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Stillwater, MN, US

Minneapolis, MN, US

• The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is a semi-autonomous government agency that consists of more than 200 park properties, including local and regional parks, playgrounds, golf courses, ice arenas, gardens.
• Manage an IT Department of more than 10 Full Time Employees.
• Significant Contracts negotiated and managed: Active Networks, Microsoft, Reserve Master, Matrix Communications, Century Link, Comcast, Osiris, and Superior Consulting.
• Prepare and Manage to a 2+ Million Dollar operating budget.
• PCI/Information Security Officer
• Appointed Local Area Security Officer for Criminal Justice Information Systems (LASO).

Denver, CO, US

• Sr. Director of Information Systems and Technology - Bridge - August 2012 - PresentDirector of Information Technology - PPMNS - June 2011 - August 2012
• Manage IT department consisting of helpdesk, desktop, systems/network, development, and database support.
• Consolidated two helpdesks and expanded coverage to nationwide.
• Successfully implemented NEXTGEN Electronic Practice Management for 2 affiliates and more than 50 clinics.
• Renewed relationships with key Managed Services Providers and renegotiated contracts resulting in greater than a 25% cost reduction.
• Implementation of Citrix XEN for application delivery and virtual desktop infrastructure.

Queensrÿche is an American heavy metal / progressive metal band formed in 1981 in Bellevue, Washington. The band has sold over 20 million albums worldwide including over 11 million albums and videos in the United States.- Organized street teams for promoting tours, albums, and appearances.- Planned and held fan club member contests.- Wrote Fan Club Member.

Newark, NJ, US

• MediMedia is an integrated family of companies whose goal is to provide a unique and important service to the healthcare community: to help improve the quality of health and life through information excellence.StayWell.
• Manage Enterprise Networking Staff (2) and wide area network operations on a WAN consisting of 22+ locations.
• Manage Infrastructure department (5-6) consisting of helpdesk, desktop, systems/network, and telephony support.
• Implemented new infrastructure policies and procedures including the use of BMC Service Desk Express for incident tracking and reporting.
• Consolidation of three datacenters into a single datacenter located in St. Paul Minnesota.
• Prepared and managed an annual infrastructure capital budget of more than 1.2 million dollars.

St. Paul, MN, US

• CommonBond Communities is the Upper Midwest’s largest nonprofit provider of affordable housing. Our housing includes over 75 communities serving over 6,700 people living in 4,300 apartments and town homes of family.
• Reorganized IS Department to increase efficiencies and add redundancy in duties.
• Implemented Service Desk Plus helpdesk software to track and organize the IS departments work.
• Established a communications plan for the IS department that includes a quarterly newsletter, representation at departmental meetings, and improved helpdesk reporting.
• Developed and updated IS related policies and procedures including computer, security, and inventory policies.
• Consolidated and updated Windows Server 2000/2003 infrastructure and SQL 2000 databases.

St. Paul, MN, US

• LSS is the largest, statewide non-profit social service agency in Minnesota with over 2,300 employees who serve in 300 communities. They currently serve over 100,000 people around the state of Minnesota each year.
• Selected, managed and trained the technical support services staff which included helpdesk, desktop, and network support roles.
• Through process optimization and staff mentoring, developed a highly functional customer service oriented support environment.
• Served as project manager for all technical support and infrastructure related projects.
• Negotiated with vendors to obtain the best possible prices for all technology purchases including hardware, software, and professional services.
• Prepared and updated annual budgets as well as project budgets for the technical support group.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Remote, US

Network Engineer

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration, Management And Operations

Bs Business Administration, Management Information Systems/Computer Science

Diploma