Excited to be part of a AI technology company that has been at the forefront of AI and high-performance data accelerating our customers. DDN is a global market leader renowned for powering many of the world's most demanding AI data centers, in industries ranging from life sciences and healthcare to financial services, autonomous cars, Government, academia, research and manufacturing.

I am responsible for designing and building an enterprise-class platform that encompasses cloud selection, technology stacks, security designs, vendor partnerships, database architectures, AI integration, and scalability measures. Additionally, I manage budget allocations for operational and capital expenditures, drive sales initiatives, and conduct presentations to both B2B and B2C audiences.A crucial aspect of my role involves evaluating and implementing new systems and infrastructure to optimize organizational efficiency and effectiveness. I foster cross-company collaboration across different time zones, engaging in strategic planning to align technology initiatives with overarching business goals.I provide leadership, foster collaboration, and enable agile decision-making to facilitate strategic pivots when necessary. I am adept at team management and possess a keen business acumen that allows me to navigate complex challenges and drive sustainable growth. to leveraging technology to drive innovation and propel the company towards continued success in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST / Business Development ExecutiveResponsible for accelerating business partner technical strategy, IT, development and engineering solutions. I create visions for customers that can leverage; AI, Data, bots, services, ML, AI Ops, Security, CICD, IoT, Cloud, with the value to accelerate their business.Recently led a team of 400 developers, redesigning the technology stack to greatly accelerate software delivery times, new technical stack and much better data integration, while leading hardware and software sales, customer development, and engaging vendors-both partners and 3rd party.Improving customer KPI/Metrics: availability targets, logistics, platform uptime, incidents, cost of services, cost management metrics, Customer Satisfaction Metrics, department scorecards, Security Metrics, performance reviews, and QBR’s. Establishing enterprise-wide digital platforms in AWS, Azure, Google and IBM Cloud at fortune 100 clients; creating a vision and enabling strategy and increasing agility and flexibility.Working with executives (CEO, CIO, CTO, CFO, COO, CISO, CDO, VP’s) to Distinguished Engineers, VP’s, LOB VP’s, Middleware, Sales Forecasts, GM’s, Directors, PM’s and developers. Multiple platforms, tooling, practices. Lead both the account team of 50 as well as the team of Client Technical Leaders of 60 within Financial Services.Enabling security in IAM, Key Management, DAS, AI, SEIM, DLP, Sase, biometrics, IoT, MFA, Azure AD. Ai, AI Ops, RPA, ML IoT and blockchain integration into logistics; 5G at the edge; identified and implemented RPA, and AI process flows, enabling significant value. Created joint go to market Alliance with Microsoft and Security. Created a biometrics solution for next generation access control. Worked with manufacturers on 3D printed solutions. Created an adopted solution generating over 15B in revenue that was called “Pure Magic” by the SVP customer, and they are implementing my design and solution.

As a Cloud Security Architect, I spearheaded the development, design, and implementation of robust security systems for cloud-based computing and data storage infrastructures. My role encompassed a wide range of activities, including assessing and testing existing cloud security systems, creating firewalls, enhancing network security measures, and encrypting data to fortify system defenses.A key aspect of my responsibilities involved collaborating with clients to design and develop secure applications and software for accessing cloud resources across Azure, AWS and GCP. This entailed establishing procedures for user access, implementing access controls and administrative practices, and providing comprehensive education to client IT, engineering, and security teams on secure usage of cloud computing services.In addition to my core responsibilities, I actively engaged in optimizing cross-functional partnerships to effectively address customer requirements and led large-scale analysis efforts spanning multiple departments. I leveraged internal and external data resources to make strategic business decisions and fostered long-term relationships with key partners.Furthermore, I played a pivotal role in leading information security reviews of new technologies, designing remediation plans, and collaborating with engineering and operations teams to address security vulnerabilities. I proactively identified areas for process or technology improvement within existing legacy applications and infrastructure, implementing and monitoring information security enhancements to mitigate risks effectively.My expertise extends to various threat modeling approaches, including STRIDE, ATTACK TREE, DREAD, KILL CHAIN, CAPEC, Mobile Application threat model, and data flow diagram. I have experience in network and information security, including firewall policy design, SSL certificate management, vulnerability analysis, and mitigation strategies.

I spearheaded the development and implementation of cutting-edge cloud solutions for clients across North America. Collaborating closely with 12 sales teams, I provided comprehensive support in crafting tailored solutions to meet the unique needs of IBM's clientele. From electronic health records to Highly Available solutions, I navigated diverse requirements, ensuring seamless integration and maximum value delivery.Notably, I played a pivotal role in securing IBM's largest deal to date, valued at over 5 Billion. Leveraging my expertise in IBM Cloud architecture, as well as leadership proficiency with Azure, AWS, and GCP, I orchestrated end-to-end solution design and delivery, while also leading presentations and executive meetings.In my role, I delved into every aspect of cloud computing, from front-end platforms to back-end infrastructure, and cloud-based data delivery models. My responsibilities encompassed designing, monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing cloud environments, as well as collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive project success.By converting technical requirements into robust architectures and ensuring the reliability and security of cloud operations, I facilitated seamless transitions to private, public, or hybrid cloud environments for our clients.

Lead technical solutions, and business solutions for cloud customers and prospective customers. Located within the cloud team with strategic planning of products and services, road maps, investments and customer based initiatives. Versed in public cloud solutions, managed services, and executives across companies including collocation technologies and channel partners. Involved with enterprise class sales with fortune 500 companies.Executive presence and business acumen to win the hearts and minds of IT and business leaders. Ability to generate trust, build alliances across the organization and orchestrate interdisciplinary teams to the benefit of customers. Situation awareness to adapt and solve challenges from a business and technology perspective by assessing the customers current state, business goals and challenges, capabilities and existing IT/technology investments. Ability to balance strategic thinking with pragmatic operational delivery. Empathy, curiosity, desire to constantly improve, acquire new skills and drive for results. Business relationship management with BDM’s, executives, architects, sales, product management and visionaries. Business relationship management with CEO, CIO, CTO, to architects, and engineers with both pre-sales and post sales.Experience with; Saas, Iaas, Paas, DRaas, Openstack, pre-sales, Public Cloud, Private Cloud.

I created business initiatives and investments across the spectrum and aligned IT investments in services to accelerate the business. The goal was to accelerate value through successful completion of business transformation and improved services by using the disciplines of enterprise architecture, portfolio management, business strategy, and value realization of IT services, support and operations. I leverage personal strengths to lead strategic initiatives, coordinate, execute, and drive results with a large number of stakeholder and constituencies from executive leadership, directors, and partners. We create strong alignment between business and technology that enable application development and the next generation of engineering and solutions.Responsibilities include tactical and strategic integration into engineering, product planning, product ship rooms, from developers to executive. Presentations are done on a weekly basis, including larger MBR’s and QBR’s. The service level management aspect of this role covers 160 core IT services and internal sales of many services. Key accomplishments contributed to team, business and customer impact and success and technical changes within Microsoft.Cloud development experience with Azure, CenturyLink Cloud, Openstack and AWS.

I worked in the network space for about 5 years. I spent time in the extranet working with ACL's, NAT, SNAT, data encryption, licensing, vendor management, WAN Acceleration, network management, troubleshooting, architecture, latency, high availability design, new architecture, security, code management. Projects included data center management, IP address space management, tooling, WAN management, alerting, discovery, and network and data security.

Involved with many startups, some sold, other didn't make it. Roles varied from CIO, CTO, Engineering lead, Networks, Servers, IAM, Sales, Founder, etc. Lots of great technology ideas and energy.

Responsible for engineering support and services for all development outside of corporate for all 14 offices. Setup Test, Development, Source Code Depots, Data Centers, SAN, networks.

Provided leadership and responsible for the internal infrastructure, ISP, and customer support. Terrific and talented staff. The startup targeted seniors 65+ for a client market.

Enjoyed the management team and led the infrastructure and support services for US office and remote users in this ERP software development company.

Terrific childrens software development company. I worked in Test, PM, Support and moved into IT.