Eric Ryals- (Diversity and Inclusion Focused- Unicorn Finder )

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With over 28 years of technical expertise, Eric is an Head of Executive Search and…

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  • Vertek Solutions, Inc.

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  • Group Facilitator and IT Recruitment

    CIO Forum

    - Present 22 years 7 months

    Science and Technology

    The business goals have changed and CIOs are now tasked with trying to find emerging opportunities to drive value throughout the enterprise. The CIO Forum is an event that is a unique opportunity for leading IT thinkers to collaborate on current industry challenges and trends.

    My role here is to listen to member's story, plug them into one of our key note speaking events, support back office needs and be a resource for our member to rely on for their individual company executive search…

    The business goals have changed and CIOs are now tasked with trying to find emerging opportunities to drive value throughout the enterprise. The CIO Forum is an event that is a unique opportunity for leading IT thinkers to collaborate on current industry challenges and trends.

    My role here is to listen to member's story, plug them into one of our key note speaking events, support back office needs and be a resource for our member to rely on for their individual company executive search requirement's.

  • Technology Association of Georgia Graphic

    Key Note Speaker

    Technology Association of Georgia

    - 4 years 6 months

    Science and Technology

    "Alignment of Your Companies Recruitment and Technology"

    1. Industries
    2. Technology stacks/silos expertise
    3. Best team foundation to support your technology silos
    4. How to deal with bottlenecks
    5. How to stay focused on IT/Recruitment trends
    6. How to (re)focus on compliance (HR and IT)
    7. Different ATS

  • North Carolina Technology Association (NC TECH) Graphic

    Key Note Speaker

    North Carolina Technology Association (NC TECH)

    - 1 month

    Science and Technology

    4 STRATEGIES TO BUILD A STRONG OFFSHORE TEAM-

    1. Know your hiring needs
    2. Engage with the right offshore partner
    3. Don’t compromise on quality
    4. Look beyond what’s on paper

  • Volunteer/KeyNote Speaker

    CIO Prespective

    - 10 years 2 months

    Here's how to start your IT career in eight steps :

    1. Research roles and positions.
    2. Create a short list.
    3. Learn to code.
    4. Work on an open-source project.
    5. Enroll in education.
    6. Network with IT professionals.
    7. Freelance for experience.
    8. Be ready to answer technical questions.

  • Greater Nashville Technology Council Graphic

    Guest Speaker

    Greater Nashville Technology Council

    - 1 month

    Science and Technology

    CRM enablement using the Salesforce focused platform

  • Keynote Speaker

    CIO Forum

    - 1 month

    MODERN EXECUTIVE’S GUIDE TO GETTING THE JOB AND BUILDING THEIR CAREER

Courses

  • Accounting and Business classes

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Projects

  • Offshore/Onsite Outsourcing

    “Shadow” Resource Model- Stones Offshore Resource Model also provides for the allocation of apprentice resources termed as "shadow resources" who work alongside the experienced team members and learn the project environment, processes, and tasks.

    Grooming shadow resources along with the main resources helps to build up redundancy to mitigate attrition risks. This also facilitates a smooth transition of these resources to the core team when required and provides coverage for other core…

    “Shadow” Resource Model- Stones Offshore Resource Model also provides for the allocation of apprentice resources termed as "shadow resources" who work alongside the experienced team members and learn the project environment, processes, and tasks.

    Grooming shadow resources along with the main resources helps to build up redundancy to mitigate attrition risks. This also facilitates a smooth transition of these resources to the core team when required and provides coverage for other core team resources when needed. I have done this and still continue to do this for a few clients based here in Atlanta, GA area. It is the best way to do offshore.

  • Application Development

    - Present

    Development
    We plan, design, build, test, implement and seamlessly integrate applications across the enterprise. We are laser focused on defect prevention and quality. We stick like glue to time lines and budgets.

    Maintenance
    Rely on Charter Global throughout the entire maintenance lifecycle of existing IT applications. We offer 24/7 support for applications, systems and databases helping you to boost productivity and minimize downtime. We provide all levels of support services…

    Development
    We plan, design, build, test, implement and seamlessly integrate applications across the enterprise. We are laser focused on defect prevention and quality. We stick like glue to time lines and budgets.

    Maintenance
    Rely on Charter Global throughout the entire maintenance lifecycle of existing IT applications. We offer 24/7 support for applications, systems and databases helping you to boost productivity and minimize downtime. We provide all levels of support services for proprietary and off-the-shelf applications delivering app stabilization, bug fixes, upgrades, patches, tune-ups and on-going enhancements.

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  • Tokenization

    Major hospitality client and we have been helping with stream line a major encryption solution and also help them focus on their tokenization which will most likely take another 2-5 years but the effort has so far been a great success!

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  • PEGA Implementation

    - Present

    Pega software revolutionizes the way organizations serve customers and automate work by empowering business people to create and evolve their critical business systems. Many of the world’s leading organizations use Pega to drive revenue growth, improve customer experience, and enhance operational efficiency. Pega’s unified offering is recognized as a leader in CRM, BPM, and Decision Management. Pega works with existing systems and accelerates time to value with a wide range of industry…

    Pega software revolutionizes the way organizations serve customers and automate work by empowering business people to create and evolve their critical business systems. Many of the world’s leading organizations use Pega to drive revenue growth, improve customer experience, and enhance operational efficiency. Pega’s unified offering is recognized as a leader in CRM, BPM, and Decision Management. Pega works with existing systems and accelerates time to value with a wide range of industry applications.

  • Salesforce Implementation

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    - Streamline business processes and maximize services and solutions.

    - Integrate Salesforce with custom applications, databases, ERP, and CRM systems.

    - Synchronize CRM systems, migrate from legacy CRM systems, and broadcast ERP data into your CRM system.

  • BI and BW Projects

    Enterprise information. It's your most valuable corporate asset. We help you turn raw data into meaningful and useful information. Our BI and DW systems deliver operational insights that lead to smart corporate decision-making. We understand what's at stake here and design world-class systems with a team of over 100 experts in data acquisition, modeling, management, mining and more. Our solutions are robust, reliable, scalable and secure.

    Data Warehousing services that I have handled…

    Enterprise information. It's your most valuable corporate asset. We help you turn raw data into meaningful and useful information. Our BI and DW systems deliver operational insights that lead to smart corporate decision-making. We understand what's at stake here and design world-class systems with a team of over 100 experts in data acquisition, modeling, management, mining and more. Our solutions are robust, reliable, scalable and secure.

    Data Warehousing services that I have handled include:

    Project definition, development strategy, project planning
    System architecture creation, hardware/software recommendations
    Functional requirement definitions
    Data Extraction from disparate sources
    Operational data store construction
    Data transforming and cleaning
    Multidimensional database design
    Data warehouse or subject data mart data loading
    Applications installation for queries and reports
    Queries and reports customization

  • PCI Recertification

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    We are very well diverse at security projects and PCI is just one of the many projects that we have handled in the past 2 years. My companies goal is to help get you ready for things to come and also offer you different ways to help you with other security projects or organizational steps to better their company.

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  • Business Intelligence Project

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    Smart BI and DW means better ideas and decision-making
    -information. It's your most valuable corporate asset. We help you turn raw data into meaningful and useful information. Our BI and DW systems deliver operational insights that lead to smart corporate decision-making. We understand what's at stake here and design world-class systems with a team of over 100 experts in data acquisition, modeling, management, mining and more. Our solutions are robust, reliable, scalable and…

    Smart BI and DW means better ideas and decision-making
    -information. It's your most valuable corporate asset. We help you turn raw data into meaningful and useful information. Our BI and DW systems deliver operational insights that lead to smart corporate decision-making. We understand what's at stake here and design world-class systems with a team of over 100 experts in data acquisition, modeling, management, mining and more. Our solutions are robust, reliable, scalable and secure.

    Charter Global Data Warehousing services include:

    Project definition, development strategy, project planning
    System architecture creation, hardware/software recommendations

    I was able to do a few different steps which I listed below--- Functional requirement definitions
    -Data Extraction from disparate sources
    -Operational data store construction
    -Data transforming and cleaning
    -Multidimensional database design
    -Data warehouse or subject data mart data loading

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  • QA/Testing Project

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    We put software to the test
    Charter Global provides a full range of testing services through its dedicated Testing Services Center. We leverage SEI-CMMI and ISO 9001:2000 quality frameworks to provide high performance testing and technology solutions to companies around the world. We deliver comprehensive testing services through the application of robust processes and scientific methodologies. We deliver quality assurance in a highly reliable, highly cost-effective fashion. Some areas of…

    We put software to the test
    Charter Global provides a full range of testing services through its dedicated Testing Services Center. We leverage SEI-CMMI and ISO 9001:2000 quality frameworks to provide high performance testing and technology solutions to companies around the world. We deliver comprehensive testing services through the application of robust processes and scientific methodologies. We deliver quality assurance in a highly reliable, highly cost-effective fashion. Some areas of specialization:

    Web site testing
    Java application testing
    Web and application GUI testing
    Performance testing
    Application functionality testing
    Middleware testing
    Automated test-case generation


    -- I was able to help one of the leading payment processing companies out by focusing on their QA/Testing Service which included application functionality testing, middleware testing and automated test-case generation. The project was a total sucess and allowed up to develoment the tools nessary to streamline the QA process and make testing issues a thing of the past.

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  • SAP ECC migrating to S/4HANA

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    We took the client from their old SAP ECC platform and migrated to S/4HANA. We went through the typical steps to make this project within budget and within our project timeframe. Steps like...

    Step 1: Pre upgrade planning. ...
    Step 2: Pre upgrade activities. ...
    Step 3: Upgrade execution. ...
    Step 4: Post upgrade activities. ...
    Step 5: User acceptance testing. ...
    Step 6: Go live. ...
    Step 7: Post production support. ...

Honors & Awards

  • D&I Program Winner Award

    SHRM

    This is an award given to Vertek and I for our amazing D&I Programs. Mainly for things we have done for many of our clients for the last 7+ years doing D&I program.

  • Client Awards

    18 different client companies

    Many of our clients have given us an awards every year for doing a better job than our competitors.

  • Best in Staffing Award

    SAI

    We won this award 8 times in a row!! This is a big award where we have won out of 1200 other firms

  • Recruiter of the year award

    Recruitment Trend Magazine

    This is a word that is given by our candidates and clients.

  • Top Preformer Award

    CDI Corp

    This award was given because of my ability to out preform other sales individuals.

  • Pinnacle Society

    Pinnacle Society

    Society that honors individuals that hit over $1 million per year in sales.

  • Top Preformer Award

    The Pinnacle Society

Test Scores

  • Salesforce Admin Training/Overview

    Score: 85

    Took this test since I was the Salesforce admin for my firm.

    A lot of fun!!

  • Prove IT

    Score: 89%

    .Net and C# (terminology)- general description proficiency

  • PROVE IT

    Score: 99%

    General Technology

Languages

  • English

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Organizations

  • The Pinnacle Society

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    - Present

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