Information Technology professional with 25+ years of management, architecture, and consulting experience. US Navy Veteran. Skilled in leadership of people and technology initiatives. Managed Systems, Storage, Virtual Infrastructure, and UNIX/Linux teams. Avid NFL fan. Go Steelers!
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Aerospace Engineering
Syracuse, NY
Cum Laude Graduate
Recipient, Sigma Gamma Tau Award – Engineering Excellence
Leadership & Team Building
Capital, Budget & Vendor Management
Process Improvement & Benefit Analysis
Business Analysis & Integration
Notion Expert
CRM Suite Management (HubSpot, High Level, Infusionsoft, ActiveCampaign)
Website Development (Webflow, Wordpress, Elementor, High Level)
Digital Marketing & Funnel expert (High Level, ClickFunnels, Drop Funnels)
Web Analytics (Google)
Technical Project Rollout & Management
Customer Service & End-User Support
Internal Cloud Pioneer, VMware + Netapp + Infiniband + Big Iron
Summerfield, NC
2022 – Present
(Remote Position)
Primary technology leader responsible and accountable for leading the Information Systems department personnel, policies, and procedures.
Providing technical leadership and guidance to the Executive team and other departments as member of the Leadership team.
Lead projects associated with pivotal technology acquisition, installation, and support.
Austin, TX
2019 – 2022
(Remote Position)
Primary technology expert responsible for all Systems and Services used by Simple Operations team members and clients.
Member of leadership team providing technical guidance and planning to other department and company leaders.
Lead off-shore Systems team members in architecting, building, maintaining, and troubleshooting all systems and services.
Minneapolis, MN
2017 – 2019
(Remote Position)
Facilitated major incidents for high profile clients and internal organization disruptions.
Ensured restoration of services by fostering collaboration between support groups, vendors and suppliers.
Developed recovery plans, tracks remediation and communicates with C-suite leadership.
Lead operational health assessments to improve IT delivery.
Plymouth, MN
2015 – 2017
Provided consulting on technology strategy projects and architecture remediation. Data center migration and methodology, DCIM, RFP creation, IT application audit and risk projections, project management, and project coordination.
Minneapolis, MN
2015
Management of personnel and projects in the Infrastructure Technology group. Delivered enterprise health infrastructure initiatives for the pharma/life science industries.
Minneapolis, MN
2013 – 2015
Provided technical consulting, project management, project coordination, and consultative services for large enterprises. Enabled customers to outsource legacy ops to the cloud.
Maple Grove, MN
2011 – 2013
Mentored engineers and architects. Interacted with customers to understand their environment, risks and challenges. Integrated with sales staff to deliver valuable customer focused solutions. Managed technical migration of a major public school system’s data centers to two new data centers without service disruption.
Minneapolis, MN
2004 – 2011
Managed, multi-million dollar budgets and external vendor relationships. Provided guidance, vision and leadership for multi-cultural team members globally. Operated highly available enterprise systems in 24/7/365 environments. Internal cloud pioneer. Instrumental in capital procurement and life-cycle management. Managed hiring. Trained staff.
Pasadena, CA
1997 – 2004
Lead and managed an exceptional team of UNIX engineers supporting one of NASA’s premier Navigation and Spacecraft Dynamics divisions. Owned vendor relationships and capital purchasing responsibilities. Owned responsibility for design, installation, operations and troubleshooting.
San Diego, CA
1990 – 1996
Division leader. Monitored operations, organized daily and weekly business procedures, and briefed senior personnel on overall progress. Regularly collaborated with senior, adjacent, and subordinate teams. Wore many leadership hats while enjoying increasing responsibility. Go Navy!