Acting as a key advisor and consultant to business & technology leaders, I guide digital transformation, innovation, and cloud adoption to significantly improve business outcomes. The blueprint considers effective enterprise architecture, product-focused operating models, and secure software development best practices at scale.The AWS Enterprise Transformation Program applies digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, and advanced data strategy, to achieve business outcomes. We accelerate our customer’s business transformation journey through people, processes, and technology.

Teaching online graduate courses on digital strategy in the core MBA and Information Systems curriculum - the application of digital technologies to achieve business outcomes. I teach business and technology leaders practical applications of digital transformation, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, risk management, enterprise architecture, data strategy, and business agility (including agile, lean, and design thinking). Topics include emerging technology such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Machine Learning (ML), and Business Intelligence (Tableau).Recognized with Outstanding Lecturer Award (April 2024).

Instructor of undergraduate Cloud Computing, Information Security and Assurance, network security, CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 exam preparation, and software development focused on secure coding and mitigation strategies for security vulnerabilities, including assignments using C++, C# and Python (VMware/Windows/Linux/Mac/Visual Studio).Students include a diverse group of international students (North America, South America, Central America, Africa, etc.)

IT Leadership: Strategy and Executive Sponsor of initiatives related to digital transformation, software development, cloud implementation, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, scaled agile, data governance, risk management, compliance, and business continuity.• Product and Technical Program Management as part of DevSecOps transformation for the Scaled Agile (SAFe) delivery, including improved performance and security of core applications leveraging a new enterprise architecture group and data analytics/strategy team.• Strategic direction and oversight in the formulation and implementation of a multi-year digital transformation & cybersecurity strategy to replace critical applications and infrastructure to address future business needs with a multi-cloud solution (AWS/Azure/Rackspace). Led a thorough evaluation of the business case, including assessment of security, threat landscape, penetration testing, architecture, applications, and infrastructure.• Leading development of new organizational capabilities for technology transformation, including enterprise cloud strategy and a cloud-based platform as a service (PaaS) for continuous integration/delivery for critical applications and infrastructure.• Compliance processes, procedures, and standards including SOC 1 (Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements, CIP (Critical Infrastructure Protection), and NIST Cybersecurity Framework.• Led supply-chain cybersecurity response, security risk assessments, and business continuity/disaster recovery planning.

Leader of the application development, solution architecture, business requirements analysis, quality assurance and delivery organizations with a globally distributed workforce of up to 400+ including offshore teams supporting payments authorization, customer portals, CRM, data warehousing, billing and HRMS.- Reporting directly to the CIO, responsible for the implementation of transformational SDLC and based on the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum, and Test Driven Development. Scaled organization from $63 million capital investment in solutions and products to $84 million using a global workforce strategy optimized for efficiency and location.- Directed technology partnership for joint ventures formed to offer suite of payment solutions to merchants including mobile products, security tools, reporting and an EMV platform.- Guided delivery of merchant point-of-sale and e-commerce solutions including support for MasterCard Digital Enablement System, Apple Pay and tokenization.- Launched cloud-based solutions delivering fraud detection automation.- Cybersecurity assessments, technology due diligence, and integration of mergers / acquisitions including consolidation of several Salesforce (SFDC) instances.- Implementation and consolidation of ERP and billing using Oracle ERP/RMB.- Implemented IT risk management, compliance, internal controls, application security and corporate governance.

Responsible for Agile SDLC, global enterprise software quality assurance and strategy across more than 300 applications for VISA lines of business, product development, corporate systems and bank customers. Key responsibilities:- Introduction of agile/scrum SDLC across application development, quality assurance, and application security with a focus on automation, structured methods, process discipline and collaboration. Enterprise tools included HP ALM, Jira, and Selenium.- Technical leadership over emerging payment technologies, including technology supporting mobile, e-commerce, and third-party interfaces/web services.-Led teams based in Colorado, California, Singapore and India.

DISH is a Fortune 200 company that offers direct broadcast satellite subscription television services in the United States.Responsible for enterprise application implementation, including software development, e-commerce, enterprise architecture, quality assurance, requirements analysis and software configuration management (SCM). Division leader for over 400 employees and contractors focused on delivery and support of technology solutions including customer web sites, B2B e-commerce, digital marketing, call center CRM applications, subscriber billing, interactive voice response (IVR), set top receivers, and retail/channel (point of sale using SaaS model) order entry tools in a multi-state and multi-site environment including offshore. These J2EE/JAVA/Microsoft .NET enterprise applications are used by over 9,000 call center agents, generate more than 1.5 billion in sales annually from retailers, and service 14+ million subscribers. Environment included Oracle ERP, WebLogic, WebMethods, UNIX, Windows, Amdocs, Siebel, VB.NET and C#.

Responsible for the development of cost-effective & scalable custom applications for over 4,000 end-users supported by Corporate Technology Solutions (Enterprise Finance, Corporate Accounting, Human Resources, and Business Intelligence/Data Analytics). Led application development & architecture in a large-scale environment that managed the company’s operational financial data.

Responsible for full software development lifecycle (SDLC) including developers and QA test teams for a suite of commercial tax, compliance and 401K employee benefit/retirement Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) commercial software solutions that generated $7+ million in annual revenue from more than 25,000+ users in the financial services industry. Managed professional services for multiple client engagements.