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Bradenton, Fl, Us

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Us

As a volunteer member of the research committee, I provide leadership and technical advisory assistance to further the mission of the Forward Party here in the state of Florida. Our goal is to help candidates with data-driven tools & technology to help in their campaigns for local elected offices.

Downers Grove, Il, Us

3Cloud is a Gold-certified Microsoft Azure technology consulting firm and Azure Expert Managed Services Provider that provides cloud strategy, design, implementation, and managed services for clients across multiple industries. Founded by former Microsoft technology leaders, 3Cloud combines a team of highly experienced cloud architects and technologists with a strong network of Microsoft sales and engineering relationships to deliver the ultimate Azure experience for clients.

Carnegie, Pennsylvania, Us

In the spring of 2016, Applied Cloud Systems was born with the goal of becoming an industry leader in helping customers transition to the Microsoft cloud. The journey has been exciting starting from the humble beginnings at the "corporate headquarters" in my basement with just a few employees.Two years later, we have a real corporate office (which we outgrew in about 4 months), have increased revenues by 4000%, built an awesome leadership team, hired a killer team of technologists, and have been recently elevated to a Microsoft Managed Partner. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, we are helping our customers manage nearly 1 million dollars per month in Azure spend and have become the largest Azure partner in Western Pennsylvania. In additional to Azure, we are supporting tens of thousands of seats of Office365, and several thousand seats of Dynamics365.Looking forward, we want to continue the success that has occurred in the first 2 years. Our plans include opening a new office in New York, welcoming new cloud gurus to the family, and continuing to bring value to our customers.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Implemented UPMC's Enterprise Architecture Program by forming an Enterprise Architecture Board and the creation of enterprise standards using the TOGAF model.Conducted architecture and design sessions to evaluate new technology acquisitions for fit against standards and readiness for enterprise deployment.Conducted POC and technical feasibility projects for emerging technologies including migration to Office 365, Azure & Public Cloud, High Performance Compute (HPC) for genomics processing, and Enterprise Security with Splunk.Facilitated and led security audits and reviews of software applications against frameworks including HITRUST and NIST.Developed tools and procedures to conduct Application Rationalize to reduce the overall spend and footprint of redundant application stacks.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Provided leadership over the engineering services, program management, and architecture teams within the Enterprise Systems and Data Management department. Scope of responsibility included 140 direct and indirect reports.Accountable for leading the implementation and build-out of the Enterprise Analytics program with a 3 year budget of 100M dollars.Managed vendor relationships and strategic development partnerships related to technology stacks used within the department.Collaborated with senior executives to streamline business operations and technology footprint by reducing redundant technologies and migrating from proprietary applications to enterprise solutions.

Developed business intelligence and analytics solutions using Oracle and Microsoft technologies.Implemented and developed custom functionality for CRM customers using SalesForce.com and Microsoft Dynamics CRM.Assisted customers in selecting technologies through structured vendor selection processes.Architected solutions for complex business problems with a focus on extracting value from existing technology investments.

Bridgeville, Pa, Us

Managed the software engineering group to support all of our internal business applications including Oracle E-Business Suite, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and SharePoint Portal Server.Supported business initiatives by architecting new and innovative solutions to improve efficiency and decrease costs. Developed software using a mixture of Oracle and Microsoft technologies, with predominant use of Visual Studio.Responsible for developing and managing the organizational Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft.Created and enforced best practices by implementing coding standards and agile development practices.

Bridgeville, Pa, Us

Developed specific modules using Microsoft technologies within a client-facing applicant tracking and online assessment system.Developed integration modules using SOA design principles to 3rd party vendors to deliver automated background checks, job board postings, and data transfers.Contributed to the HR-XML Consortium to design data standards and definitions for use in data exchange between disparate systems.Developed an integrated solution with Monster.com to allow their customers to purchase and consume online assessments when posting jobs.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Worked for the United States Army Reserve conducting information security auditing and training activities. Responsible for installing, maintaining and monitoring networks for the Department of Defense. Facilitated classes to train military personnel on best practices to prevent IT-related security breaches.

Managed and led the development of an online website management platform for websites of medium and large businesses. Developed functionality to include content management, product catalog management, e-commerce integration, & site traffic reporting. Used Microsoft-based technologies including SQL Server 2000, C#, Windows Server 2000, & IIS 5.0.

Hanover, Maryland, Us

Contributed to an initiative to build an eCommerce system to facilitate the ordering of fiberglass products.Developed and designed web-based interfaces using Microsoft technologies to integrate with the Protean ERP.Designed and developed COM+ components containing business and data access logic.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Designed and developed custom software applications for various offices and divisions in Allegheny county using Microsoft technologies. Conducted trouble-shooting and bug fix work as issues were identified within existing applications.Contributed to the design and development of the Allegheny County Real Estate web site which allowed users to review real estate and tax information online.Served as a backup to the SQL Server DBA handling various DBA-related activities including performance tuning, backups, restores, and user management.

Mba, Information Technology

Bs, Information Sciences

Diploma, Honors