An accomplished Technical Thought Leader with global technology strategy experience, consistently striving to improve sales revenue, business development, automation, pipeline management and increase the efficiency within an organization. Communicates exceptionally well with all levels of the organization and customers building consensus and establishing a collaborative, new revenue streams and productive environment. Possesses multi-Industry Information Technology professional experience in Defense, Transportation/ Logistics, Healthcare, Technology & Software, Finance & Insurance along with extensive ITIL,and Project management experience.

ITIL	Project/Program Management	Executive Briefings
Cloud architecture – Public/Private	Partner/Vendor/Client Relationship Management	Business Development
Strategic Planning and Management	Systems/ Integration	Linguistic – 5 Languages
Roadmap/P&L Management	Leadership and Mentoring	CIO/CTO Advisory

 

ClearDATA (Startup – Healthcare Cloud Computing – Market leader)Feb 2015 – Present

Sr Cloud Solutions Architect - Innovation/Product/Sales

v        Responsible for building solutions for Healthcare vertical in the cloud – Providers, ISV, Hospitals, VAR’s, Academics

v        Architected and presented over 1000 HIPAA Compliant solutions.

v        Closed over > 21 mil in Multi Cloud public platform Solutions.(Vmware, AWS, Azure)

v        Productizing, Building costs on products, working with solutions team on implementation planning.

v        Assisting every aspect of the company’s strategic decision.

v        Hands on Deck working with CFO, CRO, CTO, SVP Products, PSO – Building Company from Ground up.

v        100% focus on Healthcare – PHI DATA Protection, Data Breach, HIPAA Compliance, BAA

v        AWS Partner/Channel Program – Advanced consulting partner only600 out of 30,000 partners.

 

CapGemini (Top 3 Consulting)2014 – 2015

Pre Sales Sr Cloud Architect/Manager

v        Responsible for building solutions on ITO for Mid to Large Size Global Companies

v        Providing implementation strategies, secure best practices to meet industry compliance

v        Creating ARC/RRC’s, Cost Modeling, and Transition/Migration Path for ITO.

v        Engaged in executive level discussions and translating technical value of solution to business value.

v        Building collateral and presenting customer proposals for various solutions.

v        Left Due to Startup Opportunity.

 

Oracle Corporation (Top 3 SW Company)

      Sr Cloud Architect 2013 –2014

v        Responsible for analyzing technical SaaS, IaaS solutions and providing guidance to product development teams.

v        Providing implementation strategies, secure best practices to meet industry compliance (HIPPA, PHI, PCI)

v        Reviewer of Product solutions architecture submitted by cloud product development team to shape future releases.

v        Engaged in executive level discussions and translating technical value of solution to business value.

v        Providing guidance on Oracle product integration implementation – Middleware, DB, Virtualization and Cloud Applications.

v        Technical Architect on Projects in cloud for Retail, Financial, Healthcare, Commercial and Utilities sector customers.

v        Maintaining architecture level by providing support to GBU and sustaining engineering with customer escalation.

 

CA Technologies (Top 5 SW Company)

      Lead Cloud Architect | Practice Management 2012 – 2013

v        Responsible for Pre sales as SME for Cloud Products with fortune 500 enterprise clients

v        Architected Cloud Solutions for Customers with IaaS,PaaS, SaaS and VPCaaS design with CA Automation stack.

v        Provided leads for new business for Cloud products – Applogic/ASC

v        Led Projects in Automation suite for Clouds – IT PAM, Server Automation, Applogic, ITCM, ITAM, CCA.

v        Involved in creating use cases advisement feature set for product management based on customer needs.

v        Responsible for cloud segment of Center of excellence for B&I, Roadmaps & SOW and solution calculators.

v        Consulted as a Technical Architect in large accounts for fortune 500 enterprises.

 

 

General Dynamics (Top 3 Defense Company)

      Systems Architect, (DoD clearance)2006- 2012

v        Responsible for future WINTEL architecture direction to IT Operations.

v        Provided input on proposals for engineering projects with DoD, DHS, DOE, NASA and other Defense contractors such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Harris, CACI. ($100 MM – $3.5B)

v        Managed the client relationships for IT Shared Services with an emphasis on providing exceptional service delivery and customer service.

v        Negotiated and authorized all client service level agreements (SLAs), designed related metrics dashboard to effectively measure service delivery levels.

v        Assisted with contracts on software licensee terms and NDA’s with vendors.

v        Managed large and small projects as a Project Manager and a Systems Architect, responsible for all aspects of the project life cycle including design, development, testing, implementation and documentation (Technical & Governance COBIT). ($1MM – $947MM Projects).

v        Collaborated with all divisions for crowd sourcing and engage employees in Internal Innovation.

v        Led projects with teams of 10- 100 in RF, virtualization, enterprise level lab environment (Cloud computing), OS retrofits and other classified projects.

v        Projects – Active Directory, VMware (ESX/i.) Environment, RSA, BES, Exchange, Altiris, Mobile Devices, IP Telephony, and Architecture – WINTEL and Virtualization/Cloud Initiatives, NSA certified mobile telephony and other proprietary devices.

v        Founder & Chairman – Green Committee – Reduced O&M cost by implementing specific projects through collaborative effort.

v        Board Member for General Dynamic’s community investment relations team. (Race for cure, United Way, JDRF, POP, VA)
*GD - 92000 users. $32BB

 

CC

     Sr Systems Engineer - Consultant, 2005-2006

v        Led the implementation of Active Directory, SMS, and Web services for 4 sites in Phoenix/San Diego.

v        Led project in UCS implementation - $1MM.

v        Designed Microsoft SharePoint website for 8 domains to facilitate internal communication and electronically store approved policies, procedures, account reconciliations and other documentation.

v        Streamlined the process, designed technology roadmaps and staff development process.
     *CC –beta site for GM, 2000 users- $700MM

 

UPS (No 1 Logistics Company)

   Systems Administrator, 2003–2005

v        Primary responsible analyst for operations consisting over 2000 users.

v        Led process improvement team within the IT domain using Six Sigma methodology.

v        Managed and maintained Antivirus, AD, SQL and proprietary servers.

v        Led project in weight dimensional system implementation which reduced cost of over $2MM and $100MM nationwide.

v        Architected and installed over 30 access points over 4 sites for wireless project.

v        Deployed over 100 Bluetooth package scanning devices for efficiency in operations.

v        Responsible for Disaster recovery and business continuity planning.

v        Managed computer systems on DC8  and Boeing 727.
*UPS – Global IT Infra, 400,000 users, 5500 servers, 140,000 Desktops, 80,000 Telecom systems, WDS systems in 600 planes - $44BB
 

Farm Bureau financial services, Des Moines, IA

     Technical Services, 2002–2003

v        Assisted systems administrators in all aspects of design, build and deployment of Netware, DC, SQL, Domino and Info Sec.

v        Built and integrated over 100 servers for XP Probes, Cognos, Netware and other in house development servers.

v        Assisted with Netware 6 deployment and upgraded over 2000 Novell clients.

v        Assisted and prepped in monthly offsite BCDR drills with SunGard.

v        Performed various roles in Information security & Research for strategic planning.

v        Assisted Sr. RFP consultant on negotiations of WAN/LAN circuit’s consisting18 geographically dispersed sites.
*FBL – 3500 users, 1000 servers, 5000 workstations, 18 states - $800 MM

 

 

Citigroup, Des Moines, IA

   Analyst 2001-2002

GuideOne Insurance, Des Moines, IA

     Analyst, 1998–2000

 

Arizona State University/JACMET	Upper Iowa University	Vatterott College
Project Management Certificate	Management Information System	Des Moines, IA
		AS - Computer Science