Spearhead, lead and enhance the IT Services organization.

Full Technology & Security responsibility for multiple business units (Healthcare/Mortgage/Credit/Media) Led teams across North America, managed multiple datacenters on-prem and SaaS/Cloud (Azure/AWS) Responsible for all Security areas; Audits (HIPAA/PCI/SOC/EHNAC/HITRUST), compliance and policy Budget responsibility, new site creation, disaster recovery & business continuity Through cost reduction, contract management & improvements saved 2.7MM last fiscal alone.

Responsible for all aspects of Information Technology, Security and Infrastructure Multiple Datacenters, 1300+Servers, 80 DB Servers, EMC/HP/Hitachi SAN’s, VMWare , Enterprise Backup,Laptop/Desktop Mgmt. Ensure performance & objectives align with business requirements, provide direction and leadership alongwith goal and strategy planning along with US wide budget, planning and adherence Combined with a hands-on approach, hold responsibility to define all Security & IT related strategies, updatewhere applicable and explore/define future directions within technology, security, application development,database environments, business systems and accounting Lead for all due-diligence, acquisition & integration for technology & security areas

Enterprise wide responsibility for all IT and technical areas including all security, datacenters, helpdesk,desktop & remote systems, application support, all communications (Wan/Lan/Wireless/ Cellular/Telephony),PBX & VoiP technologies along with all aspects of Security. Initial focus was to build an enterprise from disparate regional acquisitions, centralize where possible, teambuild and implement enterprise class infrastructure.

Jan 1999-Feb 2004: Transferred to the USA to lead a global IT security & infrastructure dept with 9000+ users in 100+locations. Hire, train, develop and lead a cross functional corporate team responsible for full design, hands-oninstallation, implementation, support, training, administration and management Areas of responsibility: IT Security, Multi-Million LAN/WAN, 24x7 data center ops, Internet/Extranetapps, all global server infrastructure & admin, D/R & Hot site MgmtJan 1994-Feb Dec 1998: Relocated to Munch, Germany and had overall European responsibility for IT activities including;communications, networking and personal computing throughout 22 European locations. Cost center manager and a member of the global infrastructure committee with responsibilities includingEuropean strategic planning, managing vendor relationships, SAP/ERP infrastructure, LAN/WAN,Electronic messaging, application development, training, maintenance, sales force automation