Wesley Simpson Email & Phone Number

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Supports a global team of Technical Program Managers responsible for the growth and scaling of Meta enterprise infrastructure and Security. Manages and balances a portfolio of Data Center, AI and Network/Edge specific initiatives, projects, products, and programs that span across the enterprise to increase space, power and capacity.

New York, New York, Us

Alexandria, Virginia, Us

Leadership + business developmentProvided executive leadership and global operational oversight for strategic plan implementation in collaboration with CEO, Board of Directors, and business partners to support cybersecurity programs and services throughout 170 countries. Prepared and managed global annual operational budgets and forecasts. Represented the company with clients and business partners worldwide. Developed and implemented business templates for global regional offices to ensure commonality in functions based on best practices; evaluate against the template for maximum operational effectiveness. Oversaw the accreditation, certification, training, assessment, GRC, standards, and compliance.Staff + talent developmentCreated an "Employee First" culture. Support staff’s career development opportunities to assure maximum productivity, competency, and work-life balance. Work closely with executive management to develop effective hiring, training, and compensation plans to retain quality talent; lead and mentor staff, engaging and empowering them successfully serve members and customers. Stood up multiple teams and offices from ground zero.✓ Developed cybersecurity policy, privacy standards, processes, and procedures to assess, monitor, report, and remediate cybersecurity and control risk, governance, and compliance.✓ Architected the effort to replace all legacy systems worldwide and designed a "Digital First" eco-system to optimize company operations, enhance interactions, and increase revenue opportunities by opening new markets. ✓ Moved products, services, training, education, and certification architecture from an in-person physical-based environment to an online delivery platform that allowed members and clients to consume our content anytime, anywhere on any device in a variety of delivery methods.

New York, Ny, Us

Partnered with C-suite executives to devise and implement a worldwide strategy for Enterprise IT Media Data Services, with emphasis on creating added value / ROI. Managed annual $300M budget with full P/L responsibilities. Attracted, mentored, and retained customer-centric talent to effectively implement the organization’s mission and meet client needs. Managed purchasing, contracts, and negotiations.Key Achievements✓ Provided Global IT Services and Product Consulting✓ Built new ERP/DAM/CMS/CRM and PMO COE team from the ground up with a clear budget and financial focus for growth around digital workflows and asset monetization mapped to ✓ Led development of global enterprise asset management system and data centers with $10B+ of assets.✓ Decreased time to market by 15% by quick penetration of effective creation and implementation of new Global Asset Management & Project Management Office.✓ Enhanced client partnerships and created a culture that fosters the delivery of insights to clients.Oversee architectural designs of application platforms and infrastructures.✓ Built and implemented secure, resilient, and scalable infrastructures, data centers, and application platforms.✓ Oversaw architectural design for ISC clustering strategies for fault-tolerant application platforms.✓ Developed, implemented, and maintained DR and BCP strategies.✓ Expert in selecting and implementing global enterprise business and IT applications to meet clients' needs.✓ Integrated end-to-end cloud, SaaS, and on-premise applications.✓ Oversaw IT service management, tier III & IV technical support, and incident management.✓ Authored policies, procedures, and controls for ITSM and regulatory compliance and industry standards.✓ Established infrastructure and application performance metrics, OKR, Benchmarks and KPIs.✓ Developed continuous integration (CI/CD) deployment strategies.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Specialty areas: Quality Assurance | eCommerce | Enterprise Application Integration | Configuration Management | Software Development | Saas | Cloud | Mobile Technology | ERP, CRMOversaw large, complex e-business software projects and applications within delta.com, B2B & B2C. Established and maintained operations and strategic plans for systems implementation, consistent with defined objectives and strategic direction for client and the applications development department. Ensured on-going supportability and scalability of systems. Set up, maintained, and controlled SCM libraries and tool versioning. Monitored releases, builds, and specifications in addition to maintaining configuration management processes and procedures. Hired, developed, and retained employees to leverage individual strengths and interests while simultaneously increasing organizational capability. Collaborated with Product Development to define requirements and product specifications. Partnered with Development to define the road map for products, addressing business and technical superiority in the market. Provided constructive input on marketing plans for product and corporate marketing. Assisted sales and sales support in RFP responses and proposal preparation.Key Achievements✓ Created an enterprise PMO COE to manage and track global initiatives.✓ Developed and implemented SCM Model, Software Promotion Process, Change Board Procedures, SQA, and Defect tracking process; processes adopted enterprise-wide.✓ Automated CM tool administration, promotion, and distribution including building, installing, testing, and planning for upgrades.✓ Increased department efficiency and effectiveness by developing and improving tools, systems, processes, and procedures.✓ Developed build vs. buy analysis to fill identified gaps in the product lines.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

• Led the development of the Online Banking application and ATMs.• Evaluated and established regulatory strategies to support market authorization throughout the software/solution lifecycle.• Assured compliance with regulations applicable to the business.• Managed relationships with regulatory and standards-setting bodies.• Ensured appropriate quality requirements, measurements, and metrics are developed to assure product and process quality within the quality system.• Responsible for input into the business strategy and success.• Partnered with all functional areas to assure the quality of software products and services.• Managed and administered the quality management system for our software product.• Prepared the organization for external compliance audits, with appropriate training, mindset, roles, and internal audits.• Developed and managed the company's QA budget.• Ensured that we met related social responsibility requirements expected by customers, key suppliers, and the Corporation.• Drove performance and continuous improvement.• Owned, managed, and led the end-to-end planning and execution of QA and software development process.• Managed QA efforts of products and applications.• Oversaw IT service management, tier III &IV technical support, and incident management.• Authored policies, procedures, and controls for ITSM and regulatory compliance.• Established infrastructure and application performance metrics.• Developed continuous integration and deployment strategies.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

• Managed VANs (value-added networks) for IBM business partners to order IBM products via EDI.• Managed short-and-long-term technology strategy. Day-to-day operations including equipment integration, maintenance for the core infrastructure, studios, control rooms, facility, post-production, and transmission for all programming.• Managed GRC compliance of critical security policies and procedures, including Identity Management, Password Security, Vulnerability Protection, Virus Protection, Untrusted Network, and IT Incident Reporting policies.• Managed Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, and Emergency Contingency plans.• Maintained financial responsibility for the Engineering and Production Departments including expense budgeting, approvals, and reviews.• Monitored and creatively scrutinized the daily technical quality of products and services delivered.• Managed vendor contracts including technology, building maintenance, and security.• Strong customer service skills and unfailing professionalism. Demonstrated impeccable written and verbal communication and presentation skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.• Demonstrated strong leadership with a focus on team management.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Doctor Of Education - Edd, Organizational Leadership

Master Of Science - Ms, Philanthropy And Non-Profit Management (Mspnp)

Master’S Certification, Information Technology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accounting And Finance

Associate Of Science - As, Business Administration, Management And Operations