Lance Wilson Email & Phone Number

Burbank, Ca, Us

In my promotion with Disney to digital experience domain architect, I lead architectural oversight, IT strategy roadmaps, and technology solutions to drive operational improvements and deliver business value. Our team partners with business and service management teams to determine and fulfill enterprise-wide technical business requirements. I develop and manage full life cycle project roadmaps, including scope, vision, schedule, resource acquisition, milestones, and key performance indicators KPIs, and serve as subject matter expert (SME) for M365, Exchange, and Messaging. As an organizational leader, I lead and mentor peers and junior associates on Disney processes and methodologies.  Reduced yearly operating costs significantly with the design and implementation of the Microsoft Teams Voice service, providing a cloud-based service, and reducing the number of physical phones deployed worldwide by over 2000. Systematically improved email hygiene by introducing a more secure environment, without an increase in operational costs. Significantly reduced infrastructure costs, sunsetting 28 servers, resulting in hard operational and maintenance cost savings.

Burbank, Ca, Us

In my first role with Disney, as senior technology engineer, I cultivated a matrixed team to support the M365 environment for TWDC. I collaborated with internal technical and leadership teams to establish roadmaps and short- and long-range plans and served as (SME) for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 (M365) Suite and Microsoft Skype for Business/Lync for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid existence environments.  Reduced operational costs and system inefficiencies by overseeing deployment of new technologies to consolidate and modernize systems and processes.  Improved international systems management by developing and leading a global customized training for international team in Paris; consolidated systems and reduced number of servers to enable seamless migration to US systems.  Enhanced client and customer experience and organizational communications with complete overhaul of enterprise email system; consolidated and upgraded systems and reduced number of servers.  Managed external consulting teams through the deployment of new systems to support internal application teams; turned project over to Managed Service Provider for ongoing support, reducing time expenses and consulting fees.  Directed and coordinated the migration of 80K+ users from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams, reducing hardware, software, and licensing costs by over $50K. Designed and led the upgrade of the Microsoft Exchange environments on 4 Disney Cruise Ships and a remote island to ensure increased scalability, redundancy, and improved hardware utilization.

Austin, Tx, Us

As senior lead consultant for Catapult Systems, I led technology teams, strategies, and innovation processes to optimize productivity and drive business value. We designed, developed, and implemented information systems for financial services, education, government, and healthcare industries. I also led the development, design, and integration of Exchange 2010/2013 for multiple SMB, Enterprise, and SLED customers. Standardized and improved operations by piloting Exchange 2010/2013/O365 deployment-related sessions to direct, align, and motivate clients on the usage of best operational practices for multiple environments. Successfully scoped, planned, outlined, and executed AD/Exchange 2010 migration for international customer. Improved performance of data migration and optimized migration velocity by orchestrating upgrade and migration of tens of thousands of mailboxes to Office 365 from on-premises Exchange and Lotus environments.  Modernized business platforms by orchestrating the ground-up development and institution of multiple Office 365 environments-related approaches and techniques which included ADFS and Federation for Single Sign On.

St Louis, Mo 63141, Mo, Us

Migrated over 30,000 users to Office 365 for large Pharmaceutical client. Excellent communication, technical and leadership skills. Expertise with virtualization, Cisco networking, high availability solutions, Office 365 (O365) implementations and planning, Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange. Designed, implemented and supported solutions in a variety of verticals including Financial Services, Education, Government, and Healthcare.

Portsmouth, Nh, Us

Experienced consultant with extensive systems, storage and networking knowledge. Designed, implemented and supported solutions in a variety of verticals including Financial Services, Education, Government, and Healthcare. Supported Senior Management in solutioning and assisting high profile clients in expedited timeframes

Administered 200 servers in multiple locations including 24x7 on call support. Planned and conducted Exchange 2007 upgrades throughout the County. Planned and implemented AD Forest migration for the Osceola County Tax office, saving the county over $30,000 in overtime and consulting costs and simplifying the County IT infrastructure. Planned and implemented OCS 2007 for instant messaging and telephony service.

East Syracuse, New York, Us

Designed and implemented the Corporate Active Directory and Exchange infrastructure, saving the company over $500K in consulting services. Administered 35 servers supporting the Corporate Exchange and Active Directory environment in multiple datacenters, including 24x7 on call support. Maintained/upgraded three Microsoft Exchange 2007 clusters, eight Exchange 2007 HUB/CAS servers, with over 7000 mailboxes. Planned/implemented upgrade to Exchange 2007, including researching, purchasing and installing 14 new HP Blade servers. Responsible for the implementation of new IronPort SPAM appliances, effectively reducing the amount of SPAM received by over 50%

Responsible for the implementation and management of Windows NT network. Planned, coordinated and implemented consolidation and upgrade of corporate Microsoft Exchange servers, reducing maintenance, providing access through Outlook Web Access, and enhancing performance.

Senior member of IT staff heavily engaged in both the operational support of the enterprise and in researching methods to leverage technology for the achievement of organizational goals and objectives. Managed Corporate Exchange 5.5 environment for users throughout the Fox Channels Group domain (FOXSPORTS.COM) with servers in multiple data centers throughout the US.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Security Police/Security Forces Law Enforcement SpecialistHeld recently expired Secret ClearanceGulf War VeteranFor the US Air Force, I served as law enforcement specialist, network administrator, and desk sergeant, directly responsible for police response and command and control of base security. I was responsible for scheduling 20+ personnel to ensure security requirements were met.  Successfully coordinated multiple presidential visits around the world in collaboration with U.S. Secret Service.  Mentored new service members and subordinates to facilitate achievement in missions and careers.

Master Of Science - Ms, Information Technology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Information Technology

Associate Of Science - As, General Studies