Virtual CIO Digital Vision Remote Oct 2013 – PresentResponsibilities:• Lead, oversee and monitor multi-functional project teams.• Perform gap analysis to assess the current and future state of all systems to discover opportunities.• Establish & maintain new client relationships across all levels of the organization.• Manage the procurement process and vendor relationships to optimize return on investment.• Comply with all local regulations and legal requirements in project execution.• Align CEO, CFO, COO, ED support, internally and externally, to ensure a winning solution is delivered• Execute multi-phase complex projects in alignment with all management levels and cross-functional teams.Key Achievement:• Built and implemented the self-monitoring Hybrid network at no additional cost to the organization.

Co-Chair/ Vice President

• Decision maker for hardware and infrastructure purchases. • Transitioned outdated servers to a Hyper-V environment - took a flat network with 900 nodes and implemented VLANS, assisted with purchase and deployment of a Shoretel VOIP phone system, relocated various Wathgaurd VPNs and point to point connections through home grade internet connections to Managed MPLS. • Built an IT disaster recovery plan including fail over servers, back-ups, recovery documentation.• Strategically planned, created and established direction of the IT department.• Authored and instituted departmental processes and procedures integrating organizational vision.• Designed systems for managing IT operations. • Oversaw strategic relationships and communication pathways between internal IT resources (staff/network/equipment) and external entities, including government (IRS, HHSA, DOL, SDUSD).• Complied with all legal regulations and maintained organizations cybersecurity.Key achievements:• Created a self-monitoring network to manage the performance and capacity of aging hardware. • Redesigned the communication network to maximize system resiliency and disaster prevention.• Awarded San Diego Business Journal IT Executive of the Year (2013, Large Non-Profit Organizations).• Effectively translated complex IT and Telecom networks and technologies to non-technical audiences - Board of Directors, Executives, Financial Analysts, and Managers.• Authored SOP’s for two non-profit organizations in accordance with FERPA and HIPPA standards.• Successfully developed communication paths to establish and maintain strategic relationships between internal IT resource, external entities, educational districts, government sectors, vendors and partner organizations.• Designed and built redundant data centers for non-profit organization with AWS Glacier cloud as tertiary back-up.

• Responsible for the performance and development of the sales engineers• Prepared action plans for individual goals as well as overall team effectiveness• Assists in the development and implementation of action plans as needed.• Provides timely feedback to senior management regarding performance.• Creates and conducts proposal and RFP

• Sold services to NetCentric, Corporate and Governmental businesses (Colocation and Ethernet)• Fulfilled entire acquisition process from prospecting, proposal generation, contract negotiation, to fulfilling contract requirements • Won award for multiple services sold for International product • Received awards for sustaining 150 percent of quota multiple times• Led team in product development team and educated team on product rollouts• Recognized in outstanding sales performance

• Developed out of the box presentations to secure in the box product contracts• Recognized as outstanding employee for creative solutions and quota overachievement• Co-chairing group to develop employee satisfaction and team building

• Responsible for securing International data communications contracts with large multinational corporations and carriers. (GigE and Colocation)• Successfully developed relationships and long term agreements with Global accounts such as JMI Incorporated, Nicholas Applegate, TD Waterhouse and collocation facilities• Developed turnkey Global solutions for multinational organizations by utilizing a consultative approach and cutting edge technologies