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Northfield, Mn, Us

Northfield, Mn, Us

As part of a shared initiative between St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges, my job is to design and implement a comprehensive security program at both campuses. I report directly to the CIOs of both campuses. I spend roughly 50% of my time at each campus. I harmonize policy, process, and architecture between the campuses when appropriate. I am responsible for:• The physical and logical security of the data centers on premises and in the cloud• Computer security incident response• End point and email security• IT security policy and governance• User security awareness and training

Northfield, Mn, Us

As part of a shared initiative between St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges, my job is to design and implement a comprehensive security program at both campuses. I report directly to the CIOs of both campuses. I spend roughly 50% of my time at each campus. I harmonize policy, process, and architecture between the campuses when appropriate. I am responsible for:• The physical and logical security of the data centers on premises and in the cloud• Computer security incident response• End point and email security• IT security policy and governance• User security awareness and training

Norman, Oklahoma, Us

Responsible for the security operations of the University of Oklahoma's world-class enterprise data centers and private cloud infrastructure to include firewalls, intrusion prevention, vulnerability scanning, and logging infrastructure. Leads a team of security professionals who engineer, implement, and operate the security infrastructure and inform, establish, and execute security policy, controls, and procedures to safeguard university data and systems. Works closely with university risk management and audit work centers to minimize risk exposure to the university and ensure compliance with relevant standards and practices.

Norman, Oklahoma, Us

• Responsible for managing the operations of the University of Oklahoma's shared services cloud infrastructure, supporting the three main campus under the University of Oklahoma Regents.• Responsible for data center operations at the University's three enterprise private cloud data centers —over 10,000 square feet of raised floor space.• Responsible for network, storage, systems, database, and virtualization operations across the University's shared services cloud.• Manages a large virtual team spread across the state of Oklahoma at three distinct campus.

Norman, Oklahoma, Us

• Supervises a team of 14 Microsoft windows, Linux, UNIX, and VMware systems admins and engineers responsible for all central IT core servers and services including ERP, email, learning management, computer labs, database, and virtualization resources.• Responsible for the entire lifecycle--from design and implementation to decommissioning--of all major IT infrastructure systems.• Ensures high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity for these critical systems.• Systems team subject matter expert for multi-million dollar, green field data center construction project at the Norman campus supporting state-wide multi-campus shared services initiatives.

Norman, Oklahoma, Us

• Responsible for campus-wide core IT services infrastructure design, maintenance, and improvement projects.• Established systems requirements, capacity planning, power and cooling specifications for multi-year, $20 million green field data center construction project• Led refresh and virtualization efforts for PeopleSoft ERP systems, coordinating a cross-functional team to design and execute the strategy for this important systems’ future• Responsible for developing strategies for virtualization, collaboration, data center operations and management, and cloud computing technologies

• Responsible for information technology and communications policy enterprise-wide for an international business training and consulting company operating in over a dozen countries in the Middle East and North Africa • Responsible for acquiring, contracting, and administering systems and services to provide email, web services, collaboration, curriculum management, and CRM • As the first in this position, I rescued and brought order to disparate, assorted, and at times poorly managed systems • Senior staff member for Qatar, responsible for all customer relations for this region

College Station, Tx, Us

• Responsible for systems administration for a Microsoft Windows domain consisting of 450 users; over 700 computers in offices, classrooms, and labs; and over 50 servers • Lead administrator for authentication, security policy, enterprise-wide systems management, email, anti-virus, anti-span, database, and web services • Led aggressive efforts to implement blade architecture and virtualization technology—dramatically diminished server room footprint and administration • Implemented Citrix Presentation Server as a fundamental shift in the way we delivered applications for our student user base—responsible for the project from conception through implementation • Migrated file services from a network attached storage system to an ADIC StorNext storage area network—dramatically improved performance, manageability, and scalability

• Designed, acquired, and installed wired and wireless networks; firewalls; web, email, domain, and file servers to satisfy clients’ unique requirements • Led project teams for web sites with custom front end design and back end applications • Interfaced with clients at all stages of projects from pre-sales to ongoing support

• Managed Internet information services for dozens of client accounts • Designed, acquired and installed solutions to satisfy clients’ IT unique needs • Engineered and assembled automated data collection systems for industrial scales

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

• Supervised 35 computer network and telephone technicians • Engineered voice and data networks for exercises and overseas contingencies • Directed installations of telephone switching systems and wide area computer networks • LAN chief for contingency Air Bases in Kuwait and Italy each with over 700 users and 200 computer workstations • Provided all IT services including security, web sites, email, DNS, file and print services • Managed local area network administration, ground radio, and help desk work centers

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

• Supervised administration and personnel section supporting the Air Force’s second largest flying training unit. Supported over 100 staff and 500 students annually • Managed organizational budget of $500,000 and led $1.5 million facility renovation

Mba, Business Administration And Management

Management Information Systems

Bachelor Of Arts, Mathematics-Economics