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Coopersburg, PA, US

Newtown Square, PA, US

Led a team of engaged, talented engineers and architects in the design, delivery, and support of business-critical IT services. Employing DevOps principles, hybrid Cloud infrastructures, and expert knowledge of platform and code, we brought our considerable resources to bear on the most intractable IT problems facing ALG today.

Bridgewater, NJ, US

Recruited to coordinate IT operations for multinational system administration/site reliability team based in Bethlehem. Focused on resolving communications issues, improving workflow, and reducing time to resolution for over 60 customer-facing applications on over 1000 application servers in various configurations.Consolidated and standardized.

Assessed emerging opportunities. Led new product development, process optimization, IT systems and technology operations. Developed product pipeline, infrastructure plan, and technology vision.Rebuilt search technology for primary product line. Completed buildout of related and supporting technologies. Substantially increased performance (availability.

Consulting services for small organizations: technology evaluation, selection, implementation, support. Workflow analysis, process optimization, cost-conscious and scalable technology application to provide the optimal business benefit for the organization's unique needs.Strong advocate of FOSS and hybrid cloud for various backoffice or infrastructural.

Windsor, Berkshire, GB

Responsible for IT over 3 sites. Part of international IT team. Coordinated projects in conjunction with other entities within Morgan. Migrated legacy systems. Participated in ISO 9001-2000 certification process. Led numerous systems projects including data center, network and workstation refresh, phone system deployment, automation of Windows updates.

Managed all aspects of IT -- systems, custom development, applications, security, and the like. Worked closely with President and VP Strategy to optimize IT deployments for cost-effective, lightning-fast response to rapidly-changing business conditions.

Technology lead for successful "dot-com" company, the first of its kind to incorporate user-provided images into an avatar for previewing various articles of clothing or accessories before purchase over the Web.Acquired from parent company for > $1M after only 14 months' development. Patent received for the previewing system.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

Responsible for 3 sites and 400 hosts, annual budget around $1M. Organized and executed rapid multi-site deployments of hardware, software, and services. Managed voice, data, and security systems with light staff under challenging resource constraints.

Design and development of CRM software. Project management and development team lead responsibilities. Remote workflow software programming. Business process/technology alignment. Several successful projects completed for large clients in the pharma sector.