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Direct the design, implementation, and management of infrastructure and security for the organization. Develop and manage an annual budget of over $4 million for network operations and security. Lead the development and implementation of policies and procedures that protect sensitive data and preserve information security in an effective and reasonable manner. Developed a standardized schedule for security audits, risk assessment, and penetration testing, and then adjusted the security strategy accordingly. Developed, implemented, and regularly tested comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery plans for infrastructure components to ensure their success. Initiated an external risk assessment to ensure compliance with PCI, GLBA, and data protection regulations. Under my leadership, the technology organization fostered a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous education. Select, evaluate, and manage IT infrastructure and security vendors and service providers in order to deliver high-quality, cost-effective services; negotiate contracts, SLAs, and pricing. Periodically conducted security awareness training and phishing campaigns. The Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solution was assessed and implemented. Supervising the vulnerability management system, Microsoft O365, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory), DNS layer security, SPAM filtering, on-premise and cloud backup, VMWare infrastructure, telecommunication, WebEx, various firewalls and granular firewall rules, micro-segmentation of networks, WIFI infrastructure, and access to mission-critical applications utilizing SSO and MFA. Protect against cyberattacks, data breaches, and other security incidents by monitoring the threat landscape, identifying vulnerabilities, and implementing proactive security measures. Member of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and other regional CISO groups.

Trenton, New Jersey, United States

New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJ MVC), Trenton, NJ August 2015 – June 2019The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission is the governmental agency responsible for titling, registering and inspecting automobiles and licensing drivers in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Senior IT Management Consultant (IT Infrastructure, Security and DevOps)Rapidly assimilated and adapted to the state's processes, policies, culture, and management procedure. Quickly assemble teams to fulfil the urgent needs of multimillion-dollar MVC IT projects in order to secure federal funding. Oversaw the 30-person infrastructure, security, and DevOps teams in the modernization of the NJ MVC applications and infrastructure. Enterprise-grade applications, infrastructure, and security solutions were used to safeguard hybrid (on-premises and cloud) networks. Evaluated and advised on diverse security solutions for PAM, endpoint detection and response, application security, data encryption, zero-trust networks, Microsoft Windows hardening, etc. Led technical R&D technologies for legacy application modernization, integration, personal identifier (PII) data security, single sign-on (SSO), and multi-factor authentication (MFA). Designed and carried out architecture and implemented proof of concept (POC) and proof of technology (POT) for security and SaaS solutions. Designed and deployed networks and micro-segmentation for the security of development, test, and production environments. Construction of the conceptual, logical, physical, and implementation system architecture review (SAR) and delivery to the SAR committee comprise of state agencies CIO’s.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Ashford Hospitality Trust & Remington Hospitality, Dallas, TX May 2006 – May 2015Ashford Trust is focused on investing opportunistically in the hospitality industry in upper upscale, full service hotels and at all levels of the capital structure. Remington Hotels is a prestigious hospitality services company with a variety of management offerings project management, property management and asset management needs.Vice President of Information TechnologyLed the networking and security of the headquarters and 82 other locations. Direct the development and implementation of security procedures and policies that are effective and reasonable. Strategic planning, security, disaster recovery, the business continuity plan, technology adoption, and technology implementation were directed. Migrated some of the IT infrastructure to the cloud for more flexible, scalable, and on-demand infrastructure solutions. Utilization of strategic planning to develop and implement a road map for achievement. Designed the transition of communications solutions to the Google Apps for Business SaaS offering. Alignment of IT goals and strategies with those of the enterprise. With an uptime of 99.999%, new projects were migrated to Google (big data project), Amazon Web Services (Oracle Hyperion), and Rackspace (revenue management system) as IaaS. Annual SOX audit scores were perfect. Influenced contract negotiations, asset allocations, and business acquisitions using a solid technical foundation. Created and oversaw the IT budget. Directed the technical rollout of a centralized ACCPAC ERP system, Insight, ADP, Oracle Hyperion, Spitfire, Timberline, WIFI infrastructure and Application virtualization using Citrix etc.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Boykin Management Company, Cleveland, Ohio November 2001–May 2006Boykin Management Company is a full-service hotel management company that specializes in resort management, hotel management services, hospitality management services and conference center management.Senior Manager of Network OperationsOversaw systems and network security design, development of system policies and procedures and directed support team. Managed implementation and administration of BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Dell Servers, Dell Switches, Snap servers, Cisco routers, Cisco Switches, and Cisco PIX firewall. Attained perfect annual Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance audit result. Oversaw patch installations and various software installations by support team. Planned and directed support team to implement network upgrades and improvements. Vendor negotiation and recommended hardware and software to the senior management for improving user productivity. Designed and Implemented Backup/disaster recovery plan. Centralized various applications including the ACCPAC accounting software, ADP and TimeSaver.

Sterling, Virginia, United States

Federal Technologies Inc, Sterling, Virginia January 2001 – November 2001Federal Technologies is an information technology company specializes in providing project management and providing various IT solutions.Senior Systems and Network AdministratorWorked as an advisory consultant participated in projects for XO Communications, Reston, Virginia.Responsible for implementation and administration of HP, Sun Enterprise servers. Installation and configuration of Solaris, HP UX and Windows NT server systems. Security policies and procedures design development for system administration. Various software and Patch installations.