Hands-on IT Leader with over 15 years of managing strategic and tactical projects for startups to enterprise businesses, building talented teams, and specializing in IT mergers and acquisitions.Director of Information Technology | IT ManagerEmail: brian@bkinney.netAdept IT and Data Center Systems and Services Director, improving interoperability and cost effectiveness, with "hands on" knowledge for creating and implementing tactical and strategic solutions. Experienced at building confident and successful teams within and across departments, creating cloud and hybrid based data center workspaces that are designed for flexibility and growth, proactively monitoring and stabilizing environments, improving overall performance and reducing spend. Effective at managing change, communicating expectations, and at developing strong relationships on all levels, as well as creating more meaningful business departmental relationships, procedures and processes.Core Competencies:• Cross-Functional Team Leadership• Data Center Management• IT Operations Management• Strategic and Tactical Planning• Vendor Relationship Management• Client Relationship Management• Asset Lifecycle Management• SOP & KPI DevelopmentCareer Highlights:• Identified production software workflow issue, saving $60,000/year in ongoing AWS S3 costs.• Managed IT migrations of over 100 developers, their systems, storage, and VMs, from multiple acquisitions into the corporate private cloud, under VMware, Veeam, and multiple storage solutions.• Designed and implemented a Stratum 2 NTPd time synchronization infrastructure, to effectively deliver NTP services globally, utilizing Six Sigma DMAIC process.Please contact me at 916-209-0824 with any IT Director or VP of IT opportunities.