•Directs a large team of 4 managers and 45 staff, including engineers, technical project managers, and architects, overseeing data center operations for a healthcare system with 11 hospitals and 34,000 employees.•Collaborates with peer leaders and business stakeholders to set strategic direction and meet business needs in a complex environment.•Skilled in talent acquisition and retention to foster team growth, knowledge, and a culture of responsibility and professionalism.•Cultivates strategic relationships with resellers, vendors, and strategic partners.•Directs the migration of on-prem data center operations to the public Azure cloud, leveraging automation to ensure high availability and security.•Negotiates contracts and manages multi-million dollar capital and operational budgets for new Infrastructure investments and the maintenance of existing assets.

Large enterprise with 300+ servers and 4,000+ workstations. Responsibilities include: application deployment via SCCM, desktop image creation and operating system deployment via MDT and SCCM, User State Migration, Active Directory administration, GPO creation, SQL, MS Cluster, NLB, SCOM, project management, and general tier 3 responsibilities. • Designed and deployed two SCCM sites with a total 5000+ endpoints. • Redesigned and deployed workstation image creation and deployment solution.• Designed and deployed SCOM R2, configured roles, notifications, and management packs.

Multifaceted position, responsible for core networked servers and system devices that support DoD missions across the globe. Technical counsel for network projects, installations, and migrations. Responsibilities include installation and administration of servers across multiple networks, backup solution design, antivirus, SAN, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, MS terminal server thin client environment, file servers, SCCM application deployment, SQL, and SAN management. • Developed offsite disaster recovery solutions for critical data.• Improved IT asset inventory totaling $1.6m by accurately accounting for and documenting item locations.• Mentored new and junior enlisted and civil service employees.• Managed and maintained server data centers.• Routinely counseled squadron and group commanders regarding IT solutions.• Promoted ahead of peers twice during short seven year career in the Air Force.