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Lawrence M. Brown
2095 Stoneman St.
Simi Valley, CA 93065
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lbrown@cypressproductivity.com
mobile (805) 558-3740
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| INFORMATION SYSTEMS EXECUTIVE |
Over thirty years experience as a hands-on IT executive, with demonstrated ability to lead large, multidisciplinary
projects to successful conclusion. Strong technical background in wide- and local-area networks, telephony, computer
languages, databases, and distributed systems. Extensive experience managing all aspects of large data center
operations, including software engineering, security, and quality managment.
Prior positions include President and CEO of Imaging Options, Inc., a provider of web-based consumer and business hosting
and consulting services, and Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Electronic Clearing House, Inc., now a
division of Intuit.
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| STRENGTHS AND EXPERTISE |
- e-Commerce
- Point-of-Sale
- Retail Banking
- Merchant Banking
- Payment Systems
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- Leadership
- Training & Mentoring
- Visioning
- Strategy
- Implementation
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- Network Design and Management
- Data Center Operations
- Telephony
- Vendor Management
- Embedded Systems
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- Software Engineering
- PHP/Java/JSP
- VB/VB.NET/ASP/ASP.Net/C#.Net
- Apache / Tomcat / IIS / NGINX
- SQL Server / PostgreSQL
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS |
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CYPRESS PRODUCTIVITY SYSTEMS, Simi Valley, CA
Owner and Principal Consultant
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1995 to present
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Sole proprietor of Cypress Productivity Systems, a consultancy focused
on organizational development and project management methodologies. Developed
the web site for a widely-quoted and respected Wall Street and CBOE trading
specialist. Represented third party organizations to Fortune 100 clients.
Developed payment systems for a $30 million gaming client. Designer
of application system currently used by the third-largest provider
of cash access solutions to Native American casinos.
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HAMZEI ANALYTICS, LLC, Chicago, IL
Chief Technology Officer
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2002 to present
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Part-time position responsible for strategic planning, implementation,
and management of IT operations for the
Hamzei Analytics
market analysis service. In 2020, transitioned from multi-server hosted environment to
Azure Cloud environment.
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DELPHI DIGITAL, INC., Los Angeles, CA
Chief Information Officer
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2013 to present
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Part-time position responsible for strategic planning, implementation,
and management of IT operations for the
Digital LifeCloud
life and health organization service. In 2020, transitioned from multi-server hosted
environment to AWS Cloud environment.
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IMAGING OPTIONS, INC., Woodland Hills, CA
President and Chief Executive Officer
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2005 to 2011
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President and CEO of Imaging Options, Inc., a consulting and web hosting
company and provider of the eFamilyVault.com
online home and personal property inventory service.
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ELECTRONIC CLEARING HOUSE, INC., Agoura Hills, CA
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
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1997 to 2002
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Reporting to the CEO, managed a division of approximately 40 employees
for a major transaction processing company. Responsibilities include
all data center operations, software and hardware engineering, and pre-
and post-sale technical support for ECHO and its CBC and XpressCheX
subsidiaries. ECHO (now a division of INTUIT) included among its
clients U-HAUL International, 3COM, The Gap, and Dollar General. ECHO
was one of two processors selected to implement the VISA POS ECC Pilot.
Partnered acquirers include First National Bank of Omaha, Wells Fargo,
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XYNet SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, Thousand Oaks, California
Director of Software Engineering
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1993 to 1995
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Co-founder and Director of Engineering for XYNet Software Technologies,
Inc., a software engineering and Internet technology firm. One of the principal
architects of the XYNet CDPD Administrative Office, a complete customer
accounting and network provisioning system for CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet
Data) service providers. This product, which utilized Microsoft Windows
clients and Windows or Solaris servers, was called at the time of its release
"the most comprehensive and easiest to operate CDPD accounting system in the
industry." Customers included AT&T (McCaw) Cellular, Ericsson Radio
Systems, and Bell South.
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UNISYS CORPORATION
Director of Software Engineering, Camarillo, CA
Program Manager, Network Systems, Los Angeles, CA
Program Manager, Financial Systems, Blue Bell, PA
Software Engineering Manager, Financial Systems, Atlanta, GA
Systems Engineer, Jacksonville, FL
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1975 to 1993
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(Breaks in employment are shown following this entry.)
(1993) Managed the final release to Lloyds TSB Bank of the Unisys Systems Management
System, comprising over a dozen major subsystems and more than 150 individual
products. Components included: secure (B1) operating systems, multiple protocol
stacks, encryption, fail-safe resiliency, system/network management, knowledge-based
engineering tools, document imaging, and 4th generation languages. Managed a
division of approximately 70 engineers.
(1992) One of the primary initiators and implementers of the Software Engineering
Institute's Capability Maturity Model at the Unisys Camarillo engineering
facility.
(1990) Served as Unisys representative to the OSI/Network Management Forum
Strategy and Planning Committee; Security Subject Matter Expert for ANSI X3T5.4
Network Management committee; and Unisys Assigned Number representative to
Internet Naming Authority (now IANA).
(1988) Chaired the Unisys Branch Automation Security committee, which defined
the strategy and architecture for access control and data confidentiality
products for the financial line-of-business.
(1987) Received the Unisys Corporate Achievement Award for Excellence for
contributions to successful sales and installation of branch automation systems
at Lloyds TSB Bank, Manchester, England ($110 million) and Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation ($130 million). In 1987, only five of these awards were given
in a company of 120,000 employees.
(1986) Managed the development of Unisys FSA/Finesse financial branch automation
system. This product was one of the most successful application products in Unisys
history, with a peak of more than 500 corporate users, representing software
revenues of over $500 million and a hardware drag of nearly $3 billion. From 1988
to 1994, it was the de-facto standard in much of Latin America, the Philippines,
U.K. building societies, and French farm banks. At project peak, administered an
annual budget of over $4 million, representing a staff of approximately 120, and
coordinated hardware and software contractors in 6 U.S. and 2 overseas locations.
(1984) Managed the development of Burroughs FSA (Financial Systems Architecture)
developer's tool kit, which included one of the first commercial implementations
in the industry of a distributed, client-server application fully deployed on a
Local Area Network of personal computers.
(1983) As senior "fly-and-fix" consultant for Burroughs Southeast Region office,
resolved marketing, communications, and technical issues for customers in Tennessee,
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Florida. Received the
regional Achievement Award for Excellence for successful resolution of numerous
crisis accounts.
(1978) Developed and installed Burroughs first disk-based remittance processing
system for the Jacksonville Electric Authority. This system became the model for
Burroughs standard remittance processing system; JEA was a showcase account for
many years thereafter.
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NORTH CAROLINA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN, Albemarle, NC
Director of Data Processing
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1980 to 1982
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Built North Carolina Federal S&L's data processing department
from the ground up. We implemented seven major banking application
systems; installed the first Automated Teller Machines in an S&L
in North Carolina; acquired two other Associations and converted
and imported their data bases; and installed over 150 passbook
terminals statewide. Every project was on time and within budget.
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FLORIDA NATIONAL BANKS OF FLORIDA, INC., Jacksonville, FL
Technical Support Manager
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1979 to 1980
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Responsible for maintenance and support of all operating systems and
assembly language applications. Managed the installation of Florida
National Banks Retail Lockbox System for the Metro Dade County (Miami)
Tax Collector's Office. This was a very prestigious account for
Florida National, and due to our successful processing of very
low-quality documents, resulted in significant follow-on business.
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