Vice President - Information Technology
Charlotte, North Carolina, Us
Led Remi’s Technology efforts through a full digital transformation building key Technology Systems in preparation for a successful Private Equity Transaction with Bain Capital. Leading software engineering, custom ERP development and migrations/rollout, business intelligence, IT operations, and cyber security program development following the NIST Framework 800.53. Reported to the CEO.• Designed, implemented, and managed scalable Technology Solutions both custom and industry leading Infrastructure/Security in preparation for the organizations planned PE sale. Supported a rigorous sales process ultimately being acquired by Bain Capital with a designation of Tech Enabled and a 5x return.• Led Software Engineering in the 100% new development of a custom ERP system replacing an aging legacy system. Using modern tools like Material UI, Angular 11, PrimeNG, NodeJS, Sequelize, Docker, MSSQL, Power BI, and SQL Server. • Developed Remi’s first Cyber Security Program following the NIST Framework 800-53 improving the organization security posture in order to satisfy various Government and industry compliance needs.• Modernized physical Cybersecurity introducing industry leading tools like; 2FA, MDM, Palo Alto, Darktrace, Password Keeper, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, Veeam, Zerto, Global Protect, Varonis, AlienVault (SIEM), OneLogin, Duo, Knowbe4 user training, HackEdu training, Nessus, and a cloud DR solution.• As the organizations Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) built and fostered a culture of continual learning through new staff training achieving industry leading Cybersecurity staff certifications like CISSP, CISM, CISA, and CYSA+.• Modernized critical infrastructure introducing enterprise level tools like; Dialpad to the call center & organization, Nutanix, Cisco Meraki wireless, Cisco core switches, VMWare, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, and a full user hardware refresh with Microsoft Surface.