David Strait, Mba Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

Katy, Texas, US

• IT consultant and business analyst for Houston-area businesses and retailers. Research technology trends and directions, communicate with clients on both a strategic and operational level, advise clients in technology.
• Worked with Houston retailer to upgrade POS client to Aptos 6.4 and implemented EMV technology to meet PCI standards. Partnered with infrastructure team to ensure security was met. Consulted on projects and validated.
• Evaluated plastics manufacturer’s network infrastructure and offered recommendations to improve connectivity of 3 sites by leading WAN upgrade with a focus on improving network security.
• Worked with Houston environmental services business on website development and deployment. Also to create IT security strategy & policy.

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IT department head for Harris County community services department (CSD). Responsible for all aspects of IT from the support of 350+ employees across three campuses utilizing a hybrid workforce with onsite support at each campus daily, to software development, and third-party vendor contract negotiations. Part of the leadership team to provide insight and.

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General Services group leader for IT and logistics support of Community Services Department, Responsible for department fleet vehicles, records keeping and digitization, in addition to IT. Focused on developing a best practices approach within IT. Questioned the methods of old to modernize aging policies and procedures. Grew internal teams to handle.

MBA Information Technology Management

Houston, Texas, US

• Onsite IT service manager for plastics company with 300+ employees. Maintained and upgraded services to provide greater stability, functionality, and uptime. Collaborated with leadership team in quarterly strategic.
• Designed IT infrastructure and oversaw installation for facility expansion. Vetted vendors and 3rd party suppliers.
• Created a device/workstation refresh plan and implemented the 34-month rotation.
• Cut expenditures $12,000 monthly by reevaluating licensing contracts for customers’ entire enterprise, including Office365 licenses, cell phone plans that were not in use, and tablet 4g service level agreements.
• Saved $19,000 in one year by moving multiple systems to the cloud and reducing legacy hardware. Developed online backup strategy for hosted systems and moved away from tape backups.

Katy, Texas, US

• Hired and developed team of 6 onshore and 4 offshore resources that provided 24/7 support of www.academy.com.
• Led infrastructure build-out for cloud conversion on the eCommerce platform.
• Handled dual architecture model to ensure zero downtime deployments (Akamai).
• Delivered 10 consecutive months of 100% site and application availability within 99.96% service level agreement.
• Consistently exceeded revenue, performance, and availability targets.
• Worked with admin/build team to deploy monthly releases.

Houston, TX, US

• Managed business analysts and infrastructure analysts as well as hardware support team (5 direct reports). Served as a member of the Change Advisory Board. Accountable for PCI and SOX compliance, worked with our.
• Provided oversight of voice and data services for new store locations, adding 90+ new stores annually for 3 years.
• Managed vendor relationships including POS modification and support, data providers/aggregators, bank/tender authorizers, and third-party contract support for various applications.
• Identified new POS software candidates for new ERP implementation. Planned/deployed product enhancements for POS system in regular 4-month cadence.
• Provided support for data flow of transactions to the central server and payment processor.Key Achievements
• Developed project plan to move credit processor to PIN debit terminal at all retail stores. Led VeriFone E2EE/PCI project with complete rollout to 600+ stores.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Transitioned to IBM during outsourcing from RSC
• Responsible for level two support and change requests within IBM system
• Setup VPN access for remote users (RSA)
• Maintain on site backup for offsite storage (Backup Exec)
• Maintain all Cisco Equipment for 450 sites. Install and patch ISO and hardware for MPLS network
• Administer VMware environment with 50+ servers

• Create monitor and maintain back files for corporate offices. (Symantec BE)
• Test data restores for disaster recovery, maintain the storage of data with Iron Mountain
• Install, configure and maintain all local and remote network equipment (Cisco)
• Maintain all WAN equipment upgrade with the needed firmware releases and configurations
• Insure that backup personnel are fully trained to perform the day-to-day functions in my absence
• Primary point of contact with all ISP providers for corporate and remote office locations

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Information Technology Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Information Technology

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