Allen Farenhem

• Development of server-side tools for comprehensive management, efficient high-volume delivery and measurement of emails
• Development of SMTP relay system supporting full bulk mail compliance with comprehensive tracking and reporting
• Development of Outlook AddIn for email support

• Development, deployment of virtual trainers to Sweat440 studios, including in studio software, workout builder and server data synchronization systems enabling cost and labor efficient class delivery
• Development of member management systems with full life cycle from presales to membership termination supporting the complete business model
• Architected class scheduling and reservations, providing efficient class management and easy member reservations
• Designed and built mobile applications by tailoring the apps to support all member requirements, enabling users easy and intuitive access to services and membership management

• Technology consultant to school districts providing planning and migration services of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
• Leading development efforts focused on tools for integration and efficiency enhancements within software functionality
• Planning and management of public Request for Proposal process through vendor selection
• Architectural services leveraging experience in fields of Networking, Infrastructure, Software and Business Operations

• Leading all technical operations of the company including Underwriters Laboratories Certified Alarm Monitoring Central Station, Field Support for alarm service technicians, Information Technology Operations, Software Development, Third Party systems integration
• Responsible for daily operations and support of Alarm signaling both telephony and internet delivery, Telephony systems, Video Monitoring Technologies including disaster recovery solutions
• Architected the consolidation of disparate systems into robust mission critical high density blade server infrastructure utilizing VMware virtual server environment and SAN storage solutions
• Headed the technical team to support infrastructure expansion over nine-month period where we expanded from 9 to 54 branches and company growth from 400 to 1,100 staff including a new national operations center housing a 90 person call center
• Lead the development team in creating business support systems to facilitate management, sales and financial reporting
• Established a strong IT governance framework, aligning technology investments with business objectives and maintaining regulatory compliance.

• Responsible for the management of all aspects of technology for 105 maritime and 8 resort based spas
• Negotiated, designed and implemented systems to interoperate with fortune 500 business partners systems
• Systems developed and managed include revenue management, inventory, staff and human resources, logistics and web transactions utilizing client server and n-tier applications, web services, classic web sites, data warehouse and decision support systems
• Implemented the adoption of a development environment that ensures the disciplined delivery of robust and supportable applications into production
• Built communications infrastructure to provide remote operational support to all distributed corporate locations including maritime spas in 24 time zones
• Implemented a project management infrastructure that assisted in managing development and integration projects, their on-time delivery with appropriate audit trails to enable technical and legal compliance
• Developed systems, tools and procedures to improve inventory management
• Developed Spa administration training and support materials
• Developed maritime and resort spa support infrastructure and management infrastructure
• Worked with senior management to define project scope and direction, creating inter-departmental frameworks to drive successful project execution.

• Hospital admission & discharge systems streamlining patient and staff experience
• Securely manage prescription issuance utilizing biometric processes

• I lead a team of 30 multinational developers to create the customer facing software for our fingerprint readers
• Designed and developed a SDK for third party integration of our fingerprint readers
• Collaborated with business development and fundraising activities

• Development of Graphical Information Systems (GIS) for title insurance applications
• Designed and developed secure web interfaces for GIS platforms

Founded, built and grew a dial-up internet service provider

Developed intranet applications for several successful deployments

Responsible for accounting, budgeting and reporting on the activities of US companies for a multinational group