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Chicago, Il, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Provides information technology commerce solutions to 30,000 automotive retailers in 100 countries; $2B revenue, 7,000 staff.• Oversee data center hardware, software, networks, and other infrastructure design, engineering, and commissioning.• Supervise infrastructure strategy and process for two data centers, five petabytes of storage, and 16,000 virtual machines.• Manage $MM hardware and software budget, 40 technical staff, and vendors.• Increased software development productivity and reduced client costs by creating and implementing CDK’s cloud strategy.• Conceived a Cloud Center of Excellence including roadmap, implementation, migration, service levels, and governance by writing and presenting a cloud computing business case reflecting an analysis of the architecture of 150 applications.• Achieved 150% increase in cloud R&D investment over the prior year after senior management approval of my cloud plan.• Evaluated technology infrastructure of four external mergers and acquisition companies as part of the M&A due diligence.• Managed the technical separation of three large-scale business unit divestitures ranging from $500M to $1.5B.

Dublin 2, Ie

Provides strategy, management, digital, cloud, and cybersecurity consulting services; $44B revenue and 537,000 employees. Information Technology Supplier Lead, 2014-2017• Managed $260M hardware and software budget, 400 annual procurements, 40 technical staff, and 200+ vendors.• Cut costs $100M by leading digital transformation and conversion of legacy systems into hardware, software and processes.

Dublin 2, Ie

• Directed the planning, standards, configuration, and delivery of multiple enterprise-wide cybersecurity upgrades.• Secured 30,000 endpoint devices in 350+ global locations for all business units by managing 90+ FTE staff and $17M budget.• Examined the problematic employee use of personal computers for Accenture business; developed a new, innovative hardware and support solution by managing a team of 12 IT, legal, and business staff and a $3M budget.

Dublin 2, Ie

• Achieved CIO Magazine’s CIO100 award for leading the development and implementation of company news and employee engagement intranet using SharePoint; the collaborative portal consolidated the knowledge and resources of 300,000 employees in 10,000 locations across 120 countries.• Reduced costs $986,000 over two years via platform consolidation and labor optimization delivered by the intranet portal.• Led the portal global project team of 90 FTE staff and a $7M budget.

Dublin 2, Ie

• Supervised build and implementation of SAP Basis that enabled applications to function, including middleware, portability, and interoperability of SAP applications for systems and databases, ensuring a global system administration platform.• Managed data information assurance infrastructure, processes, and compliance design and build, 36 staff, and $9M budget

Dublin 2, Ie

• Developed and executed technology architecture services as reusable assets, including .NET application, enterprise service bus, website service architecture, and event-driven architecture; managed 20 global staff and $4M budget.

Dublin 2, Ie

• Led global data center strategy, development, and implementation of four new data centers in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.• Directed contracts, network, storage, hosting, virtual server hosting, technology roadmap, process, and data migration.• Led a global team of 15 resources and $6M budget.

Dublin 2, Ie

• Administered annual $60M delivery of data center services to Accenture business units, including the first private cloud product strategy, service management, program management, and project implementation.

Dublin 2, Ie

• Transitioned bundled office productivity and knowledge management applications from Lotus Notes to Microsoft platform.

Dublin 2, Ie

• Advised clients on creating rapid, data-driven, and practical technology roadmaps to enable their business strategies.• Applied technology trends, strategy, and management to develop innovative approaches to deliver value for clients.• Dissected technology issues into logical parts and constructing crystal-clear reasoning and analyses to solve problems.• Designed and implemented multiple application development and implementation projects for clients in the retail, automotive, and communications industries.