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Bellevue, Wa, Us

Chesterfield, Mo, Us

Bellevue, Washington, Us

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Organize, plan and recruit for the executive level IT modernization consulting practice at Kenzan, the primary cloud division of Amdocs. Working with some of the largest Telcos on the planet as my clients, partnering with their executive leadership teams, assist with their IT strategy, specifically focused on IT Modernization, Cloud Adoption and Ways of Working. Support the full client journey from pre-sales efforts through final delivery milestones.

Jersey City, New Jersey, Us

An effectual founder, created a professional services methodology specifically designed to deliver a positive outcome for IT transformation projects.

Seattle, Wa, Us

After knowing DevSelect as a consultant and as a client for nearly 2 decades Mr. Pope has joined as Vice President of the Cloud Services practice. This practice helps DevSelect clients understand the Mission, Budgeting and Operating Model of a modern Enterprise IT Environment. Specifically Automation, Architecture and Infrastructure. Providing an executable model derived from Industry Best Practices. Assisting clients to Plan, Architect, Build and Run their Enterprise environments. Mr. Pope now leads a team of industry experts in solving real-world IT Transformation issues for valued clients.

Jersey City, New Jersey, Us

Participate in the founding and development of a Cloud focused, IT Transformation Professional Services organization that was recognized in both 2016 and 2017 as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders. Lead in the creation and refinement of PS delivery methodology. Provide coaching to Account Executives, on the sale of PS services, to Consultants on the proper execution of delivery methodology, and engineering teams on solution delivery. As the practice leader, drive sales efforts to Fortune 100 clients pre deal close and coordinate resources post close.—Under my direction, Datapipe ProServ recognized a 900% growth in revenue and reached quarter over quarter profitability in the fifth quarter of my leadership.As a delivery resource on key accounts, peer at the CxO level, provide vision, architecture and execution management. At strategic and tactical levels, plan, architect, enable and support Fortune 100, 500 & 1000 clients in their multi-cloud migration and devops transformation efforts. Consult on infrastructure automation, recommending, developing and implementing solutions that utilize both commercial and open source technologies.—In a pre-sales role, I was a critical primary contributor to the sale of a multi-million dollar program of PS to one of the top 10 companies in the world as measured by annual revenue. In a post sales role, I have been driving the delivery of services, while identifying and closing additional PS and managed services opportunities within the organization. In an organization lead role, oversee the work of other consultants and engineers, providing insight and coaching where necessary. Provide career path counseling, guidance and training. Provide objective annual assessments of team performance and implement SMART goal setting. Drive the employee recruiting and retention efforts.—Under my direction Datapipe experienced 100% employee retention in PS

Redmond, Washington, Us

Participate in the founding of the Strategy and IT Modernization consulting practice. Work with clients such as Les Schwab, PEMCO, Peace Health, Salem Health, Costco and Crossmark on Enterprise Architecture related projects. Act as the primary driver in developing Denali’s Enterprise Consulting and Cloud Migration practices. Act as primary Datacenter infrastructure and Ops SME.• Architected the Business Transformation and cloud migration of back office services belonging to a nationwide retail chain.• Developed a long term Datacenter roadmap for a major regional Healthcare organization comprised of plans for growth, Disaster Remediation and Recovery.• Participated in the development of a worldwide Datacenter deployment roadmap for an international retailer.

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Develop an idea from inception through three full product release cycles. Specify the design of a purpose built handheld payment device, a systems infrastructure to support it and the software it runs. As a ‘hands on’ chief architect and manager, drive internal and external teams to deliver a complex solution under the constant pressure of limited budgets and resources. Direct all aspects of systems development in an agile .NET environment. Understand PCI standards and design the system to comply with these standards. Ensure that data security is considered with every line of code written and every system deployed. Define SLAs and KPIs to ensure they are met.• Worked with product design teams to develop a purpose built mobile handheld payment device and write the software it runs.• Negotiated long term vendor contracts saving the organization an estimated $2.7M over 5 years (roughly 23.5% savings).• Oversaw the migration to PCI compliance & implemented the foundation or change and configuration management.• Recruited staff to build a multi-discipline IT (software development, QA & IT Operations) team from the ground up.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Source, negotiate leasing terms and coordinate the delivery of large scale datacenter facilities worldwide to support the exponential growth of AWS. Negotiate terms for facilities, bandwidth and power. Participate in the engineering of facilities including power distribution and redundancy, HVAC design, rack layout and cabling distribution. Partner with the business to project growth and ensure that facilities are delivered just in time to support business needs. • Negotiated contracts for 1.5M+ sq’ of commercial space to be converted to Datacenter facilities across multiple continents (Europe, N&S America, Asia, Australia).• Negotiated contracts, permits & routes for 12,000 miles of dark fiber in multiple countries.• Sourced 375+ MW of power in a dozen municipalities.• Sourced & negotiated contracts for 3000+ rack positions of colocation space on 3 continents.

Manage 7000 sq’ of datacenter space distributed across 6 facilities. Work with various Varolii departments to facilitate architectural decisions and facilitate compromise where prudent to deliver robust, reliable systems within scheduled time. Lead and drive the definition process for forward looking strategies for SLA & PKI definition, Disaster Recovery/Geographic Redundancy/Business Continuity, data center design, telephony solutions, compliance, hardware architecture and asset management. • Drove the process of deploying geographically diverse production datacenters from initial requirements gathering to completion following ITIL principles.• Negotiated new and renewal colocation contracts for power, bandwidth and space saving a projected $6.5M over 3 years.• Managed the adoption of and migration to Varolii’s next generation telephony platform.• Managed the successful integration of Oracle EBS & participated in the deployment of Remedy CM system.• Managed a organization of 11 direct and 41 indirect reports

Independent consultant providing services to the following companies: --Varolii (Sr Project Mgr) --Weber Property Management (IT Strategist) --Carlyle (Project Manager) --DU International (Interim VP Technology) --Department of Homeland Security (Systems Architect - Wireless Tech Specialist) --CampusCE (Systems Analyst) --The Christensen Firm (IT Manager)

Manage and contribute to the development of a suite of retail grocery order management & ERP tools. Handle tier 2 and 3 support calls. Evaluate and specify hardware and software platform components.• Ported original Java based code to C++ specifically tailored for Windows CE devices.• Architected and developed a .NET based Web Services interface to enable interconnection between vendors and retail grocery chains.• Managed a staff of 9 engineers.

As a founding member of the executive team, contribute to all aspects of the evolution of an idea into a corporation. Recruit staff to build a suite of ASP hosted applications directed at the Street Sweeping and Paving industries. Take primary ownership of all corporate technology and be responsible for the complete product development life cycle. Determine corporate IT/IS strategy while participating in the sales, marketing, business development and financial management efforts of the company.• Developed hardware and software to route and track parking lot sweeper trucks.• Recruited and managed a multi-disciplinary IT/IS team of 18 individuals.

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Work with clients to plan and execute datacenter migrations.

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Take the reins of a fledgling IT/IS department in an Internet start-up of approx. 60 employees. Be responsible for the specification, development, and shipment of robust, high-performance Internet-based publications and the tools necessary to produce them. Work closely with Editorial and Business Management staffs to specify features and capabilities of premier, interactive publications; determine the best methods of application implementation; build and manage a team of developers and testers to deliver applications and tools on time and within budget. Be responsible for the design and implementation of the company’s Internet datacenter and internal information technology infrastructure. • Recruited managed and coordinated the development team responsible for building the 1999 Washington Software Alliance Industry Achievement Web Site of the year. (http://www.wirelessdimension.com)• Final responsibility for $2 million annual IS budget.

Manage all technical staff and data systems for a $130M produce distributor. Adapt current technologies to work with existing legacy hardware and software. Oversee the maintenance of all systems and ensure system availability 24/7. Translate business directives from senior management into IT strategies, prepare and present budgets, oversee project progress, employee training and full program implementation.

Design and manage all technical aspects of a start-up Internet-based business-to-business communication provider. Direct responsibilities included security, database design and maintenance, Internet connectivity, network design, hardware specification and disaster recovery. Indirect responsibilities to include software development, Web page design, technical sales support, internal and external reporting and onsite support.