Professional Experience
Austin Communications Education Services, Incorporated
1340 Gulf Blvd, Suite 18C, Clearwater, FL 33767 USA
May 2014 - date: President and Principal Consultant
Responsible for GIS training, consulting, system design, marketing, product development, technology transfer, bid and proposal development, corporate management and contract employment. Clients include ITC Service Group and the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER), a program within the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). Member, U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Certification Governance Board.
City of Tampa
411 N. Franklin St. FL 7, O85D2, Tampa, FL 33602 USA
July 2007-May 2014 (Retired): Manager, Enterprise Applications Integration.
Report directly to the City of Tampa CIO. Responsible for managing GIS, Web Services, Database Administration and Enterprise Content Management technical teams within the Department of Technology and Innovation. Also responsible for interaction with clients from other City of Tampa offices, departments and divisions, as well as GIS liaison with local county and municipal counterparts, state agencies and local utility companies for LUCA (2010 U.S. Census), data sharing and other functions. Managed creation of ITIL Service Catalog and Service Level Agreements. Participation in ITIL V3 implementation, Riverwalk Project, Enterprise Content Management, other programs. Managed two phases of IT staff consolidation resulting in net annual savings of $2 million. Managed team winning 2007 Best of the Web award for cities over 250,000 in population. Program Manager for city-wide Novell-to-Microsoft conversion project and 2012 Republican National Convention situational awareness dashboard.
Michael Baker Jr., Incorporated
3601 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 449, Alexandria, VA 22304 USA
December 2003-July 2007: Director of Business Development Geospatial Information Technology.
Responsible for business development and marketing. Capture Manager for multiple programs, including Census 2010 projects, EAGLE and Alliant. Captured primary subcontractor position on Census Bureau GSS procurement (estimated value to Baker: $42 million). Captured subcontractor position on Census Bureau FDCA procurement (estimated value to Baker: $28 million). Captured subcontractor position on EPA Geospatial Blueprint Update project. Captured sub-contractor position on SDSFIE (estimated value to Baker: $4 million). Negotiated sub-contractor positions for Alliant (Raytheon) and EAGLE (Lockheed-Martin). Responsible for GIS consulting for selected clients, including AT&T, Southern Company, Verizon Business, EPA and SDSFIE.
Austin Communications Education Services, Incorporated
2937 Landmark Way, Palm Harbor, FL 34684 USA
July 1991-November 2003: President and Principal Consultant.
Responsible for GIS training, consulting, system design, marketing, product development, technology transfer, bid and proposal development, corporate management and contract employment. Clients included:
Management Contracts
In several cases, my technical and professional consulting work evolved into direct, term-employment management contracts:
Greenhorne & O’Mara (St. Petersburg, FL) – May 2002-June 2003. Department Head GIS. Responsible for department management, project management, marketing communications and client liaison. Security Clearance: Secret.
KNT Network Technologies (Duluth, GA) – November 2000-July 2001. Senior Director Business and Program Development. Responsible for technology assessment, strategic planning, market development and development of OSS product offerings
ComPlus (Nashville, TN) - July 1997-February 1999: Vice President, Corporate Development. Responsible for technology assessment, strategic planning, training, program development, consulting, system design, marketing, product development and corporate management. Senior member of team that increased annual revenue from $16 million to $43 million in 16 months.
Mercator Corporation (Hato Rey, PR) - August 1996-December 1996: President. Responsible for corporate management, training, marketing and consulting with the Government of Puerto Rico (Centro de Recaudación de Ingresos Municipales) and World Bank (Paraguay Division); (estimated value to Mercator $23 million).
Andrew Corporation (Orland Park, IL and Moscow, Russia) - January 1993-September 1994: Director, Applications Engineering. Responsible for information systems design and development for several Russian-American joint telecommunications ventures. Systems designed and/or specified for purchase included office automation, international electronic mail, automated mapping/facilities management and multi-currency accounting. Also responsible for network product sales, new project bid preparation and on-going information systems support.
Expert Witness Testimony
Barker, Wilson Reynolds & Burke
PNG Telecommunications, Inc. d/b/a PowerNet Global Communications v. S&S Communications, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Western Division), Civil Action No. C-1-01-902.
King & Spalding LLP
Thoroughbred Technology and Telecommunications, Inc. v. Williams Communications, LLC, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta Division), Case Number 01-CV-1949-RLV.
Baystar Service Corporation/CDI Corporation
311 Park Place Boulevard, Suite 650, Clearwater, FL 34619 USA [CDI acquired Baystar in 1989.]
July 1989-July 1991: Vice President, Automated Mapping and Facilities Management Systems.
Responsible for all aspects of corporate GIS activity. Clients included Advanced Computer Graphics, Ameritech Services, C3, CFW Telephone, Coastal Utilities, GeoTechnology International, GTE Data Services, GTE Florida, GTE Network Operations Planning, Lufkin-Conroe Telephone Exchange, MCI, MSE Corporation, New England Telephone and Southwestern Bell Telephone.
September 1987-June 1989: Director, Automated Mapping and Facilities Management Systems.
Responsible for digital cartography marketing, system designs, consultation and project management. Clients included AT&T-EDDS, GTE-Florida and MCI.
September 1985-September 1987: Computer Data Systems Consultant and Regional Manager, MCI.
Responsible for hiring, salary assessment, and supervision of approximately 70 contract staff. As a consultant to MCI, responsible for defining, designing, and implementing a hardware, software, and data conversion system for automated mapping and facilities management; preparing standards and technical manuals for fiber optic outside plant engineering and construction.
Chicago Aerial Survey, Incorporated
2140 Wolf Rd., Des Plaines, IL 60018-1932 USA
June 1984-August 1985: Senior Staff Scientist.
Project Manager for digital map conversion project for Southern Bell Telephone Company (PLRMS); managed several raster system projects including J.D. Irving and California Department of Conservation; prepared production reports, technical reports, proposals, and in-house training materials for digital cartography.
Geolocator, Incorporated
412 1/2 W. Walnut, Columbia, MO 65201 USA
February 1978-May 1984: President.
Industrial site analysis for state and local governments and private sector firms; developed site analysis and mapping applications on mainframes and microcomputers.
Other Communications Industry-Related Experience
Summers, 1969-1974: Telephone and CATV craft work, contracted by Harris-McBurney, Rollins Commserve, Ann Arbor Cable and Saginaw Cable. Work included aerial cable placement (Journeyman-B I.B.E.W.), buried cable placement, crew chief and installation.