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Greater St. Louis Area

- Managed a team of engineers working the product life cycle of 40,000 mobile devices (tablets, handhelds, etc) across 7 countries utilizing the SOTI MobiControl platform. - Managed a team of architects that was responsible for all Digital Workplace technologies (Windows, MacOS, Android, virtual environments and the Microsoft suite of productivity and collaboration products).- Managed a team of Endpoint security engineers responsible to managing security tools such as Palo Alto XDR and… Show more - Managed a team of engineers working the product life cycle of 40,000 mobile devices (tablets, handhelds, etc) across 7 countries utilizing the SOTI MobiControl platform. - Managed a team of architects that was responsible for all Digital Workplace technologies (Windows, MacOS, Android, virtual environments and the Microsoft suite of productivity and collaboration products).- Managed a team of Endpoint security engineers responsible to managing security tools such as Palo Alto XDR and CyberArk EPM solutions.- Managed the Endpoint engineering team which consisted of laptops, desktops, virtual infrastructure including thin clients using management tools such as SCCM, Intune and WMS.- Total solution management from working with Product and Research and Development teams to integrations of the solution into production processes and 3rd party integrators for steady-state process management. Show less

Manage a Solution Infrastructure Project Management team of 10 project management professionals leading Infrastructure driven projects for the Enterprise IT organization.- Led the company’s Mobility Tablet Program that deployed tablet solutions to the top 150 airport locations and Home City markets across North America and Europe. Orchestrated a team of project managers gather requirements, determining package solutions, selecting logistic vendors, implementing security and usage policies… Show more Manage a Solution Infrastructure Project Management team of 10 project management professionals leading Infrastructure driven projects for the Enterprise IT organization.- Led the company’s Mobility Tablet Program that deployed tablet solutions to the top 150 airport locations and Home City markets across North America and Europe. Orchestrated a team of project managers gather requirements, determining package solutions, selecting logistic vendors, implementing security and usage policies and operationalizing the product into a requestable service. Adoption rate of 95%+ was obtained within the first two weeks of deployment.- Designed and implemented the consolidation of services within US data centers. Program required the architecture redesigns of primary applications to provide geographic redundancy. The consolidation and elimination of data centers allowed for 10,000 sq. feet of corporate real estate to be reallocated to the business. Multiple projects required extensive collaboration across technology areas AIX Power 7 (Unix, AS400), Windows, VMWare, network (Cisco, F5), EMC storage, security, cloud solutions, etc. - Created the company’s first IT Engineering Development Program designed to provide a well rounded pool of IT talent to fill entry level positions throughout the organization. Worked with recruiting, HR, and Infrastructure management teams to develop an 18-month training program filled with exposure to various technology areas while emphasizing the company’s focus on customer service.- Designed a new data center environment within a 3rd party facility as part of a major company acquisition. Implemented network, Unix, storage, security, alerting and performance monitoring solutions based on company approved architectures. Negotiated contracts, SLAs and established operational processes, policies and procedures outlining responsibilities between each party. Show less

- Led the design and architecture of company’s Internet Space in a new construction data center along with the redesign of geographically diverse application designs. Project resulted in the reduced dependency and cost savings of 3rd party disaster recovery centers for various applications.Implemented the data center build out of the company’s European data centers. Negotiated contracts pertaining to facilities and 3rd party statements of work. Established an Internet Space presence in… Show more - Led the design and architecture of company’s Internet Space in a new construction data center along with the redesign of geographically diverse application designs. Project resulted in the reduced dependency and cost savings of 3rd party disaster recovery centers for various applications.Implemented the data center build out of the company’s European data centers. Negotiated contracts pertaining to facilities and 3rd party statements of work. Established an Internet Space presence in our European data centers and terminal services resulting in improved user experience for our European business team.- Responsible for coordinating the network team’s PCI compliance responsibilities. Implemented Two-Factor authentication throughout the environment, ACL audit tracking and processes and ongoing audits of systems and practices to gain PCI compliancy.- Led the company’s redesign of the company’s European wide area network. Constructed and delivered the RFP to 5 major Pan-European vendors working to deliver and implement a new network design that reduced costs by $8 million dollars. Show less

- Led a team of 8 engineers for a $65 million dollar customer contract. Responsible for designing a nation wide dual OC192 WAN and MAN network per customer requirements. Network design consisted of equipment requirements in 18 cities, totaling $29 million dollars in capital. Represented the company’s engineering team in contract negotiations with the customer determining data network design, route diversity, network/equipment standards, delivery timeframes, SLAs and operational procedures.… Show more - Led a team of 8 engineers for a $65 million dollar customer contract. Responsible for designing a nation wide dual OC192 WAN and MAN network per customer requirements. Network design consisted of equipment requirements in 18 cities, totaling $29 million dollars in capital. Represented the company’s engineering team in contract negotiations with the customer determining data network design, route diversity, network/equipment standards, delivery timeframes, SLAs and operational procedures. Extensive coordination with sales, provisioning, network planning, engineering and field installation teams. Provided executive summary on project status with customer and management. The project resulted in the installation and test of 38 OC192’s in 60 days which was an industry record. The project was completed in 7 months and was completed 10% under budget.- Responsible for ICB (Individual Case Basis) engineering team. Developed multiple optical network solutions for customer contracts that required an out of scope product or added feature. The feasibility and cost analysis of providing the service/product was evaluated for each proposal. Worked closely with Finance and interoperability lab in determining rate of return and pricing for the service/product. Show less

Mba, Finance

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Pre-Engineering