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Lewis Center, Oh, Us

Independence, Ohio, Us

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

Revitalized underperforming teams and technology stacks, elevating Solution Engineering and Architecture to new heights of efficiency, innovation, and strategic alignment with business goals.• Orchestrated the upgrade of AD domain functional level from 2008 to 2016, significantly expanding capabilities for numerous teams, including the introduction of Cloud Kerberos.• Facilitated the company's transition towards advanced endpoint cloud management and set the stage for a seamless Windows 11 upgrade across the organization.• Pioneered the Solution Architecture Practice in sync with Enterprise Architecture, building a specialized team and establishing a governance framework.• Led the Endpoint Management team's evolution into a build/run model, sparking innovation and bolstering operational speed and agility.• Created an IT Asset Management team from the ground up, cutting equipment delivery timelines from 2 weeks to 1 day and reducing waste by over 100,000 lbs. Developed an RMA and intelligent procurement processes, optimizing asset utilization and achieving over $200,000 in cost avoidance within six months by curbing superfluous spending.• Managed a $20M technology refresh program, strategically replacing aging infrastructure and successfully deploying a new virtual desktop platform to enhance enterprise-wide productivity and performance.• Crafted and executed a VDI strategy focused on streamlining workflows and maximizing uptime for revenue-generating, customer-facing endpoints, significantly enhancing service reliability and customer experience through the implementation of Virtual Desktops.

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A strategic architect with a comprehensive oversight of end-user computing strategies, specializing in system management tools, endpoint security, physical and virtual endpoints, and enterprise-wide standardization of user computing environments.• Directed the creation of end user computing strategies and roadmaps, integrating advanced management tools and security solutions across diverse hardware and operating systems.• Orchestrated the design and implementation of Intune Autopilot for self-service provisioning, enhancing user experience and operational efficiency.• Developed a comprehensive ransomware recovery plan, fortifying endpoint security across the organization.• Pioneered the strategy and architecture for the adoption of the Windows 365 virtual platform, setting the stage for a scalable and secure virtualized work environment.

Dublin, Oh, Us

Overallo Created reference architecture and implementation patterns.o Accountable for selecting new technology and technology adoption.o Managed POC’s, and business cases for new technologieso Mentored engineering teams to think more innovatively and strategically.o Trained application teams to effectively adopt new and existing technologies.Mergers & Acquisitionso Lead architect for 10 acquisitions totaling over $10B.o Collaborated with NewCo’s Business and IT departments to document current landscape.o Lead Cardinal Health and NewCo IT teams to build detailed integration strategies. o Pioneered new technologies to cut costs, save time, and gain efficiencies. o Created reference architecture to facilitate and streamline future acquisitions.o Created new patterns for utilizing existing technologies.o Provided guidance, strategies and solutions for shared services teams.o Realized over $5M in savings through innovative problem solving and new technology designs and deployments including Cloud enablement, AWS Workspaces, Raspberry PI’s, SD WAN, application efficiencies, reduced timelines, and innovative new ways of implementing existing technologies.o Implemented Cloud based technologies to quickly migrate applications by using cloud native tools such as RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudFront, Etc.Cloudo Collaborated with executive leadership to build a business case for migrating to Amazon Web Services. o Executed RFP’s between top tier cloud providers.o Lead Security and technical teams to design a foundational footprint in AWS. o Created documentation and best practices for moving to the cloud. o Spring boarded the mass-migration project to move datacenter compute to the cloud. o Collaborated with application teams to identify cloud native use cases. o Championed a Cloud First mentality across projects and engaged IT teams.o Created patterns to automate cloud workloads. (Auto shutdowns, code-based deployments of sub environments, monitoring, etc.)

Marshfield, Massachusetts, Us

• Managed the full infrastructure and application integration of 5 Acquisitions with teams of 30+• Lead PM for build and operationalization of Hadoop• Created schedules and held team accountable for deliveries• Tracked and reported status to executive leadership• Managed ~$6,000,000 in project funds.

Hanover, Md, Us

o Primary responsibility placed on Technology Refresh Project to deploy 500 new desktops and 400 new laptops throughout the organizationo Organize and execute Technology Refresh Projecto Research and recommend department standardso Open and maintain lines of communication between departments and Refresh Projecto Act as Project Coordinator, responsible for overall success of Refresh Projecto Assist the Desktop Support team with daily activities as needed

Co-Owner of d6IT. d6IT provides IT services to small and medium sized businesses. We offer services from Microsoft Office issues to large scale network design and implementation. Our goal is to offer big company knowledge, experience, and quality to small and medium business owners.

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