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Summary

Influential IT Manager with 15+ years of achievement in leveraging technology to drive organizational growth, performance and profitability.  Acts as a change agent, capable of orchestrating transformative business strategy through data-driven decisions.  Champions innovation with a focus on developing flexible, scalable solutions to meet organizational opportunities.  Diverse experience in high-growth, startup, and established environments with extensive knowledge of the engineering industry.

Profile

Key business partner in developing both short- and long-term strategic plans identifying Information Technology applications supporting business plans and creating new strategic options.

Significant experience in providing expert counsel and guidance to senior management on Information Technology and its impact across a full range of business strategy, programs, services and operational issues.

Key leadership roles in providing cost effective management, rationalization, and simplification of corporate systems and projects.

Significant experience in the development and monitoring of corporate Information Technology budgets.

Leadership in the continuous and secure operation, administration and maintenance of corporate computing and networking infrastructures including information security and privacy, disaster recovery and business continuity.

Areas of Expertise

Strategic and Business PlanningStructured Methodologies
Cost ContainmentInfrastructure Design & Implementation
Organizational DevelopmentData Center Management
System ArchitecturesProcess Improvements & Best Practices
Budget Development & ManagementChange Management
Rapid DeploymentsProject Management
Contract Negotiations & ManagementEmployee Development

Work experience

Manager of Information Technology

2013Present
ACRT, Inc
  • Successfully virtualized and migrated on-premise datacenter to private cloud to provide substantial improvements in scalability, performance and reliability.
  • Introduced new Business Intelligence (BI) platform which reduced budgeting process and financial report generation time by over 50%.
  • Introduced new Business Intelligence (BI) Data Warehouse for the collection of data from 4 back office systems.
  • Achieved the goal of implementing a new Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution to over 650 devices throughout the organization.
  • Introduced a new help desk solution which provides 24x7 assistance for all mobile and desktop support requests.
  • Achieved in the initial Information Technology integration goals of a new 250 employee company acquisition.
  • Introducing new iPaaS solution for the integration of data across 6 back office systems.
  • Introducing new mobile application development platform to drive transformative cost reductions and user engagement.

Director of Information Technology

20002012
Richard L. Bowen + Associates Inc.
  • Successfully upgraded legacy infrastructure by introducing a new 50TB storage area network and implementing a new VMware virtualized datacenter.
  • Achieved the goal of implementing a new virtual desktop environment for use by over 80 employees.
  • Reduced software licensing costs by over 50%.
  • Decreased computer theft loss by over 90% through the successful implementation of multiple new corporate security systems.
  • Increased collaboration by over 50% through the successful implementation of a new project management solution.
  • Successfully replaced over 200 corporate and field workstations.
  • Increased productivity by over 30% through the introduction of collaborative 3D design platform.
  • Successfully established integration of over 10 branch offices/locations.

Instructor-Information Technology

20092012
ITT Technical Institute
  • Taught material from approved curriculum and developed daily lesson plans and instructional aids.
  • Successfully completed professional development and in-service activities in accordance with college standards.
  • Maintained expertise in subject area and recommended improvements in curriculum design.

Systems Engineer

19982000
Pentagon Engineering Corp.
  • Reduced the modeling and production time of various gears by over 70% through the design and implementation of a new gear modeling program.
  • Delivered production time savings in excess of 50% through the design of various Computer Aided Design (CAD) application features.
  • Administered companies Windows-based network.

Education