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Lakewood, Co, Us

Responsible for leadership and management of the company’s entire Information Technology responsibilities including, software and networking platforms, coordination of third party and off-site systems, and all cybersecurity responsibilities. Additional responsibilities include infrastructure, application services, data warehouse and BI, new store hardware builds, Help Desk, and IS personnel management and development. Responsible for evaluating, developing, communicating, implementing, and maintaining appropriate information systems along with developing an information systems vision and road map for effective and efficient outsourcing for a rapidly growing organization. Key member of the leadership team bringing information systems and business process expertise more deeply into strategic planning discussions and activities.•Perform risk assessments to identify areas to focus IT budget most effectively•Build company’s cybersecurity initiatives from the ground up•Implement IT standards and operating procedures to align with industry best practices•Lead and develop compliance related to IT controls, security, disaster recovery / business continuity•Participate in business planning with senior company management, bringing a current knowledge and future vision of technology•Lead strategic technological planning to achieve business goals by prioritizing technology initiatives and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future technologies•Drive continuous improvement by seeking and evaluating new and emerging technology ideas, changes, and trends on an ongoing basis •Generate annual and long-term IT budget for operating and capital expenses•Develop procedures and processes to comply with laws, regulations, standards as well as company policies, including regulatory findings, audit, SOX and PCI compliance, and self-identified issues•Develop, coach and mentor a high-performing management team with diverse and complementary skills

Lakewood, Co, Us

Responsible for strategy, architecture, budgeting, planning, technical delivery and support of IT Infrastructure solutions and overseeing vendor relationships. Oversee a team managing Network, Telecom, Help Desk, Hardware, Development, Cloud and End-user technologies. Part of the senior technology leadership team creating a high-performing environment within the company to meet collective business and strategic goals. •Directly building, managing, and leading a team focused on delivering world-class infrastructure services in support of the global enterprise.•Defining strategies for and delivering, infrastructure platforms that maximize resources and provide flawless support of business systems.•Leading infrastructure teams to identify, evaluate, and implement emerging platform technologies that improve service levels and drive efficiency into our service platforms.•Collaborating with business system and enterprise architects to establish enterprise standards and to drive our application portfolios toward a simpler, more streamlined set of platforms.•Defining and executing resourcing strategies that appropriately balance Natural Grocer’s staff, professional services and managed services to deliver cost-effective support for both strategic and legacy technology services.•Leading security architecture.•Establishing, maintaining, socializing, measuring and auditing a global information risk, security and business continuity strategy.•Leading cross functional teams through auditing and compliance activities including Sarbanes Oxley (SOx) and Payment Card Industry (PCI).•Establishing and managing the capability to prevent, detect, contain, mitigate and recover from information incidents to minimize business impact. Analyze and provide assessments of IT Security Incidents & trends and their impact on business to senior management.•Overseeing Information Security communications with internal and external resources.

Coached the Girl's and Boy's soccer programs.Assisted with fundraising.

Louisville, Co, Us

Gaiam, Inc. provides a range of yoga, fitness, and well-being products worldwide. It operates in two segments, Gaiam Brand and Gaiam TV. Manage the Information Technology department for the company and a staff of 13 employees. Oversaw the ERP systems for the B2B and B2C divisions of the company. Responsible for the Business Intelligence team and the Integrations and Development teams. Managed budgeting, compliance and audit responsibilities for all technology. Oversaw all Help Desk and support for application and network for entire company. • Implemented PCI processes and reached full compliance as Level 2 merchant on schedule and under budget.• Developed and administered enterprise security program issuing recommendations to executive team on cost-effective options and protection for corporate data and IT assets.• Responsible for internal scheduling and auditing for PCI as the ISA (PCIP) and SOx on the technology side.• Executed cloud migration strategy for the company to reduce on-premises hardware and licensing requirements.• Updated/rewrote technology policies for the company.• Responsible for overall network security and infrastructure for entire company in 5 locations.• Managed the Data warehouse and Business Intelligence reporting teams.• Responsible for creating and maintaining budget for department up to $2.5M.• Installed and configured Sharepoint site allowing collaboration between teams within the company.• Achieved data center contract re-negotiations and data center move saving $200k.• Spearheaded installation of new hosted VoIP phone system and replaced outdated analog PBX at all company locations saving $60k annually.• Managed several acquisitions, divestitures and office openings and closings.

A business management consultancy. They specialize in financial management applications and business management solutions. They are a Value Added Reseller for Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains, Small Business Financials and SYSPRO accounting software. They also are a reseller of Microsoft CRM and Adapt CRM.Managed consulting division of company. Oversaw the complete implementation of projects for customers, including network setup, application custom development and application installation and configuration. Responsible for budgeting within my department. Supervised consultants and independent contractors. Project manager during implementations. Managed existing customer relationships. Managed Great Plains, Small Business Financials, SYSPRO accounting software, business intelligence, and database administration consulting practices. Project manager and technical implementer on multiple software deployments.• Design and implementation of data integrations with multiple external applications.• Coordination, testing, and implementation of system deployments and upgrades.• SQL Server database administration, design, and implementation.• Designed and deployed accounting and financial reporting solutions for clients in a variety of industries on projects up to $1,000,000 and several months in scope.• Served as a primary contact for multiple clients for technical support and project management. Provided support for issues including database administration, software and hardware installation and configuration, report design, data integration from multiple systems, and general troubleshooting.

Business consultancy. Offered networking solutions, custom development and business management solutions consulting. Acquired by another consulting company in 2002. Responsible for providing technical expertise in identifying, evaluating and implementing software systems and procedures to help solve complex business issues.• Perform support and technical assistance on numerous software and database management issues.• Database administration including maintenance procedures, replication, Data Warehousing and reporting.• Provide custom enterprise reporting solutions utilizing applications such as Analysis Services and Crystal Info.• Support and instruct clients to an acceptable level of proficiency.• Meet with clients and implement customized solutions to meet the needs of their internal business process.• Install Microsoft Great Plains products and integrate legacy accounting systems data into MSGP databases.

Division of Visa. They process and manage merchant credit card transactions and assist merchants with credit card processing needs.Manage all HRIS processes. Operate payroll department utilizing ADP payroll software for approximately 500 employees operating in seven states. Reported directly to the Vice President of Human Resources.• Responsible for payroll and HR system administration.• Project Manager for all system upgrades and training.• Project Manager for successful implementation of $15,000 Kronos timekeeping system.• Responsible for all Information Systems duties in the Human Resources department.• Responsible for balancing cost centers and reporting variances.• Automated reconciling A/P statements.

Billings, Mt, Us

Banking institution. Acquired by Wells Fargo Bank in 1996.Processed all payroll tax filings and g/l account reconciliation for four companies with approximately 12,000 employees operating in 14 states. Filed all quarterly tax forms including 941, 940 and all state forms. Supervised a staff of 8 payroll processors processing payroll for 20 companies with 35,000+ employees operating in 14 states. Responsible for employee work allocation and performance evaluations• Developed and maintained a tax database program to track tax deposit status for 20 companies.• Supervised payroll acquisition and reconciled reporting of 4 acquired companies.• Wrote a tax management database to automate deposit tracking and averted a $20,000 expense.• Wrote department procedures for payroll department processors.• Responsible for tracking status of projects being completed by all staff and reporting to manager.• Developed and implemented processing validations procedures and reduced errors by 90%.

Master Of Science - Ms, Cybersecurity And Information Assurance

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cybersecurity And Information Assurance

Computer Science / Minor Business Administration

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