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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

St Paul, Minnesota, Us

As the head of IT Infrastructure and security, responsible for staff that ensure that all infrastructure for SCES is available, reliable, secure, and high performing. Responsibilities include oversight of the hardware infrastructure, network infrastructure, provisioning and maintenance practices, security practices, disaster recovery planning and execution, as well as general oversight of daily operations and infrastructure integration of current and future acquisitions.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Consulting/Contracting on engagements regarding Network/Telecommunications design, implementation, optimization and modernization. Some examples of tasks include:• Identify opportunities to optimize network,• Determine ROI on network changes.• Identifying Requirements for solution.• Provide Overall Project Management • Identify and establish Best Practices for on-going management of network procurement and Telecom Expense Management (TEM) for subsequent operation post engagement..• Coordinating Carrier consolidation and contract negotiation.• Coordinate/Perform staff training.Example Engagements;March 2021 - Present - Working with HTA to assist end-client with TEM related work regarding establishment of Circuit Inventory and Best Practice.Sept-Nov 2020 - Short term engagement with small "financial institution" regarding Requirements gathering and RFP for TEM solution.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Led team of direct and in-direct reports tasked with supporting network, telecom, and collaborative tools / applications (UCC) for world‐wide workforce in $1.4B money transfer corporation. Developed plans and gained support for critical equipment purchases to build reliable and highly functional enterprise infrastructure with $1.5M annual capital budget. Controlled expenses of $12M+, including annual reduction efforts.• Delivered $3M transformative, network segmentation effort, achieving and maintaining PCI compliance.• Reduced corporate-wide telecom expenses 40% or $6.5M, by accomplishing effective negotiation, vendor consolidation, new technology and implementing global telecom strategy. • Spent 8 weeks in Warsaw Poland and oversaw establishment of company’s offshore business center, ensuring successful implementation of $3M+ of technology.• Executed capital project plans that remediated years of technical debt, migrating to modern infrastructure supporting converged environment.• Supervised implementation of Network foundational elements in AWS and GCP Clouds, enabling application migration.

New York, Ny, Us

Lawson was acquired by Infor Global Solutions in July 2011, resulting in significant staff reductions.Provided proactive and progressive leadership for global technology applications in $2B software corporation. Guided direct and in-direct matrixed staff that supported network, security, telecom, email, collaborative tools, end user technology and service desk for world‐wide workforce. Managed $8.1M for operations and initiated / controlled $2M critical capital equipment expenses.• Spearheaded major migration from Lotus to Outlook that enhanced communication tools, by project managing $1.8M initiative from inception to completion, integrating new tools and processes without business interruption, while boosting employee satisfaction.• Guided total transformation of WAN infrastructure, augmenting business functionality while reducing costs by $250K annually.• Oversaw build-out of offshore datacenter in Philippines, implementing $5M+ in equipment.• Led IT integration efforts during mergers and acquisitions; standardized processes, systems and functions, creating cohesion and continuity, driving efficiencies and achieving 20% reduction in integration timeline with greater employee satisfaction.

New York, Ny, Us

Developed a business-unit IT department to drive efficiencies within the support organization. Eliminated antiquated systems, tools, procedures and applications to enable support organization poised to exceed customer expectations in global environment. Managed $1M budget and 9 staff.

New York, Ny, Us

Managed $1.8M annual operations, provided long-term planning and implementation of technical product and service initiatives, designed to improve external support functions with staff of 25+.