Nathan Johnston Email & Phone Number

London, England, GB

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

• Accomplished and proven senior technology leader with over two decades of experience. Skilled at leading the design and delivery of solutions that meet the needs of the business. Solutions-oriented technologist that.
• Strategic planning
• Project leadership
• Cloud, SaaS and Data-center Virtualization Strategy
• End-user and Technical Computing
• Mobile Device Technology

• Providing technology consulting services to companies of all sizes, including:
• Strategic planning
• Project leadership
• Business Integration & Optimization
• Software as a Service (SaaS) and Datacenter Technology Architecture
• Best-Practice Methodologies/Standards

Eden Prairie, MN, US

• Managed mobile development and architecture for XATANET, a Software as a Service (SaaS) application that combines enterprise software, onboard computing, real-time communication, and global positioning to deliver.
• Managed senior-level system architecture and hardware engineering professionals in design and enhancement of company’s SaaS platforms and mobile technology hardware platforms for core telematics (EOBR) and compliance.
• Improved Xata’s competitive edge by developing technical specifications and implementing next-generation platforms to replace 70,000+ systems in field and to expand company’s market share.
• Negotiated and established long-term relationships with senior management at key technology partners.
• Recommended technology updates and initiatives to the CEO, CTO, and Executive Team.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

• Responsible for information technology infrastructure projects and client engagements within the Clientek IT systems consulting branch.
• Maintain the relationship with clients and actively engage with clients to ensure that the Clientek teams are delivering higher than expected value.
• Manage the IT systems engineering teams to ensure the delivery of high quality services.
• Design and manage the implementation of high-availability application hosting environments, hosting center moves, and server consolidation projects.
• Responsible for design and implementation of enterprise network and host monitoring solutions, IT assessment, evaluation and strategic IT planning.
• Evaluated and recommended solutions for distributed remote sensing applications in the beverage service industry.

US

• Managed network infrastructure for an architecture firm with networked offices worldwide
• Implemented distributed storage, backup and application systems
• Managed core datacenter, wide area network and end-user edge networking infrastructure

New York, NY, US

• Provided technical direction and leadership for the assessment, design and deployment of systems related to the corporate technology infrastructure.
• Led infrastructure design teams and supported implementation activities for all enterprise business applications.
• Implemented organizational process change to create an ITIL based support organization.
• Corporate officer, IT executive team member and direct report to the CIO.

US

• Provided technical direction and leadership for the design and deployment of systems related to the Agiliti hosting and ASP infrastructure.
• Major contributor to Agiliti hosting center design team.
• Contributed to all technical aspects of the design process, with direct design responsibility for network and hosted server architecture.
• Provided On-Call management support to the operations and technical support teams, and served as the top technical escalation contact.
• Implemented organizational process changes to create an ITIL based support organization

• Created and managed the Information Technology department as a separate business unit with responsibility for all aspects of its operation.
• Designed and managed the implementation of the digital print production network, supporting geographically dispersed production facilities and customer locations.
• Provided technical leadership in the transition to all digital production technology.
• Served on the Albinson Executive Board as a technical advisor to the executive team and the board of directors.

Developed procedural 2D and 3D animations for marketing, product demonstration and engineering visualization utilizing custom programmed procedural animation sequences, Autodesk 3D Studio and other tools.

• Created software for interfacing optical mark reading technology to the clinical management software.
• Installed, maintained and supported clinical practice management software running on AIX, SCO UNIX and DOS Platforms.
• Designed and implemented multiplexed interoffice interconnection networks using private data link technology

Csci, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Parallel Computing, Computer Graphics

Csci

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