TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery
• Information Lifecycle Management
• High Availability Architecture Strategy & Execution
• Business Process Engineering
• Shared Services / Utility Computing
• Program / Project Management
• ERP/CRM System Setup & Management
• Change Management & Risk Mitigation
• Contract Negotiation & Resource Allocation
• Vendor & Contractor Management
• Financial Services & Healthcare Regulatory Acumen
• IT Financial Management / P&L Oversight
• Data Center & Call Center Operations Management
• Requirements Analysis & Gap Assessment
• Cross - Functional Team Leadership
• Hire
• Grow & Retain Talent
• Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving
• Highly Effective Communication Strategies
• Risk Management erformance-driven leader with a long history of driving complex high-risk enterprise scale services and technology program development projects from envisioning to value realization. Dynamic leader with a proven track record of building and guiding diverse teams toward actionable goals. Effective communicator with unique ability to interface with broad base of business users and stakeholders to influence at all levels solving and delivering business value and solutions in a timely and cost-effective manner.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Co-Founder | Managing Partner | CIO

• Control $5M P&L to drive revenue generation initiatives, reduce operational costs, and develop new product and services by conducting trend analysis and proactively identifying actionable items to lead market trends resulting in exceeding goals (+15% revenue & recognition in publication).
• Bridge business and IT by aligning Business and IT. I bridge the gap between the two by increasing efficiency and rigor while decreasing cost and complexity resulting in over $50 million in CapEx & $20 million in OpEx savings.
• Provide forensic operational analysis to reduce costs and increase efficiency and productivity; resulting in cost savings, industry regulatory compliance, IT-related vulnerability identification & mitigation, and eliminate system, infrastructure, and data storage/security vulnerability gaps.
• Build and foster strong relationships to position company as a primary resource for technical solutions that meet or exceed current and future demands by developing and delivering strategy for innovative products and services producing higher and new revenues.
• Establish communication by setting stakeholder expectations, assuring project KPIs are achieved, directing project resources, and ensuring adherence to project timelines and budgets through defined structure (standardized policies & procedures) that eliminated waste and delivered on time.
• Provide leadership by coaching team members, ensuring continuous improvement, and demonstration of accountability and ownership through focusing on and driving critical issues to closure; raising the level of performance of others when reorganizing reporting and responsibilities. This actively eliminated disruption of productivity and degeneration of morale.

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Principal Strategist-Information Availability Product Management

• Served as a turnaround agent for sliding product sales, eroding profits, and increase software reputation and value. Developed new solutions to multiple business challenges by analyzing shortcomings, recruiting partners and team members, creating a go to market plan, key account development, and managing the launch of new products.
• Drove revenues to $300 million (150% annual growth) without increasing staff, increasing C-Suite visibility and exceeding goals by 12%.
• Delivered first InfoScale Appliance and first Disaster Recovery as a Service offering to the market.
• Sourced and managed new and emerging OEM partners to enhance existing and future portfolio.

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Chief Technologist-Data Protection, Data Center Management, & Storage

• Realized 125% annual revenue increase to $150 million and 300% profit increase improving beyond the established goals by 20%.
• Saved $5 million in down time within 2 weeks; realized $2 million cost savings in product licensing in 1 week.
• Avoided $15 million in regulatory fines during a disaster by developing & implementing DR plans.
• Captured $5 million cost savings in reduced down time, $15 million cost avoidance in regulatory fines, and $2 million savings in licensing costs by overseeing business continuity, SOX compliance, PACS integration, information lifecycle management, server consolidation, disaster recovery, platform/vendor selection, data center moves, procurement, business impact analysis, IP telephony, and software defined storage.
• Advised executive management (CFO, CIO, CTO) on the business impact of technology and the processes, policies, and procedures coupled with business in a variety of applications that saved money, preserved their reputation, and delivered significant return on investment to the company.

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Practice Director, Data Center Management & Storage

• Delivered executive management of $60 million Portfolio. Oversaw sales, technical pre-sales, post-sales, support, certification, product management, and product marketing.
• Increased revenues 300% and margins 175% exceeding company targets by 30%.

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Managing Director, Data Center Transformation & Availability

• Managed $200 million P&L and led 120 team members (12 direct and 108 indirect reports).
• Saved $10 million in 4 weeks through storage space reclamation.
• Increased global sales 200% year-over-year climaxing at $200 million with minimal staff increments & exceeding goals by 20%.
• Saved $5 million in 4 weeks through product licensing assessment and mitigation.
• Saved $25 million in reputation, brand, and regulatory fines during a disaster through keen evaluation and mitigation planning.