francisco vargas

senior information technology

About

IT specialist with extensive experience as an executive in consulting and corporate management, including IT management, operations management, software development, project management, IT frameworks, applications and Cloud Managed operations management. In-depth understanding of business processes analysis for the provision of supporting IT. Business-oriented, goal and focus-driven manager with a high number of successful global IT endeavors in the USA, Latin America and India, spanning from the start-up to the management of operations. Other strong skills include: multi-cultural approach to negotiation and problem-solving, offshore operations knowledge, people management, excellent team building skills, strategic business planning, general management, and negotiation skills.

Country

costa rica

City

costa rica

Industry

real estate

Skill

technology, relational databases, erp, core banking implementation, personnel management, team building, team management, software development, software engineering, software implementation, cobit, itil, oracle e business suite, oracle sql, oracle applications, flexcube, salesforce.com, oracle hr, payroll, desarrollo de software, oracle, aplicaciones de oracle

Experience

senior information technology

senior managing consultant

intellect systems

2011-2 - 2013-1 · 2 yrs

* Software Implementation Consulting * Project Management * Applications Solution Design * Requirements Analysis

it application manager

banco centroamericano de integración económica (bcie)

2003-8 - 2011-2 · 7 yrs 7 mos

* IT Application Architecture Management. * Implementation/development and continuous improvement of main applications: Flexcube (i-flex/Oracle Financial Services; $2MM project), Oracle eBusiness Suite, Business Front-Office Application ($1MM project). * Requirement Analysis Management. * Bidding Process Management for software acquisitions. * Outsourcing Management. * User Training Management. * IT Application Strategic Plan Definition and Execution.

custom development manager

exactus software development

1994-1 - 2002-1 · 8 yrs 1 mo

* Creation of Custom Development department. * Recruiting, hiring and coaching of 25+ developers. * Custom Development process definition, documentation and validation following CMM guidelines. * Key team member for the successful CMM level 2 assessment. * Design and development of Payroll module for Exactus ERP product. * Key designer and developer for Exactus ERP financial modules.

managing director - costa rica and cloud managed services hosting operations director

it convergence

2013-1 - Present · 13 yrs 9 mos

* Managing Cloud Managed Services Hosting Operations * Managed the opening of the IT Convergence Costa Rica operations. * Leading the recruiting and hiring process for Costa Rica operations. * Coordination of operations among the different company business practices. * Leading process documentation project towards ITIL alignment. * Collaborating with regional sales initiatives.