Donald Rife – PA
Donald Rife is Valued Partner of CIS Valued Partners, LLC and the President & CEO of The DEAR Group, Inc. Mr. Rife founded The DEAR Group in 1999 to provide Project Leadership, Quality Assurance, and Software Testing services to organizations in the greater Philadelphia area. The company has since increased its focus to include Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning.
Mr. Rife is a high energy, hard working, results oriented Information Technology professional with a vast range of experience, knowledge and skills; having worked in many capacities with or for over 100 companies in industries such as banking, pharmaceuticals, health care, telecommunications, electronics, higher education, hotels and casinos. Mr. Rife has worked in the information technology industry since obtaining his degree in Business Administration from Elizabethtown College in 1976.
Mr. Rife has a proven record of delivering superior solutions in a cost effective and timely manner; receiving numerous awards and certifications. Mr. Rife is able to work and communicate well with all areas and levels within an organization – from the Board and Senior Executives to middle management to technicians and business constituents. Mr. Rife possesses strong entrepreneurial, business, management, and technical acumen and is proficient in all areas of the Systems Development Life Cycle, from design and engineering through development and testing through implementation and support.
In 2000, Mr. Rife co-founded the Greater Philadelphia Business and Technology Alliance (www.phillyalliance.com). The Alliance was established to bring together a network of companies that share common values and have proven expertise in a wide range of disciplines, to provide the highest quality business and technology solutions to their clients.
Mr. Rife has had a successful and storied career in Information Technology. While he has had numerous consulting engagements with many companies, for much of his career, Mr. Rife has been the client of vendors and consultants. He understands consulting from a client’s point of view. He understands the importance of providing cost effective, value added solutions to meeting client needs.
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