Dr Ruffin is VP and Co-Founder of VetTAP LLC and WelcomeHome.Vet. He is a 36+ year business management and IT professional with a background in international trade and information sciences specializing in business development, management systems and technology integration. As a business analyst and enterprise system developer adept at solving problems and integrating technology into current business practices in a cost effective and reliable way. 25-year emphasis in business modeling, network architectures, telecommunications, disaster recovery and business development.
Dedicated professional with a strong knowledge of database hierarchies; network architectures; and telecommunications systems and extensive record of designing, deploying and managing projects that require installation, operations and maintenance to maximize system integrity, efficiency and reliability. The business environments I have worked in include banking, real estate, mortgage banking, health & social services, international trade, manufacturing, construction, public utilities and education
In 1980 he was the designer, technical engineer and marketing innovator of the current mortgage reporting and tracking systems used today to publish comparison charts on the daily activity of the primary and secondary markets of real estate finance, streamlining financial information for public use.
From 1983 thru 1991 he also pioneered innovations in database management and application systems by engineering function based infrastructures and processes for business management and business development for industries involved in international trade, medical, shipping, construction, manufacturing and the non-profit sectors.
In 1992, Earthwind Companies, Inc. was formed as an IT solutions company, providing web-based solutions and the development of applications over the internet and on premise, with full service hardware support which included telecommunications systems and telephony services.
In 2000, ECI pioneered virtual computing environments, including cloud computing and virtual private networks in one of the nation’s first data centers completely powered by solar, wind, and geothermal energy. ECI set out to bring IT to a level of functionality previously experienced only from utility companies: reliability, security, high availability and performance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.