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Saint Paul, MN, US

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Reporting to CIO, spearheaded multi-million-dollar software program, incl. 20+ direct reports; owning 110+ products across 24 locations in 14 states.
• Developed and optimized 85 siloed products into a standardized, globally monitored solution, reducing support demand by 88% and cost by 77%.
• Directed the 18-month product migration of 62 departments to Jira & Confluence Cloud, completing efforts 2 months ahead of schedule while boosting adoption by 20%.
• Implemented Defender, Azure, and ManageEngine product integration into Microsoft 365 Enterprise environment, increasing security compliance by 70%.
• Slashed 24/7 vendor licensing costs by 66% through ServiceNow and Jira cross-platform automation and streamlined DevOps processes by 21%.
• Proposed award-nominated hybrid collaboration solution to C-suite, executing agile delivery alongside 12 enterprise and python developers at 20% competitor product costs amidst pandemic challenges.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Launched and grew 0 to 1 profitable Indie Pop artist, “Whosah” to online followingof over 3 million streams worldwide.
• Developed growth model alongside partners in e-commerce, branding,web development, sales, and PR, generating $35k/year in revenue.
• Leveraged online branding, grassroots following, and vendor, peerpartnerships to self-promote 3-4 tours/year across 15+ states.
• Commercial placement of 5 records across entertainment channels fromNetflix and the Today Show to Target’s, “Back to School” Campaign.
• Headliner and opening performances for up to 3,000 attendees alongsideJesse McCartney, Lizzo, Mat Kearney, Hippo Campus, Mutemath, etc.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Strategically partnered with C-suite and director level stakeholders across corporate, entertainment, and education industries to anticipate user needs and deliver high-impact software solutions.
• Designed software solutions and collaborated with C-Suite stakeholders to implement technology support models for up to 20,000 users.
• Developed 15 project-proposal, managed technical staff of 16, and implemented organization-wide technology integration across 8 products.
• Built website and developed national brand for independent artist, resulting in over $100,000 in sales, 2.5 million streams, and placements from Netflix to the Today Show.
• Proactively anticipated client needs and mentored peers to embrace unpredictable circumstances to high praise of cross-functional stakeholders and customers.

• Reported to support manager, drove innovative design, product deliveries, and coached 8-10 junior engineers toward enhancing customers technology experiences.
• Established sophisticated, low user complexity, IP control innovations to enable 75% self servicefor high performance department technology portfolio.
• Recruited and developed engineers to autonomously implement and support productsolutions, resulting in career placements at State Farm, TCF Bank, Best Buy, and Target.
• Consulted with director level and above stakeholders to optimize design and servicedelivery through extensive requirements collection, industry expert consultation, and staffcoaching to increase project efficiency by.
• Developed and executed significant process improvement for adaptive support andflexible design use, reducing staffing demands by 60% and product cost by 30%.

St Bonifacius, Minnesota, United States

• Strategically partnered with VP of Student Development to engage 2,000+ students through chapel convocations, project prioritization and installation.
• Developed campus-wide product suite designs alongside director + user stakeholders for 15 spaces.
• Established security process improvement alongside IT director to execute core cybersecurity best practices.
• Delivered donor-enabled self-service sound and lighting system for org-wide use, impacting 1,700 customers and c-suite users.

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