SAMI BOUZ, MBA

Address: 788 Pinewood Lane, San Dimas, California 91773

Phone: (951)201.1304
E-mail: sami.bouz@gmail.com

PROFILE
Innovative and results-focused IT professional offering extensive experience in
providing customized, business-focused consulting and Information Technology sol
utions to multiple industry clients. Recognized by management and peers for stro
ng leadership and organizational skills in managing overall spectrum of multi-mi
llion dollar application development projects, from point of planning to complet
ion. Able to quickly learn new technologies with aptitude to generate positive o
utcomes in a short span of time. Possess entrepreneurial mindset with in-depth c
ommitment to service excellence and to add value to client success.

CORE MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES

- IT Strategic Planning
- Process Improvement / Reengineering
- Business Intelligence
- Data Warehouse Programs
- Business Case Analysis
- IT Governance
- Information Architecture
- Project Management

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
- MS Visual C# .NET
- MS Visual Basic.NET
- MS SQL Server
- MS SharePoint
- HTML
- ASP.NET
- XML

RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS

Independent Contractor
- IXIA (2010): Built a competitive solution enhancing SharePoint content databas
e to quickly locate documents based on specific keywords.
- Southland Industries (2010): Designed a unique asset management-reporting infr
astructure to effectively retrieve all information related to hardware and softw
are used in the company.
- IMT Residential (2010): Architected software utility to import and manipulate
XML-based documents within the IMT Residential property management platform; bui
lt automated tools to effectively retrieve data elements from property managemen
t software and transmit data through FTP to a third-party vendor; served as proc
ess of developing a custom-built CRM system which would be utilized by the IMT c
orporate end-users.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LYONWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ~ RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA
Technical Lead / Project Manager ~ 2007-Current
Provide unparalleled consultation services to company’s key client (Standard Pacific
Mortgage, Inc.); administer application development project for a $3M loan orig
ination system (LOS).
- Aggressively identified matrices to properly assess corporate strategic and co
mpetitive position by developing web-based tools to facilitate users’ analytics and
key performance indicators.
- Successfully assessed company’s financial and operational performance by conceptua
lizing unique business intelligence solutions.
- Streamlined existing automated workflow processes for the company’s enterprise res
ource planning (ERP) software that remarkably increased efficiency of operations
while reducing required man-hours.
- Led the strategic implementation of web content management systems independent
ly managed by corporate users, leading to significant savings in software develo
pment cost.
- Coordinated company-wide testing and product rollouts.
- Rendered functional oversight to team of developers tasked to improve existing
systems as well as implement current technologies in the market.
- Proactively managed the implementation of integrated solutions with third part
y software applications through web services and service-oriented architecture (
SOA) layers.

SIGMANET, INC. ~ ONTARIO, CA

Systems Engineer ~ 2007
Assumed full responsibility in the deployment of IT lifecycle services, as well
as advanced technology solutions and B2B e-commerce services to medium and large
corporations nationwide.
- Handled the delivery of application development solutions in a variety of tech
nological environments.
- Determined and organized plans as well as managed overall spectrum of applicat
ion development project requirements in compliance with the specific needs of ea
ch company clients.
- Significantly increased company revenue through active participation in pre-sa
les stage and dynamic presentations of products and services to internal clients
.
- Demonstrated proficiency in handling client’s system migration to new technology p
latforms, fusing great increase in consulting services revenue.

HOMEFIELD FINANCIAL ~ IRVINE, CA

Business Systems Analyst ~ 2004-2007
Successfully led the implementation of structural and strategic solutions in sys
tems design and architecture during significant growth period in the mortgage in
dustry.
- Played an integral role in the release of a $5M loan origination and automated
underwriting infrastructure.
- Effectively assessed user requirements to determine functional and business ne
eds of software applications.
- Executed and led the implementation of quality assurance and control of all ad
vanced developed applications that made new development releases to suit corpora
te user satisfaction.
- Adeptly managed corporate data warehouse and business intelligence infrastruct
ure that served as the main assessment tool for financial and marketing decision
s.
- Coached and mentored corporate users on how to effectively utilize newly devel
oped systems.
- Engineered data mart system that served as backbone of corporate data analytic
al tools, encompassing sales, marketing, accounting, and secondary market data.
- Conceptualized and architected customer-based collaboration intranet.
- Instrumental for the successful migration of various corporate databases to a
unique platform utilizing the latest Microsoft technologies, resulting to tremen
dous saving in management and operational costs.

EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration
University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Los Angeles, CA
(2010)
USC Alumni Association
Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems
DeVry University, Pomona, CA (2004)

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Fluent in English and Arabic