Providing consulting for: Broadband, I/T, improving operations and profitability through the judicious use of technology. Virtual CIO / Virtual IT Director services. Disaster Preparedness and Business Continuity Planning. Strategic Planning, application of AI and expert systems, Cyber Security, Virtual CISO, general I/T consulting and process improvement. Including: negotiating contracts establishing SLAs and improving IT visibility and credibility through clear communications, transparent metrics and implementing best practice. Capturing and replicating successful processes.

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Lead for BCCAN and Broadband Services. Provide oversight and management of Brown County Community Area Network (BCCAN), a 122mile municipal fiber infrastructure. Provide coordination for public/private partnerships for Broadband throughout Brown County. Working to make Brown County 100% connected.https://www.browncountywi.gov/community/brown-county-broadband-speed-test-initiative/general-information/

Leading a dedicated team of 19 IT professionals providing Technology services and support for Brown County Government. Chief Information Officer and Information Security Officer. Member of GIPAW, Brown County LEAN program, coordinating BCCAN services and working with state and municipal entities to ensure continuity of County operations.The Department of Technology Services (DoTS) is responsible for information technology, cyber security and services for Brown County government. We provide strategic insight to County leaders and partner with County municipalities and organizations to improve the quality of life throughout the County. Our simple mission is to deliver the best service we can with the funds available.

Director of Information Technology for the Medical College of Wisconsin Information Services Department. Improving alignment, communications and team effectiveness. Manage an excellent team including help desk, desktop, project management, security, network, server and operations. Working to create bridges to partner IT providers across 50+ unique customer communities. Increasing infrastructure up-time, improving communications. Success proven through new customer departments, improved customer satisfaction survey results, uptime measures and shared reporting. Reporting to David Hotchkiss VP of IT for the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Leader responsible for all aspects of hospital IT services. Managing a team of up to 26 staff providing 7x24x365 life safety/mission critical services for 300+ applications. Overseeing critical clinical operations, daily operations, continuity services and disaster recovery.* improved customer satisfaction from mid 3s high 4s with 5 being best.* Managed budget annual budget between $4mil and $9mil and reduced expenses by $3.4mil in six years. * Supervised and developed engineering, support, programming and operations staff. Kept turnover below 4%* Managed multi-million dollar projects including $3m multi-agency PACS install.* Performed Audit and Security Officer ensuring privacy, security and HIPAA compliance. Completed four successful external audits.* Achieved 100% core infrastructure up-time from Feb 2005 through Jul 2008

Provided overall infrastructure, application and system support for multi-site 2500 user hospital infrastructure. • Consolidated infrastructure to a single network• Established help call ticket and a project management system• Standardized growing PC and printing.environment• Prepared 1st 5yr I/T Plan• Established central support for specialized clinical systems• Process improvement eliminating root cause problems• Led standardization projects. Server/printer/desktop and network hardware purchasing, setup and support standardization saving money, simplifying support, increasing reliability and allowing for rapid system changes, simplified.

Recognized for I/T leadership. Providing infrastructure, application, Communications, Security and telecommunications support. - Top Secret Security (BI) (expired)- Honorable Discharge 3/3/1993. - Completed Digital Navigation Flight Training and basic electronics training (DCL Circuitry) - Created 1st help desk (Small Computer Support Center)- Provided base-wide and regional (mid-west active duty USAF bases) security guidance, creating IT security and operations publications- Received the USAF Commendation Medal and USAF Achievement Medal