Senior Business Leader - Technology Management, Strategy, Architecture & SalesAs an innovative, business and technology driven senior leader with over 20 years of industry leading expertise, I have worked in numerous industry market segments both domestically and internationally. I have experience in architecting, implementing, managing and selling world-class business and technology products and solutions. I am a proven thought leader, technology evangelist, executor, contract negotiator, workforce developer, and global team builder. I am also skilled in relationship and trusted partnership development, delivering multi-million dollar bottom-line growth.Highlighted Skills & Achievements-Over 20 years of experience leading, developing, implementing and managing security & compliance programs, policies and procedures using industry guidelines, standards and best practices (i.e. NIST CSF, PCI, HIPPA, SOX, SOC 2) – GCI, Expedia UK, Bsquare, Sageport, VaJa Consulting-Developed, Implemented and operated a Cybersecurity program and Security Operation Center for internal security as well as external customer-facing managed services (SOC-as-a-Service) – GCI-Developed, implemented and managed IT Service Management program using ITIL framework & Agile project methodologies – GCI, Expedia UK-Responsible for IT operations and management – GCI, Expedia UK, Bsquare, Sageport, VaJa Consulting-Led a team of over 150+ staff and contractors responsible for Technical Sales, Budgeting, Customer Experience, Security, Architecture, Project Management, Service Delivery and Workforce Development, - GCI-Led international team of over 100+ staff and contractors responsible for Call Center, Data Center and Information Technology services – Expedia UK-Led architecture, design and implementation of next-generation technology solutions, strategies and virtualization platforms domestically and internationally – GCI, Expedia, VaJa Consulting, Cisco Systems-Led architecture, design and implementation of next-generation SDN/NFV Orchestration platform to sell SD-WAN and containerized virtual managed services for telecommunication, network, storage and security services - GCI-Led technology pre/post sales B2B and Channel for (SMB, Large/Commercial, Health, Edu, Gov, Service Provider) – GCI, VaJa Consulting, Cisco Systems-Opened new territory sales office in Alaska – VaJa/Dimension Systems-Owner/operator of a successful technology consulting firm – VaJa Consulting-Owner/operator of a successful restaurant and property management business – VaJa Properties