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Mclean, Va, Us

Leading teams of amazing engineers through innovative technology solutions

Mclean, Va, Us

Richmond, Va, Us

Providing technical strategy and expertise to POP, a non-profit private foundation supporting the use of exercise and wellness to reduce the symptoms or slow the progression of Parkinson’s Disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.

Richmond, Virginia, Us

SENIOR MANAGER (January 2017 – March 2017)◆ Served as Business Lead for the cloud service offering, responsible for the vision, business plan, marketing plan, resource plan, geographic goals, and thought leadership.◆ Led a data center exit strategy for a Fortune 500 financial services company that included overseeing the decommissioning of enterprise applications and adoption of cloud-based alternatives.MANAGER (January 2015 – January 2017)◆ Led a data center exit strategy for a Fortune 500 financial services company that included overseeing the decommissioning of enterprise applications and adoption of cloud-based alternatives.◆ Led a project team for an assessment of a leading utilities and energy provider to build out the next wave of smart grid technology◆ Led an assessment of a leading consumer debt acquisition company in evaluating the organization’s maturity around agile development and operational processes to determine a DevOps strategy and roadmap. Executed an analysis approach designed to fit the company’s overall objectives for a transformation towards DevOps principles and techniques. The process included identifying business drivers and outcomes, assessing the current state, identifying inhibitors and roadblocks, visualizing the future desired state, identifying trackable metrics, and establishing and presenting a roadmap for adoption.◆ Managed a team to leverage the capabilities of a Content Management System (CMS) to create business-critical systems that drove business process and automated tasks. The effort included designing, developing, and deploying the transition of six paper forms to electronic forms with an automated approval process.◆ Managed the implementation of an Enterprise Records Management (ERM) intranet, built in SharePoint, for a metropolitan transportation authority. The deployment encompasses, not only mission critical data for daily operations, but provides robust workflows and scalability.

Midlothian, Va, Us

MANAGER (March 2013 – January 2015)◆ Managed, trained and mentored Architects, Developers, Admins, and Designers using various methodologies and best practices◆ Responsible for managing and building a portfolio of projects around Intranets, Extranets, Collaboration, Azure, Office 365 Exchange/Lync/SharePoint/Yammer Implementations as well as continually providing support as a Subject Matter Expert (SME)◆ Drove business development through technical sales engagements and written proposals◆ Responsible for invoice reviews and ensuring projects stay within budget while maximizing customer satisfaction◆ Built proactive and reactive support service offering (www.SharePointLifeline.com) that generated over a quarter of a million dollars in revenue in two years.◆ Spearheaded strategic partnerships with Yammer and Nintex, where the first Nintex opportunity resulted in $80,000 in revenueSENIOR PROJECT LEAD (November 2012 – March 2013)◆ Lead an innovation initiative within the company which included a “build-a-thon” event where employees built solutions to improve our operations and offerings◆ Spearheaded an Enterprise Social customer network to connect customers across industries to share best practices, lessons learned, and find expertise, while also driving additional business development opportunities◆ Delivered webinars for topics such as “Azure vs. Amazon Web Services” and “Mobilizing Your Business”SENIOR CONSULTANT (May 2010 – November 2012)◆ Architected and implemented internets, intranets, and extranets in large scale enterprise on-premises and cloud-based environments◆ Proficient in gathering key business requirements and communicating effectively to technical resources ◆ Experience gaining consensus among a large, diverse group of stakeholders

PRESIDENT (November 2012 – November 2014)As President, I had the privilege of leading a team of passionate volunteers to knowledge share with the Richmond technology community, as well as organize sponsors and speakers for monthly meetings. A key accomplishment was organizing an annual SharePoint Saturday conference attended by nearly 300 registrants, 20 sponsors and 30 speakers. This event has been held at locations such as the Greater Richmond Convention Center and area community colleges. However, my greatest accomplishment was helping to grow the IT community and bring awareness to the successes of web collaboration, cloud technologies, and enterprise social networking.VICE PRESIDENT (January 2012 – November 2012)◆ Shared knowledge expertise with local community◆ Organized monthly sponsors and speakers◆ Promoted events throughout the Richmond IT community◆ Assisted with organizing annual conference of 300+ attendeesABOUT RICHMOND SHAREPOINT USER GROUPThe Richmond SharePoint User Group reaches the SharePoint community in the metro Richmond area and beyond. The group was formed in March 2008 by four founding sponsors in metro Richmond--Dominion Digital, CapTech Ventures, Ironworks, and TCSC, along with Microsoft. The user group seeks to build community among SharePoint enthusiasts for learning, sharing and connecting. The group consists of professionals from all SharePoint roles and from a broad cross-section of business sectors, including the private sector, legal, education, state and federal government, nonprofit and for-profit companies and organizations.For questions or comments, please contact richmondsug@live.com and check out the website at www.richmondsharepoint.org for upcoming meetings.

Gaithersburg, Md, Us

◆ Implemented SharePoint Server in multi-server farm environments, including an intranet for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)◆ Acted as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Collaboration Advocate across teams and clients regarding SharePoint Server and informational architecture, governance and business requirements gathering◆ Experienced in the migration of content, security, and design from one SharePoint version to another◆ Knowledgeable on the creation and deployment of custom workflows ◆ Architected and employed best practice techniques during implementation and disaster recovery◆ Proficient in all day-to-day SharePoint Administrator tasks◆ Ability to investigate and troubleshoot SharePoint and Windows Server related issues in a timely manner◆ Setup Windows Server and SQL Server clustered environments◆ Experienced in the implementation and configuration of Dynamics CRM◆ Developed custom browser-based forms

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◆ Gathered business requirements and formulated them into technical solutions. ◆ Designed and implemented a cost saving HR onboarding automated solution using electronic forms integrated with SharePoint. ◆ Create, modify, and customize a SharePoint interface to enhance the user experience and performed network and account administrative functions in accordance with security and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance policy and procedures. ◆ Developed training documentation for newly hired employees and prepared various reports to aid in identification of training and staffing issues, to identify trends indicative of potential problems, and to ensure that procedures are efficient.

◆ Designed, developed, and implemented MotorMileSpeedway.com using HTML, JavaScript, and Adobe Photoshop.◆ Wrote weekly articles for local newspapers, national magazines, and established a column on NASCAR.com. ◆ Weekly announcer in front of crowds of 10,000+.