Steven Hurwitz

Cell 520-979-8878 7281 East Shoreward Loop, Tucson, AZ  85715 stevehurwitz@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE

Provide Direction, Leadership, and Strategic Vision as an Operations Executive, utilizing my 20+ years of business and technical expertise to increase revenues and provide company growth.

PROFILE

·         Ability to cultivate and deploy plans that achieve strategic business goals

·         Build and manage teams of internal staff and third party vendors in all aspects of business

·         Grow and adapt to the ever changing needs of an organization

·         Many instances of reducing costs by several hundred thousand dollars annually

·         Experience and talent at energetic public speaking and training to all levels of corporate audience

·         Tactically supported 7x24 multiple state network operations

 

EXPERIENCE

Business Solutions Manager

10/2005 – present          Calence, LLC, Western US

Western regional sales director for Management Services.  Responsible for developing product solutions, support services, and sales to clients in Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, California, Oregon and Washington.  Performed sales presentations, created customized scope of services, marketing and public relations materials and programs, contract analysis and financial cost modeling.  Worked directly with customers to create solutions from inception to contract and implementation.  Over $3million in sales within first 9 months.

 

IT Director
9/2001 – 10/2005           Coldwell Banker Real Estate, Arizona and New Mexico

Technology Director with overall strategic and tactical responsibility for 50 sites including multi-state network (WAN/LAN), server, applications, helpdesk, and data center environments.  Managed staff of network administrators, engineers, helpdesk, programmers, telecommunications, trainers and application support.  Supported 15 divisions by developing operations, purchasing, budgeting, staffing and policies.  Manage the architecture and design, deployment, monitoring, ongoing maintenance, and upgrade of all IT systems.  Negotiate and contract with consultants, technical resources, and vendors for services and products.

 

Director of Operations
2/2001 - 7/2001           Ensynch, Tempe, AZ

Overall responsibility for the direction and operations of a multi-customer managed services data center. Multiple 7x24 customer operations, and constructing data center process, procedures and best practices.

 

Director of Data Communications
9/2000 - 2/2001           LeapSource Inc., Tempe, AZ (company closed)

Provided strategic long-term goals and tactical direction of network planning and related projects.  Managed the network operations center, servers and applications, consultants and vendors, and data network staff.

 

Network Services Manager
9/1999 - 9/2000           Netcardia, a division of SCB Computer Technology, Gilbert, AZ (company closed)

Business development and principal leadership for multi-customer network operations center including major retail operations for Russell Stover Candies, and Targus Intl.

 

Global Information Technology Manager
6/1993 - 8/1999           ExecuTrain Corporation, Alpharetta, GA and Phoenix, AZ

Architected, planned, and managed implementation of all global IT systems and network initiatives at over 240 locations, including support of 14,000 desktops.  Managed staff of 30+ regional IT Directors, and their direct reports.

 

Manager, and Systems Analyst
10/1981 - 6/1993           Digital Equipment Corporation, Ma, and other companies

Manager of operations support in large multi-platform mainframe/datacenter environments (multiple companies including banking, retail and manufacturing industries)

EDUCATION

12/2003             BS degree, Business Management, University of Phoenix, Phoenix AZ

09/1996             Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Microsoft, Phoenix AZ

09/1995             Microsoft Certified Trainer, Microsoft, Phoenix AZ

06/1994             Certified Netware Administrator, Novell, Phoenix AZ

06/1981            High School Diploma, Doherty Memorial High School, Worcester MA