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New Orleans, Louisiana, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Alpharetta, Georgia, Us

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

- Transformed a $55M p.a. legacy indebted IT ecosystem with significant security vulnerabilities operated by 62 FTEs to a modern, cloud-based ecosystem while reducing budget to $42M p.a. and FTEs to 40. - Designed and delivered industry first IoT solution to enable remote elevator diagnostics / repairs and AI mechanic safety capabilities while creating ad-based revenue forecasted at +$200M p.a. - Delivered modern Digital, Cloud, Network, Cybersecurity, SaaS, Mobility, End User Computing and Helpdesk Services to 11,500 users at 250 branch offices and 3 manufacturing facilities. - Overcame deep organizational, technical and geographic challenges to enable the business to deliver IoT / digital services on a global scale with additional forecasted revenues of over $500M - Drove $50M in savings through portfolio governance IT transformation teams driving programs for Application Rationalization, Cloud, Network, Mobility, UCaaS / CCaaS, and Managed Print - Eliminated legacy IT/OT footprint by 80% while delivering leading edge cybersecurity, business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities with overall savings of more than 20% - Member of TKE M&A Governance Board driving cross-functional M&A teams from due diligence through post-merger integration for 7 complex acquisitions in the US and Canada over 3 years - Member of: 1) Digital Core Competency Team responsible for TKE’s digital strategy and 2) Enterprise Architecture Board responsible for IT technology standards and practices

Essen, De

- Expatriated to Essen, Germany for Global IT role within ThyssenKrupp to act as transformation agent within change resistant global enterprise which was no longer cost competitive. - Designed and operationalized €40M Global IT organization with 100 FTEs operating in 7 countries and supporting 12 languages.- Despite substantial political and cultural challenges, achieved IT Operations costs reductions of 25% via labor arbitrage in low-cost markets – Gdansk, Poland and Mumbai, India.- Provided executive governance for combined €1B contracts with global strategic partners for SAP S/4HANA, Data Center, Network, Workplace and Cybersecurity services for 168,000 users in 68 countries.- Operationalized Incident, Problem, Knowledge and Change management on a global scale across more than 200 group companies.

Essen, De

- Consolidated IT services from multiple, disparate North American Operating Units of ThyssenKrupp into new, internal start up as part of regional insourcing strategy despite significant political challenges. - Drove 25% savings by strategically aligning multiple operating units under regional contracts achieving economies of scale for varying services – network, DC, mobility, and print.- Delivered SAP integrations to TK acquisitions in North America to deliver standard operations and reporting. Coordinated with central teams for ERP strategy development.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Grow the existing presence of 5G Studio in Vietnam through targeted client and project acquisition for our architectural services.

Operated a 24-hour international 3D imaging and animation design studio.