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Thanks for your interest in my resume. I have tried to encapsulate the bulk of my career to this point within these two pages. If you would like to discuss my experience in detail, please use the contact me link on this site.

 
   

Brett Baker

 

 
  Objective: To facilitate organizational efficiency through technology; to improve overall efficiency through the combination and correct implementation of standards based Information systems

Experience - Summary
2+ years overseas community development & I.T. project deployment
4+ years productivity consultant, trainer and systems analyst in institutional pharmacy
3+ years I.T. and business consultant for a wide range of businesses
Telecommuting and management experience successful in positions requiring extensive travel, self direction, productivity and project management


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Deployment Assistant
4 Month Contract 2007 - U.S. Peace Corps – CIO Office – Washington D.C.
Namibia, Swaziland, Cameroon & Cape Verde
• Installed new network servers, workstations, switches and associated hardware during the Africa region refresh project
• Performed data transfer and integrity checks and conducted trainings for employees
• Organized and coordinated pre-trip resources, wrote and filed post trip evaluation and report documents
 

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Peace Corps Volunteer
2004 - 2006 Community-based Organizational Development - Kardjali, Bulgaria
• Developed effective working relationships between local NGO’s, Municipal government agencies, and international funding agencies
• Conducted formal and informal education and training related to project design, technology and business
• Designed, coordinated, monitored and evaluated community based development projects in business, environmental tourism, cultural exchange and education
• Provided clear guidance to host country staff regarding the creation, planning and coordination of international development projects
• Presented PST and In-Service training and technical sessions for three consecutive groups of volunteers
 

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Independent
2003– 2004 Entrepreneur - St. Petersburg, FL
• Profited from E-commerce company
• Bought/renovated apartment building in Pensacola, Florida
• Performed I.T. network consulting and implementation
 

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Process Analyst
2001- 2003 SunScript Pharmacy (Sold to Omnicare) - Nationwide
• Served as champion change agent, turning under-performing operations into profitable facilities by implementing standard workflow
• Evaluated performance of individual pharmacy productivity through detailed analyses of complex work functions and organizational productivity measurement
• Built IT infrastructure and deployed appropriate hardware and software for pharmacy operations
• Managed 13 IBM RS6000 AIX servers nationwide
• Built online support applications for use by the business development team
• Researched, identified and analyzed productivity issues related to facilities operations and work efficiency in compliance with pertinent federal and state laws and corporate policies and HIPPA regulations.
• Implemented corporate standardization policies and processes designed specifically to improve quality of service, reduce error rates, and produce a higher standard product
• Trainer for 33 pharmacies nationwide, including training in process improvement, workflow, Compliance, Management, and technical training
• Built pharmacies with tasks including site selection, lease negotiation, design, project management, budgeting, change control, and coordinating available resources.
• Responsible for weekend and after-hour emergency support
• Worked with pharmacies to implement standard workflow, meet state legal adherence, maintain budget controls, forecasts, and project related equipment requests.
• Conducted detailed analysis of complex job functions, and wrote VBA statistical application for measurement and improvement of organizational productivity
 

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Network Consultant
2000-2001 Gateway Networks of Florida - Apollo Beach, FL
• Installed and supported networks, websites, telephony phone systems and other assorted technologies including but not limited to Linux, NT, Novell, LAN/WAN, VPN, POS systems, etc
• Assisted in developing, organizing and implementing functional short and long range business plans
• Spearheaded new Web design and hosting service business
• Designed documentation process for customer inventory solutions
 

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Network Analyst
1998-2000 SunFactors Pharmacy - Largo, FL
• Completed a company wide software conversion merging data from several platforms, incorporating data architecture, new hardware, and employee training
• Managed support for 7 facilities nationwide on combinations of Novell, Windows NT and Digital VMS servers
• Developed millennium emergency action plan and coordinated meetings and implementation assessments with multiple remote sites
• Completed a time sensitive data recovery and summarization project requiring rapid understanding of application architecture and spanning many years collection of old data in various data architecture types
• Performed extensive travel to remote sites for network service and new installs
• Responsible for all hardware inventory tracking
• Rebuilt company e-commerce site applying standard tools and techniques
• Provided primary user support to all remote pharmacies for both standard software and hardware and Proprietary systems as well
• Served as I.T. Liaison between Corporate office and ancillary businesses
• Administered user account audits and corrected security loopholes
 

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On-Site Network Technician
1996-1998 On-Site Computer Service - Largo, FL
• Built & administered many Novell NetWare Servers and networks
• Provided extensive customer support & training on site
• Performed software and hardware conversions for hospital and many other local industries
• Built hundreds of PC's and dozens of fileservers
• Provided extensive customer support & training both on site and by phone
• Managed software and hardware conversion Project for SunCoast Hospital and completed on schedule and under budget
• Maintained Pinellas Co. School’s computer hardware for CRS Delaware and all warranty service for Roberds department stores
 

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Education
2001 Eckerd College St. Petersburg, FL - B.A. - Management Information Systems
1996 Pensacola Junior College Pensacola, FL - A.A. - Fine Arts

Other Training

• Advanced MS Access
• Microsoft MCP Certifications
• Advanced Unix Administration
• Structured & Object Oriented design(UML)
• Active Server Pages (ASP) programming
• Novell CNA
• JIT & Lean Manufacturing Theory


Foreign Languages
• 2 years of Spanish
• Advanced Bulgarian
 

 
     

 

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