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Columbia, Sc

Aiken, South Carolina, Us

Dallas, Tx, Us

Identifying opportunities, presenting cloud solutions, and assisting customers in solving their business problems and IT issues by architecting AWS solutions, Extensive global network, and IT expertise.

Burlington, Ma, Us

(Media and Entertainment Software Company)Provided Strategic, Operational, and Integration consulting that assisted Avid, Inc to launch their SaaS cloud offerings.

Gaithersburg, Md, Us

VP, Strategy & Architecture - 2009 - 2011 (Infrastructure Architecture, Information Security)• Established organization and process/procedure for engaging Technology Services on new sales opportunities • Received sales award for greatest impact on new sales globally• Successfully led cross-departmental teams to improve customer experience. • Strong customer relationships with GXS global customersVP, Service Management and Deployments - 2008 (Infrastructure Engineering, Deployments, Information Security, Infrastructure Architecture)• Moved Managed Services deployments to Technology Services• Rapidly upgraded environment from Red Hat 3 to 4• Led implementation of new storage policy to prevent outages• Successfully led development and deployment of integration testing environmentVP, Global Data Center Operations - 2006 to 2007 (Data Centers, Networking, Automation, Facilities & Planning, Information Security)• Outsourced WAN operations and engineering to Verizon Business• Improved overall disaster recovery (DR) readiness from unsatisfactory to satisfactory• Achieved international DR capability of under 15 minutes from center-to-center• Drove ITIL adoption globally• Led Technology Services activities to move Trading Grid • Messaging Services (TGMS) to high availability status • Jointly established long term collaborative working group between Product Engineering and Technology Services• Retired Hong Kong data centerVP, Business Continuity - 2005 (DR, Information Security)• Recruited to improve Business Continuity • Brought DR capability in-house• Led efforts to begin removing single points of failure• Added Information Security role - continuous record of audit success

(An identity theft protection firm)• Managed $21.5Million budget • Successfully led IT efforts as CIO preparing for and completing an IPO event• Revamped web, production, and corporate networks to standardize firewalls, intrusion protection system (IPS), and networking equipment• Established redundant Internet hosting locations, established and met service level agreements (SLAs)• Spearheaded application development program for conversion to - Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based on Microsoft .NET framework• Built out computer systems and network for new call center and headquarters offices• Developed resource management model for project portfolio• Conducted due diligence reviews of corporate acquisition candidates

(An Internet ASP and software provider)• Hired as VP, Internet Operations with responsibility for all Internet hosting operations• Promoted to CIO within two months with responsibility for all Internet operations, internal IT and IS, and all facilities• Added QA and Customer Support to responsibilities at five months• Stabilized Internet operations and dramatically improved system availability• Moved projects rapidly forward to successful completion

(IT Services Consulting Firm)• Managed relocation of MediaSpan’s data center in Herndon, VA

(A syndicated research startup firm)• Hired as CIO. • Promoted within 3 months to run all corporate infrastructure including: Information Technology, Client Services, Marketing, Finance, Production, Editing, and Human Resources• With 2 other executives, grew company faster than Gartner or META Group. $1.3M year one and $2.7M year two• Developed corporate business plans and presented to Venture Capitalists• Starting from scratch (two cell phones and a borrowed laptop). Established a solid web presence and complement of internal IT systems • Led Customer Services Group, which maintained 80%+ renewal rates• Developed and implemented an integrated system for sales force automation, customer support, and knowledge management

(A Lotus Notes consulting firm)• Ran Nexgen's $7M consulting practice• Led design and development of Nexgen's first commercial software offering. An E-commerce/EDI package using C++ and RDBMS backend• Freed $600K in cash by cutting 30 days off the accounts receivable cycle through revamp of expense and time reporting systems and procedures

(A $400M software development company) • Brought in to re-build the IT organization and develop systems to support rapid growth• Negotiated aggressive terms with vendors for computer systems, telecommunications services, and mainframe outsourcing. Reduced telecommunication costs an average of 20% per year• Completely replaced all major production applications and upgraded INTERSOLV's information systems to a full client/server environment based on a standardized RDBMS platform• Pushed IT systems a full year ahead of competitors' systems and completed these projects with 1/3 less staff than other software development firms of a similar size • Provided Sales with their first consolidated view of customer accounts using a data warehouse • Built strong team of system professionals with excellent user and technical skills. Turnover of only 10% when some departments were experiencing 67% turnover • Successfully integrated systems from corporate acquisitions occurring at the rate of one every six months • Relocated corporate headquarters and built new data centers for headquarters and two regional offices with no service interruptions

(A $1B engineering and construction firm)• Promoted 5 times. After second promotion, the positions were all new business areas for the firm• Expanded IT consulting practice 600% and opened new areas of the practice• Consistently won new Fortune 500 clients and sold follow-on work • International consulting and project management experience in nine countries

• Taught submarine tactics at Canadian War College• Only person to repossess a submarine for the U.S. Navy

Bs, Systems Engineering

Css, Business And Administration

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Education record