SENIOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) PROFESSIONAL with 25+ years of application, systems, and leadership experience in several industries (retail, service, manufacturing, and government). Process driven, business focused leader who works collaboratively to meet evolving needs and challenges through the strategic use of technology solutions. Innovative problem solver who combines effective planning, process review and business insight to improve efficiencies. Exceptional technical, interpersonal and managerial skills. Specialties: Process improvement, vendor relations, contract management, associate development

Sr. Manager - Retail IS @ Responsible for technology (Hardware, OS, Commercial Off the Shelf Tools) in the retail space. This responsibility extends from early lifecycle selection, to integration, lab management, and deployment. Responsible for vendor relationship and contract and price negiotiations. From March 2003 to Present (12 years 10 months) Adjunct Professor @ Computer Platform Technologies, Software Development w/ Visual Basic.NET, and Principles of Management From February 2014 to Present (1 year 11 months) Senior Visiting Instructor @ Providing instruction in Operations Management and Quantitative Analytics as part of the M.B.A. program. From April 2011 to Present (4 years 9 months) Director of IT @ Responsible for all aspects of information technology in support of company objectives. Provide strategic recommendations to the Executive Committee to support the company’s business objectives. Work closely with departmental VP’s to establish business processes that work in conjunction with the technological capabilities that exist in the market place. From 2002 to 2003 (1 year) Director of IS @ Responsible for all aspects of information technology in support of company objectives. Provide strategic recommendations to the Executive Committee to support the company’s business objectives. Work closely with departmental VP’s to establish business processes that work in conjunction with the technological capabilities that exist in the market place. From 2000 to 2002 (2 years) Director of IT @ Responsible for all aspects of information technology in support of company objectives. Provide strategic recommendations to the Executive Committee to support the company’s business objectives. Work closely with departmental VP’s to establish business processes that work in conjunction with the technological capabilities that exist in the market place. From 1997 to 2000 (3 years) Applications Manager @ Responsible for establishing and meeting the application roadmap to support Electronic Data Interface/Electronic Commerce within the enterprise. This included a conversion plan to move a legacy EDI application from a DOS environment to a client server environment running on a Windows NT Server. From 1996 to 1998 (2 years) Application Developer @ Responsible for the adherence to Nuclear Regulatory requirements and audits as it related to software development. Additionally, I was responsible for developing policies and procedures which would govern all phases of the software life cycle as they related to the production of software for use at a nuclear facility. Responsible for the development of several application modules using PICK Basic while following the documented software development guidelines. From 1992 to 1996 (4 years) Technical Consultant @ Responsible for developing the database structure and the application administration for a Maintenance Procedure Archive (MPA database) used by various commercial power plants. From October 1991 to 1992 (1 year) Nuclear Engineer @ Responsible for the supervision and management of various engineering functions on board a US Navy nuclear submarine. Served on board USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) and USS U.S. Grant (SSBN-631) From July 1985 to October 1991 (6 years 4 months)

MBA, Business Administration @ Framingham State University From 2008 to 2010 BS, Computer Science @ Framingham State University From 1993 to 1997 James (Ed) Farris is skilled in: Process Improvement, Contract Management, Associate Development, Leadership, Retail, Operations Management, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Management, Software Development, Analysis, Business Development, Strategy, Human Resources, Account Management