My lifelong fascination with technology has been centered on making people happier in the world of work. With more than 10 years of hands-on leadership experience in shaping strategy to help our customers, I have spent my career developing and implementing technology initiatives that streamline and optimize corporate operations and resources.As Director of IT in the Cerner Works Division at Cerner Corporation, a global provider of health information technology services, devices and hardware solutions serving thousands of healthcare institutions on a global scale, I oversee every aspect of healthcare solutions delivery (hosted on premises and in AWS). Overseeing and working with a high-performance team of 30+, I minimize risk by ensuring alignment of our program operations. Serving as top-level system administrator in hosting architecture design and application releases while leveraging DevOps, I maintain 24x7 continuity of service to clients worldwide. Establishing an organization’s information technology vision, leading strategic IT development and creating detailed roadmaps to ensure timely deployment are all essential components of my expertise. In addition to my IT background and hands-on leadership style, I am known for creating a collegial work environment and a high-performance IT culture.Recognized as a highly analytical problem solver who can make the hard decisions, as well as someone who can get to the root cause when investigating complex operational issues, I am a firm believer in making a difference by providing the visionary leadership to sustain a culture of transparency, integrity and respect at all levels. In short, my professional expertise is in IT management, as well as the development of both strategic and tactical initiatives that impact the bottom line for organizations.What I most enjoy about accelerating the growth of business is the constant change and variety. Achieving organizational goals is paramount along with developing a technical team. My broad background and technical breadth and depth in security networking, operating systems and application architecture enable me to surpass corporate goals.I am passionate about leading IT strategy with integrity and driving customer and employee engagement. I have been incredibly fortunate to work with a talented and experienced group of technology professionals at Siemens Medical and Cerner where I have been able to collaborate professionally to ensure innovative IT solutions.