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Ft. Huachuca, Arizona, US

Ft. Huachuca, Arizona, US

• Oversee the I.T., Cybersecurity global operations, and 24x7 I.T. support, with the ability to align the day-to-day activities (short-term goals) with the strategic direction (long-term goals).
• Manages a team of 100 direct reports through continuous change, championed broader thinking, and creates a transparent environment of open communication and clear expectations.
• Facilitates meetings focusing on opportunities to collaborate/align business solutions and optimize growth; Has a keen ability to translate and simplify complex topics for cross-functional executives and general.
• Provides senior-level direction on a regular cadence in support of Army cloud integration and security.
• Ensures projects are completed on-time using enterprise standards, project methodologies.
• Translates the business strategy into a roadmap containing well-defined requirements and prioritization to realize the company vision and achieve a long-term competitive advantage.

• Led the overall organizational support of Army I.T. operations.
• Conceptualized and executed revenue-generating strategies to optimize profitability, reduce cost, rework, and increased services received, resulting in an annual contract cost reduction by $10M.
• Managed a workforce of 21 civilian, 30 military, and over 350 contractors providing I.T. support to 500,000 users.
• Executed annual budget requirements more than $70M.
• Provided senior technical management of secure I.T. solutions spanning over 100 geographically dispersed locations.
• Identified and retained key talent and built teams that complement change, add value and promote best practices.

• Interface across the organization to ensure alignment and business continuity which links the voice of the customer, the voice of the business, and the voice of the employee.
• Ensured customer requirements were clearly identified and translated into feasible technical solutions.
• Managed budgets, ensuring current and future requirements adequately captured, defended, and funded.
• Supported growth and initiatives toward being a flexible, agile, strategic, and technically superior (F.A.S.T.) company that delivers a clear return on investment to the business and customers.
• Promoted an environment that enabled teams to contribute to innovative solutions and accommodate high demands.

• Oversaw the day-to-day business needs and first-level supervision of 22 civilians, 5 military employees, and 150 contractor personnel by planning, organizing, and directing tasks that focus on strategic direction.
• Conducted daily review of Enterprise level network and systems infrastructure services of over 5000,000 users.
• Drove quality assurance and ensured resilient cybersecurity posture through internal audit capability, provided critical protection over a geographically disbursed, multi-vendor network environment.
• Responsible for the division-level budget requirements and execution, ensuring mission success.
• Collaborated with cross-functional departments/groups to roadmap and recommend solutions that increased quality and productivity—the ability to work well with others as an essential leader.

• Provided expertise and contract oversight for 500,000+ users utilizing the following technologies: Active Directory, Email, Blackberry, Windows Server and Desktop, UNIX/Linux, Virtualization, SAN, Backup and Local Area.
• Spearheaded the delivery of multiple large, high-visibility projects; Provided business impact, change impact, and analysis, ensuring all changes are properly planned and well communicated to staff.
• ITIL Process owner for Availability and Capacity Management; Fixed broken processes by analyzing and optimizing resources, aligning resources, and streamlining processes.
• Worked hand in hand with other leaders to unravel and optimize internal capabilities and developed an understanding of their needs and problems to render consistent solution-oriented ideas.

• Rapidly engineered and implemented multiple virtualization environments in 3 months.
• Developed multiple automated, web-based capabilities for better network visibility, and drastically reduced the time to respond to the network events.
• Acted as a trusted advisor in the problem resolution process by reviewing the problem and providing responsive and thoughtful feedback/improvements that resulted in lasting improvements.
• Served as a subject matter expert (S.M.E.) on complex and critical business issues, including the deployment of new enterprise networks supporting the Army's primary data centers in Germany.

• Senior Project Manager: identified, designed, and deployed solutions based on customer requirements.
• Provided cybersecurity for all provisioned services in support of crucial mission requirements.
• Established local and international agreements in the coordination of customer requirement fulfillment.
• Successful at maintaining a rigorous focus on high-quality standards and bottom-line improvements, conducting in-depth assessments to uncover critical drivers and enhancements.

Design and engineer enterprise architecture throughout European region. Work with product vendors to determine best solutions for a rapidly expanding and evolving environment. Implement and document solutions.

Network manager supporting WAN/LAN infrastructure covering all military facilities in the Heidelberg, Germany area.

US

Provided UNIX systems administration support for Army military COMSEC community. Developed shell script based utility disk enabling a simpler user interface for interacting with the SCO UNIX systems. Provided UNIX systems training to other support technicians.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Signal technician utilizing latest technologies to engineer, connect and secure military tactical and strategic voice and data networks.

Master Of Science - Ms, Information Systems

Bs, Information Technology

General Studies, Unix

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Information Technology