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Founder, Owner, Operator - Opening Summer of 2024 in Bedford, TX. Arcade games, pizza, beer!

Founder of The Geek Pub. One of the top 100K most visited websites in the USA. Originally The Geek Pub was just a blog with how-to content. Later it morphed into a YouTube channel for the same. Today The Geek Pub has transformed into an e-commerce site focussed on the arcade industry. We sell all kinds of arcade and gaming components whether building your own arcade, restoring a classic, or repairing a modern game.

Our company offers both long term and short term rental property.

Responsible for all aspects of the Information Technology Infrastructure group - including architecture, operations, facilities, support, and strategy. Leading the development of our second data-center including executive approvals, design, services migration, and the creation of our own in-house cloud environment with portability to 3rd party cloud providers (AWS/Azure). Rearchitecture of existing 13 year old data center to modern technologies and equipment. Strategic alignment of the… Show more Responsible for all aspects of the Information Technology Infrastructure group - including architecture, operations, facilities, support, and strategy. Leading the development of our second data-center including executive approvals, design, services migration, and the creation of our own in-house cloud environment with portability to 3rd party cloud providers (AWS/Azure). Rearchitecture of existing 13 year old data center to modern technologies and equipment. Strategic alignment of the infrastructure practice with the applications goals and larger business strategy.Overview of practice areas include:* Two data-centers (4x100 Gb "dark" fiber connected)* Management of mechanical systems, HVAC, and fire suppression* Monitoring and performance reporting of all systems via NOC * 1300+ Servers (Windows, *NIX, mainframe)* Hybrid-Cloud and SDN with remote site recovery and live migration* 1200+ location network (VPN over broadband with LTE backup)* Petabyte+ storage network* 10,000+ devices (PC, laptop, tablets, point of sale)Overview of business responsibilities include:* Executive communications and presentations* Speaking at company events* Collaboration and consulting with business units to align IT direction and projects* Planning and execution of 13M+ expense budgets and 12M+ capital investments* Follow ITIL best practices for IT operations* Follow Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) as our project management methodology* Crisis and disaster response management for all locations (technology portion)* Organizational leadership and team building* Balancing user productivity with an advanced information security posture Show less

Reporting to CIO - Responsible for two data centers, data center mechanical systems, data center operations, NOC, IT Service Desk, End-User Computing environment spanning over 1000 locations and 10,000+ clients, IT depot services, store technology, and ITSM systems.

Team created by CEO to lead business strategy and innovation in support of our omni-channel initiatives. Responsible for selecting and implementing ecommerce, order management, store pickup, mobile systems strategy, and payment platforms. Designed, developed, and deployed hardware and software for store kiosks and tablets. Responsible for being the company Technology Evangelist delivering a quarterly presentation to the executive team on the state of retail technology, trends, and… Show more Team created by CEO to lead business strategy and innovation in support of our omni-channel initiatives. Responsible for selecting and implementing ecommerce, order management, store pickup, mobile systems strategy, and payment platforms. Designed, developed, and deployed hardware and software for store kiosks and tablets. Responsible for being the company Technology Evangelist delivering a quarterly presentation to the executive team on the state of retail technology, trends, and innovations. Responsible for oversight of User Experience initiatives for internal and customer facing applications (ecommerce). Show less

Reporting to CIO - Responsible for multiple datacenters (including mechanicals), 1050+ retail store network (Cisco), all server system platforms (Windows, AIX, Linux, IBM mainframe), storage systems (EMC, HP), IT disaster recovery planning and execution. Responsible planning and managing multi-million dollar infrastructure capitol and expense budgets.

Responsible for six location LAN/WAN and small datacenters across 5 states operating on a T1 and Frame Relay network. Based on Nortel switches, Cisco routers, and Compaq servers running Microsoft Windows.