Decisive and detail-oriented Information Technology Professional with over 26 years of increasing experience and responsibility in the delivery of business oriented applications and services, with focus on end user performance, application availability, development, and operational support of global IT systems. I'm passionate about data and what it can do for an organization. I have a deep understanding of the entire data life cycle from the time it is created (data modelling, data ingestion), data management (manage the ever growing data volumes and all that comes with data growth), data security (data loss prevention, data privacy, GPDR, data encryption, data masking, data redaction), data migrations (cross platform migrations, on-prem to cloud) and finally data analytics (data warehouses, BI platforms like OBIEE, Tableau).Core Skills: Develop Roadmaps: Working with key stakeholders (IT and Business) to develop a technology roadmap that enables the company to stay ahead of the technology curve and position itself at a competitive edge for new business development. Database Technologies : Develop and implement the database platform including a mix of relational (Oracle, MS SQL, Postgres, Aurora) and NoSQL (KV, Document DB). Seamless migration from on-prem to cloud while still keeping the same reliability and flexibility of on-prem. Sell Ideas: I excel at developing ideas with the technical teams and eventually selling them to the executive teams. I have a lot of experience getting in front of management teams to sell technology investments and how they impact the bottom line.Inspire Teams: Develop and mentor technical teams that deliver results. I am passionate about hiring and retaining top talent. I take this aspect of my job very seriously and strive to build solid teams that last.Deliver Results: Have been consistently delivering high technology solutions. My goal is to make IT a non-issue (keep the conversation to what’s next vs how to fix what we have).