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With a US Coast Guard 100 Gross Ton Masters license and 40 years experience piloting 20' to 50' sail and power boats, I am offering my services as a Yacht Captain for hire. I can be reached at my Linkedin profile or at www.boatsetter.com. Charter locations can be in Sarasota October 1 through May 31 and on Cape Cod June1 through September 30.

Reporting to the SVP DTS Cloud Services Leader. Providing State/Local Governments and Higher Education clients with Cloud Advisory Services, Cloud Solution Architecture, and Cloud Managed Services as needed.

Reporting to the North American Advisory Lead providing Strategy, Design, and Roadmap for Hybrid Cloud Transformation for State/Local Governments and Higher Education clients.

Reporting to the Managing Director of Cloud and Infrastructure Services. Responsible for creating Target State, Transformation Plans, Managed Services Solutions, Price to Client, and RFP responses for Federal Government Agency deals ranging from $10M to $1.4B. Presented Cloud Solutioning Best Practices to Leadership. Evaluated, Selected, and Implemented a replacement for SolarWinds on the Internal IT network.

Reporting to the Managing Director of Cloud and Infrastructure Services. Responsible for creating appropriate cloud and infrastructure solutions based on the client's requirements and providing compelling value propositions that are cost competitive. Focusing on Network, Telephony, Mobility, Workplace, Unified Communications Collaboration, Service Desk, and Cloud Migrations to Azure, AWS, GCP, and Oracle Cloud.

Reported to the Managing Director of Unified Communications and Collaboration. Responsible for Assessment, Business Case, Strategy, and Road map for Unified Communications to Fortune 100 companies. Also provided Program Management for Enterprise-sized Cisco/Microsoft UCC and Infrastructure projects.

Responsible for Unified Communications professional services. Provided Assessment, Business Case, Strategy, and Roadmap for Unified Communications to SMB, Mid Market,and Enterprise-sized companies.

Reported to the CEO. Responsible for launching a Unified Communications Transformation Program. Provided Assessment, Business Case, Strategy, and Roadmap for Unified Communications to Fortune 1000 companies.

Reported to the Senior Vice President of Global Infrastructure and managed eight people in the Telecom group. Responsible for Unified Communications Strategy and Management of the following: VOIP Telephone Systems, Audio Conferencing, Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, and Mobile Communications.

Provided IT infrastructure services to small and medium sized companies. Services included: technology assessments, server virtualization, storage solutions, capacity planning, installation of VOIP and videoconferencing systems, LAN/WAN design, business case ROI for IT projects, and vendor relations management.

Reported to the President/CEO. Hired and managed a team of 10 IT professionals. Ensured top performance of WAN and LAN design as well as local / long distance line installations. Identified IT resource needs and made key purchasing decisions for fileservers, network / telephone switches, computer, telephony systems, videoconferencing equipment, Blackberries and software such as AutoCAD and Adobe Creative Suite. Managed wireless cell phone accounts, software licensing and compliance. Managed systems integration efforts. Assessed the performance of the IT staff through formal review processes. Engaged Principals, Senior Management, and Shareholders and presented technology initiatives.

Reported directly to the President/COO. Hired and managed a team of 4 IT professionals. Oversight of all aspects of computer systems, telephone systems, electronic mail and Internet access. Defined space requirements and orchestrated efforts for voice, data and electrical wiring. Identified hardware and software needs. Managed the budget to purchase technical resources. Supported users and maintained all software, ranging from business productivity suites to Computer Aided Design software products.