I use innovative technology and collaboration to solve complex business problems.VALUE:I derive greatest satisfaction from solving challenges, improving business outcomes, and bringing value to a company. My commitment to lifelong learning of new technologies and to leading and teaching others is what enables me and my teams to make a difference.PROFESSIONAL STYLE:I stay calm in stressful situations and am adept at helping others keep their cool during meetings or challenging times. I have always enjoyed being in the thick of things: producing tangible outcomes often in high pressure, high accountability situations. I first learned this about myself during my time in the US Navy. Although I was just starting out in IT, I was responsible for ensuring high availability of the Naval Personnel Network. I demonstrated my ability to stay on task to achieve an objective. In experiences since then, I use that ability to keep myself and others focused on where we are headed and why, which helps keep everyone motivated and driven.DRIVING SOLUTIONS:I enjoy solution architecture and enterprise architecture, believing that a sound design comes from iterative solutioning. The iterative process needs to include cross-functional team knowledge, business architecture, data architecture, and performance engineering.TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP:A good technical leader brings people together, offering experience and insight but listening closely to contributions from the team to implement a solution. This collaborative leadership style also serves to garner support from others along the way toward implementation.Solution design doesn’t just come from innovative technology, it comes from business input, data input, subject matter knowledge, and a partnership of owners across the company.