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Milton, WI, US

United States

https://theallunknowing.com

Pewaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Founded an international IT consulting firmEstablished operations in India and UruguayDeveloped go-to-market strategy, delivering cloud-centric consulting, software development, and managed servicesLed large-scale consulting engagements with enterprise customersEstablished BPO service business for the insurance industry, growing team to 30+ in less than.

Greater Chicago Area

Turned a rough prototype into a fully functional ML-based secure multi-tenant SaaS software suiteLed the integration of the first several customers, taking feedback to refine and improve the product offeringBuilt global engineering and operations teamCreated technical roadmap for Product, SWE, and InfrastructureEnsured cybersecurity and regulatory.

Deerfield, Illinois, United States

Created business case, secured funding, and founded and built the Advanced Solutions GroupHired and led a global team of 60+ support and consulting resourcesCreated and brought to market a database consolidation solution (ADP)Defined business strategy and roadmapCreated a strategy for cloud solutions, enabling Gold Level with Microsoft and Professional.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Identified service gaps in customer requirements and proposed a new line of business to fill the gap.Scoped, worked with the sales team to earn business, and led the integration of the largest direct post-sales project in company history, delivering on time and within budget.Founded technical operations in India, traveled and hired the first staff, and set.

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Led the architecture, design, and delivery of technology solutions for $5.6B motorcycle manufacturer, creating manageable work phases, approach strategies, and teams to complete work on time and within budget..
• Wrote software to automate testing in new SIP environments, saving $500K+ in testing costs
• Resolved on-going performance issues with SAP software (ME, MII, ECC, and APO)
• Designed and implemented a global network and hybrid cloud architecture, saving $1M+ in annual operating costs while increasing service performance more than 200%
• Led design and execution of a new SAP infrastructure solution for a version upgrade, improving performance and minimized the associated licensing costs. My solution achieved a net savings of $750,000 over the previous.
• Provided thought the leadership on various key projects and initiatives.

Querétaro Area, Mexico

Lead the integration of a big data solution for a large financial customer.

Greater New York City Area

• In consultant role through IBM, collaborated with software development leads to understand workload requirements and guide through best leveraging of cloud services, optimizing for performance, cost, and architectural.
• Remediated infrastructure architecture and led implementation of a significant client project valued at $50M, executed on a short timeline
• Designed solutions to capitalize on existing investments, saving $3M+ in project costs.
• Designed and implemented new data center infrastructure and hybrid cloud architecture across three locations
• Led various project teams while acting as Chief Engineer on this project

Houston, Texas Area

• Led all cutover activities and ensured a successful migration of the proposed and tested solutions across three locations,
• Saved a $3M infrastructure and DR upgrade project from failing due to poor architecture, design, and implementation strategy
• Provided consultative advice on how to best utilize their existing infrastructure investments to maximize ROI and meet evolving business needs

Anchorage, Alaska Area

• Developed a comprehensive global infrastructure strategy to solve ongoing business application issues.
• Hired and developed new and existing team members. Ensured that the team was on board with the strategic vision and capable of executing in a highly effective manner
• Migrated Oracle 11g from Power6 to x86 resulting in a visit and thank you from the president
• Led this team on various other upgrade efforts that were part of this new strategy, including implementing technologies such as Cisco UCS, Amazon AWS, and DMVPN

Greater Boston Area

Supported converged infrastructure provisioning across compute, storage, and networking.Wrote software to automate the provisioning process of converged infrastructure.Developed build automation framework and architecture, leading to a 90% reduction in provisioning time.Traveled to Cork, Ireland, and reviewed EU solution configuration processes and shared.

Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States

Led project to replace 6500 series aggregation switches with Nexus 7000 series for 10G support.Integrated Cisco switches into IBM blade-center chassis.Supported data center and WAN operations.Assisted architects with network planning and sizing.Resolved critical issues with Cisco UCS deployment.

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Remediated customer escalations. Designed robust, performant, and secure private cloud solutions. Consolidated network for mid-sized clients, including state and local government. Supported and trained other team members.

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Configured and supported servers and Cisco VPNs. Designed and implemented private cloud solution for GIS software suite.

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Worked part-time (nights and weekends) as a computer repair specialist. Customer consulting, diagnostics, virus removal, and hardware replacements were my specialties.

Houston, Texas, United States

Performed testing and validation of HP-UX and Windows Server-based Superdome systems (PA-RISC and Itanium) prior to customer delivery.

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Performed post-sales server installations for SMB customers. Common tasks included Windows Server OS installation, Active Directory setup, networking configuration, and workstation setup and domain join.

Other; Global Business, Complete

Computer Software Engineering

My primary areas of study were chemical and software engineering. Did not graduate.