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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

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.
• 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.
• 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.

Master Of Science (Ms), Computer Software Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science