I am the IT strategic leadership, cybersecurity expert and IT service delivery optimization expert for ACS Industries. ACS is a global manufacturer of critical components used inautomotive systems assemblies and hydrogen power. With over 2,700 employees, our infrastructure spans manufacturing and sales sites in Mexico, China, Romania, India, Germany, Canada and the US. Key achievements include:• Promoted from Director of Global IT and Cybersecurity to VP of IT March 2023• Orchestrated Global cybersecurity effort to deliver first ever company global ML3 High, cybersecurity rating. (ISO27001 derived)• Developed safe AI introduction program focused on departmental value and focused on security• Budget management of >3.8 million USD annual with a contractor, temp, MSP, FTE blend of >50 heads• Overhaul of multi national IT helpdesk support organization. Month to month reduction in helpdeskticket response and resolution time by over 50% in under 8 months• Designed + deployed solutions that improved and enhanced departmental workflows across business• Developed a global cybersecurity posture to achieve quantifiable measures exceeding industrystandards• Developed international technology support team that spans 7 countries and 24x7 support of criticalservices• Optimized services and consolidated resources in the first year resulting in. a cost savings of over$150,000 annually• Maintain global organizational standards through international consensus building between diversecultures and personalities• Developed internal manufacturing 4.0 Cybersecurity program

Rebuilt and lead a team of Information technology professionals in support of Hydroid Inc; Acquired byHuntington Ingalls in 2021, Hydroid is both a high tech engineering company and a manufacturer/assembler of international marine robotics. My team developed and delivered global IT services in support of our design, manufacturing, fabrication and sales operations in the US, the United Kingdom and international support field services. Key achievements include:• Budget management of >4.2 million USD annual with a contractor, temp, MSP, FTE blend of 10 heads• Enhanced service support structure + compliance year after year while containing cost.• Reduced annual ISP and Voice communications costs by over $50,000 in 7 months, while improvingnetwork redundancy and performance.• Designed + deployed solutions that improved and enhanced departmental workflows across business• Avoided over $40,000 in network licensing and hardware costs by simplifying network and reusinglegacy hardware• Created global secure WAN between critical engineering sites in the UK, Massachusetts, Washingtonand our global travelers.• Led team in effort in deployment of a multi zone security architecture• Project managed & led a complex (Voice, ISP, VTC, Wireless), building migration with little down time• Reduced network system and network provider complexity by 85%• Led design in the design and implementation of IT solutions that achieved national and globalcompliance objectives as the infrastructure grew over 40%• Developed a positive NPV business case and achieved executive consensus on the investment of acomplex and critical IT infrastructure project.• Developed and deployed a global mobile device management program• Successfully lead the integration of two separate disparate network as a result of two separatecompany acquisitions• Key contributor in the successful sunsetting of a legacy ERP and adoption of a new system

IT Services, operations, and security governance consultant. Specializing in IT security, governance, compliance, IT operations optimization and hybrid communications platforms involving voice technologies, and LAN/WAN technologies. IT project management, RFQ's, contract proposal management, and acquisitions. I analyze complex environments and situations, identify key opportunities for improving processes, develop deliverable's, develop metrics, plan a course of action, schedule, budget, and drive the project to success. ITIL Expert Certified. ITIL Foundations trainer. Available for proposals and business pursuit meetings.* Development of proposal; Mobile device and governmental security application. Nation of Trinidad and Tobago.* RFP team and SME in development of secure VoIP design and implementation for Department of Veterans Affairs phone systems and helpdesk. * Development of Total Economic Impact (TEI) in the implementation of Microsoft O365 for the California Health Endowment* Led entrepreneurial vetting of ICD-9, ICD-10, ambulatory code data merging of national and international health care data for private market research.

Provide operational and strategic direction for a team of application engineers. These application engineers develop, maintain, and support the systems that manage TransCanadas power portfolio and energy sales to customers in the US/Canadian east coast markets.With in 6 months, assessed environment, identified key opportunities for improvement, and developed/executed a plan that delivered:* A reduction in a 2 year old software development backlog by 40%* Increased efficiency of critical My SQL database performance by over 36%* Reduced feral/rogue hardware systems on local network by 100%* Reduced Incident and Request closure time by 76% *Developed a system migration plan involving VM environment, cloud services and remote support for key line of business applications and infrastructure with zero down time. *Developed a team talent and resources plan to ensure dynamic real time support and future state BI (Business Intelligence) environment, improving measured key performance indicators and critical success factors I established.* Successfully collaborated with the business to establish practices and IT actions to ensure SOX compliancy of critical LOB (Line of Business) application.* Established and executed a plan to deliver user friendly, cross organization, business intelligence (BI) and data mining, (DM), services in 9 months.* Improved customer satisfaction with the local developer resources and improved relations between corporate offices in Calgary Canada with in 7 months of hire.* Integrated support services and applications support of our Toronto office and end users

Over eleven years delivering cybersecurity, ITIL, IT business optimization and leadership, across 2 separate divisions with in Raytheon; Raytheon Technical Services Company (RTSC) and Integrated Defense Systems. Critical successes include:• Awarded Raytheon Technical Honors for superior technical expertise by coalition of peers (2006)• Nominated for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems Enterprise Innovations In IT Award in (2008) • Over $2 million in new revenue generated, and 6 fully funded jobs in less than 12 months implementing an IT Security business strategy and IT Security service.• Led IT refinement project with commercial partner. >$500,000 in savings on a $4 million program.• Led ROI (return on investment) team consisting of 5 IT managers. Identified break even costs and internal rate of return for a $2 million dollar national Classified VoIP system.• Led immediate emergency response team to Naval Shipyard, Main. Mitigated IT security hardware challenges and souring customer relations. Cooled volatile situation by reducing trouble ticket response time for Navy customer by 75%.• Modernized asset tracking list and process of 4000 + pieces of IT equipment on the Zumwalt Stealth Battleship program IDS. Reduced government inspection preparation time by 50%.• Managed and directed the information security efforts for 3 key sites in the east coast for the largest IT project in the world, the Navy Marine Corps Intranet. • Directed and coordinated the secure operations of a multi base network with over 1,400 users and 18 information security managers in New Jersey.• Drove a multi-site, national asset identification effort, and managed the effort for a reduction in vulnerability initiative. Reduced & identified vulnerabilities of over 400 devices, in a highly sensitive environment across 3 states, by 62% in the first 4 months of activity.

Inside Plant and Outside Plant Cable Engineer and Project ManagerServed as the inside and outside cable plant advisor for all layer 1 design and implementation efforts aboard a multi base campus environment .for the Navy Marine Corp Intranet. Managed multiple teams of installation contractors and tracked critical milestones. Designed various campus connectivity solutions.♦On time statement of work, design and project management in the construction of 70 secured IDF’s (Communications Closets) and 4 MDF’s- (Main distribution facilities) to BICSI standards. ♦Configured and installed Cisco switches in a large campus environment utilizing a giga-backbone and alternative connectivity solutions I designed preventing a 5 month delay in network build.♦Management, audit and acceptance of labor of multiple large government contractors to include: General Dynamics – EPS – Henkles&McCoy

Designed and managed the test development platform for a pre IPO company developing services for a multi site national calling card customer. Acted as the technical liaison to the VP of Operations and CEO.♦Designed and project managed the build of a $1.5 million data center and delivered it on time budget.♦Conducted a detailed cost analysis and then eliminated the construction of a sister demonstration facility saving the company 3 months of construction time and $2.3 million in redundant costs. ♦Consultation and design of multiple high capacity platforms utilizing advanced WAN side signaling protocols such as NFAS and SS7. Contributed to acquisition of multi million dollar service contract.

Technical lead and LAN/WAN expansion manager for the most wired hospital in New Jersey. In charge of managing the network expansion of a heterogeneous hospital network.♦Managed multiple projects expansions of unique and proprietary designed medical networks.

• Design and implementation of various field networks under the most extreme environments• Cryptographic equipment handling.