With over three decades of experience in the technology sector, I am an enterprising and innovative thought leader with well-rounded ownership, leadership, and decision-making skills. I believe that companies are successful because of their people. Thus, I help individuals, teams, functions, regions, sectors, and businesses reach their full potential with my entrepreneurial spirit and a deep sense of personal responsibility.I currently serve as the Vice President of Business Development at Syren Cloud, Inc., a specialist data engineering and supply chain solutions company. My role will be to support SyrenCloud, Inc. Global Customers and continue our tremendous growth by working closely with our executive management team, existing and prospective clients, and our tremendous engineering resources. Before joining the team at Syren Cloud, I served as the Azure Practice Leader/Partner at IBM Consulting. My efforts in this role followed by 15 years of experience working at Microsoft.My career showcases trailblazing success in technical architecture and infrastructure, IT operations, eBusiness operations, Cloud services, artificial intelligence, data analytics, team leadership, and implementation of state-of-the-art enterprise-wide solutions. I deliver large complex application projects and solutions through expert leadership of cross-functional on-shore and off-shore delivery/support organizations. I have consistently proved my mettle in spheres of managing multimillion-dollar budgets and innovation leadership. I am well-versed in ensuring SOX, HIPAA, GDPR compliance, and Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) alignment.My education includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, an M.B.A. from Lake Forest Executive Graduate School of Management, and a Post Master’s Research Essentials certification. I am currently a Doctoral candidate in Organizational Leadership with a focus on Information Technology.A few examples of how I’ve delivered results:* Recognized as top FY22 customer billable resource on the Accenture/Avanade Azure Cloud Solution desk team.* Received Professional Certification, Post Master’s Research Essentials, University of Phoenix, 2020.* Received Microsoft FY19 Champion Team Award, led creation of ‘Digital Ready’ for AI service offering.* Ranked Microsoft top tier personnel in 2011 performance review.* Won the Microsoft NA 100% Sales Achievement Award Five times (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011).* Recipient of Microsoft Gold Star Award in 2009 and MVP Award for outstanding customer service in 2011.
