Providing adaptive business and technology solutions for IT project and portfolio management.

Role elevated to shape vision and direct project management for full scope of portfolio of strategic business, IT, business intelligence, and capital initiatives in strategic leadership role at $175M owner-operator of 6 private colleges and career education schools across 30 locations in Florida and Puerto Rico. Drive collaboration with C-suite and stakeholders on projects from initial planning through final signoff. Partner with CIO on development and administration of IT budget, operations… Show more Role elevated to shape vision and direct project management for full scope of portfolio of strategic business, IT, business intelligence, and capital initiatives in strategic leadership role at $175M owner-operator of 6 private colleges and career education schools across 30 locations in Florida and Puerto Rico. Drive collaboration with C-suite and stakeholders on projects from initial planning through final signoff. Partner with CIO on development and administration of IT budget, operations, and strategy. Manage direct and cross-functional project teams.• Created company’s first PMO managing supporting initiatives across enterprise. Sold vision to CEO, established operating and budget models, streamlined workflows, and led change management.• Manage dozens of critical capital IT & real estate projects annually with total value of $15M+. Present financial cases and project plans to C-suite, and lead initiatives through completion. • Played key role in $3M acquisition of Tampa-based learning center. Led due diligence on business, technology, and inventory aspects of M&A. Managed through full acquisition and integration. • Transformed IT infrastructure for National University College Online enabling 6X business unit growth as acting CIO. Deployed scalable Canvas LMS platform, reducing cost and improving reliability.• Led migration from 125-server physical data center in Puerto Rico to virtual Cloud environment with zero unplanned downtime. Restructured network to increase reliability and scalability and reduce risk.• Improved decision capability via creation of BI platform. Architected solution utilizing MS SSRS, SSIS, and MS SQL, and SharePoint, automating KPI reporting and saving thousands of labor hours annually.• Championed creation of IT disaster recovery plan. Collaborated on development of best practices in Cloud systems, data recovery, and resilience planning to maintain high availability and uptime. Show less

Led full scope of strategic enterprise software development projects for division providing e-learning tools and solutions for K-12 students. Partnered with executive leadership and internal customers, leveraging Agile methodology to drive needs analysis, resource planning, project delivery and execution, and provide change management and training leadership. Oversaw cross-functional project teams of Developers, Business Analysts, and other stakeholders and partners.• Turned around CRM… Show more Led full scope of strategic enterprise software development projects for division providing e-learning tools and solutions for K-12 students. Partnered with executive leadership and internal customers, leveraging Agile methodology to drive needs analysis, resource planning, project delivery and execution, and provide change management and training leadership. Oversaw cross-functional project teams of Developers, Business Analysts, and other stakeholders and partners.• Turned around CRM platform development project failing to meet milestones. Led team of 6, leveraging Agile sprints to re-architect program, align resources, and complete development in 1 year.• Served as program lead on $12M corporate acquisition. Built new business model, led due diligence, data planning, and managed seamless integration and harmonization of technology and resources. Show less

Enhanced performance of corporate IT departments as strategic partner, advisor, and consultant to clients in education, financial, legal, and manufacturing industries. Conducted IT assessments and project-managed initiatives to align technology and infrastructure with business goals, and improve reliability and security.

Promoted to shape and execute strategic technology roadmap and deliver technology vision and service delivery for full-service mortgage finance company. Directly managed $10M budget and team of 40 employees planning and ensuring ongoing IT operations, with responsibility for help desk services, database and applications administration, system architecture planning and management, security, SOX compliance, and PMO.• Created high performing IT Bayview organization providing best-in-class… Show more Promoted to shape and execute strategic technology roadmap and deliver technology vision and service delivery for full-service mortgage finance company. Directly managed $10M budget and team of 40 employees planning and ensuring ongoing IT operations, with responsibility for help desk services, database and applications administration, system architecture planning and management, security, SOX compliance, and PMO.• Created high performing IT Bayview organization providing best-in-class support to organization rapidly adding employees. Established Service Desk, PMO, IT Architecture team, and Compliance department.• Achieved 99.999% (+4.9%) system availability via strategic upgrades to hardware, software, network, and other infrastructure and services. Conceptualized and built organization resilience and disaster plans.• Eliminated $2M in annual cost and reduced physical footprint 80% via virtualization of 250 servers.• Promoted several individuals to senior level roles of increased responsibility. Built high performing team, fostering employee engagement via cross training.• Turned around Interbay Funding subsidiary’s enterprise IT function. Provided stable infrastructure and support structure supporting scalability and 300% growth at height of mortgage market. Show less

Managed all aspects of IT strategy and operations for 600-employee full-service commercial lender, including support, hardware, software, infrastructure, compliance, and security.• Directed all aspects of full organization relocation to new Philadelphia corporate headquarters.