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Thank you for visiting my profile. I am a Strategic Technology innovator and leader skilled at delivering pioneering technology solutions, infrastructure design, and implementation strategies aligned with organizational priorities. Motivational and inspirational leader of high-performance, diverse technology teams that enhance capabilities and improve performance in diverse infrastructure, application, and operational environments. Polished communicator and collaborative business partner with a proven record of accomplishment who works closely with executives, stakeholders, customers, and vendors to garner consensus and drive project adoption to implement technology plans. ENTERPRISE IT LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY☞ Led Full-Scale Cloud Infrastructure Transformation utilizing the Microsoft Azure Government Community Cloud High (GCC-High) environment to implement Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) to improve systems stability and utilize new disaster recovery capabilities for 800-person U.S. Federal Agency. ☞ Executive Sponsor of a $6 million Microsoft 365 transition to M365 Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, Intune, and OneDrive systems, enabling the agency’s 800-person workforce to collaborate faster and improve data access to increase the agency’s overall efficiency.☞ Led the full-scale, agency-wide adoption of Agile Methodologies to bring modern application development project management to reduce time to deliver new digital services to the agency and U.S. public. ☞ Designed and procured International Branch Exchange (Equinix) services to meet future cloud-based initiatives. Strategic direction accelerated the procurement of circuits and implementation by various telecommunications providers to support IT modernization projects, including multiple, redundant connections to the IBM zCloud, multiple Microsoft Azure Cloud and Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments.☞ Established secure, cloud-based VoIP system with mobile voice solutions for 800+ users. Provided guidance on RFP and security/infrastructure requirements.CAPABLITIES THAT DRIVE INNOVATIVE AND SECURE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS Strategic Technology Planning | Infrastructure Architecture | Information Systems Security | Disaster Recovery | IT Operations/Governance | Budget Management | Cost Optimization | Project Design | Project Management | Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) | RFPs | Bid Proposals | Contract Negotiations | Vendor Evaluation/Selection | Process Improvement | Legal Compliance | Team Leadership and Development | Employee Engagement

Listed skills include Disaster Recovery, Security, Process Improvement, Active Directory, and 15 others.