Don Martin

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Director IT Infrastructure @ The Standard
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Poway, California, United States, United States
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Senior Information Technology Leader with significant years of proven experience in strategic planning, analysis, design and budget management in all aspects of Information Technology. Recognized for delivering results through a motivational and decisive management style. Expert at building partnerships across all levels of the organization and working in a fast-paced changing environment including start up, pre-IPO, acquisition, global expansion and right sizing. CORE COMPETENCIES:● Executive partner with collaborative leadership approach ● Contemporary, fault tolerant Data Center/Cloud Architect● IT Security & Compliance including PCI & Sarbanes-Oxley● Expert in design of scalable systems for business needs ● Cost control without compromise to service level● Vendor management with excellent negotiation skills● Infrastructure Management● Supply Chain Infrastruture● IT Security Program Development● IT Service Desk Management

Don Martin's Current Company Details
The Standard

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Director IT Infrastructure
Don Martin Work Experience Details
  • The Standard
    Director, Infrastructure Support Services
    The Standard Oct 2021 - Present
    Portland, Oregon, Us
  • Taylormade Golf Company
    Director It Infrastructure
    Taylormade Golf Company Mar 2017 - Mar 2020
    Carlsbad, California, Us
    Responsible for global IT infrastructure for all global locations including HQ, ten regional offices and four manufacturing/shipping facilities. Leadership responsibilities including Infrastructure, Network, IT Security, Oracle DBA, Client Experience and Service Desk teams• Managed infrastructure divestiture project from parent company (adidas) to new owner• Developed and executed organizational plan to support end-state company structure• Oversight of migration from on premise Exchange to Office365 for 1500 users• Migration of global legacy server & storage infrastructure to hyper-converged ecosystem supporting Microsoft, Linux and Oracle DB/EBS• Complete refresh of all network infrastructure for the global organization• Creation of IT Security Team• Oversight of disaster recovery standup at colocation facility in NV
  • Cubic
    Data Center Consolidation Project Lead
    Cubic Jan 2016 - Mar 2017
    Consultant responsible for providing technical leadership and execution against a global data center consolidation project including all activities related to the migration of servers and applications. This role provides technical oversight and participation within the project team (including working with System Engineers, application and server owners and 3rd party partners and vendors).
  • Charlotte Russe
    Director Of Technical Services & It Security
    Charlotte Russe 2011 - 2015
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Responsible for IT Infrastructure for corporate offices, distribution center and 550 retail store across the United States. Led team of 24 overseeing infrastructure, Oracle DBA, retail support help desk and desktop services, and IT security including PCI Level 1 & Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.• Directed relocation of data center from managed service provider to SwitchNap co-location facility in Las Vegas, along with a technology refresh, resulting in a 70% ($75K/month) cost savings.• Managed Point-of-Sale software deployment project to 550 retail stores. Completed on time and under budget. • Led IT components for 75 new/remodel/relocation store projects per year. Projects included network, Point-of-Sale hardware/software, telecommunications and wireless installations. • Redesigned 550 store network to a new cost neutral provider to include improved bandwidth and a wireless 4G backup• Managed technology refresh of VeriFone credit card terminals at all stores to meet future PCI compliance regulations• Consistently reduced annual IT spending through contract renegotiations, server consolidation and telecomm expense reduction.• Responsible for the purchase of IT hardware and solutions for all locations ensuring the appropriate IT solutions are in place for 10K employees across 550 stores, corporate and field operations as well as within the allocated annual IT spend of $22M.• Managed the IT help desk supporting store, field and corporate teams. Developed new and improved processes (both customer-facing as well as internal) that increased productivity and reduced call volume by 20%• Oversaw support of all VMWare, Linux, Unix, EMC SAN, Cisco Nexus, Oracle and SQL applications.• Negotiated and managed SaaS contracts including Microsoft Office 365.• Partnered with executive peers to create IT three year strategic plan and budget which included capital project and ongoing expenses.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Vice President, It Technical Services
    Baker & Taylor 2007 - 2009
    Charlotte, North Carolina, Us
    • Responsibility for global IT infrastructure including regional headquarters, subsidiaries and distribution centers and a budget of $8M. Managed all IT infrastructure projects. • Responsible for all infrastructure including 24X7 data center operations, telecommunications, Oracle ERP, VMware, PkMS WMS, Kronos and telephony. Enterprise server platforms included Unix, IBM and Windows.• Relocated regional headquarters and designed and built a contemporary data center. Physical move resulted in only 20 hours of downtime to the organization and no impact to customers.• Responsibility of 24/7 multi-data center operations that achieved 99% uptime coupled with system stability and sustained performance. • Managed server consolidation including HP blade server deployment in conjunction with VMware implementation. Achieved significant annual savings.
  • Advanced Marketing Services (Ams)
    Vp It Technical Services
    Advanced Marketing Services (Ams) 1987 - 2007
    Us
    • Responsible for global enterprise IT infrastructure including headquarters, subsidiaries and 6 distribution centers. Led team of 30 IT technical professionals supporting infrastructure, 24x7 data center operations, Oracle ERP database/applications, Great Plains, PkMS WMS, Oracle TMS (OTM), Kronos, HRIS, telephony and EDI. Hardware platforms included Unix, IBM and Windows.• Built IT infrastructure from the ground up including Enterprise class data centers, 20 distribution centers and 25 retail stores. Continually self-audited and improved the environment keeping consistent with current technology while aligning with business requirements in a rapid growth business.• Led IT Sarbanes-Oxley testing, gap remediation and associated external audits. Created and implemented an IT security team. • Partnered with Executive peers to create the global strategic one, three and five year business plan resulting in improved efficiencies furthering corporate goals.

Don Martin Education Details

  • San Diego State University
    San Diego State University
    Extensive Management Training Including:
  • Palomar College
    Palomar College
    Real Estate License
  • Grossmont College
    Grossmont College
    Computer Sciences / General Education

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