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Federal Way, Wa, Us

Kent, Washington, Us

Led infrastructure and applications support teams, providing mentorship to ensure high productivity and employee satisfaction. Created strategy to modernize IT environment – infrastructure, ERP, and security – and grow the existing IT team.• Stabilized IT environment by developing standard processes & procedures and simplifying the technology landscape.• Collaborated with business teams to identify technology opportunities aligned with business goals.• Led the successful migration of Microsoft 365 (M365), focusing on Exchange Online, SharePoint, and automation through Power Platform.• Developed a comprehensive ERP roadmap, support plan, and upgrade strategy, resulting in improved efficiency and automation of key business processes.• Established and enforced security policies and procedures to ensure compliance with industry regulations (DFARS, ITAR, NIST 800-171, CMMC).• Managed vendor relationships and selected appropriate technology solutions.

Tacoma, Wa, Us

In this role, I serve as an IT Architect, IT Security/Compliance Officer, Project Manager, IT Contracts Manager, and Technologist with varying scope and functions. Moreover, I create, define, and implement modernization roadmaps. Spearhead day-to-day efforts to stabilize systems and applications, standardize technology landscape, lower expenses, and maximize systems reliability and performance. One of my main duties is to conduct detailed enterprise evaluations to identify and prioritize improvements in close collaboration with business teams; report issues to stakeholders. A few of my notable accomplishments are:• Increased cloud adoption by changing mindsets of leadership regarding reliability and security of cloud solutions ◦ Led implementation of Azure for cloud-based, offsite backup storage. ◦ Enhanced communications and ensured seamless access to data and analytics via multiple cloud solutions, including O365, SharePoint, Skype/Teams, and Power BI.• Optimized access to data and reporting/analytic capabilities by deploying dedicated reporting database and data mart along with self-service reporting solutions using SQL Server Analysis Services, Excel, and Power BI.• Initiated and steered project to devise structured and auditable process with design and installation of learning management systems (LMS) in adherence to AS9100 certification requirements for company employees; transitioned from risky manual processes, which saved significant number of work hours.• Spearheaded Salesforce implementation project and data migration from Infor CRM throughout completion phase.

Seattle, Wa, Us

During my stint here, I planned and headed all aspects of project/program management activities, including resource management, risk mitigation, performance management, budgeting, and vendor/contractor management. I also directed a team of in-house and contract resources committed to optimize and support large, enterprise application portfolio (on-prem and cloud). Moreover, I crafted and executed project roadmaps in alignment with business goals, while engaging with stakeholders to evaluate requirements, finalize solution design, and prioritize feature/solution development. A few of my key accomplishments are mentioned below:• Played pivotal role in IT organizational transformation effort by overseeing applications and services previously owned by other teams, which led to 20% reduction in IT Support Functions' overall budget.• Selected to turnaround underperforming conversion (on-prem to SaaS) of Learning Management System utilized by over 13K end-users, involving realignment of stakeholder expectations/resources and extensive data conversion.• Initiated and directed migration of safety platform (chemical inventory and SDS management) from in-house hosted to SaaS, which secured $85K in YOY savings.Additional Experience as Technical Lead, PeopleSoft Time & Labor | Analyst/Developer at Weyerhaeuser, Federal Way, WA

Seattle, Wa, Us

IT focal/lead for company-wide Time and Labor deployment.