MICHAEL A. HURLEY817.682.7144

KELLER, TX 76244MICHAELAHURLEY@YAHOO.COM

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Highly educated, energetic, technology strategist that has managed up to 100 resources with an annual budgetary responsibility of up $10 million. Posses excellent cost control skills, maximizing revenue potential and utilizing resources to their fullest potential. Professional experience provides the vision, capacity, and knowledge which are transferable to a multitude of industries. Possess a superior ability to interface at multiple levels with strong verbal and written communication skills.

KEY COMPETENCIES / STRENGTHS

Natural leadership skills, team player IT Budgetary forecasting and controlResource recruiting, mentoring,

development, and retention expertise

History of delivering quality solutions on time and on budget via Agile or Waterfall

20+ years Retail IT experience but not locked into this vertical

15 years IT management experience with strong SDLC skills, ITIL Cert, MCSE

Makes solid business decisions based on ROI, team and business stakeholder input

Ethical, professional, and self motivated Strong business contacts and relationships

HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

As IT Director of Application Development for MMREM, I was responsible for building an internal IT development team and creating sound development processes around that team. These processes included coding standards, code promotion from environments, status reporting from internal leads and vendor leads, ensuring application designs were extensible and sustainable. As IT Director of Global Store Systems at GameStop, I was tasked with rebuilding the store systems team from devolvement thru 3rd tier support. Within 1 year I re-built a solid develop team hiring contractors that excelled and recruiting local senior resources through my network in the DFW area. I led the release scheduling process by leading release planning and design sessions with senior development staff, very hands on. All POS projects were developed via the Agile methodology with all functional groups participating, including the business stakeholders. Product selection team lead, developed POC, and gathered requirements for first European country implementation of the Navision ERP customized solution (EuroNav). Recruited, trained, developed team of MS Dynamics Navision developers and support staff. Implemented 3 European regions (12 countries) on the new Navision ERP, financials, and WMS solutions supporting development, user training, thru nightly posting jobs. Assisted engineering team in sizing hardware requirements for implementation of application and SQL servers. Created standards for SLA of support issues, coding standards for development staff, release management with documented processes to move objects from Dev to QA to Production within release schedules. Ensured that architecture was extensible and sustainable.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Rent-A-Center Inc. Plano, TX June 2014 – PresentRetail Company, ($3.5 billion revenue)

Senior Consultant (Contract) Currently working on integrated credit card solution for 2015 PCI DSS 3.0 compliance including RFP for device

selection, solution architecture, budget preparation, and assembling team Assisted with the design, testing, and implementation of Enterprise ERP / Financials system

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Assisted with the pilot of new proprietary POS Matt Martin Real Estate Management Frisco, TX July 2013 – April 2014Real Estate Management Company, ($1 billion revenue)

Director of Application Development

Report to SVP/CIO

Responsible for delivery of new systems, enhancements to existing systems, and bug fixes for all company product lines (8 lines of business related to REO, property services, property inspections, property valuations, real estate portfolio management)

Responsible for managing IT vendor relationships, billing, and reporting as well as building a new internal development team to retain IT knowledge in house and reduce reliance and cost of IT vendors

Responsible for annual and per project budgeting (CapEx and OpEx) Responsible for internal and external vendor recourses to complete projects on time and on budget via Agile and

waterfall methodology. Methodology dependent on business line and application. Ensuring resource leveling and budget maintenance in line with expectations and executive reporting Communicating with C-level business executives to set expectations and delivering application features daily Secured government clearance to work with HUD and US Marshal Service

iProspect, Inc (contract) Fort Worth, TX June 2012 – April 2013Digital Market Company, ($5 billion revenue)

Senior Project Manager

Report to VP IT (Nate Ice)

Responsible for delivery of value add projects to update BI system including tuning of SQL Db, ETL processes, cubing process, automating data loads from 3rd party FTP sites, and MicroStrategy reporting for clients to improve online advertizing exposure and budgeting per project

Responsible for Business Analysts, DBA, and QA recourses to complete projects on time and on budget via Agile methodology. Very hands on as much of the PM, BA, and QA work was performed personally

Ensuring resource leveling and budget maintenance in line with expectations Communicating with C-level business executives to set expectations and delivery goals daily SEO, Digital Marketing data warehouse

GameStop, Inc (FTE) Grapevine, TX March 2004 – May 2012Specialty Retail ($10 billion annual revenue)

IT Director Global Store Systems December 2009 – May 2012

Report to SVP / CTO (David Ledford)

Responsible for overall delivery and support of store systems including POS, payment systems, middleware, and integrated systems such as store interactive kiosk for 6500 locations worldwide.

Responsible for Business Analysts, POS Development, Middleware Development, and 3rd tier support of all store systems. I managed a staff of 6 IT managers directing a staff, at peak, of 75+contractors and 25 FTE’s with an annual budget of $10 million (OpEex and CapEx)

Maintenance, 3rd level support, and code pushes for all store systems including POS, middleware, kiosk, and payment systems, with emphasis on controlling changes during peak sales periods. The Quick Response Team (QRT) were experts in the configuration, logs, and DB structures of the POS. This team was recognized many inter-company awards for keeping the 6500 locations with 16,000+ registers up >99% store open time as well as payment systems operations. I personally recognized them on many occasions for their outstanding

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performance.

Sr. Development / Support Manager Int. ERP March 2006 – December 2009

Reported to VP of International Development

Senior Manager of Navision development and support for all Navision ERP international implementations. Internal resource recruitment / development and vendor deliverable management for ERP system. Recruited, trained, and manage 15 resources in the US, vendor management in Spain and UK, and 8 Germany based Support Center resources.

Development / Project Manager for the 2500 store Europe wide implementation of the Navision 5.1 Landsteiner Retail solution. This implementation included Navision financials, merchandising, warehouse management system, Targit BI reporting tools, and interfaces to the legacy POS system. The scope included 13 countries with 6 international distribution centers with multi-language and multi-currencies implemented.

Scheduled, coordinated, and lead JAD sessions with the business users using my extensive retail and Navision experience. Very successful as lead to the IT Director position.

Development Manager / Support Navision (MovieStop Subsidiary) March 2004 – March 2006

Reported to Director of Corporate Systems (David Ledford)

Responsible for design, implementation, and support for all IT systems within the MovieStop subdivision (~45 stores). Navision 3.70 POS upgraded to 5.0, financials, WMS, and ERP.

New role - Implemented the Kronos workforce management system for the GameStop 3800 store chain in the project manager role. The application dynamically created schedules for 50,000+ employees during the 4th quarter with great success in both controlling salary costs and allocation of payroll.

Implemented the Kronos time keeping system including 16 clocks, backend reporting, and support through handoff to the business for 2000+ warehouse employees in 2 distribution centers.

Retalix US, Inc. Plano, TX July 2002 – Feb. 2004Retail POS Software Company

Sr. PM / BA Manager Reported to Director

Responsibilities included, gaining complete understanding of the Retalix Retail Enterprise POS and Host applications (Grocery Division) as well as the implementation and designing customizations of these products in existing and new markets. Responsible for prospecting new business through contacts and retail conventions, which I had many contacts.

Project Manager for larger tier 1 and 2 customers (Grocery Division) Write detailed design specifications for customer enhancements (Tier 1 and 2 customers) Hosted JAD sessions with developers and clients for requirements gathering Hosted design sessions with development managers and lead developers to design enhancements to meet

requirements as well as company guidelines for coding consistency and clean integration into a single code line for all customers. Developed and implemented standards for requirements specifications for development that remains adhered to today.

SoftThought Systems Hurst, TX July 1999 – June 2002WorkForce Management Software Development

Sr. PM / Sr. Consultant Reported to VP / Owner

Responsibilities included, gaining detailed knowledge of the FDS scheduling application and the implementation of this product in existing and new vertical markets.

Performed initial product demonstrations to prospective clients (Executive C Level) Gathered and composed needs analysis, user requirements, and project scope via JAD sessions

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Prepared detailed specifications for any needed customization of solution Performed QA on all customized procedures and / or new features as released On-site application installation, integration, training, and trouble shooting

E D U C A T I O N

N I M I T Z H I G H S C H O O L , I R V I N G , T E X A S

G R A D U A T E D E G R E E

Baylor University, Waco, TexasBachelor of Science Degree (Biology)

T.C.C., Hurst, TexasAssoc. Computer Science

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Technical Training Courses (CE)Management Training Courses

Navision CE courses

TECHNICAL SKILLS

75% completion of PMI Certification

CERTIF ICATIONS

MCSEITIL

MS Navision Certified Solution Engineer / Architect

ASSOCIATIONS

Board Member First Tee Foundation

Micro strategy, Development Manager, IT innovator, digital marketing, retail SME, Retail consultant, certified Navision architect, certified Navision developer, SQL tuning expertise, SEO, MCSE, Business communication expertise, payment systems, NFC technology, PCI and SOX compliance, .NET, SQL, C/SIDE, TFS, Visual Studio, Kronos Connect code, .