Throughout my professional Information Systems career, my experience has ranged from Systems Administrator to Chief Information Officer. The positions have all been fast-paced, challenging, broad in scope and have required strong leadership, financial and strategic planning capability along with tactical decision making. I have applied skills in WAN, LAN, and Telecommunications, Disaster Recovery planning, Data Center Management, development of annual budgets, creation of policy and procedure and project management. I am responsible for the IT department’s technical needs for system development, support, contract negotiation, upgrades and all aspects of IT physical and system security. I Participate in regulatory exams with NCUA and state examiners. Develop and implement business resumption/disaster recovery plan for business and network. Research, design and implement Virtual Network & SAN technologies. Develop policies and procedures for acceptable use, system life cycles and regulatory compliance to meet NCUA and state charter regulations. Research, design and implement VoiP phone system at 15 branch locations.Prior to working in Information Technology, I spent ten years working as a Lieutenant on a Special Operations Counter Terrorist Team. I have personally trained local, state and federal law enforcement SWAT officers and elite Special Forces military organizations in hostage rescue and counter-terrorist measures. I was the lead instructor tasked with ensuring the operational readiness of Special Forces Counter-terrorism teams who were given the mission to train the Royal Thai Commando squadron in counter terrorist measures. I was recognized for my ability to lead and instruct individuals and develop criteria for training as well as my ability to meet specific objectives without direct supervision. During this time I maintained a Q-level Top Secret Security Clearance.