Douglas Darby Email & Phone Number

Greater Boston Area

IOvations provides innovative enterprise Security, Network, and Storage IT solutions and professional services that enable our clients to achieve optimal results. With over 25 years of deep Security, Network, and Storage domain experience, you can count on IOvations for trusted advice, real-time response, and superior service.

Greater Boston Area

NEXT GENERATION RISK MANAGEMENTToday, risks and threats to your proprietary information and IT infrastructure come from everywhere, both inside and outside your organization. The best response to these threats is a comprehensive information security strategy. A good strategy is much more than just technology solutions. It includes such things as.

Waltham, MA

• Responsible for leading the Company’s corporate IT and enterprise-wide information security and information assurance capabilities for the Company’s internal and customer facing (SaaS) infrastructures. Responsible for.
• Develop strategic plans and technical direction for internal corporate IT including the use of private and public cloud technologies
• Accountable for IT Risk Management, IT Security Policies, IT Security Awareness and providing input into IT Security Architecture for the Company's internal and externally facing information assets
• Ensure attainment of business goals by prioritizing technology initiatives and executing against them effectively
• Work closely with key product stakeholders, to align technology and product strategies
• Accountable for developing the overall information security vision, strategy, and architecture for the enterprise, including policy and guidelines to support the Company’s current and future direction

Burlington, MA

• As a leader within the Corporate IT organization reporting to the CIO, my responsibilities include the oversight and leadership of pre- and post-merger and acquisition integration efforts including pre-deal analysis.
• Provided integration program management throughout the M&A life-cycle from deal analysis through integration and post-integration reviews.
• Ensured a high level of project quality & client satisfaction throughout M&A activities by managing customer expectations and resolving cross-functional issues.
• Determined required integration program budgets for inclusion in M&A modelling; partnered with Corporate Development, IT and Finance management to drive budgets and measurements.
• Acted as the single point-of-contact and relationship manager for the IT and Business leaders from Nuance and the acquired company.
• Partnered with the Business Systems, Network, Infrastructure, Security and End-User Services teams in the execution of integration activities; Ensured IT delivery per the plan of record and integration plans defined.

• As the Vice President of IS/ IT reporting to the President/CEO, my responsibilities included building and leading the North America IS/IT organization in the implementation and support of infrastructure and.
• Led and managed IS/IT for the North American operations through effective decision making, timely communication, and coordination with corporate IS/IT in the support and implementation of strategic initiatives. o.
• Led and maintained computing and telecommunications facilities, equipment, services, and applications that support the needs of key business functions including a geographically dispersed sales force, time sensitive.
• Led the post-acquisition IT Integration of Astra Tech into DENTSPLY from an infrastructure services and business systems perspective.

• Reporting to the CIO as Vice President within IT, my responsibilities included implementing critical applications and support for the enterprise business functions; ensuring stability of enterprise-wide IT.
• Built Vistaprint’s corporate application support and IT infrastructure groups from 5 people to a team of 40+ deployed in 5 countries globally, providing effective support of enterprise business functions for a.
• Delivered on-time and on-budget the selection of SAP’s ECC 6.0 ERP, seamless implementation of 12+ modules across Finance, HR and Manufacturing, and effective integration with high-volume e-commerce sites. Leveraged.
• Drove key mitigations of enterprise risk:o Led the investigation, response and mitigation of multiple customer and partner fraud cases ($1-3 million annually) including the implementation of improved front-end fraud.

• Managed teams (20-30 staff) responsible for Corporate Systems, Disaster Recovery, and Information Security.
• Business Manager for Corporate Systems – Human Resources, Financial Accounting, Financial Operations, Tax/Treasury, and Partner Services. Responsible for partnering with key business sponsors to gain an understanding.
• Managed the implementation of PeopleSoft ERP for Human Resources, replacing antiquated system and greatly improving HR processes, workflow, reporting, and enabling employee self-service.
• Senior Enterprise Technology Manager responsible for the management, budgeting, project planning, resource planning and daily issue resolution for Enterprise Technologies departments.
• Manager of Disaster Recovery and Security responsible for establishing system recovery capabilities including enterprise-wide system and application recovery procedures. Responsible for the implementation of multiple.

* Delivery Director responsible for working closely with multiple clients to gain an understanding of their business objectives while ensuring the on-time, successful delivery of multiple large-scale projects. This required both creative client relationship management as well as active project team and issue management.* Workshop Leader for many planning.

Mba, Entrepreneurial Studies

Bs, Management & Computer Science