Leadership and regional service ownership of Allianz Virtual Client, Exchange Online, Office 365, Mobility, Virtual application delivery teams and more.

Director of Network Operations and Cyber Security with strategic and operational responsibility for network infrastructure and cyber security services, including threat and incident response, vulnerability management, administrative access. Worked to build an effective information security program through strong collaboration, technical oversight, consulting, and improving strategies, policies, programs and metrics. In a challenging healthcare environment, collaborated on cyber security solutions in response to threats, aligning with changing business needs.

Senior Manager of Security Operations team at $5B Healthcare organization with service responsibilities for enterprise identity and authentication management, Firewall and VPN infrastructure, Active Directory, Single Sign-On, endpoint security, cloud security. Provided security consulting and direction for M&A activities, O365, Microsoft Security platforms, Active Directory hardening, vendor remote access, application whitelisting, and EDR.

Pre-sales engineering and architecture, supporting account managers in building hardware and services configurations to meet clients' needs. Professional services implementation for Data Center Services practice, focusing on networking and security technologies. Project and IT management consulting for healthcare clients.

Led security and networking initiatives for Carlson's global network support organization. Supported Cisco ASA firewalls, Cisco Identity Services Engine network access control system, wireless lifecycle refresh. Analyzed network tools to optimize monitoring and alerting and ensure configuration compliance for networking devices across enterprise.

For Pareo/IRIS,Served as Sr. Network Engineer at Carlson Companies. For Pareo/Northwestern College, served as Network Administrator, Assistant Director of Operations, and Network/Telecom Team Lead. Responsibilities and accomplishments included: establishing design standards and technology roadmaps for networking and phone technologies across clients. Designing and installing Cisco ASA firewall, Routers, remote access and site-to-site VPNs, MPLS WAN, Cisco wireless controllers, complex LAN switch and routing redesign, and other systems to increase stability and performance. Implementing VOIP for campus and remote sites. Managing wiring and network design and implementation for new building/campus road redesign, managing infrastructure moves during construction project. Managing student workers and creating development program for training and mentoring. Assisting Director of Operations with resource queue and allocation management, budgeting, vendor relationships and negotiation, directing, planning, and management of staff.

Adjunct Faculty in Business/MIS Department.

At Slumberland Furniture, served as Network Manager and Client Device Specialist.Managing complex network of WAN sites, Cisco networking, Cisco IP Phones, Routers, Cisco CallManager, Unity voicemail, and IPCC custom applications. Implemented Cisco PIX VPN technology at 50+ remote sites, replacing old frame relay and VPN. Managed project to deploy 26 remote VOIP sites successfully, including implementing phone training for end users. Improved customer service levels by quickly and accurately handling support calls. Worked with team to support PC/LAN technologies for users, including Windows PC’s, thin clients, and servers, UNIX servers, network printing, wireless, and desktop and server applications. Trained and mentored new team members. Programmed Oracle database reports to streamline business functions.

Administration and maintenance of Corporate Office LAN, WAN, Firewall and remote access VPNs with connections worldwide. Migrated applications from Novell to Windows servers. Implemented Sourcefire network intrusion detection system worldwide. Evaluated, tested, and installed host intrusion detection solution on Windows servers. Participated in security program development and conducted training and security workshops for IT staff.