IT management professional with over 35 years' experience providing vision and leadership for developing and implementing IT initiatives that align with the mission of the organization. Respected leader directing all IT operations with a focus on high quality customer service while increasing revenue growth opportunities and reducing expense overhead.✔ Strategic Planning and Direction .... ✔ Agile Methodology ✔ Organizational Planning ................ ✔ Policy Development✔ IT Governance / ROI Analytics ...... ✔ Quality Assurance✔ Client and Vendor Relations .......... ✔ Budget Administration✔ Team Building / Recruitment ......... ✔ User Requirements Consulting✔ Performance Management ............ ✔ Virtualization✔ Project Management .................... ✔ Cloud Computing‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾✔ Proficient at leading IT strategic and operational planning to achieve organization's goals. ✔ Accomplished in establishing, managing, and directing teams through technology changes to keep the organization competitive while producing revenue growth opportunities and reducing expense overhead. ✔ Competent at identifying the opportunities for cost-effective investment of financial resources in IT and communicating the risks associated with IT investments. ✔ Resourceful at finding business partners for solutions to business opportunities and challenges resulting in business growth and continuity.✔ Effective at providing business case justifications and cost/benefit analyses for IT spending and initiatives. ✔ Experienced with providing management the direction changes to technology, keeping current with trends and issues in the IT industry.✔ Instrumental in the development, planning, design, and launch of the technology for the start-up of Patrick Henry College to achieve founder's vision. ✔ Expert at budget management with forethought to the business growth in revenue while reducing overhead expenses. ✔ Adept at directing with agile methodology.