Brian P.

Ellis
18270 Kristina Court
Spring Lake, MI 49456
(616) 846-5719
bec0d85e@westpost.net
BUSINESS PROFILE
Currently seeking a contract or full time management position utilizing my backg
round and experience with customer support, business management, project managem
ent, information technology and training. I am a high-energy individual with the
ability to adapt quickly to new environments and produce favorable results with
minimal direction.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
U.S. Census Bureau, Grand Rapids, MI 2009 to present
Assistant Technology Manager
Performed as a member of the Local Census Office management team in directing t
he day-to-day production operation.
Manage all technology activities required to support the overall production sch
edule and staff.
Direct the Help Desk in support of the field personnel that are using handheld
and laptop computers.
Provide technical support to all office personnel for software, hardware and te
lephones.
Provide technical support for all desktop, laptop and handheld computers, as we
ll as all networked office devices.
Maintain inventory control for all Mobile Computing Equipment and Office Comput
ing Equipment during the course of the operation via an Asset Management System.
Certified in use and set up of ink and digital finger print processing.
Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc. (CED), West Lake Village, CA 20
05 to 2007
A privately owned company, consisting of more than 500 locations coast-to-coast,
providing electrical products for residential, industrial and contractor custom
ers.
Project Manager
Provided project management coordination for rollout of a sophisticated electri
cal distribution client server system to individual store locations.
Trained store personnel onsite in the use of the new CEDNet client server syste
m utilizing a hands-on training system.
Syber Computer Solutions, Spring Lake, MI 2002 to present
An independent computer services company catering to residential and small busin
esses in the West Michigan market.
Owner
Providing hardware and software support for PC based systems, residential and s
mall businesses.
Parson Consulting, New York, NY 2001 to 2002
A consulting and contracting placement organization with over 15 offices in the
U.S.
Financial Consultant
* Performed as a business analyst in developing policies, procedures and process
es for an Inventory Control Accounting function in a manufacturing environment f
or Sara Lee Coffee Division. .
* Served as financial auditor for monitoring labor, material and service costs r
elated to the activities of a major construction company.
* Served as a project and implementation manager for the setup and installation
of business systems for a producer of leading-edge data-modeling and financial s
oftware products and for the investment and securities industry.
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Maxim Group, Oakbrook, IL 1998 to 2001
A technical contracting placement organization with over 77 offices in the U.S.,
Canada and U.K.
Consultant
* Performed as a member of the clients corporate infrastructure team in establis
hing and implementing the upgrade and standardization of the network technologie
s, hardware platforms core PC software throughout the financial group for RR Don
nelly.
* Prepared and managed the Y2K onsite plan and related activities for 24 locatio
ns of a Fortune 100 company which involved equipment inventory, assessment, reme
diation and implementation.
ELLIS & ASSOCIATES, Grand Haven, MI 1996 to 1998
An independent executive recruiting and management consulting business
Principal
Recruited/placed network-certified personnel, manufacturing engineers and marke
ting professionals for diverse industries; reduced cost per hire and hiring cycl
e time.
BRUNSWICK INDOOR RECREATION GROUP, Muskegon, MI 1982 to 1996
$600 million bowling and billiards products and services division of a multi-bil
lion dollar corporation.
Vice President, Electronic Business Unit
1992 to 1996
Led the global electronics business unit staff of 150 with full P&L responsibili
ty for marketing, product development, R&D engineering, manufacturing, purchasin
g, repair center, customer support, installation and service, training schools,
publications, and quality assurance.
Improved development times substantially and led the development and introducti
on of a major automatic scoring product for the global recreation market to 27 c
ountries.
Led the electronics business unit to successful ISO-9001 certification.
Director, Management Information Services 1983 to 1992
Reorganized the IS department to improve operational efficiencies, reduce costs,
plan for future business growth and support the business strategy. Chaired an
executive MIS Steering Committee. Provided business systems and technical suppo
rt to all domestic and international locations.
Improved order through-put and fill rates, and reduced back orders and inventor
y costs; managed the development of a mainframe-based on-line order processing a
nd inventory management system.
Improved customer relations and product quality; established a customer help de
sk in support of worldwide electronics business.
Manager Technical Support & Data Center 1982 to 1983
Directed the building and staffing of a divisional information services data ce
nter and technical support group within budget and ahead of schedule.
Various Information Technology positions 1966 to 1982
Programmer, Business Analyst, Senior Staff Analyst, IT Auditor, Manager - Corpor
ate Data Center, Manager - Product Development & Support Manager and Director, C
ustomer Implementation for commercial software, within insurance, financial, cat
alog mail order, distribution, transportation, manufacturing, and high technolog
y industries.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BS MIS, Kennedy Western University
Chicago Teachers College, Education Major
MILITARY
U.S. Army - Honorable Discharge