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Scottsdale, Arizona

IT leader and manager overseeing several teams in cloud infrastructure engineering and infrastructure services across many different platforms and technologies. Currently coach, mentor, and manage several teams of staff and systems engineers, onshore and offshore. Teams include AWS and Azure infrastructure engineers, Windows and Linux infrastructure engineers and support, VMware infrastructure, enterprise monitoring, Citrix, and unified communications. Offshore teams include Tier 1 and Tier 2 operations supporting these functions. Technologies, platforms and tools include: AWS, Azure, M365, Windows and Linux lifecycle management, AD/AAD identity and access management, FTP, Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop, Veritas/EV Cloud, VMware, Cisco UCS, Cisco UCCE & CUCM, Splunk, SolarWinds, AppDynamics, and Dynatrace. I also guide infrastructure integration efforts for mergers and acquisitions.Other responsibilities and accomplishments:• Hiring, onboarding, and goal-setting for new engineers and contractors.• Developing a FinOps program to optimize financial operations within the organization.• Developed dedicated team for vulnerability and patch management.• Conduct vendor negotiations, procurement, management, and performance evaluations for diverse technologies., including Microsoft infrastructure services, including Azure and M365.• Lead and manage strategic and tactical roadmaps for platforms, technologies, and annual budgets.• Conduct quarterly audits for identity and access management compliance with SOX requirements.

Phoenix

Sasoned senior-level program manager and PMO consultant providing oversight to staff and managed multi-million dollar initiatives for Fortune 500 companies and prominent not-for-profit organizations. My role involved business development while fostering strategic vision and ensuring exceptional project delivery for clients. I utilized critical thinking skills to navigate complexities seamlessly, effectively managed conflicts, and cultivated strong client relationships to drive success. • Acted as Infrastructure Program Manager at a Fortune 500 company to oversee a $5M project portfolio covering unified communications, cloud, network, and storage initiatives, adhering to ITIL standards.• Led successful data center migration and drove strategic roadmap development, hybrid cloud strategy, network and storage upgrades, M&A activities, DevOps transition, cyber security integration, and call center UC enhancements.• Operated as a PMO Consultant for a large division of Fortune 50 company to provide PMO services and deliverables.• Set standards for process definition, developing processes for the project delivery life cycle, executing a framework for project portfolio management, and facilitating workshops to craft a strategic roadmap for the division.• Performed as Infrastructure Program Manager at a major healthcare company to direct $13M disaster recovery data center build-out and infrastructure upgrades.• Devised PMO processes for routine capital projects and managed a $12M budget for server, network, security, and storage initiatives, while advised on M&A activities.• Functioned as a Salesforce Data DBA at a Fortune 1000 Insurance provider to lead CRM data integration initiatives for nationwide expansions, while developing standard processes for insurance policy data creation and issues and using native tools and Microsoft SQL Server.

Tempe

Practice Director for Statêra’s Business Transformation Services consulting group that included management consulting, PMO consulting, project management, and IT lifecycle management consulting. Responsible for delivery excellence and driving positive outcomes for customers. Responsibilities also included business development and P&L management. Also led as a PMO Consultant to large companies that either needed to restart or mature their PMO's. Clients were across industries including Healthcare and Financial Services.

Scottsdale, Arizona

Developed, grew, and matured the PMO, BA and QA services. Created and led the portfolio of strategic projects for the company. • Developed and implemented the company’s PMO from the ground up. Managed and facilitated monthly project and program portfolio reviews with all C-level and VP staff.• Grew the PMO staff to nine people over two years, acquiring the Quality Assurance and Business Analysis functions due to management and project delivery success.• Significantly increased customer satisfaction due to organizing and managing large, complex projects while improving transparency to the process and meeting deliverables.

Tempe, Arizona

Key program and project lead for M&A activities when America West and US Airways were merging in the strategic evaluation and implementation of all financial systems. Led the development and integration of financial applications and organizational change management. When not involved with M&A, managed new product development and enhancement efforts for the company’s e-commerce websites and web portals including the planning and management of the infrastructure. The team delivered greater than 200% revenue growth for the website channels over the three year period.

Scottsdale, Arizona

PMO director and project manager for a small CRM provider to the Hotel and Travel Industry. Drove and managed major upgrades to the CRM capabilities and reporting to clients.

Phoenix, Arizona

Developed and managed teams for a new Managed Services group for this start-up. I was also a key participant in M&A activities for this Internet start-up – until this company went under during the economic contraction in 2001.

Chandler, Arizona

• As a Sr. Product Engineer, led proof-of-concept product development for new technology projects with external solution integrators and software development companies, some leading to published case studies for the internal engineering and marketing groups, plus joint authorship on two published white papers.• As a Commodity Manager, led the first e-business company-to-supplier projects for Intel worldwide that drove supply chain visibility up, improved supply chain metrics, and lowered supply chain communication costs.

Master Of Science (Ms), Computational Biosciences

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Masters Of International Management, Supply Chain Management And Global Finance

Ba, Biology And Biochemistry