Joe Schafer Email & Phone Number

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Kansas City, Kansas

- Lead a cross-functional team of 20 diverse professionals providing Program & Project Management, IT Architecture support, Network & Infrastructure Support, compliance, automation, and development to enable the Infrastructure Engineering and Operations organization within the Federal Program of OHAI. -Establish a framework and standards to facilitate establishment of goals, milestones, and value for every project. Drive prioritization decisions and guide teams to deliver on commitments. - Create winning solutions and provide unmatched support by creating a shared sense of purpose and empowering the team to excel. - Cultivate relationships with external organizations to create opportunities which far exceed my team.- Coach and mentor my team, continuously improving how we interact with the stakeholders, fundamentally shifting the organization's operating model. - Created an environment where associates strive to do their best work every day which enables Oracle-Cerner to achieve its mission.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Led a cross-functional team of professionals in the areas of Project Management, Cyber Compliance, and Automation.

Ft. Leavenworth

Served in senior developmental roles and finished as the senior executive and chief technology officer for the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, KS. Adviser to the Commanding General, six Centers of Excellence, and four Schools on planning, policy, and oversight of Information Technology support. Responsible for the Enterprise IT Architecture and information management portfolio/programs in accordance with NIST, DISA, DoD, and industry best practices and technology standards. Supervised information assurance policy, guidance, processes and management controls to ensure compliance and IT security. Led IT governance, investment, portfolio management and IT acquisition. Accountable for strategic institutional voice, data, and video communications.

Across Afghanistan And Qatar

Senior executive for a global communications organization accountable for 1150 employees across 21 geographically separated locations in two countries. Provided 24/7 communications support enabling client operations across a vast geographical area. Provided leadership and direction through 12 direct report resulting in exceptional IT support in the most demanding conditions. Provided oversite for portfolio/program management across area of responsibility. Established leaders development programs to improve performance of personnel across the organization. Led my organization to pass the DoD cyber readiness inspections and audits while maintaining unmatched customer support. Responsible for an annual operating budget of $9M in procurements while managing a support contract of $250M and facilities and equipment of over $350M.

Fort Leavenworth, Ks

Lead Information Technology and Communications coach and trainer for the Army's Mission Command Training Program.

Hohenfels, Germany

Provided organizational and training IT support to US and coalition NATO partners conducting training maneuvers at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Germany. Led the planning and deployment of 7-9 scenarios a year deploying a new network supporting 6-8K users for each event.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Masters Of Arts In Strategic Studies (Mass), Strategy And Policy

Bachelor'S Degree, Management Information Systems

Education record

Command And General Staff Officer Course