I am a senior technology leader with two decades of hands-on and executive experience modernizing enterprise infrastructure, securing digital assets, and orchestrating large-scale transformations. Operating at the intersection of technical depth and strategic vision, I design reliable hybrid-cloud architectures, deploy AI-driven collaboration and security frameworks, and optimize endpoint lifecycles. I focus on tool consolidation and process simplification—stripping away redundant platforms to reduce total cost of ownership and accelerate delivery.
Beyond architecture and uptime, I focus on building sustainable systems and empowered teams. Whether guiding enterprise cloud adoption, automating critical onboarding/offboarding workflows, or establishing robust disaster recovery, I lead with a collaborative, people-first mindset that ensures technology serves as a direct driver of business growth.
October 2010 - Present
Consulting Services
Providing enterprise technology strategy, cloud architecture, and mission-critical engineering as Principal Consultant and strategic vCIO across private equity portfolios, commercial ecosystems, and high-security defense programs. Serving as lead technical advisor across extensive M&A and PE transactions, conducting pre-deal technical due diligence, post-acquisition technology integrations, synergy capture, and carve-out executions while guiding technology expansions for over 1,000 portfolio companies. Directed operations and modernization initiatives for defense entities, administering SIPRNet/NIPRNet systems, tactical multi-domain communications, and high-performance computing (HPC) clusters under strict federal standards. Concurrently scaling multi-tenant commercial data center and MSP infrastructure supporting 3,000+ client organizations, leading large-scale migrations to Azure, AWS and hybrid hyperconverged platforms. Architecting enterprise data lakes, production machine learning pipelines, and generative AI systems with automated observability, while standardizing zero-trust identity frameworks (Okta, Entra ID, Intune), comprehensive cybersecurity audits, and disaster recovery solutions.
August 2019 - February 2026
Directed enterprise data center operations
and infrastructure supporting 3,000 clients across the U.S. and Canada, scaling the engineering organization to 63 personnel through departmental consolidation and the strategic acquisition of two MSPs. Established core operational standards, standardizing onboarding workflows, technical documentation, implementation lifecycles, and staff training while driving sales enablement across all product offerings. Orchestrated large-scale on-premises-to-cloud server migrations alongside universal rollouts of modern endpoint management (MDM) and passwordless authentication frameworks. Engineered enterprise-grade data lakes, production machine learning pipelines, and generative AI architectures to deliver auditable, reliable, and high-fidelity data across distributed environments. Acting in both a senior technical capacity—as Tier 3/4 escalation lead and primary project engineer—and as strategic vCIO, conducted client QBRs, technology roadmapping, and rigorous cybersecurity audits paired with comprehensive client training. Navigated continuous corporate growth by steering multiple M&A integrations and leading technology expansion initiatives for more than 1,000 organizations.
August 2015 - August 2019
Architected a high-availability colocation data center environment
hosting core line-of-business software for all clients, while establishing and scaling a dedicated managed services engineering team from 13 to 21 personnel. Spearheaded a comprehensive platform modernization to hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), standardizing operational MSP workflows, engineering runbooks, and staff development programs while leading technical enablement for sales engineering. Directed end-to-end technical delivery across all infrastructure initiatives, orchestrating large-scale on-premises-to-hosted migrations, major network overhauls, and client-facing server upgrades. Served as the senior technical lead managing project roadmaps, providing Tier 3 escalation support across enterprise networking, telecom, VoIP, and server ecosystems, and delivering strategic cybersecurity advisory and threat remediation to secure critical client operations.
October 2011 - August 2015
Directed dual-scope technical operations
across high-security federal programs and commercial enterprise managed services. For all federal contracts, led an engineering team of 14 delivering virtualization and infrastructure support across Citrix, VMware, and Hyper-V platforms to maintain critical Windows/Unix servers, Exchange environments, and high-performance computing (HPC) clusters. Engineered, deployed, and managed long-range (3km+) wireless and microwave communications, built and validated comprehensive backup and disaster recovery solutions, and directed vendor governance and budget analyses for all contracted entities. Internally, led a 23-engineer organization delivering managed services to a national portfolio of 300 clients and 4,000+ endpoints, while serving as the primary Tier 3 project escalation lead and strategic vCIO to align technical execution with executive business goals.
April 2003 - October 2011
While on temporary assigned duty (TAD)
served as primary systems and network administrator, directing unit-wide Windows and Unix server operations and managing secure, DoD-compliant VoIP and satellite communication systems. Programmed and maintained automated flight control systems across multiple aircraft platforms, ensuring mission-readiness and critical avionics reliability. Coordinated multi-domain tactical communications across joint air, land, and maritime elements, while providing essential operational administration, routing, and information assurance for both SIPRNet and NIPRNet environments.
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