James Steven Ray (Steve) IT Management 6230 Presidio Canyon Drive, Katy Texas 77450 jr118b402@westpost.net Cell 281.513.

4014 - Home 281.829.3307 Summary: Energetic proven IT leader with over 20 years experience in the energy and manufacturing industries. Well versed in strategy, planning, standardizati on, consolidation, governance and implementation of cost effective information t echnologies in support of business objectives and goals. Extensive experience in identifying business requirements with best practice processes and developing a nd/or implementing underlying enabling technologies as solutions. Extensive han ds on networking infrastructure and Server 2000 - 2008R2 experience. CORE COMPETENCIES Vision Strategy Planning Governance ERP Team Leader Customer Service Negotiation Global Infrastructure Cost Reduction Implementation CAREER HISTORY Sercel Inc - www.sercel.com October 1988 to January 2011to January 2011 Considered a worldwide leader in the seismic acquisition industry for over 50 ye ars, Sercel continues to design, manufacture and support a full range of high-te ch integrated equipment for hydrocarbon exploration in land, transition zone, oc ean-bottom cable, marine, and down-hole environments. December 1995-January 2011, Manager, Information Technology for North America, H ouston TX Directed and managed North American Information Technology function for 550MM co mpany consisting of 6 applications and infrastructure personnel supporting multi ple business segments, 6 locations in 2 countries with 3.5MM operating budget. MILESTONES - ACHIEVEMENTS Team Leader/Customer Service * Hands-on management approach, support infrastructure to ensure all IT resource s are always available, developed numerous strategic, long range, and disaster r ecovery plans in support of global business operations implemented Business Cont inuity Management (BCM). * Managed Help Desk Support Team utilizing state of the art Altiris Help Desk, N otification and Deployment system responsible for support of over 450 users rang ing from President to manufacturing system operators. Support included all rang es of Desktop resolutions, account administration and new desktop rollouts while maintaining 99% SLA's to the end user. Collaborated with team to ensure highly available IT resources, servers, routers, laptops and desktops. Directed team m anagement for 50 plus server farm. * Managed and directed Software Development and Reporting Team coding in in SQL 2008R2 Reporting Services, C-Sharp, VB, .Net and legacy FoxPro. Supported busin ess application development for manufacturing and office environment * Analyzed complex problems and provided immediate real-time solutions * Administered user and group accounts in Active Directory 2003/2008, Fourth Shi ft, Citrix, and ADP Planning/Global * Plan, direct, and coordinate projects with global IT team and local executive management. Projects included Globalization of Active Directory Structure, Exch ange consolidations, and Firewall security centralization. * Managed technical infrastructure of 5 remote sites in the Houston area and one in Calgary Canada * Strong technical acumen, manage LAN/WAN infrastructure, Microsoft Windows 2003 /2008 R2 server environment. * Developed and Maintained a hardware replacement program to ensure all Dell des

ktops and laptops were replaced within a 3-4 year window. HP servers were maint ained on a 5 year plan. * Planned and implemented the decommission of Tulsa and Ponca City division off ices * Data Center design - Oversaw data center redesign, installation, and move duri ng 2000. Sercel had acquired entity from Oklahoma which dictated a complete rei mplementation of the networking environment Implementation/Infrastructure * Oversaw implementation of company's intranet sites (SharePoint) and numerous other software application development efforts in support of front/back end ERP systems in areas of A/P, A/R, G/L, freight, sales, by streamlining and automatin g processes and improving efficiencies. Supported the effort for business case s tudy and strategy for global document/records management and collaboration for m ajor functional areas of company. Utilized Sharepoint MOSS 2007 as standard pla tform facilitating the sharing and collaboration of proposals, CAD, document con trol, and other documentation related to executing local and global projects. * Oversaw implementation of multiple infrastructure upgrades including, MPLS/EVP N systems, core Nortel 8600 Routing, and 5520 POE switch hardware * Developed and Implemented Disk to Disk to Tape backup infrastructure strategy of all servers and created model for all backup processes * Implemented Mimosa Email Archival system along with E-Discovery to provide rec overability and indexing of email. * Implemented new Nortel BCM Phone and Voice Mail System for all Houston sites w hich consisted of 300 plus digital phone sets. System consisted of Digital and VOIP trunks. No downtime was experienced by end users. * Managed Migration of single Domain to corporate multisite 2003 AD domain struc ture in 2008 and Exchange 5.5 to 2003 for over 400 users * Migrated from Novell to Windows/NT servers and standardized on TCP/IP network protocol. * Implemented company wide Mcafee/EPO anti-virus, Firewall defense system for al l desktop and server systems. * Managed multiple PolyComm video conferencing sites ensuring global connectivit y was achieved. * Implemented Enterprise Asset Management and Computerized Maintenance Manageme nt Information System (CMMS) for all manufacturing equipment to centralize and d ocument preventative maintenance * Implemented and Managed Nortel Wireless 2300 system for multiple sites. Site consisted of 40 Nortel 2330 wireless access points. ERP * 15 Years plus working with ERP systems, responsible for managing daily ERP ope rations. * Key contributor for implementation of a single global Fourth Shift ERP instanc e. 2MM capital budget. Along with CFO and Controller, performed selection due diligence between Oracle and Fourth Shift, system integrators, consulting and ho sting partners, and internal team. * Responsible for consolidating multiple planning systems from acquired companie s into Sercel ERP instance * Manufacturing Shop Floor and Inventory Control - Led initiative to improve lab or collection and inventory controls by automating shop floor activities utilizi ng time and attendance software and bar coding technologies. Improved accuracy of transactions and streamlining of cycle counting processes for all locations. This project resulted in significantly improved control over inventory items an d an overall inventory reduction of approximately 10MM. Cost Reduction/Strategy * Reduced telecommunications annual spending by 150K by migrating from frame rel ay to VPN technologies over Interned and adopted broadband in smaller locations * Renegotiated contracts by utilization of single source vendor where applicable driving larger discounts. Vision

* Payroll and Timekeeping system (ADP/Empower) - Designed / implemented ADP payr oll and Empower Attendance Interface system. Managed all user accounts and secu rity. Allowed the company to move from a paper card system for over 1000 employ ees to electronic timekeeping. Processing of time cards was reduced from 1 day to 2 hours for each of the three (3) companies. * Developed business continuity management systems to ensure 100% uptime. The pr oject encompassed all aspects of the IT operations, such as data replication, vi rtualization, offsite storage, power systems. Governance Risks-Compliance * Achieved corporate governance initiatives by implementing IT SOX404 controls r esulting in 4 successful annual audits without any significant findings and bein g recognized by senior management and audit committee. * Achieved ISO9001 Compliance requirements for all IT systems in 2007. Successf ully passed all audits for last 3 years * Implemented documentation system to support compliance by all staff members Negotiation * Negotiate all current vendor contracts for data, voice, cell phones, hardware and software * Procure IT resources, HP servers and Nortel switches, Dell laptops and periphe rals; provide support and maintenance for all IT resources, adhering to specifie d SLAs. Managed all IT hardware/software assets and resources 1988 - 1995, Training Manager, Tulsa Oklahoma Directed worldwide training for seismic data collection system, OPSEIS Geophysic al Systems; developed curriculum, supported on-site implementation and conducted training, ensure customer satisfaction. EDUCATION - AFFILIATIONS - TRAINING * Texas State Technical College Waco, Texas - Associates Degree * MCSA, MCSE Server 2003/ Exchange 2003 Certification Training - Intense Online Training and CTREC Learning Center * Fourth Shift System Administrator - Infor Technologies/Softbrands * Finance for the Non-Finance Manager - Sercel, Inc. * Lean Manufacturing and Lean Thinking - Sercel, Inc. * Manufacturing Principles and Practices - Sercel, Inc. * Disaster/Recovery Business Continuation Planning - Sercel, Inc. * Supervisory Skills and Management - Sercel, Inc * Effective Business Writing - Sercel, Inc. INFRASTRUCTURE - SYSTEMS - APPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTS * Active Directory Management Systems - Javelina ADTool Kit * Application Development - VB, C+, ASP, HTML, .Net 3.0, SQL Reporting * Application Virtualization and Delivery - Citrix XenApp, Tricerat * Attendance Systems- Empower, Unitime, ADP * Process Automation - Automate (Network Automation) * Backup Systems - Cybernetics, Storage Server 2003, Backup Exec Server 2010 * BES - Blackberry Enterprise support for 75 Black Berry Smart Phones * CMMS - BigFoot (Bigfootcmms) * Database - SQL Server 2000-2008R2, Access * Document Management - Sharepoint 2003-MOSS 2007 * Email - Microsoft Exchange 5.5 through 2003 * Email Archival Systems - Mimosa * ERP- Fourth Shift 7.4, Oracle * Engineering - AutoCad, Inventor, Pro-E, Solid Works, PDMS * FAS - Fixed Asset Management - (Sage) * File /System Replication - Double-Take, DFS * Help-Desk - Altiris Deployment Server 6.9, Notification Server 7.0, Help-Desk 7.X, Bindview * Networking - Nortel, 3-Com, HP, Dell * Network Monitoring - Solarwinds, GFI Event View

* Office Automation - Microsoft Office 97 through 2010 * OS Software - MS Windows NT/2000/2003,2008R2 Server, Desktops include Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Windows7 * OS Imaging - Ghost, Altiris 7.0, Acronis * Payroll -ADP * Scheduling - Microsoft Project thru 2010 * SQL Management Tools - Idera, Redgate * Security - McAfee, Norton, Fortigate, Checkpoint Firewall * Perimeter Security Systems - AVERMedia Camera Security, WinPAK (Honeywell) * Power Systems - APC Symmetra, Baldor Generator Systems * SOX Compliancy Software - Ecora * Unix/Linux, VMWare 4.1, VCenter, MAC O/S X * Virtualization - VMServer 3.0 thru 4.1, vCenter, vMotion * WLAN - Nortel 2300 WLAN Base/Nortel 2330 Wireless Access Point References available upon Request