Rafael Diaz Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Reston, Virginia, Us

Falls Church, Va, Us

Advising organizations on defining secure strategies for delivering effective digital services; to develop innovative compliant means of delivering information using mobile and web-based technologies. .

Washington, D.C., Us

★ Presidential Appointee CIO in 2014 with the mission to digitize and modernize IT services and infrastructure.★ Created an Enterprise IT program to adopt proven project management best practices and standardized architectural solutions; created, coordinated and led five point strategic program.★ Addressed outdated infrastructure support agreements, eliminating 20% of costs; additionally, adopted an enhanced network services agreements that generated significant first-year savings.★ Deployed Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint, providing global cloud services accessible anytime, anywhere while providing comprehensive training on the new platforms.★ Negotiated a new mobile device contract to reduce expenses by 34%.★ Launched new teams and positions that included the Customer Relationship Coordinator and the Enterprise Architecture Team.★ Worked with the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer to achieve cost governance and compliance with the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA).★ Achieved improved employee viewpoint survey scores in 2015 while re-establishing trust and confidence in HUD with Congressional Appropriators, the Presidents Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Inspector General and the General Accounting Office.

Worldwide, Oo

★ Supervised a team of six professionals dedicated to building a methodology to quantify and mitigate information and security risks within a portfolio of software applications.★ Recognized for creating global strategies to safeguard data; these solutions addressed the increased risk associated with online deployment and mobile access to global enterprise systems containing sensitive client information.★ Advanced best practices that strengthened the security posture of the DTTL portfolio of critical applications.★ Identified and satisfied regional and local regulatory requirements and compliance issues, collaborating with global stakeholders.

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★ Recruited for the newly-created role to establish an office dedicated to cybersecurity issues, with authority over a team of 8 professionals.★ Developed global security policies, a Cyber Incident Response Team, a diagnostics and monitoring team, and guidelines to govern the office’s relationships with multiple Illinois state agencies,★ Appointed Illinois’ first Cyber Security Liaison to the United States Department of Homeland Security and provided oversight of the stat's participation in cyber security exercises hosted by DHS.★ Defined the state’s first Enterprise Cyber Security Strategy; trained Illinois state agencies in federal information security compliance requirements, satisfying mandates from the IRS, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and the EPA.

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★ Implemented global IT Infrastructure Shared Services throughout state government, improving services while generating significant first-year savings.★Consolidated an Infrastructure Shared Services team of 800 state staff members and 150 contractors.★ Restored forward progress to a stalled implementation effort, meeting all milestones and deliverables within 18 months.★ Debuted the first state-level private cloud to govern Central Management Services, consolidating processing onto a shared infrastructure while securing the benefits of a high-tier data center.

Springfield, Illinois, Us

★ Significantly improved the performance of the department, managing over 185 state staff members and 70 contractors.★ Identified and mitigated a broad array of operations and management issues; reduced costs by reviewing IT service contracts to identify significant savings.★ Consolidated data centers and infrastructure to transform OMIS into a lean and cost-effective organization.

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Project Manager, Business Development Successfully interfaced with all levels of customer liaisons, sales, and IT management to ensure project success.• Developed “Business Solutions Consulting Offering” to analyze and recommend how an organization can optimize its print spend. • Developed business opportunities by promoting Wallace print and technology capabilities. Increased sales effectiveness by defining, tracking, and reporting on viable opportunities.

Dublin 2, Ie

Senior Manager, Business Process Management Successfully performed a variety of roles with Accenture, each with increasing responsibility and advancement including; Applications Manager – Oracle ERP, Functional Design Manager – Client Portal, Execution Manager – SAP ERP, Development Manager – SAP ERP, Lead Designer / Developer – Global Estimating Model, and Project Leader – Financials Sector.

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Forensic analysis of crime scene evidence.

Field triage platoon leader and field ambulance platoon leader.

Certificate, Computer Career Program

Master Of Science, Human Services Administration

Certificate, Ai For Leaders

Bachelor Of Science, Biology