CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER (CTO)

February 26th, 2007

Duties:

* Develops organizational technology strategies by consulting with users; investigating and understanding informational and operational requirements; presenting optimal strategies for applying and optimizing technology; contributing new technology information, analysis, and recommendations to organization strategic thinking and direction; establishing new technology objectives in line with organization objectives; articulating business advantages of technology development.

* Develops new technology financial strategies by estimating, forecasting, and anticipating requirements, trends, and variances; aligning monetary resources; developing action plans; measuring and analyzing results; initiating corrective actions; minimizing the impact of variances.

* Develops technology solutions by assembling staff, vendor, and service resources to evaluate, design, test, install, and maintain hardware, applications and systems software, and communication network; preparing technology introduction, information and system conversion, and human/technology integration programs.* Protects systems by discovering potential failures; devising protective and recovery strategies; testing system reliability.

* Integrates information by promulgating and enforcing technology standards.

* Updates network knowledge base by tracking basic research and emerging developments in technology; participating in technology conferences and educational opportunities; visiting with research scientists and academicians; reading technology publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in technological organizations.

* Accomplishes human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.* Updates job knowledge by tracking and understanding emerging information technology practices and standards; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

* Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.Skills/Qualifications:

Technical Leadership, Technical Management, Developing Standards, Managing Processes, Managing Profitability, Promoting Process Improvement, Supervision, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Dependability, Analyzing Information