As an IT professional, Mr. Bauman brings a diverse technical background with experience in multiple heterogeneous systems environments. He can assess, organize and direct technology efforts as a project manager to provide strategic, quality solutions for a client’s success. Mr. Bauman is conversant in multiple technologies: E-Commerce Services, Networks, Object-Based Technologies, Database design, Financial Management Systems using Standard System Development and Testing Life-Cycle Methodologies, Financial Services (A/P, A/R, Billing, etc.) with strong background in software products, telecom and financial systems. He has multi-tasking project management capabilities and uses "best practices" techniques. Subscribes to the OSI 7-layer Systems Architectural Model for building, extending, and implementing solutions.

Extensive project management and administrative experience using technologies to accomplish business objectives (such as e-commerce and business intelligence solutions) for enterprises including a strategic perspective/understanding of systems architectures, systems and business integration planning with in depth financial experience in extensive business operations. Mr. Bauman maps technical solutions to the business problems confronting a company and employs quality assurance techniques to ensure good implementation of these solutions. He has good interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal).

Mr. Bauman brings integrated business and technological solutions that collapse systems redundancies and reduce time of delivery of vital information. Extensive knowledge of Legacy and non-Legacy (UNIX, NT) system environments and financial applications and the necessary testing components to bring projects to fruition. These system platforms and software layers include HP-K460, Pyramid Reliant 1000, MVS, COBOL (all versions through latest Year 2000 compliant COBOL-II), SAS, Focus, NT, UNIX, LAN/WAN/MANs, DB2, Informix, Powerbuilder, and Visual Basic. Network knowledge extends across HTML, TCP/IP, Java, VOIP, VPN’s, CMIP/CMISE, and Bellcore (now Telecordia) CARE protocols. Current skills involve designing and developing systems across platforms using enterprise-wide business process models and consistent testing methodologies irrespective of technologies used. Mr. Bauman realizes that in today’s systems environment there exists no "pure" architectures and the reality is generally a complex "hybrid" heterogeneous environment of computer systems interfacing across an ever-expanding network.

Fortune 1000 companies (GE Capital, Ameritech, US West, MCI/WorldCom) consulting and project management background. Major telecommunication companies, financial systems design (A/R, billing, credit scoring, commercial and residential statistical segmentation analysis), healthcare systems, telecom provisioning systems, internet based and e-commerce systems including CRM, supply chain process improvement, and application software system implementation.

2001 - Present: Senior Consultant RAR Enterprises, Inc.

2000 - 2001: Principal Systems Engineer Ascential Software, Inc.

Responsible for technical support of field sales team for the Extract, Load, and Transformation (ETL) tool called DataStage. DataStage is an industry leading Information Asset Management tool that enhances a customer’s performance and capabilities within their own data architecture and warehousing projects. Mr. Bauman’s duties included presentations to the customer and the technical assessment of customer’s systems architecture and infrastructure, project scoping, and acquiring the right resources to implement and turnover software solution. Ascential was the business intelligence spin-off company of Informix in January 2001. Mr. Bauman was given the choice of pursuing a career at either company and chose the higher growth opportunities with Ascential out of the Atlanta office. Informix was acquired by IBM in April (announced) and scheduled for consummation in July 2001.

6/00-12/00: Business Group Manager (Engagement Partner) Informix Software Corp – Eastern Region North America (Eastern seaboard US including Canada)

Responsible for engaging early in the sales cycle (with sales team) to analyze and setup the overall consulting approach for enterprise-wide solutions, sales, and projects for a wide range of companies, from start-ups to large companies (UPS, BellSouth, Purolator, and Syncor). Primary focus is on e-commerce, b2b, and intra- / extra-net projects both within and between companies using e-commerce and business intelligence suite of Informix products, specifically the i.Sell product which is J2EE built around ATG’s Dynamo Server. Mr. Bauman was called on from time to time to give instruction to in-house staff as well as clients in e-commerce and application software functionalities.

10/99-3/2000: Lead Technical Consultant US West, Denver, CO

Implementation of a major construction management system for US West’s Denver Operations & Technologies engineering network services division. This represents significant reduction in cost and improvement in productivity as this client readies itself for merger with Qwest. This extended engagement for US West is deploying an enterprise-wide field engineering system across it’s fourteen state region and [the application system] manages all resources in delivering a wide range of communication services from Internet to VDSL services. Mr. Bauman also wrote and co-wrote several technical "white" papers for client on the Informix database component of the system: "Cycle Time Reduction Plan for NECTAS deployment" and the Data Mapping and Conversion Document. The client implemented the technical recommendations of these papers.

Designed and managed MCI’s global/national database for all commercial and residential customer phone numbers for the Local Number Portability (LNP) initiative that was triggered by the 1996 Telecommunications Act. This system resided on multiple super-servers with downstream feeds to corporate mainframe based systems for application data.

Management responsibilities for 7 complex financial systems related to and including A/R, Commissions, G/L critical to MCI’s financial objectives. Business role included data analysis, decision support systems, and management of technical staffs in the development and integration of strategic financial systems in a multi-year program to improve MCI’s Business Markets financial performance. Responsible for +$10 billion annually in receivables for the corporation and $100 million per month in commissionable revenue. It should be noted that Mr. Bauman is a multi-tasking technical project manager.

Coordinated enhancements and production scheduling of Fortune 500 National Accounts Division's billing, accounts receivables, and general ledger systems. Learned network architectures and telecommunications technologies here.

1985: Systems Analyst Consultec, Incorporated Atlanta GA

Developed State Medicaid Management Systems for Clinical Health, Title V Medicare/Medicaid programs including relationships and business rules between DRG’s, Procedures, Drug, Provider, and Recipient (patient) tables. Programmed across entire system. Developed RFP’s and Proposals and implemented Health Management Systems for State per Federal Agency specifications.

1984: Systems Engineer MSA, Incorporated

Developed financial application software systems for large mainframe-based customers and conducted technical training and installations for the largest customers of MSA’s Fixed Assets Accounting System (FAAS). Note: Dun & Bradstreet Software a subsidiary of D&B has since acquired MSA.

Education Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (and computer sciences)

University of Connecticut – December 1982

Graduated Cum Laude, BSBA

Studies in system design techniques and methodologies as well as the programming of financial and accounting business systems. Mr. Bauman’s coursework included a strong emphasis in accounting and computer science. One of first graduates of this program.