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Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Bloomington, Mn, Us

• Develops and executes the strategy for merging 5 banks into a single IT platform on a new MPLS network, projected to save the bank group $1.5M per year once completed• Coordinates directly with Bank Presidents and the Board of Directors to develop security policies and consolidation procedures, negotiating new contracts with external vendors in support of business goals that reduce IT costs• Develops bank-specific IT strategies with executive teams to support and facilitate the banks’ goals, including improved efficiency and increased performance, automation, and cost savings• Develops, implements, and maintains the Information Security Program to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of bank resources and data• Establishes and maintains information security policies, procedures, standards, and incident response plans in compliance with business goals, regulatory requirements, and industry standards such as FFIEC, GLBA, and NIST• Facilitates audits by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), internal auditors, and external auditors, managing and reporting on the remediation of any audit findings to ensure optimal compliance• Mitigates security risks by applying a SEIM monitoring service to the banks’ networks, implementing a custom vulnerability management system, anti-virus software, application white-listing software, and network access controls• Monitors threat intelligence feeds such as FS-ISAC and works with IT staff to respond to any threats, ensuring the integrity and security of all data and programs• Coordinates with banks to ensure compliance with cutting edge security policies, including specialized configuration management, mobile device management, malware protection, patch management, risk assessment, and change management

• Oversaw all aspects of technology services for the organization in support of 4 business units located across the US• Created, implemented, and continually refined the enterprise IT architecture through the development of governance, standards, programs, projects, and best practices, ensuring appropriate and effective use of technology company-wide• Managed the procurement, negotiation, implementation, and maintenance of 2 data centers, 140 offices, 350 servers, 1100 workstations, 200 network devices, and an MPLS LAN and VOIP infrastructure• Developed and implemented information security plans, processes, and applications, achieving consistent satisfactory or good audit results from internal, third-party, and government auditors and satisfactory annual OCC exam results• Planned and managed the infrastructure capital and expense budget totaling over $3.1M• Integrated the largest of the consumer finance divisions into the AT&T MPLS network, reducing costs through merged contracts and converting 120 locations within a 6-month deadline• Supervised and mentored a nationwide team of network engineers, server engineers, and service desk analysts• Developed and maintained IT business continuity and disaster recovery plans as the Business Continuity Coordinator and Disaster Recovery Manager, including complete failover and system redundancy for all infrastructure components

New York, Ny, Us

• Manage team of IT Analysts in day to day activities, including end user support, infrastructure, projects and team development.• Facilitated integration of IT systems between three different offices, cutting support and maintenance costs 60%. • Designed new office technology facilities/ infrastructure and directed physical asset and personnel move, necessitated by Comcast/ Time Warner merger.• Rolled out Microsoft CRM to three markets reducing related third party software licensing fees 40%, worked with two primary software vendors to develop and test a new order software package and beta tested new Traffic and Billing software, planned implementation two months ahead of schedule.• Install, maintain, upgrade and tune performance of all servers, databases, and software required to run the business. • Ensure and sustain Information Technology compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley for Twin Cities Market including the creation of a broad Disaster Recovery plan.

• Cut department expense budget by 10% without sacrificing service levels by negotiating better pricing with all primary vendors.• Headed a cross-functional team in complete upgrade and reimplementation of Fourth Shift Enterprise Resource Planning software.• Increased report delivery speed and reduced reporting software expense by implementing Microsoft SQL Reporting Services for Business Intelligence and online report delivery.• Identified and installed a corporate intranet packaging system which integrated with the Business Intelligence solution to provide real time dashboard and performance metric information.• Guided a corporate network security initiative to meet industry best practice recommendations.• Developed all corporate Information Systems policies and procedures.• Automated the corporate shipping system with large carriers and integrated with Fourth Shift ERP software to allow for broader access to tracking and customer information.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

• Led Technology Team in developing technology strategy which dramatically increased user satisfaction and overall value.• Created a firm wide technology committee to oversee all technology projects.• Unified all software support and hardware ordering into one IT function. • Completed yearly technology budgets for each department and the firm as a whole. • Administered a SQL 2000 server, Oracle 7.3 server, Symantec Anti-Virus, Veritas Back Up Exec and a Watchguard Firewall.• Successfully planned and executed complete office relocation.• Guided installation and introduction of firm wide document management system.• Successfully proposed, installed and implemented Microsoft Exchange 2000 throughout the firm.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Maintained and supported approximately 10 network servers, including a Microsoft Exchange 2000 server, Microsoft SQL 2000 server, Microsoft Terminal Server, Virtual Private Network (VPN) server and Web server.• Coordinated international telecommunications projects.• Led team of 5 National Account Representatives in day-to-day activities.• Led team to meet and exceed productivity and profitability goals each period.

Ms, Technology Management

Ba, Business Management