Founder's Bio

E. Skip Scholl, PE, CISSP

Skip Scholl has over 15 years of extensive experience in technology management, operational management and finance. He has also started and continues to own a consulting practice that focuses on aligning business processes with technology for small to medium size businesses. He has held senior IT management positions providing enterprise information services to the municipal government sector, the insurance industry, and the non-profit sector. He has also been instrumental in launching several start-up tech companies.

Skip has focused on the alignment of business and IT strategies, the development of IT management strategies and solutions, the management of IT support groups and the development and integration of technology solutions and services. He has been responsible for implementing and directing departments in providing enterprise architecture, capital planning and investment, system development life-cycle and strategic planning.

Skip holds a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University and an Executive Masters in Technology Management from the Wharton School and Penn Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer in The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Sample Projects:
VoIP Network Readiness Assessment – Analyzed current network infrastructure for VoIP readiness. Evaluated current vendor contracts and developed cost savings projections to determine the feasibility of converting 2,000 end users from a CENTREX to a VoIP infrastructure. Developed technical RFP and analyzed vendor proposals.

Analysis of Call Center – Performed technical and operation review of current infrastructure for CIO and VP of Customer Service. Recommended and implemented infrastructure upgrade of existing CTI servers, IVR, and ACD. Project included the addition of a second call center for business continuity, call overflow and extended operating hours for the West coast.

Cost Containment – Implemented various cost savings measures to consolidate services and align technology with the business process. Measures have included contract renegotiation, implementing new cost effective technologies, billing reviews, process improvement, etc. Realized immediate savings of over $2 million with future savings of an additional $3 million across several organizations.

Infrastructure Review – Performed a complete inventory and review of clinical research services. Developed short and long term remediation plans to stabilize the environment and provide capacity for growth. Included the upgrade and consolidation of Unix and Windows servers, outsourcing of non-critical business services, relocation of the existing data center, and reorganization of the support groups.

Certificates of Training

• SANS Security Essentials and Bootcamp
• Design Concepts for Web Sites
• Internetworking
• Wireless Networking
• Wireless Home Networking
• Wireless Communication
• Implementing Dell Enterprise Storage Solutions (SAN)
• Implementing Data Protection on Dell Storage (SAN) Installation of a Wireless Network