Lead the strategic direction and architecture for Cloud, Infrastructure & DevOps that fulfill the needs of an extensive Digital Transformation for 7 restaurant brands, as well as the data, and back office corporate and store business capabilities.

Provide strategic direction and oversight for Infrastructure & DevOps Architecture that fulfill the needs of Digital, Data, and Back Office business capabilities. Lead cloud, network, and automation architecture. Improve the maturity of Infrastructure & DevOps Architecture. Lead M&A Integration planning.

In this role I am responsible and accountable for the Enterprise Architecture and Innovation. I provide leadership, direction and strategy while helping govern the implementation of strategic technology and process in support of the Dollar Tree/ Family Dollar business objectives. As part of a more collaborative IT team I work with a broad range of IT leaders to develop and monitor adherence with and progress toward the future application, integration, and infrastructure standards and coordinate across the enterprise the evolutionary road maps developed by other IT leaders for their domains. Additionally, I lead the IT Innovation process and bringing forth such technologies as IOT, RPA, and machine learning into the enterprise.Dollar Tree/Family Dollar is the nations largest retailer by locations,13,000+, and Fortune 200 Company.

Lead architect driving holistic architectural approach of all integration efforts during the acquisition of Family Dollar by Dollar Tree. Lead cross-functional teams to drive new architectural decisions in a highly political environment. Areas of influence and decision making in the following areas for the combined $18B company servicing 13,000+ locations, 130,000+ employees, and 28,000 devices:

Overall management of all operational aspects of the corporation including Strategic Technology planning and integration, production, food safety, 3rd party audits, sales development, and marketing.• Development and implementation of strategic technology direction for production bottling process. • Effectively manage manufacturing / production process with close attention to budgets, timeframes, quality, and product specification.• Lead cross-functional teams that collaborate as a focused unit to achieve aggressive business goals and drive the evolution of concepts into achievable business strategies.

M&A Integration strategy and architecture, data center consolidation strategy and architecture.

Partner with C-level executives to provide turnkey technology consulting services, assessing needs, shaping corporate IT direction, and identifying opportunities and their benefits/risks. Develop and implement appropriate architecture strategies and provide ongoing training, technical guidance, and support.Representative Client Projects:• Achieved performance, cost, and business expectations leading the data center and infrastructure re-design at SPHERION CORPORATION • Lead multi-year initiative at Republic Service around data center consolidation, infrastructure refresh, and security architecture overhaul. Provided strategic thought leadership during the merger of Republic Services and Allied Waste while also leading a mult-data center consolidation effort.- Serve as lead architect on a major, long-term initiative for TSYS to integrate its Microsoft .NET based key line of business application into its largest clients, including CAPTIAL ONE, ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, BANK OF IRELAND, NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, and PROVIDIAN

My role was as lead technical architect to interface with the existing clients to perform integration analysis and requirements document which included but was not limited to directory services integration, security policies requirements, and LAN/WAN infrastructure. Lead the security and encryption technologies such as unilateral (SSL), bilateral authentication (SSL and Client Certs) and PKI infrastructure architecture.

Managed the integration of Intellinet’s acquisition of Information Technologies Enterprises and led the high-level technical design of company’s largest and most complex LAN/WAN projects and Microsoft arhitectures ensuring consistency, alignment, and compliance with architectural strategies, standards, and guidelines and maximizing reuse opportunities. Served as subject matter expert on Microsoft and Cisco technologies.

Established company, set strategic direction and vision, and ran all operations to grow company into a profitable, $2.5M, 20-employee business, achieving coveted Microsoft Managed Partner status within 2 years of operation. Successfully positioned company for acquisition by Intellinet Corporation.Sold the company to Intellinet in 2002.( http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2003/03/10/story5.html )

Led consulting teams to devise and implement strategic direction for highly technical Microsoft and Cisco infrastructures, platforms, and operating systems.