Experience

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  General railway & signal

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1992

  It systems coordinator
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  Oshkosh chassis a division of mercedes-benz

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1995

  It manager
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  Cambar software

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  Systems programmer analyst
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  Prima/norstan consulting

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2000

  Corporate partner

  Practice Leader for Enterprise Management Services.

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  Endurance corp.

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  Founder

  Manufacturer of custom high performance products for mega-yachts, offshore racing, and extreme exploration vessels.

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  Affiliated resource group

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  Enterprise consultant
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  American greetings

  Jun 2004 - Jan 2007

  It team lead

  Manager of a highly specialized team of Analysts and Technicians assigned to reduce costs, and increase productivity and utilization of enterprise resources through automation, integration, capacity planning, storage management, performance, and change management.

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  Toyota material handling, toyota global office, raymond corp.

  Jan 2007 - Nov 2012

  Senior it manager, operations and infrastructure

  Senior Manager of IT Infrastructure and Operations responsible for partnering with top level management to align strategic technology objectives and programs to business objectives by fostering innovation, recommending solutions and strategies, and working with core teams to implement across the organization. Role objectives were to develop policies and standards aimed at minimizing costs related to acquisition, implementation and operations of technologies into the Toyota/Raymond infrastructure while ensuring continual development of strategy and functionality. Specific responsibilities included:•Oversight for information systems design and development, systems planning, operations, networks, etc. in a 24X7 environment.•Establishing IT as a service, including 24X7 global operational support and service level objectives.•Ensuring that the IT infrastructure was current with systems standards and that this service met the needs of the global organization.•Remained abreast of evolving trends in IT and recommended changes and enhancements in equipment, systems, and processes. •Developed, maintained, and ensured adherence to annual operating budget.•Managed personnel which included the hiring/separation, training and development, performance evaluation, compensation, administration and other related functions.•Established and maintained a high performance team of professionally trained and motivated staff through effective performance management and career-development activities Show less

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  Cornell university

  Nov 2012 - Jul 2015

  Director, information technology

  Director of Central IT Support Services responsible for the design, deployment and support of large scale and highly available university wide technology solutions with a user base of approximately 40,000 faculty, staff, and students as well as an additional 200,000+ alumni and affiliates. The Central Service’s portfolio is comprised of commodity technology solutions including but not limited to; Email, Voice, Video, Service Desk, Executive Support, Desktop (including Managed, VDI and Virtual Apps), Documentation and Training Services, Field Services, BPR, Change Management, Usability, Identity Management, Printing Services, and Mobility. Show less

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  University of pennsylvania

  Jul 2015 - Sept 2016

  Executive director and chief technology officer