Richard Gould Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

IT Staffing, Services, Projects, and Research the Intelligent Way. When you need consultants that fit your project and your environment, or when you need multiple consultants but want collaboration and coordination among them, with oversight and project management, that's when you call us.I personally provide executive, operations, and project management consulting to various organizations, and specialize in (pre) TurnAround Management as well as arranging corporate transactions. Provide special corporate services, negotiations and consulting to enable organizations to achieve specific goals ahead of their competition.Consulting on IT Security including DevSecOps and security tools evaluation. SOC 2, HIPAA, PII, Agile development, Program and Project Management, Micro Services, API, and SaaS selection, implementation and development.

Tempe, Az

Created and manage the Orchestration Team, a multi-unit team to evaluate, recommend and implement full SDLC and DevSecOps. I initiated the implementation of Agile & DevOps including test automation and deployment decision standards.Investigate and develop new opportunities for technological advancement in partnership with Industry within the Research area and for the University in general. Currently exploring Quantum Computing effects on private industry, Robotics industry challenges and needs to achieve the next generation of capabilities for the world.Responsible for Information Security Strategy in partnership with the CISO Research.Define the operational standards for IT, including the migration to API, Micro Services with Cloud based and on-premise SaaS, and socializing and implementing the "Cloud Appropriate" strategy.Manage budget >$11M/yr, finance and operations for the various units within the Research Technology Office.Manage a direct staff of 16 and indirect of 90 people. Developed and implemented a new manager training system.Managed multiple projects including devops, infrastructure, and system projects including scope creation, task/budget tracking, and status reporting.Due to the previous success, I was asked to assist another large unit within ASU (outside of KED) with the restructuring of their IT department.Contract creation in cooperation with ASU’s General Counsel. Provide final contract review for compliance, risk, implementation and process.Performed data and security agreements and contract negotiations in support of ASU’s grant contract team.Developed KPI and metrics for management for the technology office.Created and implement security plans for FISMA NIST 800-53 and CUI NIST 800-171 cybersecurity programs.Member of the GDPR compliance committee as well as the SOC 2 Type II audit prep team for ASU. This includes assisting in establishing cybersecurity standards and procedures to ensure compliance with federal standards.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Managed and led two teams to support an organization with 1000+ staff. These teams provided server and deskside support as well as software development.Managed IT Security for the college, its 4 schools and 21 research centers. This included creation of security policies, procedures as well as incident response. Set direction and managed operations of IT systems for the college which included over 40 servers, 60 websites, web based applications, and remote sites on multiple cloud vendors.Developed a web based electronic forms application used by the organization. This application is used to manage requests and approvals for various forms for HR, Finance, Operations, Marketing, and executive management. This application is still being used throughout the college 6 years later.Technology Advisory Group Chair for ASU with over 920 members across the enterprise. Defined and mentored the team on Agile/SCRUM, as well as best practices in business and systems analysis.Managed over 40 concurrent projects. These projects included both application and infrastructure projects. In addition responsible for including deskside support and help desk support tickets.Defined strategic technology roadmaps for IT and related services including cloud, desktop, software, and business systems.Subject matter expert to the College’s 21 Research Centers on data issues. These issues spanned areas such as security, privacy, data collection, NSF Security Standards, NIST Security Standards, HIPAA Compliance, and PCI compliance.Advised college executives on best management practices including delegation, motivation, behavior modification, negotiation and presentation.Experienced in establishing the approach and methodology for introducing new technologies and services as well as experience in managing large, complex projects. Created security review/response procedures and managed the business continuity plan as well as disaster recovery.

Adjunct Faculty for the Business and Information Technology DivisionBPC270 A+ Cert, CIS262AD Adv. C# Programming