In my current role as Director of Special Operations at Esquire Legal Search, I collaborate closely with the President to enhance the firm's technology infrastructure and digital marketing strategies while managing high-priority executive searches. • Expertise in Partner Placement, Practice Group Acquisitions, Law Firm Mergers, In-House Recruitment, and Compensation Consulting. Successfully connecting candidates with top-tier opportunities at leading AmLaw 100 firms.

I helped in empowering Directors, VPs, Executives, and seasoned professionals aiming for multiple six and seven figure compensation and secure positions that they truly deserve in this competitive job market. My mission was to expedite the job search, connecting clients with opportunities at some of the world's premier companies such as Meta, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Deloitte.

Hired as Chief Information Officer to manage companywide network infrastructure, e-commerce, SaaS and all IT related functions. Promoted to Chief Operating Officer in June 2014 to oversee daily operations of the business, including sales/marketing, manufacturing, acquisition, finance, legal, HR and vendors/customers relationships. • Doubled sales year-over-year for 3 consecutive years; from $0 to $2.5MM in 18 months• Designed and implemented e-commerce and social media strategies and plans• Cultivated brand and products awareness, to date, over 20 million views on Youtube• Evaluated company performance by analyzing and interpreting data and metrics• Led in expansion activities (procurement, investments, acquisitions and corporate alliances)• Managed relationships with partners/vendors• Organized and attended industry trade shows and meetings

Directed Information Technology operations within 400-million-dollar company providing capital and additional financing options to the emerging markets. Oversaw major IT functions including: security risk assessment, incident response, security policy creation and enforcement, business continuity planning, disaster recovery, project management, budgeting, application support, and business planning.Management experience• Head of IT department• Hired and managed staff of differing cultures and united into cohesive teams. (5 offices; Bulgaria, Estonia, Colombia, Singapore and Puerto Rico.)• Monthly VTC meetings on company IT needs and outstanding issues.• Yearly report to CEO and President on IT budget, strategies and trends.• Created IT policies and procedures, business continuity plan and disaster recovery plan.• Reviewed and approved major contracts for computing and information technology services and equipment. • Assessed new computing technologies to determine potential value for the company.Strategic planning experience• Planned overall design, layout, configuration, installation and integration of IT systems for multi-offices across 5 countries. • Implemented Cisco Call Manager and Call Manager Express phone systems, Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 /R2, Cisco VPN, Tandberg MXP Edge 85/95 Video Conferencing systems, Blackberry Enterprise Server 4/5 and Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging.• Evaluated accounting software and implemented SAP Business One.• Planned and evaluated disaster recovery site. Implemented DR hot site with real time synchronization in Terramark Worldwide, Miami, FL.

Managed IT operations in the delivery of OS systems, application services and helpdesk to 25 clients across financial, pharmaceutical, legal, accounting and government agencies. Implemented standard procedures and processes to improve overall business functionality. Provided pre-sale and post-sales support and developed alliances with partners and vendors.• Evaluated MSPs and implemented Level Platforms as the core application in the managed services department.• Installed, implemented and utilized Level Platforms Managed Workplace.• Managed clients’ systems by following best practice approach of the Information TechnologyInfrastructure Library (ITIL) framework.• Evaluated varies partnership programs in order to offer clients value added products and services.• Engaged customers with pre-sales discussions, demonstrations and closing opportunities in conjunction with the sales team members.• Planned and installed system design, layout, configuration, integration and implementations.• Project management lead on Microsoft Exchange 2003 and 2007 installations and migrations, • Microsoft SharePoint 2003 and MOSS 2007 installations and migrations, Citrix Presentation Servers 4.0 and 4.5 installations and migrations, Microsoft SQL 2005 installations and migrations, Active Directory implementations, Watchguard firewall and Packeteer installations.

Planned and managed system design, layout, configuration, installation, integration, implementation and conversion of 150 nodes multi-locations law offices. Successfully completed two separate rollout/migrations with better than expected results and under proposed budget. • Hired and managed staff of IT department serving 150 users in 3 local offices.• Principle consultant on technology to the managing partners. • Improved inventory control capabilities by developing a comprehensive Asset Management program• Planned and implemented an enterprise wide Fax solution which included installation software and one 8 port fax card on server• Reviewed and approved major contracts for computing and information technology services and equipment. • User and back end configuration and troubleshooting of Concordance databases. • Loading, configuring, and maintenance of Livenote databases.• Successfully completed Novell to Microsoft Active Directory migration • Evaluated document management and case management software and implemented Interwoven Desksite and RainMaker.• Evaluated ISPs and implemented point-to-point frame relay between 3 offices.• Evaluated litigation, document production and other legal services related software and products.