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Irvine, Ca, Us

Recent projects and accomplishments include Providing Technology strategy, ERP management, and data management to a well established, technology enabled, E-Commerce company in the specialty automotive accessories market. Utilizations includes MS Business Central, Celigo, MS SQL, Azure compliance risk (for $2BB group) by implementing a controls plan that included major milestones to comply with Federal Consumer Data Safeguards requirements. Reduced open Service Desk tickets 66% over 90 days by remodeling IT service processes using ITIL concepts and reducing lost productivity in operations and the IT service team.Reduced risk of compliance issues and operational sanctions by implementing Change Management and Incident Response Plans in less than the six-month requirement.Provided full time interim management role for an ecommerce company client using MS Azure and BC 365 ERP.Conducted ERP review for a large Ecommerce provider utilizing Acumatica ERP with projected savings of $100k.

Yorba Linda, California, Us

Joined organization to evolve technology and operations from antiquated procedures and systems nearing obsolescence, to a secure, sustainable, Agile technology environment that truly supported and accelerated operations. Across-the-board change impacted composition of management team, staff, and commitment to identifying and acquiring technologies that would position Previon to win marquis clients and deliver unparalleled service.► Steered digital transformation: retired legacy hardware – constituting 75% savings – and migrated to the cloud; then stood up PMO for infrastructure, information security, and telecommunications.► Instituted complete, sustainable, scalable IT operations and continuity program to undertake new projects, innovate software solutions, test those solutions in an operating environment, and deliver end products.► Directed full-scale turnaround impacting 6 departments, creating positions of PMO Manager and IT Operations Manager, installing proper management team, and repositioning or replacing under-performers.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Recruited to articulate and implement IT strategy for the nation’s leading provider of underground infrastructure solutions. Existing technology was seriously antiquated, utilizing 30-year-old operating system and 20-year-old ERP. Fully overhauled infrastructure, telecommunications, ERP, and project management methodology.► Captured $1M+ savings on telecom and data infrastructure over 2 years, by recommending and implementing series of initiatives that delivered 100% ROI within 6 months, while providing services for minimally 5 years. ► Selected and implemented Acumatica ERP/SaaS across 4 divisions, a highly-configurable solution that optimally aligned with individual billing and workflow requ8irements of each municipal and government client.► Slashed expenses $250K annually by adopting “SaaS first” model to drive change and transformation, wholly revamping on-premise system infrastructure and migrating onto cloud solutions.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Defined, articulated, and executed technology strategy and budget roadmap. Scope encompassed architecting and executing strategic initiatives, directing annual project budget of $4M, and overseeing 15-member IT staff supporting 600 users at 2 dozen+ locations. Enhanced IT operations to meet rigorous regulatory, change management, and FRB, DBO, and BSA/AML compliance. Led annual testing of business continuity program.► Principally guided enterprise-wide refresh of business-critical data center technologies, including servers and storage.► Solidified cyber and information security posture and drove high-profile training component to manage awareness.► Integrally contributed strategic technology expertise for $1B and $2B acquisitions, as well as smaller M&A projects.

Torrance, Ca, Us

Retained by CEO of this privately-held firm for interim role to envision and manage technical implementation of patented technology. Directed Due Diligence, Product Development & Management, Integration, Service Delivery, Technology Solution Strategy, and Fulfillment. Impacted M&A advisory, budgeting, and vendor management. ► Led technology product innovations for digital signature products in adjacent software markets.► Instituted B2B electronic signature replacement platform suite using Agile/Scrum methods.► Introduced new Professional Services/Product Management process to improve execution and efficiency.

Lewisville, Texas, Us

Incubated and launched PMO, refined IT strategic roadmap, and steered programs including custom software development, vendor integration, infrastructure deployment, information security projects, and vendor management. Led a project staff of 10. Directed total portfolio budget of $15M+, with primary objective being to eliminate 3rd party vendor expenses. Identified opportunities to reduce project risk and improve systems development life cycle. ► Supervised series of strategic infrastructure replacement projects impacting platforms for 2,000 users at 100+ locations.► Identified and instituted fully-tested enterprise-wide Business Continuity program and Disaster Recovery Program.

Joined this organization to lead full-scale turnaround and elevate business maturity. Defined technology roadmap, instituted steering committee, and established PMO. Drove change management, realigning operations to meet rigorous regulatory guidelines, by implementing SQL-based data warehouse and ETL engine to aggregate, process, and distribute data sets. Oversaw assessment and replacement of several disparate lending and CRM systems with single SaaS-based lending platform.► Secured $500K savings in annual IT budget during 1st 90 days of tenure, by enhancing Vendor Management program.► Organized refresh of data center technologies, including HP 7000 blade systems, Compellent NAS & SAN, and Cisco Nexus.► Coordinated critical components of major acquisition (as target) through extended M&A process, until project completion.

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, Lu

Directed implementation of custom SaaS software for Top 20 banks. Projects ranged from $250K-$1M. Oversaw teams of analysts, developers, QA testers, and trainers, as well as remote teams in CA, TX, and India, using COE resource-sharing model. Co-authored new client delivery service model.

Conducted advisory engagements for small and mid-sized clients, offering project management and equipment financing options such as SBA loans, equipment leasing, receivables factoring, and signature loans.

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Criminal Justice

Associate'S Degree, General Studies

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Bachelor Of Arts - Ba

Bachelor'S Degree, Criminal Justice