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Manage the day to day technology operations support for Gaylord Opryland and Attractions. As the Director of Information Technology for Gaylord Opryland® Hotel & Convention Center, Kevin is responsible for leading the information technology department in providing technical solutions for customers.

Responsible for departmental budgetManaged Help Desk staff responsible for supporting sixty locations in 8 states for both data and telecom.Managed network support team responsible for connectivity to all sixty remote locations.Negotiated all telecommunications/data vendor contracts.Co-Developed web based facility management application utilizing and Oracle Web Server Technologies. (SeniorQuest Copyright 2003) Responsible for all project management of IT initiatives.Implemented on site fault tolerant standby Oracle database for disaster recovery.Developed comprehensive disaster recovery plan utilizing data replication to commercial hosting facility located in Atlanta Ga.Developed corporate-wide standards for all information technologies.Provided strategic technical direction for all IT projects.Responsible for the research and implementation of new technologies.Acted as liaison between IT and business operating departments to facilitate technology transitions.Managed staff responsible for all phases of IT including but not limited to networks, hardware maintenance, email systems, database systems, and telephony and application development.Responsible for all equipment purchases for corporate and sixty locations.Designed and implemented automated data center monitoring/alerting plan including monitoring of hardware performance, physical center access, software functionality and center environmental monitoring.