Employment Objective: Add value, mentor talent, make a difference. Highly accomplished, forward thinking Executive. In this role, he implements information technology services, solutions, and strategy for an agency of 75,000 employees across United States and its Territories, and 250+ diplomatic posts and representative offices globally.Don has over two decades of experience leading global teams in IT operations and cybersecurity. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Don successfully drove large-scale digital transformations bringing an entire suite of applications online within a month, ensuring minimal disruptions to operational commitments. As a transformational leader, Don has fostered a culture of innovation - empowering teams to embrace ever-evolving mission needs, and drive positive organizational change. ✓ Strategic Leadership: Adept at building high-performing teams and fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement, while maintaining work/life balance.✓ Digital Transformation: Spearheaded the adoption of digital strategies and cloud-first approaches, driving organizations towards enhanced agility, scalability, and cost efficiencies. ✓ Cost Control & Fiscal Responsibility: As a Certified Technical Business Management Executive, Don has applied strong financial acumen to identify cost reduction opportunities, optimize IT spending, and deliver substantial savings transparently. ✓ Enterprise Security & Compliance: Proactively addressed information security risks by implementing robust security measures and leading cybersecurity teams. Maintained compliance with industry standards, regulations and Executive Orders, including High Value Assets (HVA), and successfully mitigated potential threats.✓ Customer-Centric ApproachConsistent "customer first" philosophy, engaging with teams to address customer issues promptly and transparently, with minimal impact on users.Extremely adept at translating complex technology terms into understandable strategies for Human Resource executivesDemonstrated expertise in computer engineering, architecture and strategic IT coupled with a deep understanding of Federal HRChampioned change management efforts during the successful deployment of major HR Modernization, engaging and informing leadership, conducting multiple demonstrations, and providing timely progress updates to stakeholders.Known within the vendor community for being a strong customer advocate (some call it passionate) and a proponent of standardization and reuse across the Federal government.