George Blake's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Senior Vice President @ Bank of the Hills Began employment with the bank as a part-time assistant to the Manager of Data Processing while still studying computer science at the University of Texas. Was quickly promoted to Department Manager when that person left and assumed increasing responsibility in all areas of back-office operations supported by DP. From April 1986 to January 1990 (3 years 10 months) Austin, Texas AreaPersonal Banker II – Registered @ Wells Fargo Building lifelong relationships with customers to understand what’s important to them and how Wells Fargo can help meet their financial needs. Bee Cave, TexasAgency Owner @ Blake Insurance Group Agency OwnerAs an Agent of American National I offered Property and Casualty (Personal Lines and Commercial Lines) insurance in addition to life insurance, annuities, and retirement planning.• Texas General Lines License –Property and Casualty. From January 2017 to May 2018 (1 year 5 months) Lakeway, TXPractice Manager @ Round Rock Orthotics & Prosthetics In 2003, I joined a distressed, two-practitioner facility as a minority partner and Practice Manager and managed all day-to-day operations, marketing, vendor relations, staffing, and strategic and financial planning. I oversaw activities related to fabrication of custom orthotics and prostheses and provision of services to patients. As part of the plan to turn the practice around, I met with local and regional practice groups, arranged in-services, established a company web presence, and engaged and oversaw the work of vendors on search engine optimization (SEO) and online marketing.In the first year, we were able to save the company, which had fallen behind on payments to vendors and damaged relationships with referring practice groups, by rebuilding both sets of relationships, an achievement for which the president and majority partner commended me directly.After turning around the organization, I then grew it from two practitioners to six and revenues from $1M to more than $4M, achieving full profitability in 2005 and peak profitability of $150,000 net in 2015. A part of our success came from opening a second office in the south Austin metro area. From June 2003 to January 2016 (12 years 8 months) Round Rock, TXGEORGE BLAKE CONSULTING @ Self Employed For a short time, I worked independently as a consultant to area small businesses on such technologies as wireless networking, VOIP, VPN, CRM, and telephony. One of my clients was Round Rock Orthotics & Prosthetics (above), and the relationship led ultimately to acquiring a minority partnership and becoming Practice Manager. From September 2002 to June 2003 (10 months) Lakeway, TXVice President Community Banking @ S1 Corporation Here, I led a team of 10 developers and quality-assurance professionals in designing and developing Internet banking applications in a J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) environment. My team succeeded in integrating Internet banking systems with core banking applications and the check-imaging interface for a number of clients in the industry. During my tenure, we decreased turnaround for new interfaces from two months to two weeks, and I was a key contributor in managing the transition of development to Pune, India, which was an outcome of the tech downturn. From May 1999 to July 2002 (3 years 3 months) Austin, Texas AreaBranch Manager @ Open Systems Group I was recruited to open a new office of this Dallas-based, Inc. 500 company that provided custom software solutions and consulting on network analysis and remediation. I opened and staffed the office, developed new business through direct sales of consulting and custom services and built the office to a $1M revenue stream in the first year. In addition to my business-development responsibilities, I also led major projects, some of which required deploying teams from other company locations. During my tenure, we opened account relationships with the City of San Antonio, the San Antonio Water System, Bexar County Municipal Court, and the San Antonio Police Department, as well as with multiple smaller, private-sector organizations. From February 1997 to April 1999 (2 years 3 months) San Antonio, Texas AreaPresident @ Cablevison Concepts I created and managed a startup company providing pay-per-view in-room television entertainment to cable television operators serving the hospitality marketplace.• Developed the concept for a voice-response system that turned on content in individual rooms and acquired a $5M contract with Time Warner Cable.• Raised an initial $500,000 from venture capital investors, including VenCom Group in Chicago. From September 1995 to January 1997 (1 year 5 months) San Antonio, Texas AreaExecutive Vice President @ Intelnet, Inc. I managed the operations and sales of a telecommunications startup and reseller of MCI long-distance services to the hospitality market in Texas, recruiting and managing a team of four sales representatives and two admins. From September 1993 to August 1995 (2 years) New Braunfels, TexasVice President @ Star Data Systems/Sirius Computer Solutions Led a team of six system engineers in providing technical sales and customer support for the largest IBM AS/400 value-added reseller in the country.• Recruited to the firm by senior executives based on relationships developed while at Bank of the Hills (below), which had purchased systems from the company. From February 1990 to August 1993 (3 years 7 months) San Antonio, Texas AreaLicensed Agent @ New York Life Insurance Company As an Agent of New York Life Insurance Company I offered a variety of products that can help meet a number of insurance and financial needs, including, but not limited to college funding, retirement, managing costs for extended periods of care and lifetime income strategies. From March 2016 to January 2017 (11 months) 6200 Bridge Point Pkwy Ste 300, Austin, TX 78730