Wayne Cochran, Jr. Email & Phone Number

Lake City, Fl, Us

Lake City, Fl, Us

Orlando, Florida, Us

Roles included: Participating member of the Executive Management Committee, Risk Committee, Operations Committee, and Chairman of the IT Steering Committee. Reporting directly to the Audit Committee and participating at monthly Board of Director’s meetings. As Director of Information Technology my overall responsibility was IT strategy and all related operational oversight. Assessed IT operations and implemented significant changes in systems, operating rhythm, and contract structures to better align IT strategy with the bank’s strategic business plan. Formed an internal IT team and successfully led initiatives to ensure the proper technology infrastructure to allow for efficient business operations during planned growth. As the Information Security Officer I developed and maintained a plan to protect the confidentiality and integrity of customer information, ensured proper risk management and that accountability existed for changes to the information systems.Led IT enterprise architecture strategy that positioned the company for growth, led infrastructure improvements and upgrades that provided 50% additional network capacity and increased systems uptime by more than 20% to 99.9% availability.Developed and implemented a corporate Business Continuity Program and IT Disaster Recovery Plan to reduce overall technology outages and ensure critical business processes would continue to function at acceptable levels during a disaster.Restructured the Information Security Program to industry appropriate standards by establishing suitable Information Security policies, risk assessments, controls, system patching routines and proper IT Governance.Negotiated IT vendor contracts and best pricing to ensure cost savings, strategic relationships and suitable alignment with business goals. Built a solid IT team of talented in-house employees while strategically aligning with experienced outsourced resources for successfully executing IT projects and related support.

Managed technology implementation and maintenance of enterprise-wide mission-critical computer systems, communication systems, and office systems. Developed strategies for system migrations and upgrades and managed related IT efforts and staff. As an officer of the bank, and member of the IT Steering Committee, I researched the markets for new technology to support business goals and fostered 3rd party technology-related vendor relationships.Implemented Information Technology efforts resulting in achieving the highest available annual audit ratings, 9 consecutive years, from the primary bank regulator (OCC).Spearheaded a successful company-wide Novell to Windows Network Operation System migration including the migration of all file servers and email. These changes lowered the overall licensing costs and opened the door for other technology integrations.Directed the deployment of a VOIP solution that replaced the banks then existing, outdated PBX system. This arrangement reduced maintenance costs significantly. The new phone interaction solution eliminated many related operating costs as online mailboxes and desktop faxing capabilities replaced traditional hardware.Re-engineered support practices to ensure continued alignment with business requirements.Managed the process of software installations and system data-flow for a complete item processing/check image conversion moving from one vendor’s platform to another.Overhauled the existing process for data backup & recovery by implementing a redundant disk based backup solution which eradicated unnecessary licensing fees while providing a more reliable lower-cost solution.

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