Technology leader responsible for transformation legacy applications and engineering teams to a cloud-based model. Driving rapid innovation to support and engineering operational excellence in a growing startup culture.Accomplishments:• Delivered a core business Clinical Engineering system from a legacy on-prem solution to a cloud-based custom system in under a year.• Transformed waterfall project delivery into a fast-paced, value delivering Agile methodology. Partnered with technology and business teams to implement the organizational change necessary.• Key leader in assisting the business to drive information security into clinical device managementresulting in a security business model for healthcare.Technology executive responsible for application service delivery, software engineering teams, and overall program management of technology initiatives.

Information Technology leader responsible for driving technical project teams to reduce costs, increase productivity and efficiency, and deliver on business objectives.Accomplishments:-Delivered projects across diverse business portfolios within 1% of planned budget, including in-store mobile devices and applications, RFID, and business analytics across nearly 1200 stores and 125,000 associates.-Lead the redesign of Peoplesoft HR to reduce complexity and improve the user experience.-Increase developmental team efficiency and reduce costs across business processes by promoting Agile and DevOps methodologies.

Accountable for teams that operate multiple planning and operational responsibilities Data Center Facilities, Service Management Office, Enterprise Tools Team, and Enterprise Disaster Recovery.Accomplishments:-Recruited, developed, and led a team to support a new production services organization accountable for Disaster Recovery, IT Service Management Processes, Data Center Operations, Identity Management, Enterprise Monitoring, Enterprise Scheduling, Notification Services, and Service Management tools.-Saved $5M over three years by replacing Legacy Service Management tools.-Completely redesigned disaster recovery processes and procedures and turned un­achievable recovery scenarios into tested and validated solutions across the Kohl’s technology stack within 30 months.-Improved user experience while increasing the security of credentials by implementing broad-based Identity Management solutions.

Technology Leader for information security and infrastructure architecture, including the overall strategy, team development, long-term plans, and budgets. Specific areas of responsibility include information security strategy, risk management and assessment, security awareness training, security architecture, IT Controls, security and controls consulting, threat and vulnerability management, audit relationship management, and identity and access management initiatives.Accoplishments:-Achieved Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance as the technology leader responsible for the design and implementation of technology and process controls related to protecting PCI card data across the enterprise. -As the IT Control Environment Program Manager, led a team designing and implementing Cobit based entity­wide controls and application controls for compliance with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Model Audit Rule.-Improved both the security posture and compliance of the enterprise through the development of a strategic information security and controls team. -Developed cost effective risk management, focusing on protecting confidential and sensitive information as well as maintaining regulatory compliance.

Responsible for developing and managing an information security program to enable highly effective business processes while minimizing risk to confidential and sensitive information and maintaining regulatory compliance.Accomplishments:-Key leader in the Global Process Transformation (GPT) project - a global SAP implementation replacing 600 business applications and 2500 business processes with a single application instance.-Championed the initial implementation of an Identity Management system and architecture.-Sarbanes­Oxley 404 (SOX) Security Process Owner. Performed control assessments and remediation of entity wide controls and application controls.-Actively participated in the Internal Controls Governance Committee, IT Governance Committee, IT Project Review Board and IT Architecture Review Board.

Responsible for overseeing business processes and operations which included managing an annual development budget in excess of $4.5MM and 30+ employees, as well as technical oversight, department P&L, personnel management, sales support, business development, supplier management, RFP management, and client relationship management.Accomplishments:-Founder and initial architect of this commercial software company that built and sold security information management solutions. Grew company to potential until sale and acquisition in 2002.-Increased company revenue from $700K in 1998 to over $4.5M in 2002 based on successful Security R&D in Intrusion Detection, Information Security Architecture, Cyber­Forensics, Security Product Evaluations, and Steganography.

Strategic Planning Officer, 5th Operations Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing B52H Flight Crew, 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing.