Barton F. Bishop
8448 Westview Dr.
Houston, TX 77055
bfbishop[at]gmail.com
(806) 282-9387
Senior accountant with extensive IT background. Financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, cost analysis, tax preparation, banking relations, inventory control and HR management. 10+ years of diversified IT experience including the design, development and implementation of multiple accounting systems, website development and network administration.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
* 8+ years as controller and consulting controller, working with a variety of firms in multiple industries.
* 10+ years designing, programming and implementing management accounting software applications.
* 5+ years of executive management in start-up businesses; designing business plans, managing projects, establishing, documenting and implementing systems and procedures related to all aspects of building a business.
* Extensive computer software skills, including programming in ASP.net, PHP, Java, HTML and many other languages, database design and administration, network administration and security. Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access knowledge.
* Ambition to succeed in all activities; to produce the best, to draw out the best in people,to create accurate and easily read financial statements, to create and implement simple but effective systems and to provide management with the best in decision support information.
* Thrive on challenges, learning, diversity and solutions.
* Excellent communication and presentation skills.
* MBA.
SELECTED CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
Controller
* 3 years with private companies as controller. 5 years with public CPA firm providing “virtual controller” services to multiple clients in the manufacturing, retail, wholesale, construction, property management and investment management industries.
* Produced all financial reports, including financial statements, bank borrowing-base reports, cost/variance reports and payroll tax records.
* Managed cash flow, bank reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, and payroll.
* Designed spreadsheets for maintaining a wide variety of inventory records and account reconciliations.
* Designed numerous custom reports using Crystal Reports, Access and Excel, extracting data as needed from multiple locations.
* Coordinated monthly and annual audits. Developed systems and procedures to ensure audit compliance.
* Supervised office and accounting staff.
* Lead multiple projects involving the selection, installation, training and usage of financial, production, inventory and IT systems.
* Evaluated and chose appropriate health care, workers’ comp, property, liability and other insurance coverages. Audited annual reviews. Managed flexible benefit programs.
Information Technology Management
* Built network infrastructure (servers, routers, firewall and software) for software-as-a-service (SaaS) accounting application written in ASP.net, hosted on company servers and offered nationwide.
* Designed ETL (extraction, translation and loading) operations for an Oracle-based data warehouse using data collected from multiple entities across multiple states.
* Implemented numerous ERP, CRM and other software applications.
* Designed and programmed multiple database applications, including a natural gas pipeline inspection tracking system, a training records management system, and several other custom database systems.
* Performed hardware evaluation and maintenance, technical writing and training.
Entrepreneur
* Have owned and partnered in multiple small businesses. Participation in all areas of operations has provided a new level of knowledge about the information, tools and vision necessary for management to operate a business with wisdom and foresight.
* Executive management experience has taught me to: put the right people in key positions and give them freedom to operate; understand and learn the “why” of every process; concentrate on the core of the business while remaining open to change; and to always listen for the good, the bad and the ugly in order to know what is working and what needs to be fixed.
Instructor/Trainer
* Taught college-level Computer Information Systems (CIS) classes.
* Trained executives, managers, and clerks on usage and procedures for multiple accounting applications.
* Managed support department for software company supporting over 200 clients.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Bar VF Inc.
President / Owner
Amarillo, TX
July, 2004 to Present
* Provided accounting, management and IT consulting services to multiple business and private clients.
* Built management solutions using off-the-shelf and custom software for multiple clients in multiple industries.
Micro Beef Technologies
Technical Projects Leader
Amarillo, TX
May, 2002 – July, 2004
* Trained controllers at client companies to use the MBT accounting system.
* Project leader on multiple technical projects.
* Wrote multiple user and training manuals covering MBT’s software products.
Amarillo College
Instructor
Amarillo, TX
Jan, 1999 – May, 2002
* Taught a wide variety of CIS classes, including Microsoft Office, advanced programming (Java, Perl, Visual Basic, HTML, C++), web design and hosting, operating systems (Linux) and Systems Analysis.
W&C Land and Cattle, Ltd.
Office Manager
Stratford, TX
Turnkey Computer Systems
Programmer / Systems Analyst / Customer Support Manager
Amarillo, TX
Agri Systems, Inc.
Programmer Analyst
Edmond, OK
EDUCATION
West Texas A&M University
Canyon, TX
* Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, 3.75 GPA
* Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree, major: Computer Information Systems, 3.30 GPA
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