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Award winning CIO whose accomplishments have transformed Business and IT functions to achieve operational excellence, cost savings and top line growth:-Achieved $10 million/year cost reductions by simplifying, standardizing and consolidating IT functions-Augmented sales efforts by demonstrating best practices via “Sybase runs Sybase” program-Saved $2 million/year by virtualizing data centers-Added to efficiency of mobile workers by introducing mobile workflow technologies-Improved staff morale and lowered costs by introducing BYOD program-Global communications and cooperation spiked owing to introduction and viral adoption of social media and document management tools-Enhanced security of mobile devices by introducing centralized security management-Reduced risk of data loss from laptops by introducing centrally managed and encrypted virtual -desktops that could be securely accessed anywhere from any device -Assured product shipments consistently met service levels by improving the reliability and availability of order management and distribution systems-Protected against interruptions of data services for staff and customers by implementing real time replication and failover to centralized disaster recovery site for all critical data and applications-Provided quick and cost effective path to new applications by selective adoption of SaaSResults attributed to applying a “Lean Forward” approach. “Lean” by collaborating with Business-IT to find the most cost effective solutions; “Forward” in working across the board to select future proof technologies and processes that operate at the highest levels of availability and reliability. CIO 100, Information Week 500 and Computerworld Premier 100 awards have acknowledged these and other achievements.Specialties: Desktop virtualiztion, mobility application and device deployment,spokesman for company's own use of products, project/program management