Joseph Sims

About Joseph Sims

Strategic IT professional with more than 15 years of infrastructure experience in information systems for businesses. Areas of expertise include:• Create IT Policy - Develop an IT policy that articulates the vision, strategy, and principles of the businesses as they relate to the use of information and IT resources.• Implement Cost Control - Create an IT process to prioritize work by its value to better meet the demands of the users within the organization.• Eliminate business process inefficiencies - Align IT and document business processes to measure performance by cost and time to remove bottlenecks. • Establish strategic partnerships with vendor management - Review and evaluate all partners to strengthen relationships and develop metrics to measure their performance.• Maximize effectiveness of your principles and staff - Train and coach employees. Assist in generating and implementing IT solutions that align with your business strategy. Overcome costly mistakes and help your people succeed.Specialties: Strategic IT and Business Planning- Turnaround Expert- IT Infrastructure Design and Implementation- Budgeting and Cost Control- Enterprise System Deployments- IT System Architecture- Contract Negotiations and Management- Organizational Development

Experience

1. Partner

   Rarity Solutions, Llc

   Oct 2013 — Present

   RARITY knows that IT plays a central role to each business and can be a determining factor in the success or failure of that business. As a committed partner, we are looking for the right balance between user experience and employee satisfaction. We are able to achieve this by delivering a sustainable solution with care and communication. We understand that each client is limited by its resources. We strive to understand those limitations and offer solutions that bridge those gaps. RARITY provides virtual CIO services, subject matter experts for your firm’s technology projects, as well as manages your organization’s daily desktop needs.

Education

• University of Houston

  BS, Information Systems Technology & Technology Leadership and Supervision

  1996 — 2004

• University of St. Thomas (TX)

  MBA, Finance & International Business

  2008 — 2011

Skills

• Managed Services
• Integration
• Strategy
• Professional Services
• Program Management
• Cisco Devices
• Project Management
• Microsoft Dynamics
• Cisco Technologies
• Leadership
• Routing
• Enterprise Architecture
• IT Management
• Email Management
• Vmware
• Networking
• Software Project Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Itil
• Data Center
• Virtualization
• Business Process
• Cloud Computing
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Erp
• Quickbooks
• Network Architecture
• Business Intelligence
• Vendor Management
• IT Service Management
• Cch Prosystem Fx
• Contract Negotiation
• Cost Analysis
• Management
• Sql Server
• Technical Support
• Business Analysis
• Sharepoint
• Network Security