Dan Shields

Letters of Recommendation:
University of Florida Interim CIO, Chuck Frazier
University of Florida Associate CIO, Fedro Zazueta
Perry Roofing, Gainesville, FL

Recognized for leadership, drive, customer focus, and communication skills.

IT Expert: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. August 2010 to present

Web Manager: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. August 2008 to July 2010

Develop, promote, and coordinate centralization and standardization of UF and affiliated web sites.
Manage web site functionality and updates among UF departments, designers and programmers.
Achieved Supervisory Challenge Certificate: six courses in management.

Director of Business Operations and Executive Committee Member: Perry Roofing, Inc., Gainesville, FL. September 2006 to July 2008

Directed IT, Human Resources, Marketing and Warehouse departments for $22M business.
Created and maintained inventory system and procedures.
Directed creation of commercial roofing project management software, processes, and reports.
Created hiring guidelines, liaised with employee leasing company, and managed employee conflicts.
Presented department reports as a member of the Executive Committee.

Technical Product Manager: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA. July 2000 to October 2005

Grew $12M international network e-commerce program from 12 partners to 178.
Exceeded revenue stretch goals each year using sales, demographics, and trend analysis.
Presented e-commerce program specifics to targeted potential business partners.
Managed web producers, software releases, tech support, and customer surveys.
Wrote business software requirements and created fiscal projections and reporting workflows.

Investor Relations Producer: PR Newswire, Jersey City, NJ. September 1999 to February 2000

Electronic Publishing Specialist: Cisco Systems, Inc. (consultant), Santa Clara, CA. March 1998 to November 1998

Electronic Full Text Supervisor: Thomson Publishing, Foster City, CA. August 1990 to July 1997

Managed 100+ publisher partnerships.
Increased department productivity by 20% and implemented peer communication programs.
Successfully supervised staff of 15 in three groups that created database articles and graphics.
Developed CD and online products.
Created training materials and trained staff on hardware, software, and network usage.
Won Employee Achievement Award in recognition of productivity and morale increases.

Editor/Production Specialist:

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., English B.A., 1989

Strategic Communications Online and Electronic Communications Subcommittee - April 2009 to December 2009
UF Information Technology Action Plan Committee - October 2008 to April 2009
Roof Connect Online Committee - March 2007 to July 2008

System experience: Windows XP, Apple OS X, UNIX.
Applications: Microsoft Office, CRM, Project, Product Studio, SQL, and VSS; XHTML/HTML; JavaScript; Quark XPress; Adobe FrameMaker, Photoshop, Acrobat; Freehand; Illustrator; Lotus Notes; Subversion, Putty, Amaya, Contribute.