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MSP responsible for IT services and solutions to small and mid sized businesses. Strategic advisory, architecture, design, implementation, managed services. Security, I.T. solutions and audits. Tactical baseline "keep the lights on" activities, including support and maintenance, incident and problem management resolution, installs, configurations, disaster recovery and business continuity.

Irving, Texas, Us

Led a team of seasoned architects and infrastructure engineers to provide enterprise architecture and infrastructure engineering services including architecture standards, design, and implementation for technology areas including data center migration, disaster recovery, integration, service oriented architecture, servers, storage, networks, databases, and all other computing platforms and associated hardware and software. Responsibilities included:- • Infrastructure engineering and delivery • Data center migration and business continuity • Leading a virtual matrix organization comprising of application solution architects, infrastructure technical architects and integration architects to define enterprise architecture standards and solutions that are technically aligned and meet business objectives • Architecture governance - Set direction for overall solution architecture and infrastructure engineering and delivery. Ensure compliance with architecture standards and project methodology. • Establishing a SOA strategy and center of excellence - standards, best practices, tools and platforms (TIBCO). Educating and selling to upper management (IT and business). Identifying an opportunity based migration path for reducing point to point interface count and SOA enablement. Evangelizing SOA services to new initiatives and existing systems business owners and negotiating migration to TIBCO platform, as and where feasible. • Creating and managing financial plans, contracts, licensing, and analysis for capital and expense budgets. Managing project and expense budgets according to plan. • Leading operations triage activities during all hands on deck situations. • Managing outsourced vendor partners.

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Multiple roles and responsibilities during my tenure. Provided business and technology solutions and services, including technical architecture, infrastructure engineering, application development, new business development, account and portfolio management, large scale program management, systems design, project planning, business proposal support, software and hardware selection, IT roadmaps, and delivery management. Clients included global C-store chain, commercial airline, restaurant and fast food chains, specialty retailer, and online travel company.Transition Manager Enterprise Data Center Migration for 7-Eleven - RetailFebruary 2012 to May 2013• Led a successful data center migration program for 7-Eleven. This was a large complex engagement in a geographically dispersed multi-vendor scenario (Wipro, HP, NEC, NRI and Cognizant). • Supported account and sales team for new business development (Central Region).

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Multiple roles and responsibilities during my tenure. Provided business and technology solutions and services, including technical architecture, infrastructure engineering, application development, new business development, account and portfolio management, large scale program management, systems design, project planning, business proposal support, software and hardware selection, IT roadmaps, and delivery management. Clients included global C-store chain, commercial airline, restaurant and fast food chains, specialty retailer, and online travel company.Account ManagerSeptember 2008 to February 2012• Yum Brands (Dallas Texas, Louisville KY, Irvine CA, Toronto Canada) • US Airways (Phoenix AZ) • Sabre Holdings (Buenos Aires, Argentina, Southlake TX, India, UK, Poland) • Supported sales team for Central and West Coast regionTechnical Architect / Program Manager / Account Manager - RetailSeptember 2006 to August 2008Michaels Arts and Crafts Stores • Build and managed a geographically dispersed team of 80 resources at peak. Provided infrastructure engineering (database, server network, and storage), application support, and testing services. Designed and build an offshore dedicated network operations center and provided monitoring and level 2 engineering support. • Supported sales team in acquiring Michaels as a new logo for Cognizant • Program ManagerNovember 2005 to September 20067-Eleven Business Transformation Engagement • As part of Cognizant engagement at 7-Eleven, responsible for building an infrastructure team, establishing operational procedures, creating architecture, budgets and plans. Implemented store development and test environments (offshore) to support application development and testing activities. Held ongoing responsibilities for integration architecture and support of the development and test environments. • Led due diligence and proposal for Employee and Customer data protection program

Denver, Colorado, Us

Multiple roles and responsibilities during my tenure. I joined Blockbuster as an Enterprise Architect. Led strategic initiatives (such as entry into .com, store integration, warehouse management system, global point of sale etc.) to enable Blockbuster’s metamorphosis to more effectively compete in a dynamic and rapidly changing landscape. Assessed business changes impacting technology investments and assisted in determining Blockbuster’s response and supported resulting business activities. In my last role with the company, I was responsible for alignment of technology infrastructure initiatives with business objectives and application projects.•Managed a team of project managers and architects to deliver optimal and cost-effective solutions across all of Blockbusters’ business initiatives (average 12 projects per year).•Single point of contact for infrastructure activities and issue resolution.

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

Participated in post MCI-WorldCom merger initiatives including identification and migration planning for redundant systems, business processes and portfolio rationalization.Led analysis, architecture, design, implementation and support of a distributed wholesale billing system to support integrated billing.

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