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Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles, California, United States

Providing subject matter expertise to Red 8 clients on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning across a mix of critical business processes, applications, and infrastructure services to identify and close any gaps in order to effectively manage risk.

Downey, California, United States

I led a team designing, deploying, and supporting the core infrastructure for all Credit Union operations - including migration to MS O365 and Azure Active Directory. I led the team in providing several upgrades to the company's network to effectively meet all NCUA compliance requirements and to improve the reliability, performance, and cost effectiveness.

Glendale, CA

I led a team in developing and implementing strategic plans to support all core enterprise infrastructure and information security technologies including a 500+ agent Call Center, Corporate HQ, and our customer facing website that served as our primary revenue engine with annual growth rate goals of 20% per year in revenue and new customers. I led a.

Century City, CA

On assignment to 21st Century Fox, I led their Corporate Audit team in validating all of the technology remediation efforts in response to a 3rd Party Cybersecurity Audit of all technology layers (Network, Web, Servers, Desktop, VOIP, WAN, LAN, WiFi, WEB, and Databases across all seven Fox business units.

Burbank, CA

Directed a team in providing 24x7x365 support for all infrastructure technologies used to deliver payroll services to entertainment productions companies across the United States. Successfully negotiated an enterprise unlimited license agreement for the Oracle database software used for core applications; upgraded network bandwidth, hardware, security, and.

On assignment to DIRECTV, I led a team of employees and contractors to develop and deploy a Quality Framework Program to improve cycle time and reduce defects for all enterprise and customer facing software releases.

Rosemead, California, United States

Developed and implemented a plan to refresh all layers of Cathay Bank's infrastructure to support a shift to SaaS/Cloud based applications and to meet all security and regulatory compliance requirements for it's corporate HQ and 50 branch offices.

Universal City, CA

Worked with senior business leaders from multiple business units (Corporate, Film, TV, News, Sports, Olympics, Theme Parks, Production Studios) to develop long-term strategies and roadmaps to optimize enterprise technology solutions that met changing business goals.

Greater Los Angeles Area

I served in multiple leadership roles during my 15 years with NBC Universal navigating changes in parent company ownership, mergers and acquisitions, development of new businesses (digital content delivery), deployment of new ERP systems (SAP & Oracle), and compliance with new regulations (SOX, PCI, GDPR).

Irvine, California, United States

Managed the Southern California territory of sales for a technology company distributing a variety of network and video conferencing products to medium and large businesses.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Provided staffing and system integration services to medium and large businesses throughout Southern California.

Pasadena, California, United States

Directed a team of analysts and engineers in developing and deploying innovative telecommunications solutions to support a global manufacturing and distribution business that grew from $750M to $3B in annual revenue.

Irvine, California, United States

Led a team in providing all voice and data networking solutions to support Sales, Field Service, Engineering, Finance and Administration functions for a global technology company's offices in the Southwest Region.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Sold and serviced a variety of voice and data telecommunications products and services for a territory of large business accounts in the Electronics Industry in Southern California.

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Operated and repaired all shipboard communications and cryptography equipment aboard a nuclear submarine; and served as Classified Material Control Officer for all classified documents.