Directs and coordinates activities of the Information Technology Department. Oversees all technology functions throughout the company. This role is responsible for leading company wide initiatives and ensuring that all of the company’s technology operations and staffing effectively supports programs and administrative operations. Provides leadership and guidance to develop and implement business intelligence and data analytic strategies which support and enhance company operations. Develops and maintains an appropriate IT organizational structure that supports the business needs of the company.• Establishes and maintains IT departmental goals, objectives, and operating policies and procedures.• Recruits and develops IT staff in accordance with the company’s budgetary objectives and personnel policies.• Oversees the direction and performance evaluation of all IT staff, in accordance with the company’s personnel policies. Assesses and communicates risks associated within the IT infrastructures and systems.Applies change management philosophies and manages the implementation of new hardware, software and applications. • Develops, tracks, and controls the technology budget for the company in collaboration with the Chief Financial Officer.• Ensures that the planning, development, and maintenance of all company hardware systems is in alignment with industry standards, best practices, and state/federal regulations, if any.• Ensures effective evaluation, implementation, development, and support of company software applications needs for optimum work flow efficiency and meeting the business needs of the company.• Manages the company’s help desk process.• Oversees the identification, process, completion and communication of all IT related projects; including telephones, both mobile and stationary, cable networks, etc.• Directs the development and execution of the company’s IT disaster recovery and business continuity plan.

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The Data Processing Manager IV (DPM IV), Responsible for the Chief System Implementation Group (SIG) team on the FI$Cal Project. Position required full management responsibility for the System Implementation Group, which consists of Technical Architecture, Departmental Outreach, Technical Development, Business Process Management, Service Management, Identity Management and Implementation Testing and Tools. The DPM IV provided oversight and high-level direction on the design, development and implementation of the Statewide effort known as the FI$Cal Project. Directed the work of other State entities, such as the Office of the CIO and consultants from the information technology industry and will direct the highly complex, interdepartmental system and data interface portion of the project where the work is of the most critical and sensitive nature and affects all State entities.

Enterprise Risk Management Director. Responsible for documenting, and ensuring departmental communications of key organizational risks. Maintain input or data quality of risk management systems within the department, recommends ways to control or reduce risk across 9 Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) divisions. Identify key risks and mitigating factors of potential Department of Motor Vehicles investments, such as asset types and values, legal and ownership structures, professional reputations, and customer bases. Devise systems and processes to monitor validity of risk modeling outputs, Gather risk-related data from internal or external resources. Identify and analyze areas of potential risk to the assets, earning capacity, or success of the organization. Develop and implements risk-assessment models or methodologies. Produce executive reports and presentations that outline findings, explain risk positions, or recommend changes. Plan, and contribute to development of risk management policies.

Manage Stanford IT Consultant Group. Provide IT operational improvements for small and medium sized companies in the following areas: applications and systems development, telephony, building security, disaster recovery, and websites, audio/video implementations, voIP projects, IT Organizational Audits, Strategic Planning. We improve your competitive advantage.

Oversaw $100M IT budget providing IT initiatives for manufacturing company earning $50B yearly. Fostered vendor contract acquisition. Led teams to innovate infrastructure and application initiatives to strengthen business processes. Collaborated with executive management to enhance strategic planning around infrastructure and internal systems. Devised standard procedures to ensure network security. Launched SOX program and prepared company for audits by implementing documented controls. Oversaw more than 150 associates.• Created outsourcing program with India-based vendor, which decreased hardware costs by 40% and lowered operating expenses by $1M to $2M annually. • Reduced hardware/software costs 30% by leading successful vendor negotiations.