Matthew Bailey Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Daily user of Chat GPT, Gemini, Baird and copilot, as I research and network to my next employment adventure.I'm a dynamic leader at the intersection of technology, business strategy, and team empowerment, with a proven track record of driving transformative change and delivering exceptional results. I thrive on the challenge of uniting technology with business acumen to exceed customer expectations.As a hands-on change agent and strategist, I've spearheaded numerous initiatives resulting in multimillion-dollar cost savings and revenue growth. From revitalizing chaotic teams through Agile methodologies to championing the open sourcing of projects, I consistently drive innovation and efficiency.My experience spans leadership roles in high-growth startups to established corporate environments, where I've led cross-functional teams to success across multiple time zones. I pride myself on being a technology leader who focuses on delivering customer delight through scalable cloud solutions or hands-on problem-solving.Let's connect and explore how my expertise in infrastructure, DevOps, and strategic leadership can drive your organization's success while delighting customers.Target roles normally dependent on company sizeCIO Chief Information OfficerCTO Chief Technical OfficerVice President of DevelopmentVice President of TechnologyVice President of EngineeringVice President of ProductsVice President OperationsVice President Information TechnologyVice President of Infrastructure

Fort Collins, Co, Us

Reported to CTO. CLOUD, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & SECOPS. Drove innovation in SaaS, IT, and strategic cloud activities● AI - Cybersecurity, Sponsored and led architectural change to deploy SIEM with AI Anomaly, and threat detection ● AI - Security improvements in IT & SecOps via VDI, RBAC, SIEM, SOAR, XDR, TDIR and IAM – Achieved with cross-team collaboration● AI - Copilot IT transformation / strategic initiatives and deployed Copilot for both O365 and GitHub. Investigated LLM strategies● Business Transformation Recognized by CEO for achieving multi-million-dollar cost reductions in AWS & Azure clouds● Cloud Product Owner – Via strategic leadership implemented Agile, RACI, and roadmaps resulting in a 50% improvement in delivery● Cloud Automation CI/CD and IaC via strategic automation, participated in PRs/Code review of 100% of infrastructure microservices● Cloud Architecture - Hands-on leader for complex Azure to AWS SaaS migration utilizing containerization, Kubernetes, and API changes● Agile process for AWS and Azure - Implemented Agile and SCLC methodologies for Cloud Infrastructure and SecOps engineers● FinOps 30% reduction in licensing costs by analysis of overlapping SaaS/software technology solutions to drive cost optimizations● PCI and SOCII compliance - Recognized for IT Governance, and successful renewal of PCI and SOCII compliance audits● VC funding – Key contributor in the successful defense of VC technical analysis of BillGO, resulting in the acquisition of B1 funding● Client interactions – Met with customers, handled escalation communications and resolutions as well as proactive knowledge outreach● Partnerships - Drove innovation and strategic partnerships, increasing performance in cloud, data centers, and workstation AI

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Cross-functional team leadership; CLOUD DEVOPS/INFRASTRUCTURE SAAS transformed DevOps into a data-driven technical team● Strategic innovation - Led the transition/migration of the primary Azure instance as a large business advantage in Europe● DevSecOps - As PO & SME built DevOps strategy for Infrastructure/IAC, CI/CD, Monitoring/alerting, and Security patching● Architecture – Hands-on strategy with DevSecOps Engineers, architecting designing SaaS Azure/Azure DevOps vs legacy applications● Program Management – Drove Risk management, Stakeholder management, and built many trust relationships across the company● HiTrust, SOCII & ISO 27001 certifications - Recognized for successful renewals via hands-on activities and interaction with Auditors● Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity - Successful DR/BC simulations and Continuity of Operations validated compliance policies● Hands-on problem-solving contributions to the revitalization of the Agile process as PO and SME for engineering / DevOps teams● FinOps - Delivered 10% - 15% cost savings in the Azure cloud storage via cost optimizations in-house and partner SaaS IT solutions● Team enhancement - Recruited and mentored new and existing team members, increased the team size by over 200%

Denver, Co, Us

Reported to CTO. SAAS DEVELOPMENT Joined to jump-start operational and development excellence, service delivery & predictability● SaaS Solution - Delivered a microservice SaaS cloud native e-mail security solution (GO/RoR/Python/React/CircleCi, AWS & Azure)● Agile SDLC - Created and delivered Agile practice and roadmap, with 100% commitment/buy-in from Engineers, Product & Operations ● SOCII and FedRAMP B2G compliance - Via personal interaction, successfully defended SOCII and FedRAMP compliance audits 100% success● Teamwork - Built a culture of excellence and transparency, making the new Denver office a magnet location for 90% of new hires● Recruiting - Built a hybrid team of 12 DevSecOps engineers and decreased attrition in a fast-paced, security-focused start-up

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Reported to SVP - CLOUD DEVOPS/SRE VIPER team at Comcast. Skunkworks team who delivered an industry-leading open-source solution● CDN Solution – Delivered CDN (cloud edge) from concept to MVP to commercial hyper-scaled streaming solution for >30M accounts● 100% uptime - Streaming video delivery of Rio Olympics via CDN - Bare metal and Virtualized (Docker) versions of CDN IP ● Cloud Strategy – Executive meetings with AWS, Azure, and GCP to provide competitive options vs in-house private cloud● Opensource - Released CDN solution as a Top-Level Apache project. (Value>$500M)● ML - Analytics > 1 Billion records. Established logging, analytics, and machine learning team using (ELK, Druid, and Spark)● Agile - Implemented Agile, Kanban & Scrum practices for teams. Tools used: Salesforce, ServiceNow, Jira, ZenHub, GitHub● ARR – Drove revenue growth via complex deal enablement and implementation of new professional services practice● Budgets - Owned Annual budgets over $XXM for the software engineering team and >$XXM budgets for network capacity● P&L - Led the planning and proved strategy for moving from physical data centers to the cloud by the use of containers.● FinOps - $MM savings: Architected Business Process Improvement, team built (TCO) tools for AWS and private cloud $MM savings● Negotiated and strategically gained Data Center rack space for 100’s of cloud/edge servers with Finance and Operations Management● Client interactions – Met with customers, handled escalation communications and resolutions as well as proactive knowledge outreach● Vendor Management - Built infrastructure vendor relationships with Intel, HP, and Dell. Drove competitive pricing● Team Growth >1000% - Coached, mentored, retained, and grew a DevSecOps software engineering team of 5 to 54 GO/C++/AngularJS

Stockholm, Se

Reported to CIOs. Responsible for IT OPERATIONS, Infrastructure, IT, SaaS platforms for BPO outsourced call centers● IT Strategy – Led multi-national IT Data Center Engineers and Technical Account Managers based in the USA, Canada, and UK ● IT Service Delivery – Responsible for multiple data centers (USA and Canada), serving 24x7 call centers in the USA, Canada, and Asia ● Problem-Solving - Troubleshooting diverse incidents from network performance to telephony with innovative diverse solutions, and Information Technology Infrastructure● Network Enhancement - Hands-on strategic leadership of data center transition/migration, and conversion to MPLS network● PCI, SOCII, and HIPAA - Continuous Improvement, Implemented PCI-compliant VDI solution and defended annual corporate compliance ● Client interactions – IT outsourcing, handled escalation communications and resolutions as well as proactive knowledge outreach● Vendor Management - Owned vendor management, vendor selection, CRM, hardware, and software technology management ● Change Control/delivery - Chaired change control board. analyzed, authorized, and approved IT purchases for Asia and the USA● Budget - Owned $XXM regional IT budgets, Interfaced with executive teams both at client locations and internally

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Reported to VP. Joined to drive excellence and lead 24x7 B2B and B2C SIP/VoIP cloud support organization● Elevated support - Increased first-call resolution by 20%; reduced MTTR by 50%, decreased expenses; via hands-on leadership● Executive reporting - Built key reporting metrics and procedures. Presented department performance in monthly executive review● Client interactions – Met with customers, handled escalation communications and resolutions as well as proactive knowledge outreach ● Vendor management - Brokered process between 911 vendor, product, IT Project & Program Management, and technical support

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

● Won new business opportunities in staffing, software engineering, enterprise architecture, and network solutions/SOW engagements● Client interactions - Owned Qwest account, provided staffing, Cisco VoIP support, firmware upgrades, and data networking projects● Showcased streaming video - Demonstrated video conferencing at The Children's Hospital for Santa to visit with critically ill patients

Reported to Senior Partner. Joined as Project Manager and promoted to Director● Pre and post-sales solution engineering for Cisco telecom solutions● Pre-sales solution engineering● Managed software rollout for Mortgage lender solutions● Client interactions - Managed Data Center deployment of numerous UCCX call centers and Unified Communications opportunities● Created proposals and business analysis. Derived functional requirements for custom network/telephony solutions● P&L - Grew the department revenue by 25% by closing new business via sales management