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Plano, Tx

Plano, Texas

Contracted with several major corporations in support of consolidated Information Technology, Data Centers and Network modernization and upgrades.

Arlington, Tx

Provide technology consulting to the startup eSafe Wood Inc. Establishing the technology groundwork and infrastructure required to build the company. Working to integrate the production facility with technology that works seamlessly with all back office systems. Creating an infrastructure that embraces todays mobile workforce while maintaining a dependable back office.

Built the corporate office into a strong team capable of meeting the challenges of customers and staff. Worked to build relationships with other companies in order to team on contracts and proposals. Provided staffing and technical guidance to customers and independent organizations.

Richardson Texas

Consulted on contract acquisition and management. Provided technical advisory services.

CIO for the 7th largest County in the nation and the second largest County in Texas. Led team of 127 talented individuals to streamline and standardize the IT infrastructure for Dallas County. Inherited IT organization that had been outsourced for 15 years. Found that the infrastructure, both hardware and software, had been allowed to stagnate and become non functional. Brought a majority of the organization back in-house and rebuilt the technical infrastructure. Established a Project Management Office to control the projects and optimize the work. Documented all systems, established policies, procedures, practices for the operations and support of all systems using the ITIL framework as a guideline. Replaced the outsource staff of 70 with a combined staff of 130 for same budget. Brought all County system into licensing compliance and established a technology refresh program. Implemented virtual technology to extend the life of the data center and enable the rapid growth. Institutionalized Service Level Agreements to govern service delivery to the users.

Dallas Texas

Directed 90+ people in support of IT Operations, Business Continuity, LAN/WAN, Helpdesk, Desktop Support and Corporate Voice. Designed, built and managed Corporate Data Centers. Developed a detailed business continuity/disaster recovery plan for the corporation based on a comprehensive Business Impact Assessment and Risk Analysis. The BIA led to an initiative to consolidate and standardize the technology used within the company by identifying and architecting technical solutions. Consolidated more than 95 UNIX servers and 450 NT/2000/2003 servers from seven disparate data centers into two centrally located centers. Generated standards, procedures and practices for the data centers to ensure continued, uninterrupted operations. Reduced operational ABENDs via automation and standards implementation - maintaining 99.7% uptime performance.

Directed 50+ people in support of the data center, LAN/WAN, remote branches and Regional Operations Centers.

Managed Staff of programmers supporting back office operations

Greater Denver Area

Worked with Computer Aided Design in support of defence contracts. Managed Computer labs.

Greater Seattle Area

Designed wind tunnel models in support of contracts both government and private.

Bsba, Business

Graduated with Honors

Associate Of Science - As, Engineering, 3.1

Associate Of Science (As), Engineering