PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

Love-To-Help Accounting, Financial Management & Consulting - President
(February 2009  *  Present)
Providing accounting and tax services, financial management and consulting to
small businesses, churches and non-profit organizations

Associate Vice Chancellor  *  City Colleges of Chicago: Office of Human Resource
& Staff Development, District Office, (June 2006  *  August 2008)
Primary responsible is for benefits and payroll operations as well as technology
services. Additional key duties include managing the Office of Human Resources
and Staff Developments  ' budgets (expenditure control and forecasts) as well as
lead project manager for all information technology updates and process changes.

   Reduced off-cycle checks and the number of unpaid employees by 90%
   Corrected improper reporting to State University Retirement System pension
fund, FICA and IRS
   Benefits costs held at 2.1% over two years compared to 10% nationally
   New PeopleSoft Human Capital Management (HRIS) 9.0 System implemented on time
and below budget

District Director of Information Technology Services  *  City Colleges of
Chicago: Office of Human Resource & Staff Development, District Office (October
2005  *  June 2006)
Lead Project Manager responsible for automating a number of HR functions
including time and attendance system, r  sum   and hiring management system,
document management system and a new online employee orientation website. Map and
define existing processes, evaluate technology, benchmark best practices, develop
future state-of-the-art HR systems. Other duties include managing department
expenditures, creating budgets and special projects. 
   Created    Required for Proposals    (RFPs) and received bids for a time and
attendance system
   Created RFPs for hiring management system, document management system and for
an online new employee orientation web application 
   Created a cost based budget and forecasting tool for the Office of Human
Resources with a line-item budget of $30 million 

District Director of Information Technology Services  *  City Colleges of
Chicago: Office of Information Technology, District Office (November 2004  * 
September 2005)
Lead Project Manager for the PeopleSoft Student Administration (PSSA) System.
Responsibilities included overall management of the project, leading the Project
Management Office by directing consultants and City Colleges  ' personnel.
Accountable for installing the new student system for the City Colleges by
directing hardware and software installations, system testing and conversion,
interfacing with other systems, training of staff, faculty and students. 
   Installed PSSA in nines months which prior project managers could not install
in four years
   Students were able to successfully register for classes in the PSSA on time
and within budget

Director of Auxiliary Services/Assistant Business Manager  *  City Colleges of
Chicago: Wilbur Wright College, Business Office (2004)
Responsibilities included managing budgets for all grants and the overall
accountability for campus facilities. Other key duties: Assistant Business
Manager overseeing accounting and cashiering activities, managing the college  's
engineering, housekeeping, food service and security departments. Other duties
included managing special projects; new security camera system, installation of
the electronic classroom scheduling tool and the training of employees on the new
software. 
   Decreased completion of engineering work requests from four weeks to five
days
   Managed the installation of the new telephone multi-line system for the
college

Financial Manager  *  ComEd, Office of the President, (2002  *  2003)
Responsibilities included improving business relationships between Business
Services Company executives and ComEd managers. Facilitated, negotiated and
managed $110 million of service level agreements (contracts) between the two
companies. Evaluated and revised the Office of the President  's Business
Continuity Plan for continued operations in case of terrorist activity or crisis
in the central Chicago business district. Developed a    Tools for People   
policy for ComEd employees covering laptops and desktop computers, cell phones,
pagers, and palm devices in order to establish a budget and physical controls
over nearly $18 million of    at risk    company equipment.
   Facilitated costs reductions of nearly $6 million of company equipment
purchases
   Reduced cell phones and landline phones billing errors resulting in an annual
savings of nearly $500,000
   Implemented post-911 business continuity operations with alternative work
sites for the president, his key executives and staff

Service Strategies & Financial Manager  *  ComEd, Exelon Business Services
Company (2000  *  2002)
Negotiated and managed service level agreements ($200 million) between this
start-up company and other Exelon subsidiaries, and developed rules of engagement
with customers. 
   Developed the company  's first management model, initiated performance
benchmarks and customer satisfaction surveys in order to determine
competitiveness with external service providers and to set enhanced performance
targets to achieve 1st or 2nd quartile service levels within two years of
start-up
   Shortened the length of contract negotiations with customers by 50% in the
second year
   Developed the organization  's first customer issue tracking-to-resolution
process, which reduced unresolved issues from three months to less than 30 days

Credit Risk Manager  *  ComEd (1998  *  2000)
Managed Unicom  's corporate credit functions across regulated and unregulated
subsidiaries. 
   Established and wrote the open electric market credit policy which became law
in the State of Illinois
   Developed credit policies and procedures for subsidiaries in order to better
manage and reduce credit risk per business unit and for Unicom in totality.
   Reduced energy trading risk by $4 million and retail customer payment risk by
$2 million.

Other ComEd Positions:
Senior Analyst and Auditor, Distribution Planning and Reliability 
Principal Process Accountant
Contract Administrator/Accounting Analyst, Nuclear Division 
Accounting/Financial Analyst, Nuclear Division 
Engineering Assistant - Distribution Engineering Department 
Draftsman - Distribution Engineering Department 
Electrician - Overhead Construction Department
Meter Reader - Commercial Division 

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 
 
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management and Accountancy, Brennan School of
Business (1996 to Present) 
Emphasis on teaching - giving students the abilities and skills to be successful
as individual contributors, supervisors and managers during their first two years
of employment after graduation. Classes were based on instruction and practical
experience. Courses taught in graduate and undergraduate programs: 
   Management    Business Policies    Entrepreneurship    Small Business
Administration    Accounting and Finance    International Business

PROFESSIONAL PRO BONO SERVICES: ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS CONSULTING 

Providing Fortune 500/executive level financial management and accounting
services to non-profit organizations.

Tabernacle Baptist Church - Serves as Chairman of the Trustee Board (January
1980  *  Present) 
Develops annual budgets and forecasts, provides financial reporting and
management of the church  's properties, oversees banking and vendor
relationships.
Free Peoples Clinic (Free Medical and Dental Services) - Serves as Treasurer and
Member of the Board of Directors (June 2007  *  Present)
Develops annual budgets and forecasts, provides accounting and financial
expertise to the Director and Board of Directors, works with external auditors,
reviews and approves vendor payments.
Center for Economic Progress  *  Tax Preparer (January 2007  *  Present)
Provides free income tax services to low income individuals and families during
tax season and other family related financial services after tax season.
 EDUCATION, LICENSE & CERTIFICATION 

Ed. D., Instructional Technology & Human Performance Technology, Northern
Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (Dissertation: The Examination of Human
Performance Technology Efforts Within Antagonistic Environments  *  2001)
MS, Industrial Management, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
MBA, Finance, Marketing, and International Business, Dominican University, River
Forest, IL
BSBA, Accounting, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
BA, Urban Ministry, Aspen Christian College and Seminary (Denver, Co), Maywood,
IL

CPA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Doctorial Fellow, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

 AFFILIATIONS 

Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS)
International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)
Academy of Management (AOM)
Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Board of Directors, Peoples  ' Free Dental and Medical Clinic, Chicago, IL
College of Education Alumni Council Board of Directors, Northern Illinois
University, DeKalb, IL
Former Board Member, College of Engineering & Engineering Technology (CEET)
Alumni Association Board of Directors, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Alumni Advisory Board, Dominican University, River Forest, IL
Chair, Board of Trustees, Tabernacle Baptist Church, Chicago, IL