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Atlanta, GA, US

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Serving as Media Technology and Facility Manager with the Creative Media Industries Institute leading operational strategy for center and leading daily operations, productions and activations within facility.
• Lead acquisition of over $1m in technology additions and updates through university Tech Fee process since FY2021.
• Generated over $44k in revenues from events and production rentals in FY22 despite ongoing pandemic impacts.
• Built a coalition of media innovators from over seven departments, both academic administrative units at GSU to support proposal for over $200k of total Tech Fee award funds to deploy a 13.5'x24' 1.9pp LED wall in main.
• In 2021 secured another $170k to benefit of center through revenues, university funding and shared professional resources.
• Built and manage a team of over 22 student assistant operations associates to manage and activate center daily.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Led the development of customer and partner portfolios with a team of two Senior Project Managers and one Project Manager.
• Grew portfolio into 5 programs over 2 years including; Networking and Telecommunication Expansions, Learning Environments, Classrooms and Labs, Office Workspace Renovations and Developments, New University Buildings.
• Led technology implementations for GSU Stadium Phase 1 project leading a team of technology engineers in refitting the Braves Baseball Stadium into GSU Football stadium in less than 7 months.
• Negotiated a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) contract with Neutral Host Provider Crown Castle and managed phase 1 of the DAS implementation at GSU.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Led management of a $3.5 million project portfolio of over 35 IT expansion and improvement projects.
• Supervised two Project Coordinators assisting in management and further growth of portfolio.
• Served as primary IT point of contact for GSU Design and Construction Services as well as GSU Housing Department in obtaining Information Technology products and services support unit's strategic goals.
• Assisted budget managers within organization to re-design well-structured workflows to more efficiently accomplish shared goals.
• Provided business planning facilitation to assist internal budget managers in developing business plans for over 50 budget units and a combined budget of over $20m in into a coherent strategy throughout organization.
• Implemented changes in organizational systems within domain of Organizational Effectiveness including continuous improvements to structure, culture and organization's internal economy.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Managed FullCost financial management and budgeting project within Information Systems & Technology.
• Directed budget managers in methods and principles of FullCost methodology and.assisted budget managers in determining costs and developing rates for budget unit's products and services
• Coordinated and assisted budget managers within organization to re-design well-structured workflows to more efficiently accomplish shared goals.
• Provided business planning facilitation to assist internal budget managers in developing business plans for over 50 budget units and a combined budget of over $20m in into a coherent strategy throughout organization.
• Implemented changes in organizational systems within domain of Organizational Effectiveness including continuous improvements to structure, culture and organization's internal economy.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Developed metrics and reports tracking performance of IT services against targets established by service providers within IT organization.
• Scheduled periodic reporting to service providers and IT leadership illustrating performance of service delivery performance.

Atlanta, GA

• Facilitated configuration, continued updates and support of network monitoring software packages for fault detection, accounting, long term trending, and SLA compliance of network systems and services at Georgia State.
• Coordinated with departmental administrators to develop procedures and methods necessary to facilitate network and host monitoring goals set by management.

Atlanta, GA

• Designed, implemented, and facilitated LAN/WAN solutions for small and medium sized entities in public and private sectors.
• Supervised budget, operations and recruitment for organization and a team of consultants, subcontractors and independent specialists.
• Developed and expanded partnerships with local carriers and service providers to expand business opportunities and generate over $500k in gross re

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Troubleshot wide area and local area network problems involving; Token Ring, Ethernet, and ATM topologies.
• Assigned and supervised daily projects for two assistant network technicians employed within Communications Engineering and Design.

Atlanta, GA

• Support and repair of media, communication, and computing equipment under the care of U.E.T.S. at Georgia State University.
• Responsible for troubleshooting and repairing problems with IBM compatible and Macintosh workstations including OS, software, hardware, and network support.

B.B.A, Computer Information Systems

B.B.A, Managerial Science