Dustin Howard Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Phoenix, Arizona Area

This is my LLC, an umbrella company for my Technology consulting company (on hiatus), and my online retail and prep services company.

Arizona, United States

California

Note: Feb 2018 to Mar 2019, Employee, and June 2016 to Feb 2018, ConsultantResponsible for leadership, availability, and performance of IT infrastructure and teams, as well as IT security incident response, infrastructure compliance, security investigations, and network and security platform architecture.Keywords: Leadership, management, executive, VP, budget, cost savings, datacenter, disaster recovery, DR, high availability, HA, network, data, voice, PBX, servers, Windows, LINUX, Hadoop, Cloudera, ESXi, virtualization, storage, database, SQL, Oracle, applications, user support, security, firewall, IDS/IPS, DLP, SDWAN, cloud, Azure, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, MSS, MSSP, CASB, NGFW, 365, segmentation, automation, NAC, ITIL, DevOps, IDM, IAM, authentication, knowledge, KMDB, SSPR, Self Service, NOC, SOC, healthcare, payer, monitoring, event management, SIEM, Splunk, RSA, call center, Quality Assurance, QA, outsourcing

Scottsdale, Arizona

Part of the team that created the Zelle product. I was responsible for uptime, availability, performance, and security of all IT infrastructure and applications hosted in the datacenters, as well as infrastructure and product projects, end user support, and mergers/acquisitions. Keywords: Leadership, management, executive, VP, budget, cost savings, cost reduction, datacenter, disaster recovery, DR, high availability, HA, network, data, voice, PBX, servers, Windows, LINUX, Hadoop, Cloudera, ESXi, virtualization, storage, database, SQL, Oracle, applications, user support, security, segmentation, air gap, automation, IDM, authentication, ITIL, DevOps, SSPR, Self Service, patching, patch management, asset management, dynamic asset management, Zelle, merger, acquisition, finance, monitoring, Splunk, event management, call center

Scottsdale, Az

As VP of IT, I led all technology and information security, and delivered services that enabled organizational growth. As the CIO, I led the strategic direction of our data and information, and how we used it in business decisions. Keywords: Leadership, management, executive, CIO, VP, budget, cost savings, cost reductions, datacenter, disaster recovery, DR, high availability, HA, network, data, voice, PBX, servers, Windows, LINUX, ESXi, virtualization, storage, database, SQL, Oracle, applications, user support, security, firewall, IDS/IPS, IDM, authentication, cloud, cloud services, SaaS, Salesforce, Self Service, asset management, merger, acquisition, payments, monitoring, event management, Quality Assurance, QA

Phoenix, Arizona

Worked closely with sales and delivery teams to design and implement IT technologies that met or exceeded the needs of customers, at the best impact to their budgets. Gained company certifications and grew business. Keywords: Leadership, management, executive, VP, VAR, vendor, sales, pre-sales, channel, cloud services, virtualization, orchestration, disaster recovery, DR, security, network, firewall, wireless, storage, Palo Alto, NGFW, HP, MASE

Denver, Colorado

Leadership and executive management of the IT Operations services and support for over 3,500 SunGard customers. Made numerous measurable improvements to support processes and results during my tenure.Keywords: Leadership, management, executive, VP, budget, managed services, hosting, datacenter, disaster recovery, DR, high availability, HA, network, servers, Windows, LINUX, ESXi, virtualization, storage, database, SQL, Oracle, applications, security, firewall, ITIL, ITSM, change management, incident management, monitoring, event management, knowledge management, configuration management, continuous improvement, call center, NOC

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Early champion of remote education technologies. I successfully led all of IT infrastructure technologies and teams, and was also responsible for IT Compliance, Disaster Recovery, and Information Security. The teams I created and led successfully met YoY business needs. Keywords: Leadership, management, executive, VP, budget, cost savings, cost reduction, datacenter, disaster recovery, DR, high availability, HA, network, data, voice, PBX, servers, Windows, LINUX, ESXi, virtualization, storage, database, SQL, Oracle, applications, user support, security, firewall, IDS/IPS, DLP, GRC, DLP, ITIL, ITSM, monitoring, event management, NOC, SOC, continuous improvement, help desk, higher education, merger, acquisition, high growth, call center, project management, PMM, Quality Assurance, QA, PCI, SOX

Tempe, Arizona

I managed an IT Professional Services organization of network and security consultants, leading a highly profitable team of up to 25 employee consultants. Created the regional Information Security business practice. Keywords: Leadership, management, security, CISSP, network, professional services, profit, loss, P&L

Camp Pendleton, California

The Few, the Proud. Trained in leadership, management, technology, security of networks, and the ability to work with limited resources under pressure of short timeframes. I managed the Battalion Support Center and deployed technology operations.Keywords: Leadership, management, security, network, government, service desk, government, military

Master'S Degree

Bachelor Of Science - Bs