Director of Technology Resume , Addison, TX - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Technology leader with over 20 years experience in the design / delivery of cost - effective, high-performance technology solutions in support of rapid international growth with budget responsibilities up to $80.5 million annually.
Skilled in all phases of a project life cycle, from initial feasibility analysis and conceptual design through implementation and enhancement. Effective at building culturally diverse, multi-national teams, with excellent business process and strategy development skills.
Customer-centric with the ability to initiate profitable alliances with global vendors and suppliers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Addison, TX

Director of Technology

Responsibilities:

Manage the IT teams consisting of Network and Telecommunications, Systems Infrastructure, Service Desk and IT Facilities of a rapidly growing and expanding mortgage lending company with expectations of 20-25% growth over the next year. Primary focus is on changing the IT organization mindset to that of a “service” mindset and then focusing on network and system issue remediation with restructuring where needed to prepare for growth. Coordinating weekly with Branch Managers nationally to build their businesses with the proper infrastructure to be successful. Report to the Chief Strategy Officer and President.

Confidential, Addison, TX

Infrastructure Architect

Responsibilities:

Design infrastructure related solutions for global multi-level marketing company with extremely rapid growth in 5 countries with growth to 4-6 more in the next 8-12 month. Primary foc us is on infrastructure d es i gn, system integration at a global level, building for rapidly growing brand partner network and direct retail sales. Coordinated directly with Nerium leadership to drive Nerium’s technology initiatives. Provide technical leadership to 5 systems engineers and 2 network engineers. Report to the Vice President Products and Technology.

Confidential, Frisco, TX

VP of Infrastructure

Responsibilities:

Lead all day-to-day infrastructure initiatives for the European Division of the $2.18 billion, 1,000+ employees, global financial services corporation. Primary focus is on infrastructure design, voice and data communications, system integration, emerging technologies, enterprise architectures, data center operations, building and leveraging strategic alliances and data security. Managed 5 infrastructure professionals across the UK. Report to the Managing Director of IT/ CIO.

Sr. Systems Administrator

Confidential, Frisco, TX

Responsibilities:

Lead a team of 4 Systems Administrators responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and support of card processing infrastructure. Responsible for the long term vision and planning of infrastructure design of the card-processing infrastructure. Coordinated directly with various teams including Development, QA, Network Design and Security. Reported simultaneously to SVP Confidential Processing and Global CIO.

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Directly responsible for entire portfolio of server hardware and software run by the Credit Union. Directly responsible for 2 datacenters run across the state of Florida run in a hot site/cold site DR configuration. Reported to VP of IT.

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Senior Infrastructure Support Specialist

Responsibilities:

Directly responsible for entire portfolio of server hardware and software run in support of oil and gas operations in the Barnett Shale Region. Directly responsible for 2 datacenters in Texas. Reported to Director of IT.

Confidential, Irving, TX

Central Region Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

Lead and managed a team of 8 desktop support professionals responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and support of plant infrastructure. Responsible for the long term vision and planning of infrastructure design of the central region’s plant network and server infrastructure. Coordinated directly with various teams including east, west and southern regions to ensure all regions were using similar technology. Reported to National Manager of Technology.