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New York City, New York, Us

• Led real estate global services covering $150M annually in base facility services, plus $40M in Capex covering 242 data centers in 34 countries • Led 252 real estate employees accountable for 1400+ vendors • Developed and motivated talent to drive country-level strategic programs prioritizing globally consistent processes, business continuity, and reliable vended services• Prioritized $170M annual investments for resiliency of core infrastructure globally• Led teams to provide managed services, including new IT deployments, load planning, contract compliance

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for the worldwide real estate operations of data center facilities with an emphasis on supplier oversight, operational resiliency, capital investments, optimizing leases, and the delivery of these essential services. Partner with internal clients on developing and implementing strategic real estate plans to grow, consolidate, and implement solutions for the evolving cloud landscape.• Led global teams covering 440MW of worldwide data center real estate spanning 300+ data centers globally while optimizing supplier oversight, operational resiliency, capital investments and lease commitments.• Partnered with internal clients to develop and implement strategic real estate plans that grew, consolidated, and executed real estate solutions for the evolving cloud landscape.• Led scope and final negotiation technical services transition to a global supplier and reduced costs by $20M across the portfolio that included 90 owned or operated data centers. • Accountable for deliverables with variable repair cost management of over $100M globally and technical root cause analysis and actions needed from any electrical/mechanical failures.• Negotiated final lease terms where executive intervention required for positive outcomes for IBM and landlords.• Led initiatives to reduce client outages to a level unseen in company history. • Authorized and implemented disaster recovery protocols during pandemic to maintain critical services provided by data center systems.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Appointed to lead North America team under the global programs with responsibility for US and Canada data center facility management.• Improved resiliency of critical operations through common global programs including best practices, peer reviews, common platforms for control points, and client coordination• Represented IBM on client engagements for new data center space to showcase the practices and methods used for consistency and efficiency• Developed risk matrix for prioritization of investments and evaluated supplier capabilities

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Appointed to lead Western US team under the North America programs with responsibility for data center facility management.• Constructed $100M in expansions throughout the Boulder, CO campus, including IBM’s first LEED Certified Silver Data Center • Led teams delivering energy spends, environmental reporting, and budget planning• Key leader for the IBM Client Briefing Center with a special focus on data center resiliency capabilities and methods

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

• Accountable to environmental program management including emission permit compliance, hazmat management, and disaster planning• Facilities included 500 acres, 25 buildings, 6 data centers for 400K sf of white space and 50 MW of available redundant power• Appointed to management of department in May 2005 with 10 direct reports consisting of project managers, professional engineers, and environmental subject matter experts

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Appointed to lead Charlotte campus building automation systems for critical manufacturing operations and supplier deliverable management.Accountable for the resiliency of utilities impacting the manufacturing of electronic card assembly lines.Utilities covered compressed air, chilled water, wastewater processing and ventilation sysytems.

Education record

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering