Lead a global team of IT professionals to oversee, direct and manage all aspects of global service delivery (outsourced, managed service providers, contingent workers and staff). Service areas include Amgen’s technological infrastructure, including Amgen’s corporate network & monitoring, operating system management, cloud services and automation, and other technology platforms. Accountable for the evolution of the compute, storage and infrastructure components in Amgen’s global infrastructure environment. In addition to traditional on premise infrastructure responsibilities, also responsible for the strategy development, implementation and operational management of Amgen’s migration from a primarily on-premise infrastructure environment to a cloud-based environment.

Lead and develop team responsible for Information Security and Infrastructure Operations across 600+ locations in North and South Americas. Budget responsibility for large scale capital expenditure security and infrastructure projects as well as team operational budgets (30M+ USD/year ). Key team accomplishments include:• Successful outsourcing of all Global Security Operations to 3rd Party Vendor. Total reduction of 80% in employee headcount and 40% in global security operations budget. This includes SAP Security operations.• Direct Management of IT Information Security and Infrastructure professionals in North and South Americas. Integrate teams globally to ensure sharing of best practices between regions. • Manage migration of 95% of Global DataCenter Infrastructure from brick and mortar DataCenter to Cloud Providers. This resulted in a budget savings of over 30% annually.• Manage Large Scale IT Vendors (IBM, Presidio, Citrix, Wipro and Tivit).• Provide Global Basis and Security services for SAP Solution supporting over 30k users.

Develop team responsible for architecting, implementing and maintaining information security for 100+ locations across North America. Key team accomplishments include:• Zero external SOX findings for North America systems in scope.• Global Implementation of Rapid7 Nexpose Vulnerability Scanners• Creation of Vulnerability Management Key Performance Indicators.• Implementation of Palo Alto appliances across global infrastructure.

Lead and develop team responsible for architecting, implementing and maintaining information technology infrastructure for 100+ locations across North America. Manage budget for large-scale capital expenditure infrastructure projects as well as team operational budget (10M+/year). Key team accomplishments include:• Design and Deployment of VMWare architecture increasing virtualization from 40% to 80%.• Architect and Implement Citrix XenDesktop 7.X for 3k users.• Implement Local Infrastructure responsible for running SAP across North America.• Plan projects annually to maintain the integrity of Infrastructure.

Develop and grow engineering teams to implement and architect enterprise level solutions based on customers needs and requirements. Manage resource skillsets and schedules to successfully deploy comprehensive solutions and ensure customer satisfaction. Increase local customer base through interactions with manufacturers, market events and customer referrals.• Manage a team of diverse senior level engineers to architect and implement custom network solutions. Team consisted of up to 15 engineers at times.• Design and implement high-speed optical solutions (primarily DWDM) company wide using Cisco ONS equipment.• Manage nationwide projects for Fortune 500 companies.• Manage responses to multi-million dollar bid proposals that resulted in company wins.• Maintain manufacturer relationships within local Tampa market.• Grow the team organically through training and challenges as well as screening and onboarding new engineering resources to complement the team.

Maintained and upgraded core network infrastructure and Internet services for the independent telephone company. Designed and deployed network solutions for business customers. Responsible for deploying several new technologies within the company’s service area to increase revenue and customer growth.• Automated many process and procedures using perl scripts.• Redesigned core network architecture using Cisco 6509 switches. Implemented redundancy at Internet edge using VRRP, Etherchannel, BGP and OSPF. Configured Foundry Switches to serve as high-speed aggregation point for business customers.• Implemented ADSL2+ technology using Lucent, Calix and Alcatel equipment with various modem types. Configured all aspects of ADSL2+ network, from modem to service provider network edge. Tested FTTH (Fiber To The Home) with limited subscribers for integration into existing network.• Systems Administrator for SMTP, WWW, DNS, RADIUS and NFS services running on FreeBSD. Configured Network Appliance NAS for file services for Internet customers.• Configured Gigabit Ethernet packet rings and provisioned traditional optical circuits (OC-3 – OC-48) using ECI equipment.• Aided with configuration of Huawei DWDM equipment (BWS-1600A). Experienced with TL1 set up, clearing alarms and basic card settings.

• Prepared and presented lectures, tutorials and lab work for Web Server Administration and Security, Web Mastering, Wireless Technologies and Internet Computing modules. Each module consisted of 5 groups of 20 students.• Created new course curriculum for Wireless Technologies course.• Supervised students completing final year CS projects for graduation.• Researched handwritten mathematical equation recognition for the Tablet PC OS.

• Performed Systems Administrator and Engineering functions.• Installed and configured SUN Solaris based machines, created group domain, and configured Apache (including SSL) and mail server (Sun Iplanet messenger server) for this domain.• Developed a custom appliance that provided movies on-demand, television and restricted Internet access for a Cablevision client.