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Columbus, Ohio, Us

Oversees the efforts of 500+ resource organization with six direct leaders, while managing a multi-million dollar operating and initiative budget. Owns technology infrastructure operations, including architecture, IT governance, network, telecom, distributed platform/mainframe/cloud, database/data warehouse management, and end-user services. Delivers complex, multi-year programs in support of major enterprise-level transformation efforts.Selected Achievements:🔹 Drove build out of Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure landing zones to advance data science and analytics environments and integration hub for API deployments, and supporting IaC CI/CD pipelines; recruited core agile cloud infrastructure delivery team and identified $3M in optimization opportunities by creating internal discipline of FinOps. 🔹 Championed a comprehensive observability program through the founding of the site reliability engineering team to eliminate application and infrastructure blind spots, enhance monitoring and alerting, and position the technical teams to proactively identify and manage incidents, inform automation opportunities, and consequently increasing service availability.🔹 Established IT VMO function and developed go-forward strategy for multi-vendor delivery framework, led RFP process, selection, and transition during critical time of year with zero issues and flawless transition to new provider.🔹 Consolidated multiple ServiceNow instances and corrected Asset and CMDB deficiencies through green-field implementation; efforts achieved improvements in discovery errors plus creation of sustainable, ongoing processes.🔹 Supported IT and Security due diligence for M&A of Blispay and Bread Payments, divestiture of Epsilon and spinoff of LoyaltyOne, including negotiation of transition service agreements and SLAs for interim services.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Coral Gables, Fl, Us

Shaped operating infrastructure for Gartner-recognized privately-held startup IT security services firm. Formalized in-house roles and addressed inefficiencies inherent to rapid growth and lack of scalability. Managed 3 business units, 90 team members, and $30M P/L. Negotiated exit strategies for underperforming engagements and/or unfavorable client outcomes. Identified performance metrics criteria and reported findings during monthly private equity leadership meetings. Isolated and corrected miscalculation of loaded labor rates contributing to lost revenue and profitability. Established captive development center in Pune, India, creating strategic differentiator to fulfill go-to-market hosted and managed services strategy, supporting global clients and providing 24/7 support.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Led the multi-year build out of enterprise information security program, encompassing back office systems and commercial product security. Mapped business and IT strategies to security risk management strategies; oversaw operational execution critical to business continuity, threat identification, and risk mitigation. Led deployment of next-gen firewall and IDS/IPS to modernize network security capabilities. Established IAM governance program, and drove implementation of MFA throughout critical processes and systems. Delivered security program metrics and education to key stakeholders including senior leadership, Board of Directors, and external regulators.🔹 Nominated for ISE Central Region Security Executive of the Year.

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Oversaw technology audits of Nationwide Insurance and its affiliated companies, including Nationwide Bank. Lead the development and execution of audit programs used to evaluate IT governance functions and IT general controls, as well as information security. Supervised audit staff and performed the review of fieldwork completed by other specialists and analysts.

New York, Ny, Us

Performed risk assessments for various Fortune 1000 companies, reviewing logical access controls, physical access controls, network security, program development and change management controls, backup and recovery controls, and application specific controls. Supported clients in implementing industry best practices relative to technology, exposure of business to loss and/or misuse of IT services, and strength of IT controls.

Greifensee, Ch

Promoted multiple times in technical roles and expanded responsibilities within the ERP platform group.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Management Information Systems (Mis); Minor: Finance

Mba, Business Administration