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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Former Media IT executive of a global, multimedia media news agency will help guide and deliver your latest digital transformation, transition or cost cutting exercise. From IT strategy to Business Continuity planning to cloud and data migration services, Beacon Lane IT Consulting Services will bring a new perspective that drives fundamental change in how your business operates and delivers value to your customers.AREASOF EXPERTISE:✓ Digital Transformation or Transition✓ IT Support Services✓ Project Management support✓ Assessing IT Architecture as it Relates to Support✓ Security Risk Assessments✓ IT Strategy✓ IT Budgeting✓ Cloud Transformation & Building a DEVOPS Culture✓ Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Led cloud teams engaged DEVOPS with 45+ engineers and 5 direct reports. Managed $12M in annual cloud costs for 80+ systems primarily in AWS. Directed day-to-day application portfolio stack, including editing systems for text, pictures, and video. Highly focused on automating data and content collection and resource management to enhance effectiveness of journalists. Worked through January 2023.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Led operations team, in collaboration with development stakeholders, to build and support 1st major Reuters cloud native initiative for speed and automation of Reuters News supporting equity reporting. Managed 11 direct reports in Washington DC, New York, Canada, London, and Bangalore.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Spearheaded global service support and solutions delivery group to provide 3rd-level technical support. Led 5 direct reports in Washington DC, London, and Singapore. Directed workplace environments supporting 3.5K desktops, 500 servers, 2.5K journalists while interacting with global data center technical support team. Managed editorial network with 6 data centers and 250 global office bureaus. Led strategic planning and deployment of MPLS network architecture for editorial services.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Managed 2nd-level support engineering team of 6 direct and 7 indirect reports (operations, network engineers, and developers) implementing technology solutions, managing technical infrastructure, supporting 800 desktop units and 125+ servers. Technical leadership role involved high-profile events management (G7, G20, IMF meetings convention coverage), including change management, LAN & WAN management, network administration, project management, ISP access, and desktop management.