Mr.Crain continues to develop and grow the IT Advisory and Systems Integration skills on the Valencia team. Responsible for delivering technology solutions to a wide variety of clients from Small to Large Enterprises. In his role at the firm, he is responsible for ensuring Valencia has the staff capabilities and partners available to them to provide effective IT Advisory and Systems Integration delivery, ensuring the quality of the solutions delivered to the clients. In addition to… Show more Mr.Crain continues to develop and grow the IT Advisory and Systems Integration skills on the Valencia team. Responsible for delivering technology solutions to a wide variety of clients from Small to Large Enterprises. In his role at the firm, he is responsible for ensuring Valencia has the staff capabilities and partners available to them to provide effective IT Advisory and Systems Integration delivery, ensuring the quality of the solutions delivered to the clients. In addition to this Mr.Crain provides technical architecture expertise for client technology and business needs, always exploring and reaching for new and effective technology to increase clients capabilities. On a daily basis collaborating with clients to develop IT/IM Strategy and develop an ever-evolving technlogy roadmap. Show less

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As equity partner & VP of Service Delivery over a period of 10 years, Mr. Crain grew the technical team at IDS Systems from 2 to 18 technology solutions consultants & systems integrators, supporting & assisting over 60 clients a year. During the end of his term, IDS was delivering over 3,200 days of advisory & systems integration billable engagements each year.He was responsible for all client technical services, including management of a highly skilled technical team, client solution… Show more As equity partner & VP of Service Delivery over a period of 10 years, Mr. Crain grew the technical team at IDS Systems from 2 to 18 technology solutions consultants & systems integrators, supporting & assisting over 60 clients a year. During the end of his term, IDS was delivering over 3,200 days of advisory & systems integration billable engagements each year.He was responsible for all client technical services, including management of a highly skilled technical team, client solution expansion & revenue maximization, ensuring effective delivery of technical consulting services.Mr. Crain was the Sr. Technical Architect providing insight & input on all client solutions, ensuring a high degree of quality & ensuring innovation was a key part of the final solution delivered to the client. He was directly involved in client IT Assessment & Strategic planning. Mr. Crain was key to growing the firm & developing multiple service offerings including but not limited to;• Moving upmarket & supporting a larger SME client base. Providing an expanded technical capability by fostering collaboration between the client & the IDS technology team. Increasing clients’ IT service offering to their staff• Disaster Recovery as a Service offering which assured clients could recover IT services in the event of any type of disaster scenario• Data Analytics - In an emerging technical offering Mr.Crain provided direction & oversight on the development of this new line of business with-in IDS. Focused on leveraging data for business efficiencies & decision making for management• Transforming the model from on-premise IT infrastructure systems to a Cloud-centric focus. The results allowed clients to successfully deliver their entire IT needs solely based on a Cloud platform. Proving that the move to cloud-based systems allowed for investments to be strategic, focusing on the business rather than backend infrastructure & costly endeavor of hosting of IT services on-premise Show less