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A hybrid technologist and business analyst, specializing in the development and implementation of Power Platform solutions to enhance and support legal services for the Firm’s global practices and clients. Leveraged Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI to examine and analyze current business processes, providing recommendations and delivering solutions that improve quality and increase efficiency within practice operations.• Created custom Power Apps to replace legacy systems, improving user experience and functionality.• Designed and deployed Power Automate flows to automate repetitive tasks, leading to significant time savings and error reduction.• Collaborated with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications and actionable solutions.• Provided ongoing maintenance and support for existing Power Platform applications, ensuring high availability and performance.

Advised business units in 4 offices and 600+ users on technology issues. Analyzed needs and wants of projects. Determined project scope parameters, researched technologies and vendors. Presented findings, advised of options and provided recommendations. Facilitated implementation and training. Supervised team of 2 for researching multiple projects.• Created vendor management system, enabling Production teams to locate vendors based on specialties and internal reviews, improving efficiency and enhancing productivity by decreasing search and evaluation times by 18%. • Determined process for automating archive and deletion of files, establishing file "lifecycle" to combat data creep and minimize legal liability due to unnecessary content retention, shrinking local file data stores by 73%, and providing annual saving of $31K.• Executed Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) system for creative freelancers to quickly grant access to files, while retaining internal departments current access, keeping data secure and backed up, and decreasing time to onboard freelance employees by 40%.• Developed process for 8 internal teams to send newsletters, increasing efficiency of design, and tracking content quality.• Established system for organizing 9K+ images from photographers, easily searching for content and controlling licensing rights.• Deployed system to search for Personal Identifiable Information (PII), on 6 internal file servers, preventing potential liability by identifying sensitive data.• Instituted file server encryption process, retaining data integrity and preventing unauthorized access millions of files.

Managed all aspects of Chicago (2008 - 2013) and Atlanta (2005 - 2008) Information Technology, including hardware, software, telecommunications, and audio / visual equipment.• Migrated 6 physical servers to Windows Server 2008 Virtual Servers in Hyper-V Clustered environment, reducing hardware costs, increasing uptime and availability, and better disaster recovery.• Supervised network configuration and troubleshooting for LAN and WAN networks, for 2 offices, ensuring efficient communication between sites.• Oversaw and sustained accurate inventory of hardware and auditing procedures for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance (SOX).• Organized backup and disaster recovery for 6 servers, utilizing Arcserve UDP Cloud Direct, allowing for immediate restore of data, and quick restoration of server operating systems and configuration.