Promoted into role, providing leadership for the Foundational Team for the Enterprise Health Solution (EHS), Portals department, a 23-person product engineering team, with a blend of global professionals comprised of Team Managers, Application Developers, Business Analysts, and Quality Analysts delivering Java/Angular, Oracle, and Adobe Experience Manager solutions• Responsible for web delivery quality improvement, product management, defect reduction, system enhancements, and vulnerability remediation for the public-facing websites serving 15 health plans and over 10M plan members • Deliver UI, Service, and Data enhancements for multiple clients on the platform • Devise strategies to improve code development quality, attainment of software release milestones, and timely delivery Key Contributions • Exceeded the organizational defect reduction target of a 33% defect reduction, ultimately reducing defects by 54%, including month over month decline over each of the prior 2 calendar years • Established a high-performing team with no voluntary attrition

Built and developed a technical team to deliver exceptional levels of service to customers within Finance, Decision Support, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Corporate Real Estate for the Allegheny Health Network and Highmark.• Managed 18 direct reports with authority over all development and consulting personnel • Oversaw application development, enhancement, and support of all systems and architecture, and transitioning to a variety of Microsoft, Open Source, and Mainframe applications in an Agile and Waterfall environment • Served as the Resource Manager, providing resource and demand planning and new project intake • Managed Developers, Architects, Project Managers, Business Analysts, including onshore and offshore resources • Responsible for department resource and staffing plans with a focus on cost-effective deployment of resources • Enhanced various company technical documentation with templates, operational guidelines, and manuals Key Contributions • Delivered AHN Research Institute's $650K Oracle Cloud for Grants initiative, transitioning a general ledger/grants reporting system from a Mainframe environment to Oracle Cloud ERP and Analytics • Delivered AHN's decommission of the Cerner Mainframe, which required assessing business requirements and delivering new software to replicate existing processes and reports from a Microsoft SQL environment • Delivered the new Decision Support and Finance integrations for the Workday implementation on target • Transitioned first tier support from the Applications Team to the newly-established Production Support team

Promoted into role in January 2011. Senior IT leader for organization. Responsible for strategic planning, execution and delivery of MRS services and infrastructure. Managed technical team of internal and consulting resources including .NET developers, Project Managers, and Technical Support Analysts.Relevant technologies and methodologies included: Ektron CMS, Progress Sitefinity, ACGI AMS, Thomson Reuters ScholarOne Abstract Submission, Cambridge Core, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, MS Windows Server, MS Exchange, MS SQL Server, Oracle DB, DevOps, Agile, Project Management, IT Leadership, Zero-based budgeting.• Directly supervised a team comprised of analysts, developers, project managers, and contractors • Developed the IT Strategic Plan, Infrastructure Operational Controls, and the Mobile Delivery Strategy • Responsible for the development of 3-Year roadmaps for capital investment and managed services budgets • Led sourcing and recruitment efforts for IT roles, issued RFPs, reviewed bids, awarded and renewed contracts Key Contributions • Led the applications development team in an $800K project to deliver a new corporate website, Association Management System, and COUNTER Compliant Publications Platform • Authored the organization's Acceptable Use Policy on the use of IT resources and risk and liability minimization • Served as an integral member of the team dedicated to delivering live and recorded meetings to members, including maintenance of a $725K budget to build a marketing strategy and develop and RFP and vendor management • Spearheaded a $450K transition of the datacenter to a virtualized environment under VMware, coupled with the implementation of a disaster recovery plan to provide continuity of operations under unforeseen circumstances

Technical lead who managed the Information Technology department, engaging in staffing and reorganization efforts to provide unsurpassed levels of service to staff members, volunteers, and a global network of 16,000 members • Served on the Steering Committee for the $1.2M MRS IT Upgrade Project, which required gathering requirements, establishing budgets, drafting RFPs, and leading the overhaul of systems and processes • Managed vendor relationships and contracts for the Society's major annual events Key Contributions • Devised architecture and led team that deployed cloud-based association and content management systems and a publications platform in 7 months per project plan • Directed the planning and execution of a re-engineering and deployment of an improved security framework • Reduced telecommunications costs by 300% through the adoption of a VoIP unified communications system • Spearheaded a $50K project to improve overall website performance and empower the delivery of publications and media content in a secure environment through the Akamai Content Delivery Network and Cisco IPS

One of five Senior Architects for Del Monte IT Services across business lines. Charged with solutions architecture for Microsoft and Open Source Infrastructure, Design of Vision Chain POS system for integration with WalMart EDI data stream, architectural design and implementation of Oracle Siebel, and liaision to .Net application development teams hosting over 20 Del Monte branded sites.Managed large-scale IT projects, determined enterprise architecture, infrastructure quality control, and SOX compliance for 200+ servers and 50 applications at a leading food production and distribution company • Served as the enterprise architecture liaison to application development teams Key Contributions • Spearheaded an $11.5M project to upgrade and migrate the company's POS, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Business Intelligence application from a regional sales office to a more secure corporate datacenter location • Led the upgrade and migration of 20+ ASP and .NET applications from headquarters to a corporate datacenter • Managed the implementations of a $3.3M CRM and a $1.4M project and digital asset management system • Assisted with Windows Server 2003 domain and AS400 upgrade projects across 14 regional and global locations