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Littleton, Co, Us

Providing strategic technology consulting and program execution for small to medium businesses, focusing on efficiency, growth, and cost savings. Delivering targeted solutions across five key areas: Digital Transformation, Cloud Economics and Solutions, Growth and Business Acceleration, Operations Optimization, and Program Execution and Recovery. Dedicated to empowering clients through tailored strategies that enhance operational performance and business outcomes.

Hanover, Md, Us

South San Francisco, California, Us

SAP SuccessFactors provides comprehensive Human Capital management software. As an extension of the Executive Program Management Organization, initiated and led a global next-gen data center build and cloud optimization program with the goal of supporting a hybrid hosting model for SAP SuccessFactors applications, forecasting a $150MM over 5 years cost reduction and improving uptime and availability by 200%. Established data centers in Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Chicago, and Virginia. Enabled SAP to enhance its competitive advantage while significantly accelerating the transformation and modernization of its IT infrastructure.• Strategically Planning for Growth - Planned and focused efforts on building data centers near major public hosting providers, (i.e. Azure, AWS, Google). Developed plans that would enable public providers to host the front-end applications, and SAP SF to host the more costly back-end infrastructure.• Transformation / Modernization – Worked across the leadership team to drive immediate business value by utilizing a rapid adoption of a DevOps service-driven approach, pragmatic execution of proven strategies for speed and agility, simplification and standardizing architecture and operational process, and a focus on bringing innovation to the business leadership.• Expanding the Infrastructure - Selected and negotiated data center hosting locations, managed architecture design and engineering, HW procurement, HW install, and turn-up while ensuring development implementation readiness in the hybrid environment and install. • Operational Speed – Selected and implemented AI automation components and operational processes that accelerated the build process 125%.

Englewood, Co, Us

CHI is a national healthcare system based out of Englewood, Colorado. Recruited to manage a comprehensive enterprise network upgrade and transition from a managed services model to a NaaS model for CHI’s entire wired, wireless, and UC VoIP/PSTN systems network infrastructure. Replaced a third-party vendor that was unable to provide network system upgrades and merely providing break/fix support as advances in technology quickly outpaced the organization’s ability to provide reliable networks. Transformed and modernized network infrastructure to optimize performance and minimize risk.• Optimizing Technology to Meet Business Needs: Led the development of architectural design standards, remediation and completion of an existing low voltage wiring and closet / DC clean-up, led new hardware and circuit implementations, and directed the hand-off to operations / support. • Providing Strong Cross-Functional Leadership: Led project teams featuring cabling vendors, managed service providers, architects, engineers, equipment manufacturers, installers, electricians, supply chain managers, and network operators.

Phoenix, Az, Us

Relocated to Denver, Colorado after traveling with family across 26 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East (2014 to 2015).

San Antonio, Texas, Us

Sirius (formerly Forsythe Technologies) is a national integrator of business solutions including IT strategy, security, digital transformation, cloud, and managed services. Brought in to effectively support a contract with a key client, Liberty Mutual Insurance after Forsythe had taken on the outsourcing of Liberty Mutual’s entire network operations. Implemented an autonomous AI problem resolution platform, upgraded Liberty’s 600+ branch office networks, and consolidated its data centers to optimize network costs.•Enhancing Customer Relations: Restored health and productivity to a global, multi-platform, multi-vendor managed-services client solution. Restructured relations between Liberty Mutual and several third-party vendors to optimize transparency and establish direct communications between Liberty Mutual and the vendors. Overhauled the NOC to update automation, client network, infrastructure, applications, and operations. Established policies and procedures to simplify strategic goals and internal service delivery process improvement.

Covington, Kentucky, Us

Data Intensity is an IT services Management Company with services including cloud enablement, application/database management, and consulting. Refined the firm’s enterprise engagement and support model. Created all models and rebuilt DI’s portfolio/project management office. Developed consistent methodologies for client engagements. Personally, supported many of DI’s large clients which included leading a large DB transformation program for Fidelity Investments, and a new data center build and consolidation for Thompson Reuters. Prepared and executed consulting agreements with major clients including Thompson Reuters, Fidelity Investments, Argo Insurance, and British Telecom.

Roseland, New Jersey, Us

ADP is an American provider of human resources and payroll management software and services. Guided the global network services team providing design, architecture, support, and program management services in support of ADP Payroll Services. • Played a pivotal role in ADP’s acquisition of an FDC subsidiary Revamped FDC’s systems, infrastructure, and policies to effectively position it as an attractive acquisition candidate. Moved and consolidated offices. Built and consolidated several data centers, introduced a virtual platform, updated development and QA procedures, and built a B2B tax calculation service/platform that is continues to be used by companies including Home Depot and Amazon. • Significantly improved ADP’s support models and restructured its support contracts to save ADP millions of dollars annually Earned management accolades for this and for attaining a 97% employee satisfaction rating, highest in company history while retaining nearly all personnel during major corporate changes.

Boston, Ma, Us

Evergreen Investments was the institutional investment mechanism of Wachovia Bank, later acquired by Wells Fargo. Directed global technology operations and infrastructure for all production, trading, and back-office reconciliation systems. Pioneered adoption of virtualized infrastructure and oversaw complete system/network redesign and optimization activities for both production and DR. Migrated enterprise to a centralized infrastructure, configured and merged domestic data centers, and moved disaster recovery facility to increase security and system readiness while reducing costs.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

•Architected, implemented, and managed online client-directed trading system and HA infrastructure•Created DR plan with RTO / RPO utilizing asynchronous data transfer to DR site•Engineered new secure, scalable enterprise-class infrastructure solutions that enabled 300% exponential growth •Led early adoption of virtualization and emerging e-commerce technologies•Managed data center support operations, DBA, server ops, storage, capacity management, and planning

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Engineered and managed production and trading system infrastructures, market data HW / vendors.

Boston, Ma, Us

Management Information Systems

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