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Imelda Ford is natural and brilliant leader with over 15 years of project management experience for successful system application development and is currently the Vice President of Technology and Operations for Capita Technologies. For the last 5+ years Imelda has been managing systems projects for the LA County Sheriff’s Department (CCHRS and LARCIS), the Probation Department of LA County (JCMS, PCMS), and LA County’s Information System Advisory Body (ISAB) which gives her a high degree of familiarity with government systems and processes. She has also had her hand involved in several custom application and eMarketing projects for Fortune 500 companies. Mrs. Ford has consistently led a staff of up to 60 individuals while developing their skill, instilling vision, and inspiring them to achieve more. Imelda embodies the ideal leader as she is a forward thinker, detail-oriented, and deliverer of excellence. Imelda takes time daily for each employee to give direction, develop, and follow up with each individual on every project that she directly manages. Imelda is an accomplished Information Technology executive who has consistently delivered technology solutions for a variety of Fortune 500 institutions. With her dual background in computer science and accounting, she has successfully implemented web-based as well as client server enterprise systems that have proven to be of value to various organizations. Imelda project managed the mission critical web-based application for enabling law enforcement agencies to perform investigative analysis on criminals that they encounter. The system is called Consolidated Criminal History Reporting System (CCHRS) and is used by various agencies such as the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), District Attorney’s Office, Probation, Inmate Reception Center (IRC), Police Departments, Sheriff’s Office, Courts and other State departments. This system provides the capability of giving the law enforcement agencies and the justice community, timely and accurate information that they need to handle criminal subjects that they come into contact with, and allows for data sharing across the various agencies. It has also provided significant savings on software licensing as well as maintenance costs, for a large robust system that is used widely across various agencies. This project utilized various technologies such as Oracle Forms 6i on the web, Oracle 9iAS, Oracle 8i, J2EE, and XML/XSL. Other projects include a J2EE application that is used to support the Schiff-Cardenas Act called Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act Tracking System (JJCPA). This application is used by the Community Based Organization providers that are authorized to provide services to juveniles, as mandated by the Schiff-Cardenas program. It is an application that utilizes Oracle 9iAS (including OC4J), J2EE, Oracle 8i and it allows the County of LA Probation employees to administer the application, the providers to capture required information regarding the services provided to the juvenile, as well as be able to invoice the County of LA Probation for the services they provided. Mrs. Ford is a successful leader because she demands excellence while coming along side those she manages to teach, encourage and motivate. She can see the big picture while identifying the details thus delivering quality systems that impress our clients. Her positive and determined attitude inspires others to be motivated and productive. Imelda inspires a following as a leader. | 