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Cincinnati

Cincinnati Area, Ky

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Lead planning and execution for integration of recently acquired companies into Nielsen infrastructure support model; determined approach and protocols for infrastructure acquisitions and divestitures.Managed planning, design, and build of global data center hubs spanning North America, Europe, and Asia totaling 35,000 sq. ft. of hosting space and 7,000+ servers.Steered data center consolidation program with $10M-$20M annual budget accountability; reduced computing locations from 162 to 78 sites and migrated 4,000+ servers to 3 global data center hubs.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Tasked with co-managing consolidation of infrastructure organizations across all North America consumer business units into centralized structure.Engaged to co-lead global centralization and subsequent transition to global outsourced support model. Reduced North American server footprint from 1,500+ to fewer than 400 servers for consumer business.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Oversaw team of 25 employees and managed $8M budget; steered project management, vendor management, and corporate business continuity planning as well as represented Nielsen BASES on corporate CIO’s board. Directed technology-based expansion from North America to 20+ global offices; introduced new service desk processes to provide support to global user base. Led integration of BASES infrastructure teams into Nielsen North American consumer organization.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Managed network/desktop service delivery and support for base of 1,000+ global users; held accountability for $3M annual budget and supervised 15-person team.Drove transition from standalone servers to enterprise network.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Started career in application development.