SUMMARY:

• Accomplished IT leader with 20 years’ experience defining and executing transformational initiatives across large public and private high - profile entities. Has a history of leading significant change within organizations, great credentials, strong business alignment mindset, excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work well in dynamic environments.
• Known for outstanding technical proficiency and astute understanding of business operations / performance drivers across technology and management lines. Partners and collaborates with business units to align operations with strategy. Demonstrates tangible business results in using information and technology to change business models, generate market demand, create competitive advantage, stimulate innovation and drive revenue.
• Experienced Enterprise and Solutions Architect that quickly gathers and assesses the needs and requirements of organizations for functional and effective technology introduction and enhancement. Comfortable and effective providing advice and solution design direction during client meetings and engagements in response to stakeholder questions and concerns. Specializes in aligning technology with business objectives, evaluation and reallocation of existing systems and assets to improve utilization, implement complex systems functionality and design solutions to improve security, privacy and govern identity and access solutions that mitigate risk.
• Over 20 years’ experience delivering projects and leading organizations in progressively complex roles that have strict security requirements and extensive regulatory compliance responsibilities. ( Public Safety, Judiciary, Environmental, DoD and Medical industries)
• Deep expertise in quickly identifying and addressing organizational risk, costs and benefits; articulates those effectively to different constituent groups. Excels as a business-facing Subject Matter Expert in partnership with IT to address complex and technical questions and concerns.
• Possess a dynamic and polished public speaking style to successfully catalyze both large and small audiences. Comfortable in almost any setting with people from all levels of the organization. Experience dealing with audiences in crisis or under duress to successfully channel that energy to positive outcome.
• Manages complex enterprise class projects, in a matrix organization which may require coordination of geographically dispersed project teams, multiple product lines, and/or subcontractors. Strong project plan development, cost, schedule and performance, issues and risk identification skills. Consistently delivers projects/initiatives on-time, in-budget and meeting/exceeding expectations. Extensive experience in the successful remediation of high-profile technical projects-in-distress.
• Strong track record of building teams and catalyzing high-performance in them; creating collaborative organizational teams from disparate and occasionally contentious source groups. Demonstrates extensive experience successfully directing geographically distributed, culturally diverse, cross-functional teams.
• Operates at the conceptual strategic thinking level, as well as the detailed, tactical execution level. Creates knowledge capitol, presentations, reports, assessments, road maps, timelines and other materials to support technology design and development activities for audiences at multiple levels.
• Provides leadership in collaborative systems and solution design for enterprise technology functions such as those typically included in New Technology Introduction, IT Modernization & Optimization, Data and Advance Analytics Management, Data Center Consolidation, Agile Development Methodology, IT Security and Identity Management or Shared Services across disparate organizations, geographies and in multiple contexts.
• In addition to designing and delivering state-wide, multi-agency strategies for Mobility and Cloud, led the strategic initiative for the use of Big Data Technologies and Predictive Analytics in Confidential . Including Business/Agency approach, cross-agency partnerships, engaging vendors/providers, building collaboration models, Enterprise Data Management approaches, policies and data sharing standards.
• Led effort to redesign State-wide, Agency Technology Consolidation and Governance ( Confidential IT Transformation Initiative). Gained consensus from multiple stakeholder groups for proposed solutions. Led resistant and sometimes contentious groups through costs, benefits and risks of the proposed solutions, providing reasoned and fact-based evidence along with the vision for a new and better environment. Provided “out-of-the-box” thinking for problems and questions, successfully leading agency CIOs, technical staff and business leadership groups through technical challenges, process opportunity, communication, and staff engagement.
• Charged with leading the introduction of new technical solutions for Confidential (GoI) Ministries in support of the $74 M, US DoD, Task Force to Improve Business and Stability Operations in Confidential . Selected, designed and implemented multiple technical solutions governing technology introduction and operation, procurement, technology architecture, operational functionality and performance, and financial management under unique cultural and environmental conditions.
• Experience developing and applying common operating models such as shared services, federated, and bimodal models and strong working knowledge of best practice IT processes and process frameworks (Cobit, ITil, SDLC, Agile, PMI, TOGAF and others) and how they affect and interact with organization design and implementation efforts.
• Designed, developed and successfully piloted the Statewide Data Center Consolidation effort for agency migrations into the Confidential Data Center; Kicking off the state-wide Infrastructure consolidations for Confidential . Created, tested and implemented staff process standards for move, completed target technical architecture environment model, wrote and conducted readiness assessments for every phase, designed and executed workforce reassignment and plans, conducted successful Union negotiation and ongoing service level framework models and agreements using ITIL Standards.
• Introduced and championed project management methodology to ensure project estimation and delivery was supported, tracked and met all expectations at the Confidential EPA.
• Consolidated all Application Development teams at the Confidential EPA and introduced consistent Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology including the introduction of Agile methodology, secure coding standards, software testing and Service Oriented (Three-tiered) Architecture.
• Project and Program Management
• Technology Transformation & Modernization
• Enterprise Architecture
• Standards, Policy & Governance
• Strategic Planning
• Change Management
• Technology Procurement
• Available up to 100% Travel or Relocation (Internationally or Nationally)
• 15+ years’ experience creating and delivering IT Strategy and Enterprise Projects with focused development of Enterprise Architecture as Strategy.
• TOGAFF 9 Certified parts 1 & 2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Principal, Owner

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Create, transform, modernize and rebuild enterprise class technology organizations to take IT to the next level providing better service at lower cost.
• Manage rapid growth & changes in business strategy quickly by assessing complex IT environments and developing tactical and strategic plans to transform IT into a strategic asset.
• Extensive experience leading highly successful international teams and working with cross-functional departments to drive enterprise projects with measurable business results.
• Key expertise leading the research, development, strategic planning and execution for the introduction of new and emerging technologies enterprise-wide; mobile, productivity, cloud, security, advanced analytics.
• Recent significant systems/software project development and delivery experience with complex application development cycles that span multiple release versions.
• 20 years experience developing and defining requirements, legislation, rules, policies, processes and procedures for a wide range of technology solutions and services.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Agile Leadership and Coaching: One-on-One Coaching and Mentoring of key technology Leadership and Management. Build, review and refine current agile process approaches and related policies, guidelines, prioritization, and communication vehicles. Included the development and adjustment of new and existing processes, policy guidance, communications collateral, presentations, messaging, meeting facilitation, and opportunity identification for expansion and acceptance of agile methodologies.
• Team Development and Mentoring: Provide staff/team coaching, mentoring and direction in agile process method. Facilitate team meetings and group learning opportunities to advance agile acceptance. Introduce new methodology and processes for transitioning from waterfall to agile development methodology.
• Organizational Change Management: Review and assess the currently available agency agile process methodology and associated collateral. Provide refinement recommendations. Review and assess current agency development team structures, roles, responsibilities and provide refinement recommendations. Review and assess current metrics and measures of success/challenges and provide recommendations for solutions to address these challenges.
• Organizational Planning: Develop a Strategic Roadmap to guide Managers and Leadership with tactical decision-making and on-going maturity of the operational organization.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities with this client include: key project management, strategic consulting, resource planning, projects in distress, audit remediation and aligning IAM and security requirements with the internal process and technologies.
• Provided consultation and management services to grow and develop the client’s Global Information Security Operations; threat detection capability, mature security capabilities, Identity & Access Management program, agility in response to the changing threat landscape and to the intri Confidential es of responding to the regulatory environment.
• Responsibility for development and delivery of a major enterprise -wide, global IT Audit Remediation Effort: remediation solutions design, program/project management and delivery, business unit coordination, reporting and facilitation.
• Responsible for Identity & Access program design, requirements definition, architecture development, product research, selection, procurement and contracting, program policy and procedure development, tactical project delivery management and future state road-mapping for the enterprise-wide delivery and consolidation of IAM products and functionality.

Chief IT Strategist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Statewide Enterprise Architecture Restructuring: Reconfigured the Statewide Enterprise Architecture Team, including Collaborative Agency Governance Committee, developed governance framework for efficient and responsive Architecture Review Board decisions, built and implemented Agency Engagement Models/Processes and strategic staffing approach using agency embedded and funded resources for business alignment. Implemented and TOGAFF requirements and professional affiliation standards.
• Wrote the strategic approach model for organizational governance and shared services delivery for statewide. Proposed agency-based staffing model with a matrix governance environment. Gained muli-agency consensus on the proposed solution. Did the same for Mobility, Hybrid Cloud, Application Integration, Identity and Access Management and Collaboration Tools.
• Statewide Mobile Strategy t: Lead a multi-agency Project to develop an overall approach and deployment roadmap for Mobility Technology in Confidential .
• Statewide Big Data Strategy: Lead a multi-agency initiative to develop an overall approach and Strategy for the use of Big Data Technologies and Predictive Analytics in Confidential . Including Business/Agency approach, cross-agency partnerships, engaging vendors/providers, building collaboration models, Enterprise Data Management approaches, policies and data sharing standards.
• Statewide Hybrid Cloud Strategy: Lead a multi-agency team to develop a multi-modal strategic approach to Cloud environments for the Confidential .

Chief Information Officer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Organizational Restructuring: Consolidated 9 disparate IT offices into one central office, improving support and services efficiency, reducing budget and staffing resource costs.
• System Overhaul and Modernization: Directed the analysis and implemented the modernization of the IT architecture, infrastructure, software applications, IT Security and organizational services models used within the Confidential EPA. Brought all Infrastructure and Application systems up to date to enable modern application and services implementation, data sharing, single-sign-on and collaboration.
• Enhancement of Risk, Security and Privacy Policies and Procedures: Championed, expanded and enabled the Confidential EPA’s information security program, in collaboration with OIT/DAS Office of the CISO, to accomplish major improvements in the following areas: User Account Management, Continuous Vulnerability Assessment, Boundary Defense, Security Skills, Secure Configurations for Hardware and Software Laptops, Workstations and Servers, Secure Code and Application Development.
• Identity and Access Management /Active Directory Implementation: Developed and delivered Active Directory as a Service in collaboration with the State Office of Information Technology (OIT/DAS). Migrated all systems away from Confidential products and onto Confidential 's standardized Microsoft platform. This project reduced necessary log-ins needed and move the agency closer to a "single sign-on" environment. Defined and built hosted printing and file services using IAM technology, a first in the state
• Application Development Restructuring: Consolidated all 7 application development teams at the Confidential EPA and lead the project to introduce consistent Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology including the introduction of Agile methodology, secure coding standards, software testing/ Q&A and Service Oriented (Three-tiered) Architecture. Improved project on-time delivery by 65%, increased software development project capacity by 50%, reduced application bug/fix re-work by 80% speeding up time to implementation by 65% eDocs Project: Successfully led enterprise-wide project to introduce and implement the first Electronic Content Management System at the Confidential EPA. This project provided the standards/guidelines and acted as the Proof of Concept for state-wide shared services implementation of Content Management. Conducted and create knowledge capitol for: system assessment, procurement, work-force, staff- assisted requirements definition, implementation, budget/charge-back model and ongoing work-flow processes to make agency documents searchable and available to the public via the Internet, as well as scalable to full electronic content management to minimize paper-filing and handling.
• Infrastructure Migration Project: Championed and managed the migration of all network devices, servers and workstations to the Confidential Data Center and Network. Led the effort to move all agency server and staff resources; virtualized and consolidated 100+ servers reducing infrastructure hardware and staff costs by 65%. Upgraded and re-IP addressed every computing resource throughout the agency.
• Designed, developed and successfully piloted the Statewide Data Center Consolidation effort for agency migrations into the Confidential Computer Center; Kicking off the state-wide Infrastructure consolidations for Confidential . In partnership with Collective Bargaining, established staff identification, transition and processes for over 2,250 IT staff that enabled a 54M cost savings ( )
• Created, tested and implemented staff process standards, completed target technical architecture model, wrote and conducted readiness assessments for every phase, designed and executed workforce reassignment and plans, conducted successful Union negotiation and ongoing service level framework models and agreements using ITIL Standards. Enabled the consistent and efficient move of over 4,000 agency servers and associated systems to the new state data center environment.

Senior Manager, Consulting

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Confidential ( Confidential ), Infrastructure and Systems Analysis and Upgrade: Led the assessment and strategic planning of technical architecture, infrastructure procurement, and website re-design initiatives for the Confidential . Facilitated the procurement of new technology that improved staff productivity and communications with international investors.
• Confidential Oil ( Confidential ), Technical Modernization Initiative: Provided consulting support, requirements development, enterprise architecture design, and procurement assistance to the Confidential . Completed the Requirements & Planning Phase of the Technical Modernization Initiative, enabling Confidential to complete new enterprise systems procurement.
• Confidential ( Confidential ) Project: Led the full life-cycle custom software development of financial and program management software, the Capital Budget Request and Tracking system (CBRT). The CBRT system ensured equitable funds distribution for Confidential development and reconstruction efforts and provided capability to meet international donor agency reporting requirements.
• Confidential ( Confidential ) Project: Provided one-on-one advice and consultation on strategic technical policy and planning, enterprise architecture and technical systems procurement to the Deputy Minister of Defense/Information Systems. Enabled Confidential to expand Confidential only US government scheduled purchases to independent procurement processes and competitive procurement of systems and services.
• Kurdistan Regional Government ( Confidential ), Board of Investment Initiative: Spearheaded procurement analysis for website technical development, sustainability assessment, and staffing model development. Provided the business case for acquisition of new Web-based systems and the organizational models for managing them.
• Confidential ; Confidential ERP Project: Directed enterprise architecture and systems requirements analysis for procurement of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system (PeopleSoft). Completed business case, RFP, and contract evaluation documents, enabling University to begin systems implementation.
• Confidential, Quality Standards and Quality Control Administration Project: Developed technical requirements and business case and provided procurement assistance for acquisition of a comprehensive Laboratory Information Management System.

Confidential

Responsibilities:=

• Project Manager and Enterprise Architect responsible for leading evaluation of current operational systems to identify / formulate strategies to modernize financial management operations at the Confidential . Identified and prioritized recommendations for improvements to the annuities, financial management and gaming management systems. Described current system architecture; strengths, weaknesses and risks. Compared current system capabilities with recommend improvements to support process efficiency and provide a framework enterprise architecture to guide subsequent system improvement efforts. Engagement team size: 12 staff. Recommendations developed during this engagement, allowed Confidential to address identified issues and risks in implementation of operational and performance improvements by 27.72% and meet revenue goals defined in the Business Plan and pending Senate Bill 1679.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led project for Confidential Office of Finance and Administration to review and re-engineer processes used to select, oversee and budget for IT capital projects. Documented and analyzed current capital project approval, oversight and accounting process and identified improvement opportunities. Including the development and execution of change management policies and procedures, communications, an implementation plan, and a detailed actionable recommendation report for improved, future operations. Value of the 12-week engagement: $250,000.00; engagement team size: 5 staff. Yale implemented recommended organization changes that significantly changed the way in which IT project selection, approval, and management processes operated. Improvements promoted disciplined governance of IT project budgets and helped the University better align IT project investments with the University’s strategic goals.

Deputy Director, Investment & Governance Division

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Accountability and Continuous Improvement Initiative: Established accountability processes comprehensively across state government’s portfolio of information technology investment.
• ERP Implementation: Confidential ( Confidential ) Project: Managed the integration of statewide ERP system (PeopleSoft) into steady-state production environment migrating infrastructure development and support from consultant-based staff and services into existing Confidential Information Technology organization.
• Operational Services Consolidation: Design and development of the state’s customer service and engagement organization including the consolidation of six separate application and infrastructure helpdesk operations supporting over 60,000 end users.

Program Manager, Technology Policy and Planning

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Enterprise Architecture, Standards Governance and Compliance: Authored statewide enterprise architecture standards, application and process standards, rules, policy and legislation to address proliferation of court technologies and digital information. Created governance and organizational structures for the successful delivery of technology projects, architecture, technical standards and policy initiatives. Led the development and promulgation of the Confidential Courts Privacy and Public Access rules and legislation for all digital records in the Confidential Court System. Enabled Confidential Courts to standardize technology and data to improve consistency, cut costs and share data.

Strategic Planning & Business Integration Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all Payments and Statements strategic plans, programs and initiatives related to technology and operations; positively impacting workflow process accuracy and efficiency up to 85% and reducing costs by approximately $28M annually.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed $10 million project implementation of approximately 500 project team members nationally. Successfully delivered an extremely aggressive project timeline (35,000 machines in 10 months) with minimal disruption to line of business operations.