Stewart Wright Email & Phone Number

Maine, United States

295 Gannett Drive South Portland, Me 04106

• Led a $2M office renovation project converting light industrial space to office space, and moving over 100 employees into the new space• Successfully created and implemented a strategy to merge organizations, reducing office space expense, enhancing collaboration and synergy opportunities• Oversaw the modernization of building systems at the headquarters and production facility, reducing utilities expense by 80%• Implemented enterprise-wide centralization of departments, leveraging technology and empowering managers to expand their skills and vision• Established an 18 month strategy to standardize on a core set of business software platforms across the enterprise• Reduced expense in all departments I am responsible for, while maintaining or improving each department's performance

Portland, Maine Area

• Oversaw the implementation of an enterprise-wide mesh WAN-based architecture covering all 16 office locations• Virtualized server resources and pushed workloads to mature, cloud-based solutions reducing system management processes and requirements• Successfully negotiated multiple software license agreements to lower the cost to the business while delivering more technical capabilities to the employees• Set and implemented a strategy to move the business to Office365 including Skype for Business for voice• Manage a staff across 4 different offices consisting of both union and non-union employees• Oversaw the implementation of a company-wide storage and virtualization consolidation initiative• Identified the lack of business continuity, disaster recovery, backup and ubiquitous data access as major organizational vulnerabilities• Managed the hosting platforms and server infrastructure for all publicly facing websites• Implemented a consolidated network security strategy which significantly reduced network threat exposure and provided centralized security management• Developed and implemented a BYOD mobile device policy• Provided an iPad-based sales tool platform• Worked with the sales team to analyze their overall work productivity and identified key areas of improvement• Led initiatives to evaluate and recommend new, cloud-based line of business systems, including editorial and web content management systems, as well as an advertising management system• Created Project Management Office for business management to track project status against budget forecasts• Built the first IT budget in 5 years• Built strategic partnerships with local vendors and service providers• Worked closely with the Interactive team on all web and mobile strategies

• Worked with clients to engineer technical solutions to address their business needs.o Met with potential clients to understand organizational workflows and roadblocks.o Architected technical initiatives comprising a combination of hardware, software and consultative elements for the client, providing solutions to business needs.o Built proposals outlining both the technical components as well as any labor aspects in a manner that is understandable to non-technical stakeholders. o Worked with sales team and technical staff to identify additional opportunities, refining and improving existing client’s IT environment.• Managed Portland based Networking Services team.o Oversaw consultant scheduling and staffing, ensuring the proper skillsets are assigned to efficiently resolve the client’s needs.o Interfaced with clients to ensure satisfaction of service provided by team.• Project manager for multiple projects, delivered on time and on budget.• Created and led Know Technology’s SharePoint practice.o Set direction for Know Technology’s sales, marketing and technical aspects of the business offering.o Architected SharePoint-based solutions to address clients’ business needs.• Practice lead for cloud services.o Lead engineer on cloud-based and hybrid on premise/cloud solutions.• Managed Know Technology’s Portland office.• Technical lead for clients ranging from small servers to multi-platform solutions.o Oversaw all technical decisions for client.o Advised on and established client’s long range IT strategy.o Architected all solutions to adapt to changing needs while staying in line with strategic IT vision.o Performed quarterly reviews of the state of the client’s IT platform with client stakeholders.o Worked with stakeholders to prioritize IT budget spending.• Delivered numerous presentations for a wide range of technical products at various trade shows and business events.

Responsible for the Investment Banking Division desktop platform, as a part of the IBD Systems (then later Banking Divisional Systems) team. Later moved to the broader Technology team responsible for the thin office solution.

Ba, Computer Science

Computer Science

Study abroad, Spring of 2000