Mark Dolar

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About Mark Dolar

I am a business operations and project manager, sales and business development professional, systems analyst and technician. I have extensive experience in I.T. service delivery and business process development for media, finance, electronics engineering, service and manufacturing organizations. I help businesses grow by driving new opportunities, delivering solutions and instituting repeatable success. I have a strong technical background in Information Technology, specializing recently in media and entertainment technologies.I have worked both in internal company I.T. operations and as a Sales/Business Development professional for Broadcast, Media and end-user hardware and software products. I have also done professional audio recording, mixing and mastering; building and operating a recording studio in Hollywood.I have performed in many roles, including software developer, QA analyst & manager, systems/infrastructure manager, data and systems architect, BPR team lead, engineering project manager, senior executive and business analyst. I have a wide breadth of experience, from hardware and firmware design to managing operations, software & process development, QA/Release Management and engineering teams. I have experience in a wide variety of software and hardware.I enjoy new challenges and thrive on change; finding that continuous improvement is not an end unto itself and that the best changes are often a blend of the latest and greatest with the tried and true.I am not good at golf or tennis, but enjoy playing guitar.Specialties: Business Development Legal fluency and contract negotiations Business Model Development Key Account Acquisition Budgeting, Forecasting and Planning Software and Hardware Sales Staff Development Project/Process Mgt, Business Analysis, BPR & Change Management QA/TDD Software Development Accounting, CRM, ERP SystemsWindows (C#, VB, Visual Studio), SQL, Salesforce (Apex, VisualForce, SOQL), Linux, Peoplesoft;Video & Audio Encoding, Processing & Streaming;