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Fort Lauderdale, Florida

• Contracted IT Project/Program Manager, engaging with clients that have diverse business needs ranging from RFP responses to assessment, installation, and deployment of network security and management infrastructures.
• InfoSec Program Management: Delivered multiple internal and customer-facing security projects across critical facilities throughout North America for a large distribution company. Trained new Project Managers on PMO.
• Pre-Sales RFP Responses for a Value-Added Reseller (VAR): Assisted a large, regional IT services company with RFP responses and customer presentations, securing a $1MM IT infrastructure security system sale to a.
• IT Security and Infrastructure Project Alignment: Managed a strategic, enterprise-wide project for a multi-hospital healthcare organization, assessing existing infrastructure, planning for new platform integrations.

Nashville, Tennessee, US

• Provided strategic leadership across three Infrastructure and Operations Divisions for a Fortune 500 healthcare company specializing in physician services, medical transportation, and ambulatory surgical services.
• Supported multiple IT infrastructure projects resulting from the M&A processes across all lines of business, making technical assessments, integrating acquired businesses into the company’s platforms, conducting.
• Consolidated data centers from multiple acquisitions into primary and secondary data center facilities, as well as completing several large-scale office moves to regional service centers with minimal disruption to.
• Implemented a regional IT support model across the country with a hybrid in-house/outsourced structure to increase service levels and reduce OPEX costs
• Oversight of 100+ remote locations, large regional service centers, contact centers with remote agents, transitioning acquired telephony environments to the cloud while reducing overall telecommunications spend

Juno Beach, FL, US

• Selected to lead the enterprise-wide assessment of existing security infrastructures for the largest rate-regulated electric utility in the United States across its solar, wind, thermo/hydro, and nuclear power.
• Performed detailed analysis on multiple vendor offerings and the alignment of their products to existing enterprise platforms, with an emphasis on multi-year replacement strategy and the reduction of operational.
• Created detailed Statement of Work for chosen vendor to provide replacement equipment for all security infrastructure components in the Utility environment. Restructured contract with new hardware being acquired.

Juno Beach, FL, US

• Collaborated with IBM on the creation and delivery of the first comprehensive Telecommunications Strategy for NextEra Energy’s enterprise networks, including voice, data, and land mobile radio systems.
• Analyzed the current state of all communications systems across multiple business units and delivered comprehensive documentation outlining business drivers, technology platforms and operational procedures for.
• Interviewed business unit leadership on current technologies and future initiatives to assist in formulating a gap analysis. Documented previous deployments and deficiencies in each system to ensure future systems were.
• Prioritized remediation/actionable items from gap analysis mapped to future initiatives and desired end-state. Created a detailed roadmap of initiatives, including costs, to address current deficiencies that would be.

Juno Beach, FL, US

• Managed a team of four Project Managers and Business Analysts supporting multiple data center infrastructure projects. Selected to manage the highly visible, high-impact, accelerated delivery of critical network.
• Led staff to support the implementation of critical infrastructure components for Thermo/Hydro and Nuclear plants throughout North America. Successfully delivered several critical assets that met mandatory compliance.
• Developed and delivered management reporting for status on project milestones related to regulatory compliance initiatives. Provided executive-level updates and presentations for multiple business units involved in.
• Provided guidance to engineering teams for proper design/deployment of critical infrastructure components for NERC CIP, specifically CIP-005 and CIP-007. Attained the proper segregation and management of.

Jacksonville, FL, US

New York, NY, US

Madison, NJ, US

Glendale, California, US