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Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Recommend information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization needs, identifying problems, evaluating trends, and anticipating requirements• Accomplish IT department results by communicating job expectations, planning and monitoring work, coaching employees and enforcing policies and procedures• Mentoring and training employees, maintaining a safe and secure work environment, and developing personal growth opportunities• Define, deliver, and support strategic plans for implementing information technologies• Direct technological research by studying organizational goals, strategies, practices, and user projects• Complete projects by coordinating resources and timetables with Management and users• Preserve assets by implementing disaster recovery policies, back-up procedures, information security and control structures• Ownership of ERP system and all projects related to expanding the functionality of the solution• Accomplish financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective action• Maintain professional and technical knowledge through multiple resources such as hands on training, publications, and networking

Belcamp, Md

Director of IT Operations (2013-present)Director of IT (2007-2013)Remained in IT leadership role following acquisition of Lifoam by Jarden in Dec. 2012. Oversee IT operations and infrastructure for 23 sites across for U.S., Spain, and Canada. Responsible for help desk, LAN/WAN, VoIP, SAN, virtualization, infrastructure, cloud computing, telecom, servers, storage, data centers, colocation facilities, networking, disaster recovery, and special projects. Administer $3.7M in OPEX and CAPEX budgets. Supervise 3 direct and 6 indirect reports. Previously oversaw IT functions for 7 manufacturing sites in the continental U.S.• Developed and implemented 3- and 5-year storage and computer strategies.• Played a major role in ERP migration from JD Edwards to SAP, resulting in reduced resource costs and a shift to a shared services model across all business units.• Delivered a 50% reduction in annual trading partner costs by managing the EDI and ERP integrations of 95 trading partners through managed services.• Enhanced perimeter and network security and led regular testing and remediation.• Centralized the telephony platform through VoIP implementation with standard voicemail.

Sparks, Md

Managed help desk, desktop support, network services, distribution, EDI, ERP, LAN/WAN, VoIP, virtualization, disaster recovery, warehouse management systems, network services, ERP, retail systems, and more for this global apparel company’s North American region. Supervised 3 direct and 13 indirect reports. Worked closely with teams in Europe and Hong Kong. Administered $7.6M budget.• Reduced time-to-resolution 40% and improved monitoring, incident management, and device management by outsourcing the retail store NOC.• Directed the full software development life cycle (SDLC) for a critical ERP solution.• Led the implementation and support of a WMS/WCS solution for a large distribution facility.• Spearheaded an SAP datacenter relocation in Europe and provided support for legacy systems.• Served as Vice Chair of the Middle Management Action & Communication Team.• Reduced the maintenance budget 20% by virtualizing the physical server farm.

Master Of Science (Ms), Computer Software Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science