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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Provided strategic advice on cloud adoption, digital tools, and infrastructure scaling, resulting in measurable profit growth and enhanced tech capabilities for clients.• Delivered coaching and mentoring to IT professionals and teams, helping them navigate technology change, improve processes, and adopt cloud technologies.• Collaborated with clients to identify and integrate AI-powered solutions, creating efficiencies and launching new products that generated additional revenue streams.• Spearheaded digital transformation strategies, enabling businesses to stay competitive by adopting cutting-edge technologies like AI, IoT, and cloud services.

• Conducted market research and led product development, continuously refining the product by testing prototypes with users and adapting to changing market needs.• Developed business strategies, including pitching to potential investors and partners, securing initial interest and guidance from stakeholders.• Demonstrated strong entrepreneurial leadership, managing all aspects of product development, from prototyping to user testing, while navigating shifting market conditions.

Palo Alto, California, United States

Led Ford’s cloud transformation and IT modernization initiatives, significantly enhancing the company’s R&D, innovation capabilities, and workplace technology infrastructure. Key achievements include:• Cloud Strategy Leadership: Developed and launched Ford’s first AWS cloud environment, a strategic move that enabled Ford to shift toward a cloud-first strategy, enhancing scalability and security.• Strategic Partnerships: Special projects lead for the $XXX million partnership with Google, overseeing the transition to cloud computing and driving seamless integration across the enterprise.• IT Infrastructure Expansion: Led a $X million IT infrastructure upgrade, expanding the Palo Alto R&D office capacity from 120 to 400+ employees, supporting Ford’s cutting-edge research and development in AI and mobility.• Agile Transformation: Introduced agile tools (Slack, Jira, etc.), revolutionizing communication and project management practices across teams, resulting in a 30% improvement in project completion time.• Team Leadership & Mentoring: Mentored high-performing IT teams, achieving consistently high Net Promoter Scores (NPS) for service desk support during critical periods, including the COVID-19 transition to remote work.

Allen Park, Michigan, United States

• Drove the transformation of Ford’s mobile platforms by establishing governance frameworks that introduced standardized security, performance metrics, and change control procedures, while ensuring full legal and privacy compliance, including GDPR.• Spearheaded the implementation of OKRs/KPIs across mobile teams, enhancing performance tracking, user engagement, and business impact measurement.• Introduced rigorous change control procedures, significantly reducing the risk of operational disruptions and preventing critical incidents.• Established cross-functional governance forum to align mobile app initiatives with broader product and brand strategies, enhancing accountability and strategic oversight.• Collaborated with legal and privacy teams to develop and enforce privacy protocols, ensuring GDPR compliance and safeguarding user data across all mobile platforms.

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

- Information Technology Auditor: Executed comprehensive IT audits to ensure compliance and mitigate risks, enhancing the integrity and security of IT systems and processes.- Software Release Engineer: Engineered and scaled global release management processes, boosting product quality and delivery efficiency across multiple platforms.Engineered and scaled global release management processes, boosting product quality and delivery efficiency across multiple platforms.- Infrastructure Engineer: Designed and implemented a visual dashboard for IT infrastructure monitoring, enhancing real-time visibility and operational uptime for manufacturing development lab.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Entrepreneurship, Technology Management

Activities and Societies: 2nd place finish in UCLA Anderson’s Entrepreneurship Capstone Competition

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer & Information Technology, Economics