• Provides end-to-end Information Technology Project management for hotel & resort openings, and special projects.• Analyze systems needs and design, proposal and procurement process, review and execute contracts.• Coordinate and schedule deployments and training for all IT systems.• Verification and testing of systems and provide all IT documentation.

• Provide End-to-end project management for new hotel opening projects • Analyze blueprints, low voltage network design, present IT budget, all technical documentation related to installing IT-based systems • Ensure all IT-related systems are installed in new opening hotels • Act as single point of contact for IT related items/issues • Work directly with hotel ownership to ensure all systems contracts are executed for on-time installations • Interact directly with other components of opening team to include Ownership, Management, Design & Construction, and Brand Opening teams • Plan and coordinate all vendor systems installations and scheduling • Provide vendor installation and training schedule to hotel management; coordinate scheduling with Hyatt Brand Support team • Ensure all systems are efficiently installed and operational by opening date

* IT Project Manager for 5 new Great Wolf Lodges.* Developed and managed budgets of $1.5-2.0 million per project.* Reviewed and approved IT infrastructure and all IT related systems.* Planned and scheduled resources to meet timelines and milestones for all IT related systems.* Assisted in design/configuration of physical and logical network structure.* Completed circuit upgrade at all Great Wolf Lodges. Accomplished hot cuts with no downtime for sites.

* Developed budgets and road maps in coordination with CIO and IT Team.* Hired, lead, and mentored IT staff at corporate headquarters, call center, and all resorts.* Acted as Security Administrator with primary role to ensure PCI-DSS compliance.* Administrator of multi-site/multi-VLAN Cisco network.

* Lead and mentored Lodge IT staff. Managed day to day IT operations of 12 lodges.* Major projects included the build of a new data center and the move of the Corporate Data Center.* Administrator of multi-site/multi-VLAN Cisco network. * Security and Backup Administrator.

* Managed and mentored IT staff at all lodges.* Major project: Designed, configured & deployed multi-site/multi-VLAN Cisco network. This required travel to each site in order to deploy.* Backup Administrator: Monitoring, testing, troubleshooting, and restoring backups company-wide.

* Handled the project management and much of the engineering for three resort openings (Grapevine, Grand Mound, and Concord). * Upgraded site circuits from bonded T-1 to 100M.* Upgrade of file server to NetApp and upgrade of Exchange Server

* Oversaw the day to day IT operations of our Wisconsin Dells resort. For the first year of this position I also handled the day to day IT operations at our customer contact center.* Company-wide backup Administrator.* Assisted with the project management and engineering of a company-wide Point of Sale and Property Management System conversion.* A member of the IT opening team for our Poconos, Wiliamsburg, and Mason resorts.* Administrator of local servers including Domain Controller, file server, property management system, and Point of Sale system.