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Cleveland, OH, US

Schenectady, NY, US

Columbus, OH, US

Responsible for Vertiv’s global IT infrastructure, hybrid cloud, data centers, compute, collaboration (O365), network, telephony, M&As & 24x7 IT operations; partner with Services org ($1B) on next-gen application development.

Columbus, OH, US

Responsible for Vertiv’s global IT department; reported direct to the CEO. Accountable for all aspects of IT including applications, infrastructure, security, operations, budget, and people.

Columbus, OH, US

Led team responsible for Vertiv’s global enterprise architecture (EA) practice, integrations & middleware, infrastructure, core services, release management, collaboration suite (O365), M&As & 24x7 IT operations.

New York, NY, US

• Led global team responsible for IT Infrastructure including cloud, security, datacenter, network, telephony, compute, end user services, M&As and service desk. Team delivered global enterprise strategy, engineering.
• Orchestrated EU data center consolidation / move to hybrid cloud; simplification & cost savings.
• Oversaw $1B warranty business separation, infrastructure inventory, TSAs and planning.
• Led team responsible for $200M policy platform infrastructure and security separation.
• Managed global cyber security architecture, technology and vendor selection.
• Directed strategic planning and delivery of global infrastructure security architecture, operations and incident response. Technologies included: firewalls, IDS/IPS, enterprise logging, end-point protection.

East Cleveland, OH, US

• Led global IT team for $3B consumer and industrial lighting business & $1B start-up (Current). Responsible for strategy, engineering, application transformation, cloud, network, compute, end user services, M&A and.
• Delivered Lighting’s next-gen public cloud strategy, design, build & run (dev/ops).
• Architected cloud migration team, process & pipeline to move Lighting apps to the cloud.
• Migrated 35% business critical apps; additional apps in pipeline resulting in 65% of apps in the cloud; app modernization.
• Delivered cost out & simplification; eliminated 25% apps; additional 94 apps to be eliminated resulting in 58% total elimination.$5.4B GE Appliances IT Infrastructure Divestiture
• Led global divestiture team moving all Lighting applications, infrastructure, shared processes & support out of GE Appliance’s Louisville datacenter within two years.

Boston, MA, US

• Responsible for team delivery of strategy, design & introduction of GE’s next generation end user productivity tools & technologies; key focus technologies include cloud, SaaS, client hardware, OS and mobility.Key.
• Global introduction of GE Box; cloud user productivity + external vendor/partner collaboration.
• Delivered GE’s first cloud security standards for GE content in the cloud; change agent.
• Owned GE’s productivity suite O365, Google Docs & Box; roadmap setting.
• Agile development of MyApps client; security & enhanced user experience.
• GE global client hardware standards & vendor mgmt.; $100MM annual spend.

Boston, MA, US

• Global program management, service delivery & operations of GE’s Windows image to all GE businesses; managed team in the design, build & run of the image & hardware servicesKey Projects & Accomplishments:
• On-time delivery of GE’s global Windows 7 image; $5MM cost avoidance.
• Elimination of Biz images to 1 image globally; $1MM cost reduction.
• Introduction of Ultrabooks; increased user choice & user experience.
• Delivery of security tools & initiatives in the image; global risk mitigation

Boston, MA, US

• Lead team supporting GE Aviation, Energy & Transportation. Responsible for on-time delivery of key client and security initiatives.Key Projects & Accomplishments:
• Introduced Windows Mobile 6.1 OS; delivered $25MM project & mobile standard.
• Deployed WebEx Connect client to GE Infrastructure; $1.2MM cost savings.
• Eliminated non-usage wireless assets; +$100k annual savings.
• Delivered next gen. wireless & vault project; continued government military contracts.

Boston, MA, US

• New client technology introductions (NTI). Design & engineer global client hardware & software standards.Key Projects & Accomplishments:
• On-time delivery of client integration; $2B Vetco Gray acquisition.
• Delivered VDI business case analysis, TCO & executive report out to all GE CTOs.
• Designed, built & deployed the GE global shop floor standard; 20% line up-time improvement.

• Pre-sales engineering support for sales opportunities; Manage sales engineering team; Responsible for overall company revenue and growth through technical sales.Responsible for all technical aspects of product.
• Grew company to +400 customers & $1MM revenue in 2 yrs.
• Partnered with local company to provide 24x7 network operations & help desk services.
• Designed & built cloud based remote access & two-factor authentication services.

Pre-sales network engineering support for global sales opportunities supporting Fortune 500 companies within the territory. Post-sales support for global customers.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Responsible for the design, architecture & build of global Internet access, firewalls and 3rd party access connectivity (Extranet). Responsible for the design, architecture & build of NCR’s global remote access solution.