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Columbus, Oh, Us

Jacksonville, Florida, Us

I am a Senior IT Manager at Florida Blue, where we seek to improve health for individuals and communities. In this role, I am responsible for communicating with, planning and leading a cross-disciplinary team that spans many technical capabilities, services, technologies, and domains. I also provide leadership coaching, advise on organizational strategy, and direct functional resources within and outside of my team as needed. I offer subject matter expertise relating to lean and agile methodologies, DevOps and cloud architecture, IT strategy, and project portfolios.

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

• Oversaw the end-to-end SaaS application technology for the largest medical payments platform in the U.S. (handling over $1.5B per week in medical payments), including IT Infrastructure/Data Centers/Cloud Architecture, Technical Operations, Operations Engineering/Support, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Data/Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence, Security & Compliance, and Configuration Management• Managed a multi-million budget of OpEx and CapEx purchases and licensing agreements such as Microsoft SPLA, AWS Cloud, and more• Streamlined the entire layer 2/3 network, consolidating and virtualizing the 700+ server environment, re-design of the firewall system, the email system, the load balancer, and creating a disaster recovery site• Created the DevOps unit for ensuring that all environments were in sync to ensure a smooth software deployment process after a comprehensive process mapping and creation of process design document• Established first internship program at Payspan by partnering with the Florida State College at Jacksonville I-Tech Program• Engineered the transition towards cloud-centric solutions

Jacksonville, Us

I directed all IT operations, including 2 data centers, networking, hardware, software, development, service delivery, project management, licensing, and vendor relations. I led a team of 70 that supported 5,400 users across 25 locations, and administered $23M in operational and capital budgets. I also oversaw IT, Crime Analysis Unit, and Fusion Center technology functions, managed a portfolio of 190-plus applications, and negotiated all contracts, in addition to leading short- and long-term strategic planning.• Improved business continuity by establishing a hot disaster recovery facility off-site.• Streamlined the software portfolio and cut costs from 198 to 155 by retiring 40 applications.• Designed a strategic plan to implement GIS for the agency to support police and safety functions.• Ensured continued compliance with Florida law enforcement regulations by deploying 2-factor authentication throughout the agency. Guided agency to its first issue-free FBI network audit.• Enhanced information sharing by consolidating resources with local law enforcement agencies.• Improved data management capabilities by integrating 260 previously disparate data bases.• Initiated projects to migrate more than 750 forms to SharePoint and to procure and implement a cloud-based body-worn camera system for officers.• Obtained $110,000 in funding from Dell to procure hardware after serving as a beta tester for Dell’s new cell phone connectivity technology.• Established internship programs with the University of North Florida and Florida State College.

St. Augustine, Fl, Us

I co-founded this technology and management consulting firm with an emphasis on Lean practices, servicing medium and large companies. I planned and led projects, communicated extensively with customers, and developed effective solutions to meet customer needs.• Completed a total process mapping of a non-profit’s inventory and distribution operations and conducted leadership coaching for all managers and supervisors.• Saved a client $800,000 by eliminating the need to reengineer an outdated software system.• Conducted Value Stream Mapping, Lean Production, 5S, and Problem Solving training for clients.

I served as CEO of 6net and CTO of Tactic International. During this period, I launched 6net to create and distribute an associative information management system (AIMS) and later merged with Tactic International to expand business presence into Canada and Europe. I coordinated software teams in Paris, Quebec, Pennsylvania, and Armenia, and supervised database engineers, developers, technical trainers, and interface developers.• Led the development of table-less database solutions for several clients, resulting in an average of 90% or greater improvements in processing time over traditional RDBMS databases.• Achieved dramatic increases in processing accuracy and eliminated fraud and issue tracking.• Negotiated contracts with companies, government agencies, and academic institutions.

With this company, I was promoted through several roles (Systems Engineer, Enterprise IT Architect, and Strategist) to a senior consulting role overseeing high-level projects for this applied scientific R&D professional services company, with international and Dept. of Defense accounts. • Led all network design, merger, upgrade, and implementation during a period where company grew from $120M to $290M, with U.S. and overseas locations.• Technical lead on a major USDA project that included evaluating a 2,700-site network and propose a new architecture to guide the organization to a web-enabled technology.• Formulated a parts provisioning system solution for the Navy’s Pacific Fleet, which reduced response times from weeks to minutes.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, In

I had a great time teaching at the E-Commerce Center. Even though it was for a short time. I taught Network Architecture and Security.

Paris, France, Fr

I was the “Functional Area Consultant” for the Engineering Departments of Ohio Edison Co. (Akron, OH) was responsible for installing LANs in all four Engineering Departments and four Corporate Departments at the General Office with a team of 8 technicians. Designed and implemented the network infrastructure and responsible for all operational aspects of 400 users with a budget of $2.5 million.

Mba, Business

Msme, Mechanical Engineering