BARNEY SENE

Los Angeles, California

1(949) 892-8114
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Business Development * Technologist * Strategic Thinker/Planner Transformational
Change Agent * Implementation/Process Driven
Operational Management
Industry diverse, dynamic, visionary and energetic Chief Technology Officer (CTO
) with excellent grasp of emerging technologies and business opportunities.
* Personal leadership abilities to articulate, communicate and drive corporate
technology strategy at the most senior levels, management, staff, partners, cust
omers and stakeholders
* Expertise in driving strategic planning to achieve business goals by identify
ing and prioritizing development initiatives and setting timetables for the eval
uation, development, and deployment of services through mobile, web, e-commerce
and social networking channels
* Identifies opportunities and risks for delivering products and IT solutions,
including identification of competitive services, opportunities for innovation a
nd assessment of marketplace obstacles and technical hurdles for business succes
s
* Excellent and diverse experience with enterprise architecture and design of s
mall and large scaled enterprise applications
* Defines and communicates company values and standards for acquiring or develo
ping systems, equipment, or software within the company
* Always ensure that technology standards and best practices are maintained acr
oss the organization
* Collaborative personality and proven operational experience in setting proper
objectives, direction, controls and risks in leveraging company resources
* Experienced with developing, tracking, and controlling large enterprise devel
opment and deployment initiatives while managing annual operating and capital bu
dgets for development, purchasing, resources, and operations
* Proven experience with recruiting top talent, in re-training, re-tooling and
transitioning existing company resources where required
* Excellent capabilities in developing and establishing standards of performanc
e and monitor conformance for company resources (through performance review) and
vendors (through service level agreements).
* A dynamic evangelist personality with natural abilities to sell, influence an
d impact change across multiple businesses and/or functional units
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Business driven, broad industry operational experience:
* Medical Hospital Information Systems / Healthcare Insurance with WellPoint/Bl
ue Cross & Siemens Medical Healthcare
* Supply Chain & Distribution with Ingram Micro
* Energy & Manufacturing with General Electric Energy Services
* Telecommunications and Media Broadcasting with Samoa Technologies
* Airline & Transportation with DHL Worldwide Express & Inter Island Airways
* Logistics with DHL Worldwide Express
Full IT life-cycle development and operational experience:
* IT and Business Strategy
* Corporate and IT Transformation
* Large scale enterprise web-based Application Development using Agile
* Enterprise Architecture and Systems design
 * Infrastructure & System Operations
* Business Process re-engineering and BPO implementation
Latest Technology Management Expertise and Experience:
* Cloud Computing in development of "as-a-Service" type offerings - SaaS, PaaS,
and IaaS design solutions, from Private (internal and external) to Public Hybri
d Clouds
* Cloud Computing with enterprise management solutions
* Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) implementations
* ERP integration (SAP/Oracle) strategy, design and implementations
* Integration B2B/B2C design and implementations
* Data Warehouse/Data mining design and implementations
* Java/J2EE, .NET and web 2.0 development of web-based business applications
"Operational" and "Transformational" Experience:
* "Operation" and "Transformation" experience in fast moving start-ups and larg
e corporate environments requiring change and efficiencies
* Effectively partners, leads and creates a culture of over-achievers and innov
ators
* Brings efficiencies in a corporate or start-up environment
* Delivers positive financial results, competitive innovation and cost efficien
cies to corporate business entities and company as a whole
* Expertise and experience with identifying opportunities and risk for deliveri
ng company's services through Cloud Computing and Services Oriented Architecture
(SOA) implementations
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SAMOA TECHNOLOGIES - Pago Pago, American Samoa 2008 - Present
President & Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Provide executive and strategic leadership and direction in day-to-day operation
s management, strategic planning and tactical execution of company expansion pla
ns into pure media and telecommunications technology, and in other non-technolog
y yet growing market areas
* Drive Aircraft Asset Management growth with the acquisition and leasing of ne
w aircraft
* Drive expansion into Digital TV broadcasting, media and web portals as distri
bution channels for information already available through Samoa Technologies' Sa
tellite Communication Services network, and local produced content
* Grow and expand Strategic Advisory and consulting arm of company throughout t
he South Pacific and U.S. mainland with new opportunities in CIO and business Ad
visory, IT Governance, Enterprise Architecture, Portal & Web Design and Developm
ent, and consultancy practice. Provide executive leadership consulting services
in a CIO/CTO capacity to financial institutions in the growing Cloud Computing f
ield
* Provide technical consulting to a start-up Cloud Computing Software Company,
responsible for driving technical innovation and direction with enterprise IaaS,
PaaS, SaaS, and "Enterprise-as-a-Service" solutions for large financial and pha
rmaceutical customers migrating infrastructure and IT assets to an Enterprise Cl
oud environment to leverage flexibility, cost savings, and reduction of IT data
center footprint.
* Continue to maintain 45% profit margins on company revenues, streamline proce
sses and organization, and growth through acquisition
INGRAM MICRO - Santa Ana, California 2005 - 2008
Corp Vice President & Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
With an IT budget of $105 million and $50 million capital base, drove corporate
IT strategy and strategic design, web architecture and development, emerging ent
erprise applications development, enterprise data warehouse, and enterprise arch
itecture (data, integration, security, infrastructure, and technology). Involved
with all aspects of management from; recruitment, P&L, program management, thir
d-party vendor negotiations, budgeting, and tactical & strategic planning. Accom
plishments include the:
* Transformation of Ingram Micro from a legacy IT environment to a nibble, effi
cient and effective organization with the introduction of new processes and tech
nology solutions
* Initiation and transition of Ingram Micro to a $480 million, SAP-based ERP re
-platform direction involving re-engineering of business processes and informati
on systems to streamline and enable new global business processes, opportunities
. Includes re-engineering of Ingram Micro's data center Infrastructure, and tran
sformation of organization and existing infrastructure to new processes
* Development of Ingram Micro's Enterprise Architecture framework for the entir
e application portfolio and technical infrastructure
* Introduction and institutionalization of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)
as the enterprise framework for building applications and distribution of data
and information throughout the enterprise, replacing point-to-point architecture
-based integration layer with a Services Oriented set of Enterprise Business Ser
vices for a "utility based" service model
* Initiation and direction of Ingram Micro Data Initiative with the formation o
f "data as an asset", utilization of Operational Data Stores, and expansion of t
he Data warehouse
* Development and direction of Ingram Micro's enterprise and strategic technolo
gy direction
* Management product vendors, reviewed, selected and introduced appropriate tec
hnologies to address business need
* Migration of Ingram Micro's entire enterprise infrastructure to a Linux/Windo
ws-based infrastructure platform environment, generating over $9+ million in ann
ual savings. Introduced virtualization to the organization.
* Re-architecture and direction of Ingram Micro's sales websites with a compone
nt-based SOA framework architecture
* A "Trusted Technical Advisor" to senior executives and leadership team
WELLPOINT HEALTH NETWORKS - Thousand Oaks, California 2003 - 2004
Vice President & Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
With an overall IT annual budget of over $600 million, and $200 million capital
base budget, drove overall enterprise application and technology architecture, t
echnology standards, and new enterprise-wide system implementations. Involved wi
th all aspects of management from; recruitment, P&L, program management, third-p
arty vendor negotiations, budgeting, and tactical & strategic planning. Accompli
shments include the:
* Development and implementation of WellPoint's EAI infrastructure and Services
Oriented Architecture (SOA) initiative across all legacy systems
* Implementation of WellPoint's Portal infrastructure and enterprise workflow t
echnology solutions into the enterprise
* Implementation of WellPoint's Enterprise EDI Gateway to reduce EDI cost acros
s multiple Blue Cross plans entities
* Implementation of standard imaging systems and fax technology across the Well
Point enterprise to standardize the handling of incoming claims and documents.
* Development and implementation of WellPoint's CMMi-based standard development
process - Project Management Methodology or PMM
* Development of WellPoint enterprise & strategic technology direction in align
ment with business and corporation direction
 * Institutionalization of an enterprise Software Test Center/Quality Assurance
organization for all WellPoint application development testing activities
* Drive technical infrastructure consolidation to reduce system footprint throu
ghout Enterprise Architecture
* Provide operational and architecture support for business and technical IT in
itiatives, particularly around SOX compliance
* A "Trusted Technical Advisor" to senior executives and leadership team
GENERAL ELECTRIC ENERGY SERVICES - Atlanta, Georgia 1999 - 2003
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Chief Development Officer (CDO) & Chief Enterprise Architect
With a $31M expense and $112M capital base budget, developed and established str
ategic technology direction to meet business and corporate goals. Identified and
implemented policies, practices and systems to comply with industry standards a
nd requirements and to provide necessary access control, security and disaster r
ecovery for company data resources. Involved with all aspects of management from
; recruitment, P&L, program management, third-party vendor negotiations, budgeti
ng, and tactical & strategic planning. Accomplishments include:
* Day-to-day software development and Architecture management and direction of
sales portal initiative consisting of GEPartsEdge.com which processed over $1 bi
llion in order transactions.
* Establishment and management of off-shore Development and Support Centers in
India.
* Definition and implementation of Enterprise Architecture solutions and design
s for over 400+ applications and 900+ Enterprise Servers, enabling a 20% reducti
on in development headcount, 50% improvement in code and design quality leading
to on-time delivery of applications - an initial savings of $10 million in 2002.
* Management of IT Operations and Infrastructure with over 900 enterprise serve
rs in 20 different data center locations across the globe, enabling $5 million i
n savings by driving reduction and consolidation of application servers througho
ut the enterprise
* Data Center consolidation for three (3) co-locations while reducing footprint
of applications and infrastructure
* Management and direct technical design and implementation of GE Energy Servic
es' e-Business operations (systems) environment in GE's Global Operation Center
* Direct the Integration of EAI B2B/B2C across the enterprise
* Direct a $20 million+ Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) architecture initiative
by defining an enterprise data model to address key reporting and business inte
lligence requirements from multiple P&L's to a single corporate enterprise EDW w
ith multiple data marts
* Direct overall Enterprise Architecture, and defined IT governance for web-bas
ed J2EE development standards
* Direct e-business architecture design, reviews and standards throughout the e
nterprise to ensure quality and consistency of IT solutions
* Direct overall Enterprise Architecture, Technology Standards and Enterprise S
ecurity for GE Energy Services
DHL WORLDWIDE EXPRESS - Redwood City, California 1996 - 1999
Senior Director, Global e-Commerce Systems
Director, IT Applications Development/Support
In a $3B logistics and shipping company, directed and managed DHL's U.S. and wor
ldwide electronic commerce systems development, comprising of all customer facin
g shipping applications, EDI, logistics and decision support, tools & methodolog
y, customer service, quality assurance and documentation, database administratio
n, and product and systems support. Involved with all aspects of management from
; recruitment, P&L, program management, third-party vendor negotiations, budgeti
ng, and tactical & strategic planning. Accomplishments include the:
 * Upgrades and support of DHL's ServiceStar call center application
* Establishment of self-supporting application development support model throug
h software licensing fees
* Direct and management the software development of DHL's first advanced global
internet shipping solution (DHLConnect & WebShipping)
* Consolidation of DHL's dispersed EDI implementations into a core development
team and infrastructure, achieving a $2 million cost savings
* Increase of DHL's recognized EDI-generated revenues from $8 million/year to $
125 million/year in 14 months
* Direct and management the replacement and upgrade of all DHL revenue generati
ng legacy systems; Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Customer Service, Customer
desktop shipping, backend billing/shipment processing environments, to a web-bas
ed shared Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) solution using the latest innovat
ions in web-based technologies
SHARED MEDICAL SYSTEMS - Oakland, California 1987 - 1996
(Now part of SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.)
Group Manager/Director, Architecture & Systems Development
Manager, Applications Development
Project Manager/Technical Leader, Applications Development
Directed and managed Allegra development, a $100 million small-to-medium size Ho
spital Information Systems business unit consisting of architecture and database
design, tools development, UNIX and middleware development, and systems and net
work operations. Involved with all aspects of management from; recruitment, P&L,
program management, third-party vendor negotiations, budgeting, and tactical &
strategic planning. Accomplishments include the:
* Architecture of the ALLEGRA product line direction, including platform and te
chnology direction.
* Management of ALLEGRA Development for
* Financial applications
* Clinical Patient Care and Pharmacy applications
* Patient Accounting / Registration applications
* Management of Systems and Network Operations for ALLEGRA division.
* Leadership and direction in the development of first Hospital Information sys
tems Materials Management application (with EDI interface) to ALLEGRA and Spirit
product lines.
COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY RESEARCH/MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER
Long Beach, California 1982 - 1987
Team leader & Project Manager
Senior Applications Developer
Lead a team of university graduate software engineers to enhance and improve CT
scan software for GE and Siemens CT scanners, based on Digital Equipment PDP and
VAX-based platforms. Developed Clinical Order Entry and Transcription based app
lications for deployment at small third party local hospitals.
SAMOA TECHNOLOGIES - Pago Pago, American Samoa 1984 - 2008
Executive Vice President/Co-founder and Board Member
Co-founded American Samoa's first technology-based telecommunications and media
broadcasting company with a private mobile and paging communication network, Rad
io broadcast Station (KSBS-FM), and Satellite Communication Services. Expanded b
usiness with the formation of Aircraft Asset Management/Leasing unit to acquire
and lease small to mid-size commuter and transport type aircraft to regional air
lines.
INTER ISLAND AIRWAYS - Pago Pago, American Samoa 1993 - Current
Executive Vice President/Co-founder and Board Member
Co-founded and established a US Part 135 commuter air carrier providing on-deman
d and schedule passenger and cargo service within American Samoa and the South P
acific, utilizing 19 and 30-seat aircraft. Provide expertise in all areas of the
airline business, from initial air carrier certification, aircraft acquisition,
marketing and planning, contract negotiations, and air and maintenance crew rec
ruitment.
As co-founder and Board member, continues to provide strategic planning, marketi
ng direction and information systems guidance.
EDUCATION
California State University * Long Beach, California
B.S., Computer Science & Engineering * 1987