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Senior Technology Leader and motivational leader with demonstrated success initiating and directing technology upgrades and service improvement for large complex organizations. In addition, I identify critical gaps, develop ideas, and create viable business cases. My special talent is the ability to share my vision, champion concepts, and gain buy-in of department and academic leaders across the organization to support strategic initiatives. I create long-range plans, manage budgets, and partner with administrative and academic leaders to support projects and grants.✦ OPERATIONAL LEADERSHIP (CSU): Provide leadership, set goals, and lead operations for team of 75 FTE indirect reports to upgrade/support full ERP stack, network and data center infrastructure, information security, web development, helpdesk and desktop support, academic support, and instructional/classroom technology for urban university with 16K students.✦ EXECUTIVE ENGAGEMENT (CSU): Establish trusted relationships with President's Office, Executive VPs, VPs, and College Deans and staffs. Member of President's Cabinet representing technology areas. Articulate value of new technologies and facilitate/drive development of enterprise living document IT roadmap based on institutional strategic priorities.✦ CLOUD MIGRATION (CSU): Promoted solution to leadership, built business case, and won support for phased move to the Cloud. Secured funding for and currently planning full lift and shift of core infrastructure to the Cloud.✦ DEPT OVERSIGHT / CAMPUS GROWTH (UARK): Oversaw HR functions and dept. strategic planning for entire 150-person dept. as campus grew from 17K to 30K users and from 125 to 150 buildings. Administered process for central IT department budget.✦ SUSTAINABLE FUNDING MODEL (UARK): Convinced Dept. Heads and Deans to support move from archaic IT infrastructure funding model to new model focused on network lifecycle - enabling upgrade of 20-year old, ad hoc network to new stable network with VoIP, wireless.✦ "ONE TEAM" VISION & APPROACH (UARK): Instrumental in delivering "One Team" initiative to foster common, collaborative approach across all central and distributed IT teams (350 personnel).SPECIALTIESVision, Strategy, Planning & ExecutionInfrastructure & Cloud TransformationTech Evangelist & Thought LeadershipStrategic Vendor ManagementBudgeting / IT Governance & StandardsAgile / Analytics / Business Intelligence / ERP

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