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Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, Us

Orange, Ca, Us

Serves as the senior IT leader for a school of 1,800 on-campus students and 900 worldwide students—managing an array of complex priorities, resources, and regulations. Leads the department’s strategic alignment—overseeing the technology governance and policies, establishing the organization’s data and cybersecurity protection, and administering the department budget.● Responsible for the organization’s IT strategy and implementation of the short-term and long-term strategic priorities and opportunities that will grow and strengthen the organization. ● Establishes the organization’s technology and security policies and guidelines, continuously refining the practices to align with trends and established best practices as well as ensuring alignment with data security and privacy standards. ● Spearheads all IT Governance and Privacy compliance—ensuring regulations including Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and the General Data --- Oversight of all software, hardware, applications, and data integrity—providing recommendations and expertise to determine ways to integrate new products and consolidate software. ● Leads the school’s cybersecurity awareness—training students, faculty, and staff to implement and monitor data and privacy standards.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Directed the IT team and department strategy—responsible for the technical requirements for more than 340 employees across the United States and administering a $1.5 million annual budget. Quickly grew in responsibility and scope—was promoted to an executive-level staff within the first year at the company. ● Supervised a team of engineers and network administrators in the IT department—managing the day-to-day operations, overseeing strategic policies, maintaining the department budget, and developing and refining department procedures and security architecture. ● Coordinated with departments across the organization and C-suite leadership to implement new technologies, refine governance policies, and harness technology to achieve strategic goals. ● Provided strategic guidance for IT projects, including evaluation and recommendation of technical controls and potential threat assessments. ● Implemented Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) compliance for the company, establishing policies and procedures in accordance with the regulation. ● Orchestrated special technology projects including establishing the security infrastructure, improving hardware and security, and implementing a new inventory and fulfillment system.

West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, Us

Served as National Director of major wide area network (WAN) covering 47 locations nationwide overseeing a team of more than 20 network engineers, developers, and consultants. Developed and administered the department budget of more than 7 million dollars annually.● Oversaw the implementation of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) across amusement park locations and ensured that all properties were PCI-DSS compliant. ● Built the IT department to meet the growing and evolving needs—coaching and developing team members to support more than 4,000 employees with their technical needs. ● Collaborated across departments on the company’s SOX compliance and ensured the IT department integrated compliance into its policy and procedures and enforced necessary regulations. ● Provided recommendations on the direction of the company’s data and cybersecurity protection, and oversaw IT governance and policies.

Oversaw administration of large network consisting of several servers and workstations, as well as PBX voice mail system. Supervised and mentored team of four network engineers. Created and managed $5.5M+ IT budget. Worked directly with CFO on a regular basis. Designed and deployed security, disaster recovery and backup systems. Facilitated technical support for national sales team. Managed relationships with existing vendors and negotiated contracts with potential new vendors. Key Achievement:Successfully built and coached IT team into a highly organized group focused on delivering technical and business excellence. Manager of Information Technology, Technology Open Bid Exchange

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Aa, Computer Science

Certificate, Executive Management

Masters Of Computer Science, Information Technology; Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Information Technology