Principal Consultant

• Incorporated consulting firm focused on subcontracting opportunities in building, assessing, and remediating infrastructure, networking, and information security systems
• Established corporate records, legal, contract, compliance, financial reporting, tax, sales, and related back office systems and administered the systems as principal business manager

IT Infrastructure Architect, Designer, Engineer

• Developed 3 million IT infrastructure, hybrid cloud, and information security architectures and designs for Berkeley Point Capital, a business acquired from Deutsche Bank, with 200 users in 5 offices.
• Designed and managed fully redundant nation-wide Sprint MPLS network, MindShift provisioned hybrid cloud environment, VMWare on Dell virtualized server environment utilizing Dell iSCSI SANs, Fortinet and Cisco ASA multi-bastion perimeter firewall / server security systems, Fortinet data leakage prevention system, Fortinet and Cisco VPNs, RSA SecurID two factor authentication system, and Cisco VoIP network for 200 users / 5 office acquisition of Berkeley Point Capital.
• Developed 8.2 million loan origination system infrastructure architecture, design, and security plans for 3,000 seat implementation for a top-5 2004 sub-prime mortgage lender, Fremont Investment and Loan utilizing HP-Compaq servers, Cisco Catalyst 6500 core switches, Cisco PIX firewalls and Cisco Firewall Services Modules, and EMC SAN products.
• Developed NIST 800-53 based infrastructure security strategy and system design including provisions for interfacing with trusted and un-trusted external systems and users for multiple mortgage banking customers
• Preparing for Amazon Web Services Architect Associate exam through self-study and Amazon training June 4-6, 2014.

Assessor / Analyst

• Performed due diligence review of information security, infrastructure operations, infrastructure management, IT assets, and transitional support needs of national mortgage bank for acquiring partnership developed IT transition strategy and managed transition process
• Conducted security risk assessments benchmarking vendors' and service providers' information security management programs and posture against the ISO-27001 and NIST 800-53 frameworks for many clients
• Performed security risk assessment of nation-wide, 1,000 user, mission-critical Cisco PIX/ASA based Virtual Private Network system and procedures using ISO-27001 for leading mortgage aggregator
• Conducted risk assessments on 7,000 user PeopleSoft applications by identifying and documenting privileged account access and all upstream / downstream applications affecting the applications
• Assessed internal security posture, procedures, and preparedness against the ISO-17799 framework and corresponding BS 7799-2:2002 system and policy control framework for multiple clients
• Produced assessment of software vendor, focused on the maturity and effectiveness of their: application architecture, information security, development lifecycle processes, project management and quality control methodology, and code base stability for Fremont Investment and Loan
• Evaluated Disaster Recovery Plan for Fremont Investment and Loan, identified weak elements within the DRP, and produced a mitigation plan to resolve critical shortcomings and represented infrastructure and operations interests in new DR site vendor selection

Project Manager

• Managed implementation efforts for information security, communications, server and storage area networks, managed hosting, remote access, and multi-factor authentication systems for multiple clients
• Managed complex multivendor network deployments, desktop and server refreshes, and enterprise application deployments for multiple clients
• Led software selection / procurement project for distributed expense reporting / management system to integrate with existing multi-currency financial system, Siebel CRM, and related systems for WebMethods' professional services organization

Other Roles

• RFP Author - Wrote multiple requests for proposals to procure cloud services from Amazon, Rackspace, and MindShift IT infrastructure and support services nation-wide telecommunications outsourced helpdesk support services and software products including enterprise resource planning loan origination and financial / distribution management systems
• Contract Analyst - Vetted bidders, analyzed RFP technical responses, negotiated contract terms, and developed three year pro forma capital / operational spends for recommended vendors for multiple clients
• Management Consultant - Reorganized Careerbuilder's IT department, creating help desk to align staff skill levels with customer needs reducing helpdesk ticket resolution times by 75 without adding staff
• Management Consultant - Developed Berkeley Point Capital's initial IT CapEx and OpEx budgets, IT department strategic vision, strategic plan, and staffing plan
• Business Process Analyst - Reduced new employee provisioning time from weeks to two days and improved asset management at Careerbuilder by instituting formal IT onboarding process

Director, Management Information Services

• Created IT department for 300 million wholesale PC equipment distributor growing at 35 per annum
• Reduced consultants' fees over 80 in the first year by in-sourcing key support functions
• Implemented consolidated communications voice and data network, saving over 140,000 over two years
• Procured Oracle Applications 11.0 financial / distribution system on Sun servers Budget: 6.5 million
• Implemented MS Access / Oracle data mining / reporting system, giving sales and inventory management improved customer base composition and buying patterns information Increased inventory turns 50
• Expanded EDI capabilities to enable fast-turn consigned inventory model Savings: > 5 million / year
• Implemented enterprise e-mail system, linking five sales and assembly facilities Savings: 50,000 / year

President Principal Consultant Network Engineer

• Founded and grew network integration and consulting firm to revenues of > 1.5 million with nine staff
• Built the firm into a recognized authority in Novell NetWare diagnostics and troubleshooting techniques in the Washington, D.C. metro area Over 150 installed networks / 3,000 desktops in client base
• Designed, and implemented Macola, Novell, and HP-based financial / distribution system and infrastructure in 24 days for Trex
• Designed and implemented highly available, nation-wide Novell / Windows network for National Restaurant Association utilizing Cisco equipment on an AT T private line network
• Project manager and principal engineer for two customer relocations that included full desktop, server, and communications technology refreshes including 250 Windows desktops, Novell servers, and SMC networking equipment in 3 locations for Decision Support Systems