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Arvada, Co, Us

Greenwood Village, Colorado, Us

Denver, Co, Us

Accountable for all Information Technology needed to drive cost effective value towards business objectives. Started with standing up the company, built the IT Team, right-sized the IT environment.• Managed all IT onboarding of $400 million acquisition, and implemented Data Management/Analytics strategy and roadmap for the business to hit the ground running with the new asset faster than predicted.• Through building relationships, become a true partner with other Crestone Leaders, key Business personnel, and key IT strategic vendors• Served as a trusted IT Advisor to Crestone Leadership and the Board of Directors, managing a $6MM IT Budget, setting IT policies and general controls• Leading a group of 10 strong and capable IT team • Created IT Maturity Model to show material year on year progress in IT Domains • Migrated DataCenter to save over $1MM a year and making it more scalable for growth • Implemented Tier Zero, RACI, Annual Surveys, Application Calendar, Upgrade Checklist, SLA, User Experience/Downtime Metrics, and Change Control to increase IT maturity to reduce cost, lower technical debt, reduce downtime, and improve as a team.

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

Managed 3 core teams of Newfield IT: IT Operations team, Application and Development team, and the Customer Support team. The team entails of an IT staff of 37 (3 direct reports) as well as located in 4 states (TX, CO, UT, & OK). Newfield has ranged from 700 to 1775 employees throughout my tenure. Advised in most functions of the three teams including but not limited to: goal setting and progression, staffing decisions, career development, succession planning, contract negotiations, budgetary decisions, employee reviews/compensation decisions, strategic plans and progression, ensured internal, external and SOX compliance on financials systems in addition to managing a vast portfolio of projects. • Accountable for Offsite Corporate Data Center, 5 Server Rooms within our Offices, 300+ Servers, 1200 users (max 1775), Microsoft Exchange Environment, ECM Content Server, ERPs, OVM, VMWare, VDI, Citrix, Active Directory, Data Domain, EMC XtremIO, EMC Isilon, Disaster Recovery Documentation, WAN / LAN Architecture, Direct Internet for 5 Main Offices and 12 Field Offices, .NET Integrations and Custom Apps, Cisco Core Switches & Edge Switches, Oracle, SQL, Cloud SaaS, Top of Rack Architecture, SolarWinds Toolset (Network, Web, Alert, VM)• Served as a major Stakeholder in multiple IT Security Initiatives (DLP, Encryption, Vulnerability Assessments, Attack and Penetration testing) as we increased the company’s cyber security posture• Selected to participate in creating Newfield’s Vision, Mission and Core Values• Managed teams responsible for backend system support for Geographix, Aries, Spotfire, Petrel, Petra, Cloudera/Hadoop, Merrick Systems• Developed application, technology, infrastructure and client architectures , co-managing a $20 Million IT Budget which we forecasted monthly to ensure we were on track, coordinating with Corporate Development and Accounting

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

This position was responsible for the development, deployment and support of commercial software applications such as Oracle Financial / P2, Oracle HR and Outlook Soft (BPC) among others as well as integration of in-house application development. • Mentored, developed as well as engaged a team of 14 full time employees in addition to 3 contractors (majority in remote offices)• Maximized 140 applications (purchased or built) • Reconciled with internal and external audits to ensure compliance with SOX and controls• Architected a reporting repository for the company (including report usage) and Application Catalog (used internally for IT)• Consolidated two historically separate teams into one (System Integration and Commercial Applications)• Facilitated resource support, technology guidance, and business knowledge for the majority of IT Projects (including AFE Navigator, Production Reporting Application, Reporting Repository)

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

This position was responsible for any projects or initiatives that the business units required that involved IT. As a liaison between the business units and IT, software and services provided were better understood, as well as answered any questions and set equipment standards or policies. Researched various technology solutions; therefore, advised on the best technology solutions and strategies for the company. • Fostered 5 groups and 14 direct reports • Mobilized desktop support, network connectivity, application support and development solutions between IT and the business units • Forged a partnership with 2 other Relationship Managers to prioritize IT’s initiatives at a corporate level.• Identified and defined the scorecard IT used in order to numerically calculate and rank projects for development and implementation

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

• Managed 8 Production Accountants (7 remotely), which were responsible for production for Utah, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and MMS • Managed 3 Developers who maintained reporting and query requests for the business unit. • Partnered with Engineers and Project Managers on Multiple SCADA initiatives, which included Wonderware and ClearSCADA. • Overhauled and redesigned webpages as well as reports • Migrated Inland Resources (bought in 2004 by Newfield) off of a legacy PetroComp system to Merrick Systems • Reorganized the backend Database from Sybase to MS Sql Server to improve performance• Facilitated a team to migrate the Rocky Mountain Division from our systems to Oracle / P2I • Ensured acquired Stone Energy Assets (200 Op and 200 OBO wells) were in the system within 30 days to avoid Stone Energy’s costly fee to continue to do Production Accounting on a month to month basis • Collaborated with Stone IT to give me the data loads and mapped them to Oracle P2 tables• Single handedly managed the Production Accounting until a tech was hired on

Master'S In Information Systems, Specialization Of Cybersecurity

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Information Systems