• Leading company-wide network transformation, piloting shift from vendor proprietary solutions to white box hardware and open-source technology.• Design and execute long-term strategy to implement new technology across 1.9K+ stores and distribution centers. o Ensure successful technology implementations by serving as main point of contact for all locations during ongoing rollout; continuously coach software engineers on opportunities for performance improvement. • Manage all financial planning for implementation strategy; develop budget to ensure all hardware, software, and vendor needs are fulfilled. Proactively forecast financial impact of new technology to determine return on investment.• Provide thought leadership to executive team to accelerate project, delivering weekly presentations on implementation roadmaps, timelines, and budgets. • Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with vendors that enable engineering team to successfully navigate supply chain shortages while generating savings on new hardware.• Advance enterprise-wide employee recruitment and retention goals by serving on multiple task forces focused on hiring, professional development, and equity, diversity, & inclusion initiatives.

• Led team of engineers to successfully build and deliver modern IoT platform, improving device communication across Target’s fleet of stores and distribution centers. • Continuously improved IoT platform by introducing new technology across network chain, including LoRa, RFID, and associated sensor devices.

• Led global team of engineers to build Target’s OpenStack cloud offering. Maintained ownership of two distinct OpenStack environments that impacted ~800 servers across two data centers. o Drove stability and supportability for both environments without impacting critical applications during high-volume business times.• Directed capacity planning efforts across multiple environments; generated reports on program quality and growth while forecasting potential roadblocks. • Ensured operational excellence by building processes and rotations to streamline Scrum group workflows.

Leading Target's Internal Private Cloud team

Working in Target.com Support