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Jacksonville Beach, Fl, Us

Jacksonville, Florida, Us

MMI Inc are innovators of the Symani Robotic Surgical System with the world's smallest wristed medical microinstruments for open surgery.

Jacksonville, Florida, Us

Las Vegas , Nevada , Us

Solutions-orientated Vice President IT progressive experience developing, implementing and supporting complex infrastructures and technical strategy solutions in start-ups EdTech industry. Trusted Advisor Servant Leader with Development, Cybersecurity & FAIR Risk ontology methodology management experience with vendors and client relations. • Set strategic direction for Education software startup 4 Major Application with 100+ integrations built from the ground up to comply with changing regulations. Reviewed and approved Figma for UI/UX design for product and GDPR, CCPA, TISAX compliant.• Trusted advisor created Cybersecurity Roadmap with DRBCP, BIA, company first Cybersecurity Liability Ins, Incident Response, SSDLC, EDR, IAM, SIEM, Risk Mitigation via FAIR ontology risk model and ALE and Monte Carlo model risk analysis.• Implemented and procured company first Cyber Liability Policy via Beazley for $5M for two companies.• Managed team + KPI of 23 with 3 direct managers 4 offshore indirect in IT Infrastructure & Networks, Cybersecurity, IT Operations, Product Owners, IT Support, Developers, Architects, QA, DBA, BA, DevSecOps, PM. • Managed financial P&L objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget, CAPEX & OPEX • Vendor Management RFP, Contracts Negotiation, Selection and communication with vendors to get best pricing.Google Suite, Figma, AWS Cloud Patform, API, PHP, ReactJs, AWS, MongoDB, DevSecOps, Codenarc, Serverless, Lambda, RESTful, JSON, Swaggers, VeraCode, ReadyAPI, HTML5, Python, Selenium, Sonar Qube, oAuth, YAML, SAML, A&B Test, MySQL, SDLC, BDD, TDD, GIT Hub, Vue.js, Laravel Framework, Proxy, PostgreSQL Tomcat, Docker, Cloudwatch, Kubernetes, S3, Microservices, ITSM, SAFe Agile, Cucumber, Firewalls, Cybersecurity, Elasticsearch, Gherkin, Kinesis, SOC, Hyperconverged Infrastructure, SqlSpy, GDPR, SOC1, SOC2, PCIDSS, HITRUST, ISO 27001, NodeJs, XML, Kibana, New Relic, Netskope Zero Trust, Domain Driven Design, SOAP.

Jacksonville, Florida, Us

Tallahassee, Fl, Us

Digital Transformation:• Responsible for company 23 critical systems and 62 applications throughout the enterprise.• Supported over 42,486 policy holders, 16,885 agents, 4,083 adjusters and 70,000+ users across the company.• Managed company’s Java Guidewire v9 platform running with high availability, speed, and new features.• Managed team of 55 staff with 4 direct managers 51 indirect developers, architects, dev ops, and engineers, support CD/CI staff.• Partnered up with executive leaders throughout the company to drive vision, roadmap & influencing digital change.• Developed key relationships and influences through defined tools, standards, principles and governance, to ensure the delivery of a world-class consumer facing Guidewire v9 Policy & Billing Centers and 23 critical applications.• Managed DevOps, Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Jenkins tools and practices.• Provided hands-on leadership and support of mission critical systems during hurricane peak season.• Collaborated with the SDLC Governance & Architecture team to approve new technology systems into our portfolio.

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

Provided leadership for IT strategic planning, implementation, and support as an integral component of business plan for Black Knight FS MSP loan mortgages and LoanSphere financial mortgage servicing. Engineered a turnaround of IT department's performance and service levels. Transformed IT into a strategic business partner. Managed and delivered multiple MVP large scale projects on time and within budget. Responsible for budgeting, design and agile support technologies.Digital Transformation:• Provided thought leadership, expert advice and counsel for Agile Scrum Development and Enterprise Architecture.• Developed key relationships and influences through defined tools, standards, principles and governance, to ensure the delivery of a world-class consumer facing web & iOS/Android mobile applications.• Managed agile team of 12+ in the US and Offshore.• Managed and set enterprise DevOps architecture standards for the building of end-to-end solutions of Black Knight’s API platform with APIGee, TDD, Swaggers and continuous improvements and automations to enhance the durability, performance and maintainability of the platform. Used VeraCode for secure compliant software delivery.• Orchestrated DevOps, Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Jenkins tools and practices.• Designed and implements company-wide policies for configuration, change, build, and release management.• Led a team of DevOps Architects, PM, PO, QA, BA, Developers and Engineers, ensuring on-time delivery.• Direct engagement with senior managements, business relationship managers and suppliers to understand the context of business and IT ambitions as it pertains to applications, DevOps tools, standards and guidelines.

Daytona Beach, Fl, Us

As the Head of Technology for a professional sports entertainment organization turned IT department around by improving productivity and reduced costs through optimized use of technology. Administered all IT Operations for 5 global sites and with 30+ total direct/indirect reports. Oversaw all IT functions including mobile Application Development, AI, Business Analytics, UI Design, UX Experience, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Product Management, Vendor Relationships, Data Center, R&D and disaster recovery planning. Directed activities for Machine Learning design, mentored staff locally and near shore. Utilized best IT & Governance practices and collaborated with managers to analyze and document processes & workflows. Authored plan for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity mitigate company risk. Developed company-wide Cybersecurity plan and software development process; consolidated/upgraded servers to COLO and AWS Big data cloud environments and established consistent hardware/software standards throughout the company.Achievements:• Collaborated with Executive team to drive company technical vision, strategic technology direction and roadmap.• Developed roadmap plan, strategy and product budget overview of capital and P&L expenses for the organization.• Established SCRUM and Agile methodologies and standards for development team for Web and Mobile applications.• Worked with the Golf Channel production team to deliver player statistical data in the production trailers via API feeds.• Led digital transformation PaaS, ETL Big Data extraction to AWS SAP HANA Cloud Data Lake, Linux using Hadoop FW for AI and IoT Advanced Analytics with Tableau BI. Managed 2 core development teams in the US and nearshore.• Orchestrated agile best practices such as time-boxing, continuous integration, code/design reviews, transparency, accountability, product visioning, and technical debt reduction thus resulting in team velocity improvement of 95%.

Jacksonville, Florida, Us

Strategic technology leader, tasked with strengthening corporate web & mobile presence and solidifying company position as preferred solutions provider in aerospace SaaS startup product line. Developed company software flagship product and was a key member of the acquisitions and merger team for the company acquisition and merger to Bell Helicopter. Managed sites, assessed, designed, implemented and delivered IT and requirements in the following: (Networking, Wireless, Cybersecurity, VOIP, Software Engineering, Applications and Requirements) for different projects:• Developed deep dive documentation for company merger and acquisition to Bell Helicopter.• Managed iOS, Android apps, Dell servers, Active Directory, Exchange, switches, IIS, Windows Servers, and Security.• Functional and technical leader of 60+ direct/indirect employees in the US and offshore for rapid Agile development.• Lead architecture of the Helicopter SaaS software development & OOP pattern design for data analytics with Qlik.• Developed company flagship agile website & mobile first software UI/UX experience using Balsamic for wire framing.• Created standards and operation procedures for Architecture and Agile Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).• Led DBA and design MS SQL 2008 R2, Linux, MongoDB analytics to communicate with SQL data tables via API.• Implemented IT Future State Ecosystem with TOGAF framework using Enterprise Architect tools for SaaS apps.• Managed Salesforce CRM Configuration and administration of Salesforce CRM Modules enterprise edition.• Reduced the development lifecycle 25% by implementing of Six Sigma DMAIC, training employees, upgrading tools and technologies, budget $40 Million.• Developed Intranet via SCRUM/Agile using TFS, ASP.net, C#, JavaScript, VS .NET, SQL Server, MVC, CSS3.• Collaborated with Bell Helicopter Quality Systems for ISO 9001:2008 certification, ITIL3, ITAR, & COBIT Framework.

SkyPLUS Technologies provides robust aircraft maintenance tracking solutions for a single aircraft or an entire fleet. Due Lists, discrepancy tracking, and airworthiness directives are available anywhere, anytime, via secure Web access.

Experience in automating the various business critical processes, implemented the company Enterprise Portal Applications. Provided scalable, comprehensive, efficient and cost-effective Enterprise Solutions that were best suited for our internal and external customers’ needs to ensure a quick and reliable ROI.Achievements:• Developed companies Intranet web portal for the company’s communication using ASP, VBScript, Visual Studio, .NET, SQL Server and Store Procedures. The modular web application consisted of Employee Directory, IT Dept. Health Updates, Companies Calendar, Document Repository, Web Newsletter and Polls.• Developed Human Resources web based application to handle Exit Interviews.• Managed day-to-day web operations, web department, projects, milestones and databases.• Developed web based software to show insurance claims processed by age tied to the AS400 system.• Managed and developed the companies secondary Web Security Application. This application was developed using ASP, HTML, CSS, SQL Server 2000, Store Proc, Visual Studio, RC4 Encryption with random temporary Key to handle policy claims. Application handles permissions for Groups, Levels and Individual applications.• Programmed HIPPA and SOX compliant large-scale projects to automate and control credit balance volumes for five departments. This application reduced work volume, duplication and report writing. The application was programmed using ASP, SQL Server, Store Procedures, Views, Clear Access, Cognos, Business Objects, Javascript, CSS, HTML, VBScript and XML. The application runs automatically to extract data from Host Unix backend to a csv format and SQL DTS Package picks up data automatically via store procedures.

• Managed Web Development shop in ASP and ASP.net web application team environment.• Created dynamic large-scale and mission-critical transaction oriented web applications in SQL 2000, ASP, VB6.0 and pulling data out of AS 400, Store Procedures to support clients globally for Citibank.• Daily responsibilities include coordination with internal and external customers to define requirements, develop system specifications, project planning, tracking, software development, project implementation, and training.

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Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Organizational Leadership

Certififed Agile Scrum Master, Agile

Business Leadership Management, Business Administration

Developing Leadership Excellence, Business Administration

Certified Green Belt, Six Sigma Green Belt, Process Improvement

As, It Business

Scaled Professional Scrum Master (Sps), Scaled Professional Scrum Master (Sps)