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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Us

Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, Us

Built, organized, and managed a diverse team of ~45 engineering resources, spanning application engineering and QA, data engineering and data science, to develop and maintain the Arc™ farm intelligence Azure cloud-based platform providing critical crop health insights to farmers and agronomic advisors in 25 countries.• Introduced Agile methodologies to deliver constant product iterations. Collaborated with the lead data scientist of machine learning based image identification/classification capabilities to optimize the scouting process of more than 14K traps globally and deliver 7-day pest pressure forecasts to improve crop protection planning.• Collaborated with the commercial and product directors to agree on priorities to ensure we had sufficient resources to support growth and develop common OKRs for the whole team. Ensured all teams and their directors were aligned on deliverables.• Built the Azure cloud environment to support the platform. Hired DevOps resources for refining and development.• Used appropriate metrics to monitor team performance and productivity and Azure dashboards to monitor the health of the Azure system and services.• Developed an annual plan and budget to ensure capability and financial targets were met.

Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, Us

Managed the strategy and delivery of collaborative applications and devices across the enterprise. Nurtured relationships with key technology vendors, including the negotiation of Microsoft Enterprise Agreement contracts and associated budgets and global PC supply with Lenovo.• Implemented numerous innovative collaborative technologies, migrating seamlessly. Working with key stakeholders, planning and budget development.• Eliminated legacy conference call system, resulting in > $200k savings/year.• Evaluated and lead the migration of multiple on premises systems to cloud, requiring close collaboration with multiple IT teams and key stakeholders across the organization.• Fostered a culture of a mobile first mindset across the company, delivering secure and reliable solutions globally.• Developed an annual plan and budget with the CIO to ensure capability and financial targets were met.

Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, Us

Supported a variety of networks, email systems (Mail, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange, Sendmail) as FMC evolved through multiple acquisitions, divestitures, and splits. Managed the strategy and delivery of collaborative applications across the enterprise.• Relocated from the UK office to lead a variety of technical migrations.• Regularly identified innovative solutions to complex problems.• Viewed as leader within the 150+ employee global IT team.• Presented regularly at global IT conferences on a variety of topics key to the company.• Led project to migrate 50+ email servers globally (on time and on budget) to just 3 regional data centers.• Implemented collaborative solutions, enabling real time chat and screen sharing, long before these technologies became standard practice.

Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, Us