JOSEPH A. PATTI
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
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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 |
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Technology · Infrastructure
Design & Support · Operations
Management & Service Delivery · · Applications
Development · Technology
Upgrades & Rollouts · Capacity
Planning & Performance Tuning |
IT Management Controls/Governance · Project
Management · Program
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.
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Increased remodeling and new home sales by 200% through use of
customized proposals, modeling tools (Chief Architect) and development of company
web site.
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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.
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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.
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Repackaged
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Established alliance to market the UB System, a leading-edge,
massively parallel database system from KDS.
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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.
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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.
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Designed and developed innovative web-based dashboard for
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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).
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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
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Steered technology decisions and development plans based on
business priorities. Primary interface
between infrastructure and architecture/business planning groups.
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Designed and implemented technology planning process for the
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Produced $2MM+ savings by implementing a balanced approach of
cost reduction and service improvement within business units including Auto Finance
and Retail Banking.
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Developed process model for introducing new technologies, incubation
through deployment.
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Led infrastructure integration team for merger of Chase and
Chemical Credit Card.
Senior
Vice President
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Led innovative project to design internet-based infrastructure
for major non-profit.
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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)
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Formulated information systems plans and led implementation
for national chain of residential real estate companies with 500+ locations and
18,000 sales agents.
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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
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Developed Technology Architecture, Security, and Disaster
Recovery programs.
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Performed planning, acquisition, installation and tech support
for domestic data centers.
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Managed application development for Institutional Sales,
Marketing & Securities Research.
Stauffer Chemical Corp., N.Y.
FG Shattuck Corp., N.Y.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
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Pursuing PMP and ITIL V3 Foundation Certifications
ARMED SERVICES
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ORGANIZATIONS
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Project Management Institute, member
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Toastmasters International, member
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US Jaycees,