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San Francisco, California, Us

A 75-acre farm located in central Wisconsin that specializes in humane and sustainable animal husbandry, silvopasture, and conservation.- Member Farm of Icelandic Sheep Breeders of North America (ISBONA)- Member Farm and Exclusive Breeders with American KuneKune Pig Society (AKKPS)- Member Farm of Empire KuneKune Pig Association (EKPA)- Member of the National Deer Alliance (NDA)- Member of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF)

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Leader of the global IT and Workplace Services organizations that have enabled Jamf to grow from 200 to 2000 employees by creating scalable, cloud-first, user-focused solutions that empowered Jamf to transition from a private company, to private equity ownership, and then to a publicly traded company. Currently responsible for the creation and execution of the global Information Technology and Facilities roadmap and budget.- Led post-acquisition, cross-functional planning and management of integration activities for 5 acquisitions, including Jamf's largest. Areas of coverage include policy, procedure, facilities, people, and IT integrations- Responsible for the facilities and workplace services budget and roadmap including office acquisitions, remodels, strategic expansions, and relocations with a keen focus on I&D initiatives- Led the overnight transition of systems and services to support a completely remote workforce with no downtime or interruption in productivity- Responsible for the strategy, plan, and execution of supporting and empowering a global, hybrid workforce

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Responsible for strategy, roadmap, budget, and leading the corporate Information Technology and Information Security teams.- Accountable leader for policies and procedures related to SOC 2, ISO 27001, and SOX- Project manager and accountable decision maker for all internal IT-related initiatives- Key strategic projects and decisions include evolving engineering processes andworkflows to the Atlassian platform, on-prem to cloud Exchange migration, single sign- on (SSO) implementation, global networking, backup, and virtualization infrastructure, started the Project Management Office, created the Salesforce Center of Excellence that later became the Business Operations team- Established the Technology Advisory Group - a group of cross-functional leaders to helpdrive business roadmap and prioritization of IT initiatives

Cupertino, California, Us

Leadership role accountable for managing the global team of engineers who create, manage, and support the technology behind all customer-facing Mac and iOS demonstration devices in Apple’s 400+ retail stores. Selected accomplishments include:- Managed Apple Retail’s fully localized Mac and iOS demonstration devices including a process formanaging and resetting 120,000+ custom accounts nightly- Created and deployed Apple Retail’s global iOS and Mac OS remote device management and content distribution systems.- Implemented a “follow the sun” workflow model for global collaboration and project management for all engineering and support efforts utilizing activeCollab, GitHub, and Web Help Desk. Major projects included the Mac OS X Lion launch, The Beatles in iTunes, Smart Signs, and RetailMe.- Technology advisor for all retail store deployments with a keen focus on globally-scalable, cost-effective solutions.

Cupertino, California, Us

Performed support, maintenance, and administration duties for all systems used by Apple’s global retail teams. Selected accomplishments include:- Implemented a global, modular build system for all iOS and Mac OS system images.- Deployed and supported the technology behind global retail team conferences, all corporate retail file servers, database servers, and other enterprise application services.- Managed communications and deliverables for numerous projects involving multiple groups including Apple Engineering , Product Marketing, and IS&T.- Administered all servers used by corporate retail employees including the management of SSL and server hardening best practices, migrations from OS X to Linux, and all server and application performance monitoring utilizing SNMP, Lithium 5, and ELK stack.- Managed the ordering and installation of Apple Retail’s global iOS communications platform including various Apache, MySQL, MDM servers, and NetApp storage appliances.

Cupertino, California, Us

Provided global support, maintenance, and administration for services utilized by all Apple employees. Selected accomplishments include:- Performed administrative tasks on Apple’s internal calendaring services including daily global support, troubleshooting, and issue resolutions for a server with 30,000+ users. Created and coordinated global training initiatives and internal support documentation for calendaring services.- Key contributor in architecting and deploying Apple’s first internal, global backup and device management systems. This included ongoing maintenance, support, training, and documentation.- Carried out administrative tasks on Apple’s internal Wiki Server including daily support, troubleshooting, and issue resolution on a wiki server with more than 1000 groups and calendars.- Executed administrative tasks on Apple’s internal directory services including troubleshooting global sync issues and editing records to enable access to controlled systems and resources.- Coordinated the deployment of global production server software and hardware including various web servers, file servers, database servers, and directory servers throughout 28 data centers in 15 countries.- Administered the internal software distribution system for site-licensed software for all Apple employees including global database and server maintenance for 30+ servers. - Created all internal software package installers and network application servers.

Cupertino, California, Us

Cupertino, California, Us

Computer Graphics Technology

Visual Communication Design