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* Senior Information Technology Leadership* Contractor* Consultant* World Traveler

La Crosse, Wisconsin Area

Interim Chief Information officer for the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. Lead and manage all aspects of Information Technology for the campus and a representative lead for the University System for all of Wisconsin. During current tenure the following projects and initiatives have been deployed:* Successful migration to new Primary data center with modernization of cooling systems, power redundancy, and security* Successful CRM implementation using Salesforce* Developing multi-year technology roadmap that aligns with UW-System and Campus leadership visions* Developed multi-year financial budgets for IT infrastructure* PeopleSoft 9.2 Upgrade Planning* Represent UW-La Crosse at Board of Regents hearings* Attend monthly CIO meetings for all University of Wisconsin and represent La Crosse* New Science Building to open this fall with 40GB network and 300 wireless access points* Completed security audit and substantial security intiatives* Provide Enterprise Applications leadership* Deployed entirely new single mode fiber cable plant with dual 48 strands per building that connect to redundant data centers* 40GB network deployment as each building network switches are refresh* Transition of centralized virtual machined environments to Hyperconverged infrastructure* Two-factor security deployment for all systems that have high risk data* Transition of manual script logic to automation work flows* Developed lifecycle management process for all of IT* Instill continual improvement and Six Sigma methods, tools, and processes

La Crosse, Wisconsin Area

Leader for teams who manage data centers, servers & systems, networks, and cloud services for the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. Over the past year, the following projects, technologies, and services have been deployed and delivered:* Office 365 migration from Google for over 12,000 users* Network Core refreshed at Primary and Secondary data centers with 40GB capability* New Student Union deployed with over 240 Wireless Access points and 10GB network switching* Cisco VoIP infrastructure upgrade with full dual data center redundancy* Cisco ISE deployment* Wireless Access Point per Residence Hall room* 1,500 additional wireless access points deployed across the campus environment* Charter TV service deployed throughout the campus* Secondary data center modernization, along with UPS and generator power backup* High availability and Redundancy of Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers * Remote and offsite campus data redundancy, backup, and business continuity* SAN increased SSD storage* Entire infrastructure software upgrades (SAN, VMWare, Server OS's, VoIP, Wireless LANs, Switches, etc.)

La Crosse, Wisconsin Area

Tower leader for all network services globally and accountable for $45 million budget. Managed ITIL structured global organization of 43 staff members distributed between architecture, engineering, operations, project delivery, and budgetary management. Transitioned all network services from outsourced provider to internal support teams. Provided network infrastructure consulting to business partners and application teams. • Transitioned all networking services from an outsourced provider to internally managed resource team, which resulted in 25% improvement in service delivery to the business – received Ingersoll Rand’s Presidents Award.• Managed over 800 global WAN connected business locations that include H.Q, manufacturing, warehouses, district sales and parts offices.• Assembled team that designed and implemented Hybrid WAN solutions that improved SaaS network performance by 50%.• Implemented Cisco ELA that reduced global VoIP costs by $2 million over 5 years.• Technology enabler for successful global PLM deployment leveraging modern WAN Optimization technologies, resulted in 200+% application access performance improvement.• Network tower leader that participated with consortium in developing broad suite of security services for the enterprise.• Published 5-year global network strategy, presented and approved by the CIO for deployment and business alignment.• Established network technology roadmaps that included Cloud services, Application Performance Management (APM), and Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) technologies for future WAN cost reductions by 25%, performance improvements, and simplified operational management.• Founded cross functional team from network and security that researched, evaluated, designed, and implemented new security firewall technology in the organization.• Integrated two international company acquisitions into one corporate network environment.

Leader of overall architecture, designs, and strategy of networking services for outsourced provider execution. Provided IT consulting to internal business and application teams. • Collaborative team member in the creation of a The Open Group Architecture Forum (TOGAF) structured Enterprise Architecture team.• Led migration of all networking services from one global outsourcer to another global provider. Exceeded the businesses critical success factors.• Oversaw collaborative working team that led the transition of all networking services for Allegion, a large global company sold by Ingersoll Rand, ensuring Allegion was successfully independent and manageable – received Ingersoll Rand’s Presidents Award.• Provided outsourcer oversight for all networking services.

Led the network integration of Ingersoll Rand’s acquisition of the Trane Company. Developed network services portfolio for the enterprise.* Led the overall design, solutions portfolio, and project management for the successful integration of two multi-billion dollar organizations into a single enterprise network.* Defined all networking and security services for the enterprise.* Provided governance oversight of outsourcing service provider and enterprise network solutions.

Led network divestiture of American Standard, Wabco, and Trane Company.Led global network deployments within all American Standard companies (Trane, Wabco, and B&K).* Led the successful network separations for the American Standard company divestiture of Trane Company, Wabco, and Bath & Kitchen’s multi-billion dollar businesses. Developed a network services transition team for each business and assisted with a global network RFP to retain services independently for each standalone business.* Led an architecture team who defined all networking and security services for the Trane Company post company separation with American Standard.* Provided matrix management support for regional network and security operational teams.* Significant international travel.

Led network architecture and engineering teams that provided overall technology standards, solutions, governance, and global project management. * Assisted with RFP for global telecomm provider consolidations, which resulted in $9 million reductions over 3-year contract.* Led global network consolidation project that consolidated 4 businesses networks under one shared services organization.* Provided formal presentations to CIO council and regional IT leadership.* Developed global telecommunications standards, designed global network & telecommunications services, managed architecture & engineering teams.* Provided leadership to regional operational teams, provide global project leadership, and assisted with the development of the annual telecommunications budget* Developed governance model for global telecommunications teams.* Developed a service catalog for all global telecommunication services.* Extensive international travel throughout Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.

Developed standardization processes for regional network operational teams, managed technical teams in development of global network engineering, and provided global project leadership. * Developed technology standardization processes for regional network operations team’s execution.* Managed technical teams in the development of global network engineering.* Provided global project leadership for enterprise deployments.* Provided vendor management and developed global product and services standards.* Deployed centralized global network management tools for regional operations teams.

Phd (Abd), Information Technology

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Leadership

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Management Information Technology

Computer Science