David E Meidam

About Me

IT Director • Project Manager • Innovator

I’m passionate about operational throughput, creating order from chaos in IT environments, and building high-performance teams by recognizing and developing individuals’ strengths and talents. Through a fusion of my technical skills and servant leadership, I provide clarity and resolve to modern workflows.

Saddleback Leather

ERP/MRP/Application Development & Support

My Skills

I am really good at the following skills

91%

NetSuite Administration

EDUCATION

A wise person is hungry for knowledge.

Oregon Polytechnic Institute, Portland, OR

Associates of Applied Science

OREGON POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Founded 1947 Founded 1947 900 SE Sandy Boulevard Technical Portland, Oregon 97214 Records: Private Career Schools Accredited by ACCSCT Oregon Department of Education Closed by...

1992-1994

2020

BS Information Technology, Western Governors University

Student

Information Technology...

Work experience

"Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration." - Robin S. Sharma

Director of Information Systems, Saddleback Leather Co.

02.2014 - 12.2017

Leader

Implemented workload measurements that allowed me to manage expectations and track non-overhead utilization to over 70% for employees and over 95% for contractors. Throughput metrics...

Financial Representative, Country Financial

06.2013 - 08.2013

Sales

Licensed in Oregon and Washington, helping clients mitigate risk and secure their financial picture through insurance products....

Field Engineer, Portland Internetworks

03.2012 - 10.2012

Field Engineer

As an IT consultant, delivering service and customer support, I promoted best practices as they pertain to infrastructure, IT security, documentation, and services. • Conducted...

Remote Operations Specialist, Tripwire, Inc.

12.2010 - 03.2012

Operations

Provided managed services for 6 clients (Allergan, Time, Inc., Tempur-Pedic, Sears Canada, Bain Capital, and Robbins & Meyers) using Tripwire Enterprise and Log Center software...

Consultant, F.I.T. Consulting and Services, LLC

04.2009 - 12.2010

Consultant

Technology Consulting for Business and Residential Clients Provided technology services to home users and small businesses. Developed and documented processes and procedures for a small...

Systems Integrator, The Boeing Company

03.2008 - 04.2009

Consultant

Multinational Aerospace and Defense Corporation Contracted through ComForce A work from home contract position, where I provided coordination of server support for three of Boeing’s Commercial Aircraft...

Manager of UNIX Systems Administration, XPO Logistics

06.2006 - 01.2008

Leader

Freight Transportation and Logistics Services Organization Formerly Con-way Enterprise Services, and formerly Menlo Worldwide Led a consolidated team of 22 from 4 subsidiaries, managing a global...

Lead Systems Administrator, XPO Logistics

07.2002 - 07.2006

Leader

Freight Transportation and Logistics Services Organization Formerly Con-way Enterprise Services, and formerly Menlo Worldwide Led a metrics driven team of eight database & system administrators to...

Senior Systems Administrator, XPO Logistics

06.1999 - 07.2002

Sys Admin

Specified, implemented, and sustained HP-UX servers in a shared enterprise of approximately 80 servers, in the US, Mexico, Canada, Singapore, Netherlands, and Hungary....

Customer Engineer, Hewlett-Packard Co.

03.1996 - 06.1999

Field Engineer

Global Technology Leader Delivered on-site hardware, operating system, and network installation and support in Northwest Oregon, and Southwest Washington. Pro-actively maintained systems with up-to-date patches and firmware....