Managing a large SaaS based modular platform bringing cost and quality transparency to health plan members. Our goal is to help health plans engage members, reduce costs and improve the quality of health care choices. As Director of IT and Security I manage day to day Operations working closely with third party service providers such as Rackspace and Telehouse.I have extensive experience in planning, coordinating and designing all operational activities for IT infrastructure environments. Provided technology solutions that enhance mission-critical business operations. Worked closely with senior business leaders to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support cost-effective technology solutions for all aspects of the organization. High-energy leader with solid technical foundation, a passion for excellence and attention to detail. Broad-based skill set encompasses finance (budget management); operations (re-engineering, organizational design); administration (strategic/technical planning); and communications (user/vendor relationship management). Strategy – developed the network, storage and operating environment to support business growth in a multi-site environment.Leadership – managed a staff of 125 employees, supporting a 24 X 7 operation that included Storage, Network, Compute, Virtualization, and Cloud Services. Improving operations through automation and re-engineering.Technology – SaaS Architecture and Agile Software Deployment methodologies. Products included Mongo, Solr, Ruby on Rails, Postgres, Puppet, CFengine, EMC, CISCO NEXUS, UCS, VMware, Converged Infrastructure, VNX, Isilon, Data Domain, VMAX 20K, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, DB2.DR-Business Continuity – Implemented recovery solutions using EMC’s SRDF, SRM, AVAMAR and Networker product. Experience with all aspects of data center and business recovery.Data-Security – transformed organization from compliance centric posture to security centric posture. Enforced SOX and HIPPA standards,
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