    Security & Disaster Recovery


 

RP Bennett Custom Builders, N.J.                                                                         2004 – Present

Hands-on CTO/CFO in Residential Construction

Redesigned workflows and business processes to improve efficiency and profitability.  Developed and implemented software for general accounting, sales proposals, investor relationships, job estimating, punch lists and maintenance, cost control, and advertising.  Designed, installed Windows servers and managed corporate LAN.  Managed construction projects, billing, accounts payable, payroll, tax reporting and job tracking.  Designed and implemented company web site.

·         Increased remodeling and new home sales by 200% through use of customized proposals, modeling tools (Chief Architect) and development of company web site.

·         Reduced operating and project costs by 30% through automated analysis of historical data and use of newly deployed software (UDA Construction Suite and QuickBooks) that improved cost estimating, subcontractor bidding process, job scheduling and project management.

·         Increased customer satisfaction by 100% from reduced re-work, repair and punch list tasks.

Software International Associates, N.J.                                                 2003 – 2003

Business Development and Consulting Support

Established business models, sales documentation, alliance arrangements, product channels and prospect pipeline for new ventures.

·         Repackaged SLA monitoring dashboard for re-branding through VARs.

·         Established alliance to market the UB System, a leading-edge, massively parallel database system from KDS.

·         Established alliance to market DECOMP, a legacy application reengineering package from Sextant Systems.

Analysts International Corporation, N.Y.                                                          1996 – 2002

National Account Executive for IT Consulting

Coordinated cross-functional teams in support of national accounts, developed marketing and strategic sales plans, RFP/RFIs, and project proposals.  Sold technical staffing, projects and solutions.  Managed sub-supplier channels, client reviews and administrative support.

·         Achieved 150% increase in sales revenue in first year, after establishing and leading national sales and marketing programs for both JPMorgan Chase and Verizon accounts.

Regional Practice Manager for IT Consulting

Established alliance/technology partner programs, developed product support strategies, integrated products with primary sales offerings to provide value-add, performed technical staffing and software lab development, developed sales support materials, and managed partnership coordination and evaluation.

·         Designed and developed innovative web-based dashboard for SLA monitoring and sold customized prototype to major financial services company.

·         Produced $3MM+ increase in services/software revenue over two year period as direct result of establishing technology practices with partners Critical Path Systems (system performance improvement), Fujitsu Software (application monitoring), Access One (systems monitoring tool vendor merged with Tivoli) and Artera (Internet networking services).

·         Established alliances for products and services: Systems Monitoring, CMM certification, software metrics, risk management, outsourcing, and offshore development for early adopters of  Microsoft .NET technology.

The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.Y.                                                                               1994 – 1996

Vice President, Global Technology Planning

Performed capacity planning, infrastructure design and implementation, software/hardware vendor selection, acquisition and implementation, IT standardization, infrastructure budgeting and cost reduction, data center consolidations, and formulation of infrastructure component of overall IT architecture model.  Coordinated with Chase UK.

·         Steered technology decisions and development plans based on business priorities.  Primary interface between infrastructure and architecture/business planning groups.

·         Designed and implemented technology planning process for the Global Technology Service Centers that included technology blueprinting and “stay-current” implementation plans.

·         Produced $2MM+ savings by implementing a balanced approach of cost reduction and service improvement within business units including Auto Finance and Retail Banking.

·         Developed process model for introducing new technologies, incubation through deployment.

·         Led infrastructure integration team for merger of Chase and Chemical Credit Card.

ObjectSoft, N.J.                                                                                                               1993 – 1994

Senior Vice President

·         Led innovative project to design internet-based infrastructure for major non-profit.

·         Integrated MS Project & SQL Server for workgroup computing at pharmaceutical company.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

Prudential Insurance Company, N.Y.                                                                                  

ISE and Senior VP of Systems (Business Unit CIO) - Relocation Mgmt Division

Redesigned and managed IT organization after spin-off from Merrill Lynch.  Led outsourcing of data center operations to corporate services center.  Member of the Prudential ISE (Information Systems Executive) IT corporate council.

Merrill Lynch Realty, Mortgage & RELOCATION MGMT., CT.                                              

Senior VP of Systems (Business Unit CIO)

·         Formulated information systems plans and led implementation for national chain of residential real estate companies with 500+ locations and 18,000 sales agents.

·         Formulated information systems plans and led implementation for full service mortgage company including loan origination, risk management, pipeline processing, and loan servicing.

Merrill Lynch & Co., N.Y,                                                                                                               

VP in Securities Brokerage Division

·         Developed Technology Architecture, Security, and Disaster Recovery programs.

·         Performed planning, acquisition, installation and tech support for domestic data centers.

·         Managed application development for Institutional Sales, Marketing & Securities Research.

Stauffer Chemical Corp., N.Y.                                                                                                    

FG Shattuck Corp., N.Y.                                                                                                                  

EDUCATION/TRAINING


·         B.S. Hunter College

·         Pursuing PMP and ITIL V3 Foundation Certifications


ARMED SERVICES

·         U.S. Army, Honorable Discharge

ORGANIZATIONS

·         Project Management Institute, member

·         Toastmasters International, member

·         US Jaycees, Chatham, NJ Chapter, President