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• Manage a senior engineer team of direct reports to include performance reviews, handling employee issues, monitoring PTO, timesheet approval, interviewing, and professional growth/performance.• Develop staff KPI’s and goals consistent with business and departmental requirements and aspirations.• Champion innovation through research, evaluation and suggestion of new products and process improvements.• Spearhead IT projects that involve technology and product evaluation, implementation, deployment, and troubleshooting. Partner with stakeholders to ensure all requirements are met.• Facilitate with management teams, IT service providers, and vendors to procure and provision IT hardware, software, and services to achieve stated goals while also resolving reported technical issues.• Communicate productivity and quality concerns to IT leadership team and provide input and changes as desired.• Support team members with diagnosing IT service issues and escalating to leadership as appropriate.• Create and update IT Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for various IT services to align with the fluid needs of the business.• Manage an IT budget of $3.1 million dollars and ensured resources are allocated prudently and effectively.

Newtown Square

• Oversaw a business-critical initiative to migrate from VMware ESXI 6.5 to ESXI 7.0, managing work requirements and deliverables for multiple technology engineering, implementation, and support personnel, accomplishing completion of the project with no operational downtime.• Worked with stakeholders in multiple business segments to coordinate relocation of disaster recovery platforms and services to a new data center in Minnesota, attaining all project deliverables ahead of schedule.• Managed a team responsible for replacing all Windows 7 Citrix VDI images with Windows 10 and set up access for users working in Puerto Rico, enabling the company to achieve compliance with government regulations.• Directed the migration of 170 TB of company data to new encrypted disk shelves while reusing drives from another data center to be used as swing gear, resulting in savings of over $100,000.• Negotiated support contracts with technology vendors, ensuring that all new service agreements and contracts aligned with annual IT budgeting requirements for a $5 million budget.• Work with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, configure systems, conduct testing, and implement systems in production environments, while also reinforcing strategic planning efforts to assist executives in decision-making processes that generate business revenues.• Lead projects to implement new technologies to enhance business and system performance, including developing, deploying, and supporting core infrastructures, hardware refreshes, system upgrades, data encryption, and any other required IT implementation and support projects.• Mentors multiple IT professionals simultaneously in company requirements and IT standards, ensuring optimum readiness and response according to evolving company needs in addition to personal career and education developmental goals.

Newtown Square

• Delivered enterprise IT implementation and support services for NetApp, Citrix, and VMware environments, providing expert direction, strategic development, and system management throughout engineering and administration of IT systems.• Led development and administration of storage platforms, performed system migrations, system upgrades, and patching, executed infrastructure expansions, and deployed new processes to improve system security and compliance.• Coordinated all necessary solution engineering and administration services with internal and external providers; monitored system implementation and support processes, and handled escalated cases to resolve advanced hardware and software issues.• Communicated with internal business leaders, customers, and service providers to deliver project status updates, including coordinating change management and risk management efforts to ensure business continuity throughout any changes to the IT enterprise.• Aligned system support processes with operational best practices in technology management.

Newtown Square, Pa

• Employed and supported enterprise IT resources, including servers, PCs, and peripheral devices, providing responsive, expert IT implementation and administration of systems used by more than 3,300 employees.• Conducted help desk resolution of business-critical IT systems, ensuring timely handling of enterprise IT issues.

Utilized U.S. Government Top Secret (TS/SCI) security clearance to maintain all Windows servers and desktops on two different classified networks to include troubleshooting issues, installing patches, account mailbox management, and re-imaging desktop systems. Also, provided helpdesk and desktop operational support to ensure base network functionality. Lastly, planned and maintained network server environments to be ready to deploy and operate in the event of a national emergency.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.7

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Information Systems, 4.0

Associates Of Science, Information Systems Technology, 3.8

Apprentice Course, Military Information Systems Technology, 4.0