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Vernon Hills, IL, US

Focused on our cloud-first infrastructure and hybrid-data center transformation, I oversee the DevOps, Platform and Application Automation, Database Svc, ITSM-CMDB, System Engineering, Server & Desktop Virtualization, Storage Platforms, VDI, Citrix, and IBMi Power systems teams which support our internal Technology teams. Across these practices, I provide.

Vernon Hills, IL, US

At its core, CDW technology delivers five outcomes for customers and coworkers: Innovation, Cost Management, Agility, Risk Mitigation and Experience. Responsible for system engineering, virtualization, automation, storage platforms, VDI, Citrix, IBMi Power systems, Database, and Enterprise Business Intelligence (EBI) teams.CDW is a leading multi-brand.

Rochester, NY, US

Responsible for PCI/SOC II readiness and development of infrastructure, and project management practices.

Geneseo, NY, US

Responsible for Coast Professional's Infrastructure and Security resource teams. These responsibilities include Coast's Data Centers, Back-Office Systems, Cloud Services, Network, Voice, Support, and Security Services. Led the technical design and continued advancement of core security and infrastructure service capabilities and availability across the.

Long Island City, NY, US

• Provided leadership to manage and support the company‐wide technology infrastructure teams which include: Systems, Storage, Network, End User Computing, Help Desk - Call Center, Data Center and Database teams..
• Implemented IaC while capitalizing on VMWare VRA/VRO, Puppet, and Chocolately that resulted in decreasing deployment time from days to minutes and weeks to days for whole multi-server environment.
• Led migration/process development efforts in transition of ITSM tools (HEAT to Service Now) – this resulted in redefining how work was done across the enterprise and led to work-tracking and automated approval which.
• Spear-headed continuous improvement initiative that created a common authentication platform utilized across the enterprise through implementation of new Microsoft Active Directory.
• Implemented Enterprise Storage refresh and concurrency initiatives which resulted in company move to Storage Virtualization and ability to be vendor agnostic, implementation of Continuous replication and recovery.
• Implemented and managed Critical Infrastructure Team – established preventive maintenanceprograms and staff training. This resulted in a facility that has been active for 4 years with 100%uptime and a history of zero.

92866 Issy Les Moulineaux Cedex 9, FR

• Continuation of global position to strategically work to globalize the Facility and HRIS functions of the company. Served as program manager, and advisor that developed detailed specifications, and project plans in.
• Leveraged ITIL process knowledge to create a portfolio during the first phase of a global facilitiesmanagement (CMS) program that resulted in subsequent successful project launches.
• Course corrected electronic payroll register project that resulted in successful project deploymentwithin 12 months of a tool that saved $250K.

92866 Issy Les Moulineaux Cedex 9, FR

• Developed and led pre-active and adaptive international team of architects, engineers, and administrators. Created and maintained blueprints on strategic direction of services for executive leadership while.
• Utilized Lean Six Sigma skill set to implement ITIL processes to measure optimal performance and developed a continuous improvement model that resulted in the technical infrastructure ability to support over 70K users.
• Aligned countries/affiliates on a standard centralized messaging platform which resulted in savings of approximately $5M, and with additional cost reduction and with reuse of technology this also provided an additional.
• Created a portfolio of ‘core applications’ that delivered demonstrable business results that were engineered to provide on-demand services as required, which resulted in a simplified offering with an established.
• Managed financial constraints across multiple countries into a centralized approach to identify future cost savings opportunities.
• Spearheaded an emerging/first-to-market global organization (FTEs in Paris, France and Williamsville, NY), which provided a business value-add instead of a cost center that resulted in a single team to enhance and.

92866 Issy Les Moulineaux Cedex 9, FR

• Architected and engineered all aspects of the Messaging and Collaboration services for Sodexho North America. Implemented and configured Exchange and Messaging system (including version upgrades); maintained company.
• Developed a strategic approach to manage local (North America) and Global needs with a highly extensible infrastructure. Established and maintained a strategy to meet the needs of the corporation. This allowed for.
• Managed and tracked IT budgets and capital expense tracking for major messaging projects (about $1M per year), which ensured that the company received top-quality hardware/software and improvements while remaining.
• Negotiated contract prices for new technology to maintain competitive edge with minimal expenditures.
• Planned and managed the implementation of future messaging technologies, this included the research and build-out of these new services which allowed for better sustainment and user acceptance/efficiency.
• Responsible for the established environments SLA of 99.99% availability, this created a “first-time” accountable service for the company and our customers.

92866 Issy Les Moulineaux Cedex 9, FR

• Oversaw all aspects of Messaging and Collaboration for Sodexho North America. Implemented and configured all Exchange and messaging system upgrades; maintain company webmail and external access; managed global.
• Established and maintained a messaging and collaboration strategy to meet the needs of the corporation.
• Developed a strategic approach to managing local (North America) and Global needs with a highly extensibleinfrastructure.
• Designed and maintained a complex messaging infrastructure with constant availability for company resources and mobile work force. This resulted in a more productive workforce throughout the Company.
• Manage IT budgets and capital expense tracking for major messaging projects (about $1 million per annum). Ensured that company received top‐quality hardware and software improvements and upgrades while remaining within.
• Negotiate contract prices for new technology to maintain competitive edge with minimal expenditures.

92866 Issy Les Moulineaux Cedex 9, FR

Washington, DC, US

• 2nd Marine Expeditionary Forces: Information Systems Coordinator Non‐Commissioned Officer Managed and administered an operations team which was responsible for critical Marine Corps battalion and base operations..
• Supervised a (9) member IS staff.
• Built a network operations team responsible for the internal Infrastructure.
• Trained junior Marines and administrators.
• Implemented asset management plan for inventorying equipment
• Provided technical support on a LAN supporting more than 15,000 users.

Washington, DC, US

In Pursuit Of Mba, Business And Information Systems

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