Wayne Ackley Email & Phone Number

Orlando, FL, US

As a Senior-level Engineer in the MS&T industry, I am responsible for guiding and conducting modeling, simulation, and analysis activities. My primary goal is to support business stakeholders, analysts, and warfighters in defining and analyzing system and data requirements. Through my support, I enable efficient execution of business and military mission.

• Integral member of an Integrated Project Team (IPT); provide acquisition life cycle support for simulators, simulations, and training systems on assigned projects.
• Provide engineering support for requirements analysis, development, design and test.
• Support development of acquisition documentation; supporting cost estimation; Military Characteristics Document (MCD) - Baseline Specs, SOWs, Specs, CDRLs, RFPs.
• Review technical documentation; participate in design reviews, meetings, and discussions concerning development and upgrades, and conduct in-plant and on-site testing. Provide Risk Management assessments.
• Perform oversight to ensure devices are being built in accordance with contractual documents. Perform cost-benefit analysis. Interact with contractors and customers.
• Manage technical configurations and aspects of Army365, SharePoint, and MS Teams.Accomplishments -

• Manages technical operations initiatives, data privacy, intranet and security projects.
• Provide direction and assist with migration from a local hybrid domain to Azure Active Directory & manage Cloud based Exchange with O365 and MFA technologies.(MDM for O365 and Intune.)
• Perform duties as CISSP – IT Security and Facility Security Officer for AITC Inc. Accomplishments -
• Authored and managed policies following NIST Security Frameworks - NIST 800-171 (DFARS) And NIST 800-53 (FISMA), ITIL v3.
• Developed and created infrastructure policies & procedures allowing AITC to achieve their CMMI v3.0 compliance certification and ISO 9001:2015 certification.

Prague, Prague 8, CZ

• Directed all global IT functions (Prague, Australia, US) for this $45M military and civilian simulation technology and training solutions company.
• Govern the IT team and cross-organizational initiatives including 150 developers and engineers. Migrated Linux domain to Microsoft Active Directory.
• Launched/built out data operations in Orlando, Pittsburgh, Newcastle, Australia, and Prague; managed data migration, security for AWS, and cloud infrastructure.
• Hired team; managed performance; developed and mentored talent. Accomplishments -
• Led company to Top Simulation Award and Training Companies Best Programs Award.
• Recognized with Red Ribbon for Best Programs by Military Training International magazine.

Orlando, FL, US

• Directed and operated global IT operations to develop business strategies for this $5M software company, including networks, business systems, security, business continuity, servers, platforms, virtualization.
• Managed engineering team; led transition from RPG to Java—maintaining high moral and retention.
• Concepted, designed, and executed strategy and plan to move customer services to the cloud—creating a new revenue channel for the company—increasing revenue by 16% ( $800K). Accomplishments -
• Saved $2M by migrating the internal infrastructure to the cloud in lieu of redesigning a data center.
• Guided the company to an IBM Beacon Award by leveraging technology support as a profit center.

Winter Park, Florida, US

• Managed the technical team and organized IT operations for the U.S. (Florida, New York, Colorado, California) for this $350M magazine company.
• Responsible for all aspects of IT services delivery, including budget creation and management, technical support, vendor/supplier management, project management, risk management, disaster recovery, and global LAN/WAN.
• Led transformation of IT help desk service—developed IT ticketing process and established and consistently met SLAs.
• Transitioned from on-premise servers to a data center for secure backup.
• Established corporate security standards and procedures based on NIST, ITIL, and IT best practices.Accomplishments -
• Achieved $2.5M savings by optimizing telecommunication configuration.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Information Systems

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical Engineering