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Richmond, Va, Us

Richmond, Virginia, Us

I lead the organization’s technology strategy and oversee its IT infrastructure, ensuring alignment with DBHDS’s strategic objectives. My role involves developing and executing a comprehensive technology and cloud computing strategy, acting as a visionary leader to identify and communicate digital trends and technological advancements to stakeholders.

Richmond, Virginia, Us

Hired to provide leadership and management for the totality of the IT infrastructure, operations, and maintenance throughout the enterprise in support of the agency goals to ensure quality, efficiency, and agility.Appointed to oversee the entire IT infrastructure, operations, and maintenance, aligning with agency objectives of quality, efficiency, and agility. During my tenure, a strong partnership was cultivated with the CIO of Virginia Commonwealth, and leadership was assumed in one of the Commonwealth's Relationship Management Committee (RMC) groups. Collaborating with the DBHDS CISO, IT efforts were unified across twelve hospitals and the central office, ensuring legislative security compliance, and fostering an enterprise approach. Introduced a streamlined ticketing system, dramatically reducing project task response time (from 60 to 13 hours) and break-fix incident response time (from 53 to 6 hours), while also establishing an IT Change Advisory Board (CAB) for governing production application and data management changes. Alongside the management of a $24 million budget, led a cross-functional team in the delivery of secure, efficient services spanning server and application management, web development, workspace collaboration, and end-user support. Additionally, a cost-effective modernization shift to Power BI as the agency's visualization platform was orchestrated, saving over $1 million and enhancing data accessibility for better decision-making.

Founded to empower individuals and organizations during the internet boom, dramatically enhancing performance and efficiency through innovative, sustainable technology solutions and a commitment to continuous improvement.

San Jose, San Jose, Cr

Recruited by the CEO to envision and implement robust business strategies to accelerate sales and customer acquisition growth as well as translate business mission statement into realization. Ensured maximum cross-functional coordination and strengthened relationships with key stakeholders to streamline sales process and drive overall business volume growth. Monitored performance of all areas on regular basis, identified low performing areas, and devised innovative solutions to initiate a productive change. Built and managed budgets, analyzed variance, and executed effective plans to minimize budget deviations and control costs. Conducted comprehensive analysis of sales performance and proposed corrective action plans to achieve sales targets. Updated and maintained diverse sales contracts while ensuring strict compliance with corporate policies and procedures. Established KPIs and instituted an impactful program to ensure the achievement of those KPIs. Using Microsoft Excel and Power BI, envisioned and implemented robust business and data analysis AI strategies that accelerated sales to a 39% YOY increase in margin, adding $2.3M in margin in the first 5 months of the fiscal year.

Highland Park, Michigan, Us

Brought onboard by the CEO to deliver senior-level leadership for diverse aspects of business including budget and P&L management, HR management, legal representation, and operations management of Costa Rica office.Instituted impactful resource management plans to streamline business operations and ensure smooth execution of on-going projects. Supervised and mentored teams, conducted performance evaluations, established goals, and motivated team members to achieve both individual and team objectives. Prepared wide range of proposals, statements of work, service agreements, and contracts while ensuring strict compliance with corporate policies and procedures. Assessed client needs and proposed effective solutions / strategies to cultivate productive relations with customers and drive overall business volume growth. Outperformed industry’s employee retention rate through leading the design and implementation of robust employee retention programs and embedding a culture of performance excellence.

Highland Park, Michigan, Us

Highland Park, Michigan, Us

Highland Park, Michigan, Us

Spearheaded the end-to-end management of IT transfer of car rental locations across the US for Alamo Rent a Car and National Car Rental while finalizing deliverables within predefined constraints. Developed and implemented project plans to ensure smooth execution of IT infrastructure related changes with physical facility movements while completing the projects within established time and financial limitations. Headed the implementation of hardware and software upgrades across the business to drive enterprise-wide innovation. Developed an innovative software to centralize the administration of PC’s. Boosted enterprise-wide data security by implementing two-factor network access.

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Business Management (B.B.M.), Business Administration And Management, General