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Brookfield, Wi, Us

Responsible for all technology management, support, and procurement for six distribution and fabrication locations and over 150 employees. - Managing a team consisting of an ERP manager, desktop/server support analyst, ERP analyst and ecommerce specialist - Hands-on design, implementation and administration experience with Microsoft 365, Entra, Defender, Intune, Multifactor Authentication (MFA) and Single Sign-on (SSO), Windows and Windows Server, SQL Server, Veeam Backup and Recovery and Cloud Connect, 3CX, VMWare ESXi, hp and Ubiquiti switches, VeloCloud SD-WAN, Zscaler and FortiGate firewalls - Responsible for administration of a cloud hosted Epicor Prophet 21 ERP system and integrated web store - Led the evaluation and prototyping the Grow.com business intelligence platform and developed the initial executive dashboards and metrics - Member of the executive leadership team reporting on technology activities and ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives - Managed the technology integration of three business acquisitions - Managed numerous technology implementation projects - Led the PCI Compliance team- Championed the use of SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams for increased communications between locations and the remote sales team - Working with the executive team, designed the technology side of the company’s response to COVID-19. Identified that the then-current technical infrastructure would not support the increased number of work-from-home employees and led the necessary technical upgrades.

Glendale, Wisconsin, Us

Responsible for all technology management, support, and procurement for three manufacturing plants, two international offices and 600 employees. - Managed a team consisting of an ERP technical/functional analyst, business analyst/project manager, support services lead, server administrator, junior developer and two support analysts Hands-on design, implementation and administration experience with Microsoft 365, Google Apps, Epicor ERP, Exchange, Windows Server and terminal services, Active Directory, SQL Server, Veritas Backup Exec, Veeam Backup and Recovery, SharePoint, Jira, Confluence, FileMaker Server, Fourth Shift ERP, VMWare ESXi/Hyper-V servers, Riverbed SteelConnect SD-WAN, hp Procure switches and Cisco firewalls. Initiated evaluation of Microsoft Azure and a new cloud/on-premise hybrid technical architecture. - Served as project manager for software selection partner search, ERP software selection project, implementation of Epicor ERP 9 and upgrade to Epicor ERP 10 projects - For both Epicor ERP implementation projects, led the design and implementation of all server hardware and software, co-location implementation along with developing numerous Epicor GUI and reporting customizations including converting all reports to SSRS from Crystal Reports - Migrated from Exchange to Google Apps for Business. Several years later, managed the migration to Microsoft Office 365 US Government to meet regulatory requirements. - Lead IT representative on the ITAR/NIST 800 compliance team- Championed the use of SharePoint for project management and documentation Led the evaluation of Microsoft Power BI and served as project manager for the implementation - Member of the executive Leadership Vision Team (LVT) reporting on technology activities and ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives - Led the Epicor Steering Team setting ERP priorities including acting as a business consultant for a company division to identify business process improvements

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Us

Responsible for all technology management, support, and procurement for eight offices and 150 employees. - Hands-on administration experience with Exchange Online, Citrix MetaFrame, Exchange, Windows Server, Active Directory, SQL Server, Microsoft Dynamics, Symantec Backup Exec, Microsoft SharePoint Services, and BlackBerry Enterprise Server - Resolved an average of 175 Help Desk calls per month - Led the migration to Exchange Online from onpremise Exchange - Developed SQL Server Reporting Services reports and a report warehouse to meet financial reporting requirements - Performed all updates and enhancements to firm website - Internalized Help Desk support responsibilities from an external service provider - Successfully migrated the internal recruiting activities from the externally hosted pcrecruiter.com to Microsoft Dynamics Applicant cards - Designed and delivered a new Intranet site and an engagement management and documentation site utilizing Microsoft SharePoint Services - Planned and executed the migration from firm-owned BlackBerry smartphones to employee-owned Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync phones and associated policies and procedures

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Responsible for all aspects of technology, information security, and regulatory compliance of a federally chartered bank. - Responsible for a staff of two employees, and a varying number of contractors - Chair the monthly Information Systems Steering Committee meeting attended by senior management delivering monthly project status, application availability reports, and security vulnerability reports to the board of directors - Inherited and successfully completed a project transitioning six offices and 100 employees to a new company purchasing the wholesale lending division of the bank - Responsible for managing the annual external IS process and controls audit - Designed and executed a series of cost savings measures after the sale of the wholesale lending division including contract renegotiations and server consolidations

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Responsible for the overall technical infrastructure including telecommunications, system services, technology procurement, and technical support of 11 branch offices, 200 employees, and 60 servers. - Responsible for a staff of two employees, an intern, and a varying number of contractors. - Within 60 days of hire, evaluated, designed and delivered the following technologies in support of a business acquisition doubling the size of the business and overhauling the existing technical infrastructure: clustered Microsoft Server, Active Directory, Citrix Metaframe XP, site-to-site VPNs, VMWare GSX, IBM storage area network (SAN), IBM tape library and Tivoli Storage Manager, clustered Novell GroupWise email and IBM Director in a new co-location site - Provided guidance and recommendations on development standards and architecture design to the application development group - Designed, staffed, and managed a new internal Help Desk along with all processes and procedures - Migrated all gateway email services from a collection of unsupported, outdated, and partially externally hosted email systems to an Apple Xserve running Mac OS X Server meeting regulatory requirements. Also utilized the server as a secure file transfer mechanism for sharing encrypted data with business partners via sftp. - Designed and executed the migration of 60+ live web sites from an external hosting provider to new servers at the co-location site. Designed and executed moving the web sites to a fully managed services location providing hardware, software, and Internet services necessary to meet a contractual 99.9% uptime SLA with a business partner.

Menomonee Falls, Wi, Us

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Responsible for all technology management, support, and procurement for 40 field offices, 1500 employees with laptops, and 90 servers. - Responsible for a $2.5M annual budget, a staff of thirteen employees, and a varying number of contractors - Designed and implemented the firm’s new Information Technology department, data center, and all associated processes and procedures - Recognized by executive management for providing creative solutions with minimal investments and for providing up to the minute business performance measures allowing for immediate financial decisions - Evaluated and delivered the technical infrastructures for the implementation of PeopleSoft ERP - Designed and managed the implementation of the international wide and local area networks including a redesign using new lower cost technologies - Designed, staffed, and managed the new internal Help Desk and PC Lab - Evaluated and migrated the firm from Lotus Notes to Exchange 2000 including active/active clustered servers and a storage area network - Managed the design, build, and relocation of the corporate data center

Chicago, Il, Us

Member of the development center team responsible for selecting and supporting the overall development and execution architecture for custom developed business applications.- Responsible for designing, developing, and supporting the technical infrastructure used by the development teams. This included standard business objects, development tools, coding standards, and GUI design standards.- Acting as an intermediary, hosted weekly developer, architecture, and operations team meetings to review and plan for new business function requirements and the impact on the overall technical architecture.- Managed the project team that implemented the company’s first client-server applications.- Early responsibilities included developing and supporting COBOL, Visual Basic, HTML, and ASP applications in mainframe, client-server, and web environments.

Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Us

Member of the client-server architecture team responsible for supporting the developers and developing/enforcing coding and GUI standards.- Conducted regular code and GUI design reviews to ensure that consistent applications were delivered to the end users and that these applications were technically supportable.- Designed, coded, and supported common business and technical objects for use by the development teams.- Evaluated and delivered code editing tools for the UNIX programmers that significantly improved productivity.

Chicago, Il, Us

Dublin 2, Ie

- Managed the small project portfolio and the development team delivering these solutions.- Acted as lead programmer supporting the less experienced programmers.- Selected as the only programmer from a team of ten to execute the conversion to a new multi-million dollar employee information system.- Early responsibilities included design, development, testing, and supporting COBOL applications.