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Deerfield, Illinois, Us

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Redmond, Washington, Us

In my current role, I drive results, acting as technical cyber security leader and SME. I provide deep dives and demos for Microsoft's largest account and conduct security and compliance POCs with customers, collecting their feedback to enhance satisfaction and secure renewal agreements/upsell opportunities. I review and collect data for RFPs and develop action plans for account team sales-related initiatives in security and compliance space. I utilize product roadmap items as leverage points for sales motions with customers for deals and upsell opportunities. I also act as an advocate for customer needs and goals with Microsoft product security and compliance engineering teams to ensure feature request, product scaling, and performance needs are developed. My contributions include:• Played integral role as Data Security a Compliance Leader in delivery of $114.8M Enterprise Agreement renewal for Microsoft's largest customer. Focused on Microsoft Purview E5 suite as a pillar point to ensure compliance, privacy tooling, and growth for E5 Security Suite.• Designed customer story boards that demonstrate how Microsoft Security and/or Compliance toolset solution architecture resolve customer issues.• Led and managed Microsoft Security and Compliance customer projects, delivering routine status, touch points, and business problem resolution to create customer data security modernization.• Spearheaded Microsoft Security and Compliance projects and delivered status updates to project teams and customers.

Redmond, Washington, Us

In this position, I served as SME and guided solutions architecture and business development initiatives. I led teams in innovation related to organizational strategic vision and roadmap, technical intensity, and results with accounts and customers. I led Scoping and Designated Support Engineering (DSE) to enhance DSE offerings and strategy, met/exceeded customer expectations, and removed roadblocks for cloud growth and adoption. I secured/managed vendor relationships and delivered customer workshops and engagements. Acted as strategic advisor for executive management and national/global stakeholders to ensure transformation cloud projects. My contributions included: • Led Microsoft Services Cloud Success Plan Promotional Campaign, resulting in:hundreds of new account connects and eliminating thousands of backlog work items for engagements. delivering seven figures in revenue growth and enhanced brand awareness. Enhanced brand awareness.• Played key role on Culture and Cloud Transformation Experience (CCX) Innovators Group.• Created a community-based approach think tank incubator, leading to better inclusivity and a culture that supported new concepts and all the steps required to a finished IP.• Developed a new set of service offerings to fill a portfolio gap, driving Microsoft revenue off of high risk and reactive accounts.• Established new information architecture focused on better forecasting of customer demand, increasing customer needs in solution areas.• Secured new enterprise customer business deal, valued at $300K., through delivery of new service security and GRC offerings.• Won awards, including Finalist for FY21 Technology Solutions Excellence Award, FY21 Q1 Top Achiever Award Recipient, FY20 Better Together Award Nominee, and FY20 Q2 Super Rookie Award.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

In this position, I propelled forward progress for group as SME for security, cloud, and infrastructure technologies and assessment of potential security partnerships. I served as trusted advisor regarding threat intelligence products and growth in that area I led business development in the software and technology sector, forging partnerships and growing consulting areas related to security, cloud, and infrastructure. I supported internal IT functions related to infrastructure and security. My contributions included:• Delivered data correlation in data governance transformation for Fortune 1000 Food Supplier.• Created agile enterprise server rollout for Windows, SQL, and SharePoint for Defense contractor.

Austin, Texas, Us

During this period, I acted as Lead Security Architect for acquisitions and orchestrated all facets of Enterprise Cyber Security Systems throughout Oracle GBUs. I led Security Platforms Group Process Improvement Strategy, M&A security projects, and Qualys Vulnerability Scanning and remediation for Oracle GBU Cloud environments/Red Seal Firewall configuration reviews for Oracle Textura. I administered McAfee endpoint security systems and designed and Architected McAfee security platform infrastructure. Provided security incident response and forensic analysis. I delivered ethical hacking and subject matter expertise to identify encryption weaknesses. My contributions included: • Founded and led security policy review board to create system of checks and balances for new policy exclusions across Oracle Endpoint Security.• Drafted Oracle GBU Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Playbooks, and Process Documents.• As Subject Matter Expert (SME), provided support related to encryption, ciphers, certificates, and PKI, and delivered guidance on Microsoft infrastructure and security projects for Oracle GBUs.• Led, coached, and mentored new team members. Served as Interview Panelist to secure potential talent.• Identified insider threats within Oracle and its business units related to inappropriate and illegal activity.• Delivered remediation against vulnerability scans, threat hunting, and pen testing results. Also, devised risk mitigation strategy through policy tuning, patching, and architecture.

Austin, Texas, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

In this role, I delivered excellent outcomes for an average of 20 to 30 cases for multi-million-dollar, Fortune 500 & 1000 client contracts related to solutions in\the identity sector including architecture, migrations/implementations, diagnostics/analytics, and troubleshooting. I analyzed and investigated issues related to disaster recovery, security, identity, and system down efforts for government and enterprise incident response. My contributions included:• Assumed role as Lead Technical Consulting Advisor in the design of a $3.5M IT architecture implementation for an international clothing store brand.• Utilized internal test lab to discover new product defects and developed documentation.• Developed new training and organizational structure for business unit. Led mentor group, assigning mentors to 50+ new hires as well as mentoring other individuals new to Microsoft.• Forged connection between Microsoft and Iowa State University College of Business for Fargo Sales Center recruitment.

Columbus, Indiana, Us

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

Davenport, Iowa, Us

Clear Lake, Ia, Us

Bachelor’S Degree, Management Information Systems

Technical Proficiencies, Management Information Systems, General