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Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Sheffield, England, Gb

Lead IT-related teams and practices throughout North American sites.

- Build IT infrastructure from ground up for fast-paced agricultural grower. Network framework adaptability is key in agriculture market. Implement industry standard best practices for both physical security and data protection.- Establish and reenforce internal IT best-practices per ITIL recommendations.- Test various plant sensors (PH, humidity, CO2, Nitrogen) via wireless/Bluetooth infrastructure throughout 75,000sqft indoor grow space. Work directly with industry vendors on product development.- Migrate internal server-based apps to Cloud environment. Emphasizing data security.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

• Strong management and communication skills to consult with business leaders to analyze the needs for Information Systems to determine scope priorities of projects, infrastructure and manage operations.• Manage a wide variety of projects that includes a infrastructure, ERP upgrade, and applications/development.• Manage a small applications/development team with strong project management skills.• Manage a large number of priorities and manage customer expectations.• Understand and promote the strategic direction of the Company and Business Unit where appropriate. Communicate with all to ensure an understanding of requirements and exception to policy.• Recommend and develop plans for systems development and operations, hardware and software purchase, budget and staffing.• Manage the development, implementation, installation, and operation of information and functions systems.• Implement, support and manage the Process Control infrastructure where appropriate.• Develop, implement, and monitor policies to ensure data accuracy, security, and legal and regulatory compliance.• Negotiate and contract with consultants, technical personnel, and vendors for services and products. This includes understanding and utilizing corporate solutions where available.• Provide support to end users in the selection, procurement, usage, and maintenance of software and hardware keeping in mind the strategic direction and guidelines set by the Company and Business Unit.• Manage the daily operations of Rancho Cucamonga and Fontana locations and create minimal downtime to productions schedules.• Ensure compliance by meeting all audit and ASAT requirements including change management and disaster recovery.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

• Strong management and communication skills to consult with business leaders to analyze the needs for Information Systems to determine scope priorities of projects, infrastructure and manage operations.• Manage a wide variety of projects that includes a infrastructure, ERP upgrade, and applications/development.• Manage a small applications/development team with strong project management skills.• Manage a large number of priorities and manage customer expectations.• Understand and promote the strategic direction of the Company and Business Unit where appropriate. Communicate with all to ensure an understanding of requirements and exception to policy.• Recommend and develop plans for systems development and operations, hardware and software purchase, budget and staffing.• Manage the development, implementation, installation, and operation of information and functions systems.• Implement, support and manage the Process Control infrastructure where appropriate.• Develop, implement, and monitor policies to ensure data accuracy, security, and legal and regulatory compliance.• Negotiate and contract with consultants, technical personnel, and vendors for services and products. This includes understanding and utilizing corporate solutions where available.• Provide support to end users in the selection, procurement, usage, and maintenance of software and hardware keeping in mind the strategic direction and guidelines set by the Company and Business Unit.• Manage the daily operations of Rancho Cucamonga and Fontana locations and create minimal downtime to productions schedules.• Ensure compliance by meeting all audit and ASAT requirements including change management and disaster recovery.

Glen Allen, Va, Us

Served as Migration Transition SDM/Project Manager to oversee on-boarding of Network, Voice, and Security Services into SAIC governance leading up to Transition Go Live.

Chino, California, Us

Responsible for the management and direction our IT infrastructure & Facility. This includes project management, vendor negotiations, budgeting and hardware/software implementation execution. Assess ERP solutions for Enterprise-wide implementation for improvements in Best Practices and efficiencies. Maintain organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies.Implements disaster recovery and back-up procedures and information security and control structures.Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.Inspects new construction, repair work, projects, equipment, work orders, daily maintenance and supplies for the purpose of ensuring that jobs are completed efficiently, specifications are within regulatory requirements, and approving inspection reports and payment requests.Utilizes in-depth knowledge and business requirements to design and implement secure solutions to meet company needs while protecting the company’s assets.

Serving as a Senior-level IT Infrastructure Manager for a Small/Mid-sized IT-related projects in a technical and project management capacity for a medium-sized legal services firm. Projects include VoiP, Windows Active Directory, WAN connectivity to remote offices, Office 365 Deployment, NAS Backups, applications/Service Desk Support/Data Center Operations, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, Meraki/Cisco/Netgear Wifi Network Administration, Desktop Deployment/Upgrades

Lewis Center, Ohio, Us

Provided leadership of Managed Services division to customers in the Western US region.- P&L, business strategy and service delivery responsibility for managed service branches within the Western Region (California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada)- Managed logistical operations, customer sat. metrics, and solution development.- Worked closely with Sales team to ensure responsive and timely services to customers.

Provide Senior Project Leadership for a Dell Services customer in closing down and consolidating numerous Data Centers into larger, regional mega-data centers.

Brought on to manage several enterprise-wide projects including Desktop refresh for nearly half of all campus PC's located across two hospitals. Also managing server farms and backup processes.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Manage the 7 SoCal area Desktop teams and Telecom personnel.

Manage the Regional IT Staff at 8 hospitals who support over 15000 Users and 20000 PCs. Also manage IT-related projects which affect the entire Health System.

Manage Local IT and Technical Operations Group who support over 250 Radio Market servers.