This role fosters innovation, collaboration, and the sharing of real-world experiences and knowledge in a unique no-sales environment. It is about engaging with and learning from diverse perspectives within the business and IT community.

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• Defined and executed technical strategies and architectural designs that supported the successful execution of customer service, the organization's vision, and overall business strategy.• Developed IT budget and staffing plans for Deputy Finance Manager• Provided training and awareness on Cybersecurity and information security compliance-related concerns to staff.• Managed and facilitated the annual BCP/DR testing and PCI compliance• Helped define and drive technical strategies and architectural designs that supported the successful execution of the product vision and business strategy.• Worked with several third-party/vendors to migrate several proprietary eCommerce solutions to their SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS.• Created and implemented Disaster Recovery (DR) plans and procedures for mission-critical applications, infrastructures, and networks

• Hired/staffed a new development/infrastructure team for the development and implementation of multiple 3rd party applications, which included the creation and setup of the DEV/SIT/BENCH/CERT/PROD environments needed to support those applications.• Managed and facilitated the annual BCP/DR testing and PCI and SOC1/SOX Audits • Provided training and awareness on Cybersecurity and information security compliance-related concerns to the extended team.• Developed budget and staffing plans to build a high-performance, multi-functional team with the expertise necessary to achieve development objectives.• Created monthly reports that shared the vision/mission for IT teams, which included capacity for demand management of the technology staff.• Created and staffed a new IT team to support automation testing to support the continuous integration and delivery for my agile and DevOps teams.• Reduced cost, scope, and time associated with yearly PCI compliance assessments through the development of repeatable compliance processes• Developed processes and procedures to support SOC1/SOX and PCI compliance initiatives • Aligned with peers in sales, marketing, product, and engineering to make sure our technology capabilities were delivered to the market in the most effective way.• Helped define and drive technical strategies and architectural designs that supported the successful execution of the product vision and business strategy.• Worked with several third-party/vendors to migrate several proprietary eCommerce solutions to their SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS.• Created and implemented Disaster Recovery (DR) plans and procedures for multiple Data Centers, including hot/hot sites for mission-critical applications, infrastructures, and networks. Achieved a Platinum DR system availability rating.

• Responsible for the development of several hundred small to large projects that enabled the efficient and timely boarding of over $200M in revenue dollars which consisted of 15 of the top 20 brick-and-mortar merchants. • Oversaw development of operational support programs and processes, which contribute to securing long-term business, optimizing levels of productivity, and sustaining the overall project success.• Increased revenue and transaction volume by leveraging existing links to transport transactions from third-party and vendor networks. • Developed, administer, and track a $5.7M capital budget, a $3.5M staffing budget, and a $1.01M maintenance budget. • Managed the preparation and execution of the IT strategies that reduce the overall annualized fixed and variable cost of more than $2M per year.

Using my extensive experience in Information Technology leadership combined with ITIL, IT Security policies, and other proven IT industry principles, I managed 4 Information Technology teams, which consist of 40+ reports (Domestic and International). Those teams were responsible for the development, quality assurance, implementation, maintenance/support, and the market launching of innovative and revenue-generating small to large global projects and solutions.

Managed the remediation of approximately 1000 security vulnerabilities for 10+ application systems, infrastructures, and network protocols using CISM and CISSP principles, which included the moving from SHA-1 to SHA-256 and the replacement of RC4, TLS1.0/1.1 to TLS1.2.

Oversaw numerous IT Control Audits for ADA/WCAG, PCI/PII, and SOX compliance, by ensuring several Vice President's software, and hardware/infrastructure met and stayed current for each compliance guideline.