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Wichita, Ks, Us

Wichita, Ks, Us

I joined Novacoast, an IT professional services and solution company, to deliver critical guidance for small to Fortune 50 companies seeking next-generation transformation of their data protection and collaboration solutions. As the project lead, I partner with C-Suite leaders to review business processes, technical solutions landscape, operating models, and operational maturity. Through a pre-transformation gap analysis assessment involving potential scenarios, process redesign, and recommended integration and collaboration solutions, I orchestrate a future roadmap on data-driven analytics, automation, service design, and new products; supporting business requirements and technical use case development.Leveraging a dynamic partnership with the global sales and managed services unit, I also drive new client sales and consistently generate new leads, ground-breaking opportunities, and high-level revenue growth. In addition, I teach/coach internal teams, review pitches, host industry round tables, and advance the company presence to market leader status.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:► Earned numerous Top Billable Engineer awards as well as Top Director of Security Service awards for consistently maintaining profitability and achieving exceptional performance standards throughout tenure.► Awarded President’s Club honors for eight consecutive years by leading the company in revenue generation; selling tens of millions of dollars in products and services. ► Generated up to 80% overall improvement in security posture and daily operations by leading teams to effectively analyze and reduce inherent risk due to misconfiguration of toolsets and lack of operational maturity. ► Built and operated the most robust and secure data privacy and protection cybersecurity programs by proactively developing numerous unique methodologies.► Established and grew an internal strategic advisory group focused on delivering collaboration transformation.

Waltham, Massachusetts, Us

Irvine, California, Us

Reporting directly to the CTO, I planned, implemented, and managed the technology infrastructure for a local school district. Through regular monitoring of existing technology performance, I proactively anticipated future needs and established comprehensive plans to ensure stability and high-performance while overseeing network and data security programs. I also guided various technical personnel and was fully accountable for all aspects of network administration, network equipment configuration/installation, server management, hardware/software installation, cybersecurity, data-center administration, documentation, and reporting.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:► Created the first hybrid education environment, prior to Office 365, by architecting a large-scale migration project between two disparate platforms for approximately 50k users and 20k devices that included on-premise and cloud-based solutions. ► Improved operational accuracy and efficiency by 95% by developing and maintaining scripted automation programs, eliminating previously used manual methods, to move 50k student/staff accounts and data across 45 separate locations.► Reduced time and effort to build/maintain classrooms and labs by 75% after updating and enhancing operating system installations, configuration, security, updates, and application maintenance for 20k+ endpoints across all systems.

Founded a custom technology company specializing in small business IT Services, at-home business IT services, home automation, home theater and home security.