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About Me
Education
Skidmore Computer Career Institute 1998
MCSE, CNE
Comprehensive training on Novell and Microsoft technologies. Completed both CNE and MCSE certifications within 4 month class span. Led to 25+ year career in IT and related disciplines platforms, systems, network, security, facilities. Project and staff management.
Cornell Unversity 1988
Bachelor of Arts
Economics degree with 3.0 average.
Work & Experience
Adweek 06/12/2023 - 06/02/2025
Senior Director Technology & Security
Critical thinking, collaborative and dedicated IT Director with extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining networks and platforms, as well as configuring and maintaining critical security, financial and infrastructure including Darktrace, NetSuite, & Salesforce CRM. Diverse experience includes media, advertising, marketing, and retail. Strong leader able to cultivate relationships with senior management, direct reports, colleagues, and third-party vendors. Manages staff in technology implementations. Provides IT support for up to 600 staff. Known for fostering an environment of continuous learning by mentoring and empowering staff to produce high-quality effective support. Expertise in understanding complex platforms & systems. Maintains strong relationships with all associates. Saves company thousands of dollars by personally auditing all licensing contracts. Rapidly integrates into new roles to support business objectives.
Adweek, Mediabistro 05/16/2016 - 06/09/2023
Director IT & Security
CISSP who defines company security posture, implements security protocol, writes security documents, manages cybersecurity insurance procurement. Deep understanding of the intersection between technology, infrastructure and security. IT operator and leader defining business needs, roadmap changes and implementing solutions while empowering teams. Strong cultivator of relationships with the business. Capable of planning and implementing programs based on direction from executives and colleagues. Identified needs for email, network and SaaS security. Reviewed, procured, tested, and implemented Darktrace, protecting staff and saving resources by using alerts to identify hacking and password theft. Determined necessity for Mac mobile device management. Engaged Jamf and Kandji for in-depth evaluation. Selected, tested, and fully configured initial Kandji setup. Redeployed 50 company Macs over two months. Drove financial systems overhaul from MS Dynamics & Jitterbit to NetSuite & Celigo. Assisted the finance team in planning and executing all aspects of this migration in required 3-month time frame. Assumed management of Netsuite-Celigo-Salesforce integration service after initial implementation. Hired and managed remote Salesforce vendor. Created mechanism to route, assign daily web-to-leads opportunities to appropriate sales reps. Implemented dashboards to provide revenue clarity for C-suite. Upgraded Apex and Visual force pages to current APIs using Agile project management methodology. Designed flows to streamline organization’s code. Saved $10,000's by evolving into license negotiation for all platforms including Okta, Zoom, Slack, MS365, Adobe CC, 1Pass, Monday.com, Meraki among many. Successfully project managed and executed facilities relocation and liquidation including vetting, hiring, strategizing and collaborating with vendors for moving, office security, HVAC, audio/visual conferencing Neat solution, ISP within 30-day window. Wrangled COI’s.
Mediabistro, Jupitermedia 01/25/2010 - 05/13/2016
Senior IT Manager
Tapped to lead staff of 10 IT technicians and server administrators in managing and configuring Windows network and PC / Mac support for 600 staff in 12 offices across 8 time zones, included 10 newly purchased stock imaging companies. Partnered with CTO to create IT budget. Negotiated licensing agreements. Administered Salesforce CRM. Managed Sarbanes-Oxley controls, company backups, and DR. Mentored, empowered and trained international IT team to deliver highest quality IT support and services to internal customer base. Developed and promoted staff by fostering environment of continuous learning and leveraging and supporting ideas. Conferred with business leaders to obtain team performance feedback and communicated to staff during reviews. Project managed major implementations including rollout of Adobe applications to several hundred staff members. Led team of IT technicians in design, build, and migration of 150 staff across 4 LOBs onto Windows Domain within two-month timeframe. Collaborated with senior managers and IT teams to create Windows Active Directory and Apple Open Directory, servers, and services. Purchase MS Hyper-V host servers. Built guest servers as DC/DHCP/DNS, file and print, certificates, and radius for corporate WiFi, and Windows updates. Collaborated with Aristo Data Systems vendor to architect, install, and configure MS Dynamics financial system including applications and servers. Provided fully functioning application instance with 2-3 hour DR turnaround time, 80% improvement and faster robust systems, and remote connectivity. Identified baseline hardware requirements by working with Controller to assess business needs, systems level disaster recovery needs, and underlying data requirements. Designed and utilized MS Hyper-V in creating SQL production / development and remote systems; collaborated with vendor to install and configure applications; created backup / maintenance plans.
Jupitermedia, Internet.com 02/05/2001 - 01/22/2010
IT Manager
Managed three IT technicians and Windows network expansions to five US and Canadian offices supporting staff of 300. Assumed remote management of 30 staff and all IT services in new QC office after purchase of Hemera, ensuring business continuity. Conducted knowledge transfer; improved Backup Exec process and consolidated domains. Managed and executed mergers and acquisitions including data management, email migrations and CRM data ingestion into Salesforce. Project managed and led teams completing mergers of several stock image companies under tight timelines.
Internet.com 02/07/2000 - 02/02/2001
Desktop Technician
Sole tech in NYC location of 75 staff members. Provided more agile and effective app support for 15 sales reps by troubleshooting complex Goldmine CRM sync process among three office locations, reducing calls to vendor by 75%. Assumed management of company internal servers and Windows Active Directory.
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