• Promoted from Sr. Manager to Director to lead the App / Dev and Power Platform teams, fostering stability, scalability, collaboration, and team and application maturity. • Increased JD Edwards E1 ERP availability from 99% to 99.99% (utility company availability) and streamlined operations. • Lead strategic initiatives to evolve IT solutions for wider enterprise use, such as OneStream • Work with GRC team on NIST 800 - 53r5 processes, documentation, and evidence • Work with Internal and external audit teams on SOX controls, artifacts, and evidence • Assumed ownership of Disaster Recovery processes, reorganized them, and drove DR successful, business process - based exercises to minimize risk and maximize business uptime. • Led initiatives to optimize E1 efficiency, streamlining database operations, and hitting a 4 - hour DR RTO • Maintain a cost - neutral budget while enhancing IT services by optimizing staffing allocation and ensuring clarity of paths and priorities • Promote team collaboration and break down technical silos for advanced integration. • Integrated the App / Dev teams with the SharePoint and Training / Communications teams to increase productivity by increased collaboration. • Empower the organization via automation tools such as E1 Orchestrations and UIPath to make associates more productive and more efficient

Creating connections that empower people. Senior member of the IT Leadership team, building, supporting, and improving the IT organization's people and processes.

Planned, deployed, and maintained business - critical complete voice, video, data, wireless, and security infrastructure throughout all international MasterBrand Cabinet facilities. Designed, procured, and maintained LAN, WAN, Security, Wireless, Telephony, and additional services affecting or affected by networking. • Designed, deployed, and maintained critical voice, video, data, wireless, and security infrastructure across all international facilities. • Aggressively managed the telecommunications budget, reducing costs by $3 million annually. • Delivered over $5 million in network and telephony upgrades, boosting throughput by 600% and saving $600K. • Led and developed junior engineers and technicians. • Negotiated cost - effective contracts, saving over $250K per month. • Reduced departmental costs and improved response times by bringing network management in - house.