Dave has 35 years of experience in IT, including significant expertise in the networking and telecommunications marketplace and in the design, planning, and implementation of the networked technical infrastructures. He brings a wealth of experience in information technology, first in IT leadership positions working for large enterprises in communications and technical infrastructure management, data center operations, and Chief Security Officer roles, followed by 20 years of IT-related consulting, serving on behalf of hundreds of clients in North America and overseas. He is also a skilled communicator and a subject matter expert on telecommunications history and policies.Dave is a successful IT team leader, as well as a seasoned technical project manager with extensive experience managing large and successful projects, notably large-scale network implementation efforts, data center implementations/relocations, disaster recovery and business continuity planning, and technical enterprise architecture planning. He is a skilled negotiator in all things infrastructure and telecommunications, including storage, networking, servers, cloud services, data centers, SD WAN, VoIP and related managed services. His experience extends to assisting clients with Oracle and SAP hosting agreements, and with his background in application development, his skill reaches into negotiating Oracle-related systems integration and application management and support agreements.Specialties: -Project Management-Data Center design and relocation-Technology management methodologies-Enterprise IT Architecture Planning-Telecommunications deployment and cost optimization-Telecommunication vendor selection and contract negotiations-Strategic planning and IT strategy linking-Contact Center Solutions-Help desk processes and IT support models-Information security-IT Infrastructure performance management-IT procurement-Risk assessments-Business continuity and disaster recovery planning
Listed skills include Vendor Management, Security, It Management, It Strategy, and 16 others.