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Provide Enterprise Cloud Consulting to State and Local Government clients. Facilitate business and technical collaboration while reducing risk:- Responsible for supporting the overall sales cycle- Grow and leverage key strategic partnerships- Set technical direction and guide technical staff- Drive client projects as executive sponsor- SMX Technical Lead for successful migration of Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Revenue tax platform to AWS

Provide Enterprise Architecture solutions to government and various commercial industries. Focus on solving business challenges with cloud migration/modernization and managed services.- Support Cloud Assured pre-sales efforts in the Boston region- Provide project executive sponsorship- Support regional AWS cloud architecture initiatives- Work with 3rd-party vendors to support ongoing client engagements- Assist with project delivery of cloud migration and managed services

Collaborate with HV Sales and clients to solve business challenges and develop solutions leveraging entire Hitachi, LTD portfolio for desired business outcomes with focus on Big Data/Analytics, Cloud/DevOps, Intelligent Operations, Content, Managed Services, IT Economics, Service Management and Compliance in financial services, healthcare, pharmaceutical, software development, and life sciences industries.• Delivered Enterprise Architecture thought leadership for Hitachi Enterprise Cloud/Container Platform, Hitachi Cloud Accelerator Platform, Pentaho ETL/Analytics Platform, and Cloud Service Providers (AWS and Azure), rapidly consolidating client architectures, including integration of newly acquired and customized systems.• Assisted clients with assessing their Cloud/DevOps current state, solutioning on-prem VMware and container platforms that leverage our D2iQ/Kubernetes/Docker blueprints, accelerating application modernization and migration to AWS by 60-80%, and improving management of AWS infrastructure.• Architected data analytics environments including data lakes, data science workspaces, and automated data pipelines; global Managed Services solutions to drive 25-30% TCO reductions and ROI improvements by leveraging Hitachi’s unique infrastructure and Intelligent Operations capabilities.• Successfully leveraged partner community for solution delivery

Collaborating with clients to solve business challenges and develop solutions that leverage the entire Hitachi, LTD portfolio:• Focus areas include: Big Data/Analytics, Cloud/DevOps, Intelligent Operations, Content, Managed Services, IT Economics, Service Management and Compliance• Provided Enterprise Architecture thought leadership for Hitachi Enterprise Cloud/Container Platform, REAN Accelerator Platform, Pentaho ETL/Analytics Platform, and Hitachi Smart Data Center• Assisted clients with assessing their Cloud/DevOps current state, solutioning on-prem VMware & container platforms (DC/OS, Aqua, Marathon, Kubernetes, Jenkins, JFrog, Docker, SMACK Stack), accelerating application modernization and migration to AWS, and improving management of AWS infrastructure• Assisted clients with assessing their Enterprise Management capabilities, architected Pentaho and Smart Data Centre solutions to address global application and infrastructure performance, capacity, financial, predictive analytics, and automation challenges; solutioned integration to client Service Management systems• Architected global Managed Services solutions to drive significant TCO reductions and ROI improvements, by leveraging Hitachi’s unique infrastructure and operations transformation capabilities• Successfully leveraged our partner community for solution delivery• Industries include: Financial Services, Healthcare, Pharma, Software Development, Utilities

Responsible for complex solution architecture and Professional Services delivery across the entire Hitachi, LTD portfolio. Keenly aware of required customer outcomes • Focus areas include: Big Data/Analytics, Cloud/DevOps, Intelligent Operations, Content, Managed Services, IT Economics, Service Management and Compliance• Solutioned global implementations and migrations of infrastructure and data• Assisted clients with assessing their on-prem/AWS hybrid Cloud/DevOps current state, solutioning on-prem VMware & container platforms (DC/OS, Aqua, Marathon, Kubernetes, Jenkins, JFrog, Docker, SMACK Stack), and improving management of AWS infrastructure• Assisted clients with assessing their Enterprise Management capabilities, architected Pentaho and Smart Data Centre solutions to address global application and infrastructure performance, capacity, financial, predictive analytics, and automation challenges; solutioned integration to client Service Management systems• Architected global Managed Services solutions that drive significant TCO reductions and ROI improvements• Provided Enterprise Architecture development, service scoping, and delivery oversight• Responsible for all Professional Services in the New England District• Successfully leveraged our partner community for solution delivery• Industries include: Financial Services, Healthcare, Pharma, Software Development, Utilities

Provider of business-focused strategic technology consulting services focused on Cloud Optimization, IT Service Management, Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery, and IT Cost Optimization• Support all aspects of consulting services including services definition, pre-sales, delivery, and QA• Developed comprehensive financial modeling tools to drive IT Strategy and Cost Optimization• Delivered successful Cloud Strategy, IT Service Management, and Cost Optimization engagements• Managed key components of the Enterprise Architecture function on various client engagements including developing business requirements, generating high-level functional design specifications, defining process improvements, overseeing low-level design creation, monitoring implementation and testing, and developing revised operational support procedures. Projects included augmenting enterprise architecture teams, IT service delivery simplification, and ITSM optimization for global Financial Services and North American Healthcare organizations• Served as enterprise architect for the development and delivery of infrastructures services delivery automation capabilities including business requirements development, portal design and development oversight, business rules orchestration design, technical orchestration design oversight, testing, and deployment• Provided coaching and mentorship to junior team members

Responsible for providing Capgemini clients with leading-edge Digital, ITSM, and Lean IT architecture strategy as an Enterprise Architect in the Business and IT Transformation Practice• Support all aspects of consulting services including services definition, sales strategy, pre-sales subject matter expertise, delivery, and quality assurance• Served as Lead Digital Enterprise Architect for HP Alliance and a Capgemini Lean Foundations delivery champion• Services definition and development included a Digital Transformation methodology for the HP Alliance. This methodology included the creation of accelerators for digital enterprise architecture assessment and design, digital implementation capability and Digital Operating Model assessment, and PCI Compliance tools• Managed Enterprise Architecture activities on various client engagements including developing business requirements, generating high-level functional design specifications, defining process improvements, overseeing low-level design creation, monitoring implementation and testing, and developing revised operational support procedures. Projects included Legacy Modernization and Application Performance Optimization, IT Service Management, and Digital Readiness engagements leveraging Practice-developed tools• Provided coaching and mentorship to junior team members

Responsible for providing VCE clients with forwarding-thinking Enterprise Cloud Architecture and ITSM strategy that supports enablement of VCE’s industry-leading Vblock converged architecture • Support all aspects of consulting services including services definition, sales strategy, pre-sales subject matter expertise, delivery, and quality assurance• Managed Enterprise Architecture function on various client engagements including developing business requirements, generating high-level functional design specifications, defining process improvements, overseeing low-level design creation, monitoring implementation and testing, and developing revised operational support procedures. Projects included implementation of capabilities for global cloud services providers• Served as enterprise architect for the development and delivery of cloud service delivery automation capabilities including business requirements development, portal design and development oversight, business rules orchestration design, technical orchestration design oversight, testing, and deployment• Lead the development and delivery of services that support enablement of SAP on VBlock• Delivered Application Readiness for Cloud engagements with a focus on virtualized SAP• Provided coaching and mentorship to junior team members

Drove next generation architecture strategy as a Global Management Systems Enterprise Architect including the successful orchestration of automated virtual server provisioning and management deployment. Created significant improvements to the business partnership process, speeding up the requirements definition and prioritization process. Supported Service Management data model standards and server automation practices development for a global Service Management transformation initiative

Responsible for our Storage Technology Cost Optimization advisory services offering. Working with clients to drive cost out of their technology environments.

- Provide senior executive delivery oversight for multiple technology projects- Drive business development activities- Provide consulting practice leadership and mentoring- Develop intellectual property

Responsible for developing and managing a global storage technology consulting practice around CNT’s UltraNet Storage Appliance (URA)- Worked with Marketing and Delivery to create consulting services around the URA- Integrated developed consulting services with CNT’s overall consulting product strategy- Provided extensive pre-sales product support- Worked with clients to design in CNT product- Directed successful product implementation consulting engagements- Directed successful Business Continuity Planning/Disaster Recovery planning and implementation projects as part of client Sarbanes-Oxley initiatives- Provided data management compliance and IT internal controls expertise to a variety of clients

Responsible for developing and managing a global storage technology consulting practice- Created the GTP Storage Optimization solution as a concise roadmap to the Enterprise Storage Utility- Developed targeted primary storage and backup consulting services to support direct clients and partners- Developed strategic and tactical consulting methodologies to support all phases of sales and delivery- Provided extensive pre-sales support- Directed successful enterprise storage strategy and implementation consulting projects for major Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals and Telecommunications firms- Directed the development of strategic partnerships and assisted in the development of partner programs- Developed intellectual property for marketing materials and white papers- Frequently interviewed as a Storage and Technology Industry expert- Led multi-year strategic planning initiatives for Fortune 50 Financial Services and Pharmaceutical clients

Responsible for developing and managing a $1M global storage technology consulting practice- Developed targeted primary storage and backup consulting services to support direct clients, channelpartners and drive proprietary software sales- Developed assessment, design, implementation, and migration methodologies to support all phases ofsales and delivery- Provided extensive pre-sales support- Directed successful primary storage and backup consulting projects for major Financial Services andManufacturing firms- Directed the development of strategic partnerships and assisted in the development of partnerprograms- Developed intellectual property for marketing materials and white papers