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Responsible for all aspects of the Cloud Optimization Services line of business, focused on helping public Cloud customers fully understand their invoicing, optimize their tagging strategies/reporting, implement real-time policies to help them address problem areas quickly, and ultimately drive down Cloud costs significantly through rightsizing, reservations and resource scheduling.

Assisted in the Hardware Integration area with a focus on:- Comprehensive quality management program- Optimization of the system and assembly processes through automation and workflow improvements- Creation of reporting infrastructure to measure the quality and process improvement resultsEvaluated existing Cloud optimization offering:- Evaluated operation along with profit and loss analysis- Created business plan for expanding the offering to include managed service offering

Irvine, California, Us

New York, New York, Us

Responsible for the secure and reliable delivery of the Booker SaaS technology platform which is used by service-based businesses around the world. Areas of responsibility include the following:- Application Administration and Support- Azure Cloud Design and Deployment- Computer Operations- Corporate IT/Help Desk- Database and Storage Administration- Disaster Recovery/High Availability- Loadtesting- Performance and Capacity Planning- QA Operations- QA Automation - Release Management- Systems and Network Infrastructure- Technical Support

Independent Consultant (2008- Present): Assisted in the optimization of warehouse systems and operations in 5 different distribution facilities, along with handling vendor management duties. Project manager for 3-year data center migration effort for 2 large data centers.Vice President, IT Operations (2005-2008):Responsible for various functional areas including redundant IT Infrastructure for large e-commerce platform; installation and optimization of automated distribution systems in 2 facilities; and operation and improvements of 80+ person IT Quality Assurance team.

Introduced numerous ITIL-based processes and procedures into the data center operations. As Interim Vice-President of Facilities, was responsible for the operations of two active data centers and assisting in the staffing and construction of a third data center.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Executed numerous efforts including managing recovery test of major ERP system at DR site; project managing the activation of a new clinical management system; and research and documentation of Business Recovery matrix for 200+ IT systems.

Responsible for various functional areas including data center automation; data center operations, technical support and help desk; and operation and construction of automated mail-service pharmacies.

Responsible for numerous optimization efforts as part of the data center Availability and Performance Group.

Masters In Management

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science (Magna Cum Laude)