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Director of Enterprise Technology at Shutterfly plays a pivotal role in steering the company's technological initiatives and overarching IT strategy. Key Responsibilities• Strategic Leadership: Provide visionary leadership in the planning, development, and execution of enterprise technology solutions that drive Shutterfly’s competitive edge and operational excellence.• Technology Roadmap: Develop and maintain a robust technology roadmap that supports the company's strategic goals, ensuring scalability, security, and innovation.• Team Management: Lead and mentor a diverse team of IT professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and excellence. Ensure the team is equipped with the necessary skills and resources to meet and exceed expectations.• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with executive leadership, business units, and key stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into effective technological solutions.• Budget Oversight: Manage the enterprise technology budget, ensuring that investments are aligned with business priorities and deliver maximum value. Optimize expenditures through strategic planning and cost-efficiency measures.• Risk Management: Oversee the identification and mitigation of technological risks, ensuring that enterprise systems are secure, reliable, and compliant with relevant regulations and standards.• Innovation and Trends: Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to leverage new tools and methodologies to enhance Shutterfly’s technological capabilities.

As a Senior Manager of Operations and Engineering, I lead the integration of operational efficiency and engineering excellence. With a strategic mindset, I navigate complex projects, drive operational performance, and spearhead engineering initiatives. I excel in team leadership, Microsoft collaboration, IAM, and infrastructure management, including strong Azure Infrastructure practices. My role extends to strategic planning, technology evaluation, project management, cross-functional collaboration, training, and development. I am adept at overseeing multi-million-dollar budgets, implementing financial governance, and ensuring results-driven project execution, contributing significantly to organizational growth.

Experienced and results-driven professional with a proven track record in operations and engineering leadership roles. Possess a solid background in optimizing production processes and enhancing engineering capabilities to drive efficiency and innovation. Adept at fostering cross-functional collaboration, ensuring high-quality standards, and managing resources effectively. Known for strategic thinking, team leadership, and a commitment to achieving operational excellence.Key Competencies:Operations ManagementEngineering LeadershipQuality AssuranceCross-Functional CollaborationStrategic PlanningBudgetary OversightResource ManagementProcess OptimizationTechnology Innovation

• Stays current and emerging with cloud solutions; makes recommendations based on in-depth knowledge and research.• Designs and implements high level architecture for the deployment of a complex global hybrid cloud solution; prepares and maintains architectural guidelines and associated documentation• Performs requirements analysis and develops solutions to provide Secure Cloud platforms that support business requirements• Coordinates and reviews the deployment, implementation, reviewing management and monitoring tools• Takes the lead on projects from initiation to completion; creates and maintains technical roadmaps• Develops in-depth business cases to support technical recommendations.• Develops and maintains billing relationships with Cloud business owners for recommendations for cost savings.• Works closely with Business Owners to translate business needs into technical solutions.• Works closely with other Cloud engineers to develop solutions for business consumption.• Assesses applications for cloud migration readiness.• Develops and implements a technology roadmap and engineer cloud-based solutions.• Communicates architecture design decisions and impacts to key stakeholders• Stays informed of new solutions provided by cloud providers to facilitate to the business owners of new features released that can improve business processes.

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

Currently I work on a team of 3 Windows Engineers supporting 10 data centers and 2 cloud environments with about 600+ windows servers and we also manage an active directory environment comprised of 50k+ objects, DNS, DHCP, WINS we also support an Exchange 2010 on premise environment which we have started a deployment to the Office 365 cloud and Google Business applications.Other projects include the deployment of SCOM 2012, Nagios Deployment, standards alignment for the enterprise, daily fire fights and maintaining of our server environment. It is quite the challenge but it keeps us all challenged and busy.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Dedicated and detail-oriented SQL Systems Analyst with a proven ability to analyze, design, and implement efficient database solutions. Proficient in leveraging SQL queries to extract, transform, and load data, with expertise in database management, performance tuning, and troubleshooting. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements, translating them into technical specifications, and ensuring the seamless integration of SQL databases. Known for delivering data-driven insights and implementing strategic solutions to enhance overall system efficiency and reliability. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills combined with excellent communication make for effective collaboration and successful project outcomes.

Eagan, Mn, Us

SQL 2005/08 administration, SQL Reporting Services, WSUS 3.0, Active Directory, Hyper-V, MS CRM 4.0 deployment and administration, Citrix Presentation 4.5, BES 5.0 deployment and Administration, Microsoft Web TS (Server 2008), Server 2008 R2 App-V, HP SIM, Right Fax, Symantec Corporate administration, WS FTP, ASIGRA Backup, Exchange 2007, SharePoint 2003/07, DNS, DFS, Server LOB migration and implementation across multiple MS OS platforms

Eagan, Mn, Us

Field Engineer: Support of 5 customers (400+ seats) server administration, HP insight Manager, DFS, AD, DNS, DHCP, SQL 2000/2005 Databases, software integration/Migration

Minneapolis, Mn

Help Desk Specialist II: Supporting of both internal and external employees Issue resolution on a level-I and level-II basis, with call volumes of 50-100 calls per day. Call resolution matrix, working towards fixes to repeat issues.Project Lead: Helped to plan/, implement and train for 3 party solution. Successions: Saved the company over $120,000 by offering a 3rd party solution for a remote assistance tool for external agents requiring assistance with software support.

Started 3 days a week at the help desk and moved in to asset management and then moved over and helped with Linux administration of a local application.Help Desk/ Desktop Support: Supporting of 35 offices/ 350+ customer support.Projects including: HP lease return associate, inventory management, global PC allocation. Linux Server mirgration: Universe DB2, Integrated FASTRAK via Linux REDHAT server to Linux REDHAT Enterprise. Linux Administration: Administers user accounts, printers, print queues.

Coraopolis, Pa, Us

A.A.S, System Administration

Certificate - Linux Administration, Network Administration

Certificate - Windows Administration, Network Administration