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• Led a team of data scientists and DevOps engineers to craft a self-service AI cloud-based virtual assistant solution for IBM Consulting, integrating cloud diagnostics and seamlessly integrating with ServiceNow and Slack.• Ensured the security and compliance of commercial network connectivity for IBM Consulting's $4B business, guaranteed SOC2/ISO-27K compliance, and safeguarded customer accounts and data processes.• Orchestrated globally distributed software and DevOps teams to successfully migrate critical finance application EPricer onto OpenShift and IBM Cloud, while implementing a robust CI/CD pipeline for deployment through containerization.• Overseen corporate audits for financial applications in pricing portfolio, addressed IT risks encompassing system and application configuration, access management, data integrity protection, vulnerability management, and penetration testing.• Managed ASCA/PwC audit readiness and compliance with privacy laws such as CCPA, GDPR, LGPD, and Brexit, conducted Global Privacy Assessments for all financially significant applications in the pricing services portfolio.• Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to shape the design and integration of AI solutions and software components, offered strategic recommendations, and resolved customer escalations to optimize project outcomes.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Consolidated Tier 1 Support across five infrastructure services, automated traditional infrastructure services, and implemented a governance framework, resulting in $1M in savings and a 25% reduction in support demands.• Directed a team of 10 project managers across onsite and offshore locations to deliver infrastructure for Recurring Revenue Subscription Application on Cisco Cloud, OpenStack, and Supply Chain Applications on Cassandra and MongoDB Cloud Databases, pivotal in order fulfillment and revenue recognition.• Established an agile framework for Infrastructure Provisioning Processes utilizing JIRA/Rally/Kanban Dashboard, facilitating scrum ceremonies and enhancing team efficiency and transparency in sprint/release progress tracking.• Managed the migration of 12,000 virtual and physical servers from Cisco-IT Infrastructure to Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and Hyperconverged solutions across global data centers, resulting in $1M operational savings.• Led the migration of 800 End of Life Physical servers to newer hardware and upgraded 1600 Oracle 12c databases for various business units, achieving a 20% operational cost reduction.• Pioneered the Always-On or IT Resiliency Program by implementing Multi-Virtual Data Centers (MVDC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) in globally distributed data centers, ensuring 100% application uptime and enhancing customer satisfaction.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Responsible for program management, design, development, implementation, and support of tools for HR, Finance and Employee Services. Focus areas included Staffing, Compensation, Payroll, New-Year Sales Readiness and Employee Self-Service.Responsible for Formulation and implementation of cross functional testing strategies for Employee data flow between Payroll, Stock and 50 other up/downstream interfaces. Resource management (allocation, monitoring, motivating, etc), Reviewing test plans and reporting dashboard. Training and mentoringDefine IT services structure (BOST) for compensation, benefits, Absence and Time tracking, Talent Management, and Staffing/Recruiting. Established business technology alignment, value and quality measure and ISO and Security compliance.Managed 75 major global projects with Staffing, Payroll, Compensation and Benefits to improve employee productivity, ensure compliance and realize policy and process goals.Implemented 15 new compensation, benefits, and staffing ASP integration. Achieved 15% support reduction, 100% SOX, HIPPA and security compliance and employee satisfaction goals.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Designed and Implemented Various Worldwide Sales Force Web Applications to support virtual team management and Career Development.Implemented learning content development, storage, and search systems reducing redundancy and improving quality and accessibility of critical learning content for sales, engineering and IT. Improved user satisfaction from 3.6 to 4.5

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Team leader and developer to design and develop interfaces for the Operating Room Scheduling Office System (ORSOS) hospital-wide operating room scheduling system. Designed, developed and tested an application for BMG and Chase Bank to process credit card applications using workflow, imaging, and intelligent character recognition (ICR) technologies.