Chief Architect

• Dec 2021 - Present

Product Owner & Architect, Public Cloud

• Jan 2018 - Dec 2021

- Developed and delivered Corning’s public cloud enablement of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 9 months by leading a dedicated team through complete culture and process redesign (Scrum-Agile, Software Defined & Infrastructure as Code) and partnering with cloud-first leaders- Responsible for ongoing operation, automation and security of AWS platform environment to enable Builder teams throughout Corning to leverage the public cloud platform for native-built and migrated services.

Enterprise Architect

• Oct 2013 - Apr 2020

- Responsible for infrastructure technology strategy aligned to business objectives based on continuous industry research & analysis.- Principle architect leading global, infrastructure (server, storage, backup, network & security) transformation and migration to state-of-the-art private cloud in 18 months by partnering with managed service provider and industry-leading vendors.- Led architecture stream for global managed services engagement reducing TCO of infrastructure services 20% by developing contract, assisting vendor selection & negotiation and driving assumption of services.

Manager, Level 3 Operations - Critical Response Team

• Feb 2012 - Sep 2013

- Improved business process recovery time from major system incidents 30% by establishing and leading a highly skilled operational team trained in critical response, communications and root cause analysis techniques. - Implemented Application Performance Monitoring (APM) platform leveraging big data analytics to proactively identify service issues.

Manager, Application Foundation Services

• Dec 2008 - Jan 2012

- Led and modernized global application foundation team to deliver enterprise-class database (Oracle, MS SQL), ERP application environment (SAP, Peoplesoft) and Integration (Biztalk, Informatica) services.- Accelerated time to quote and deliver new solutions 25% by customer-aligning teams, service standardization and process re-design.

Infrastructure Architect

• Aug 2006 - Dec 2008

Enable introduction of new IT Technology into the Enterprise. Focused mainly on Messaging, Server/Storage/BURA and Client technologies. Work closely with the Global Operations group to ensure seamless and successful introduction of new technology.

Project Co-Leader, Global Workstation Refresh

• Sep 2005 - Aug 2006

Responsible for the client software rationalization stream of converting over 25,000 desktops to Windows XP and re-deploying new, consistent hardware for the global Enterprise.

Team Leader, Messaging and Communications

• Mar 2003 - Aug 2005

Led a 30 person operational team responsible for Enterprise Communications (LAN, WAN, Voice) and Messaging (Email with Exchange and Lotus Notes). Concurrently, Project Leader for Exchange 2003 Conversion (10/2004 - 6/2005) Project: Technical and Operational Leader for the conversion from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 for 16,000 users in Corning.

IT Site Leader, Southern California

• Jan 2000 - Mar 2003

Responsible for all IT management and site operations of a growing Southern California, Multi Site facility. Included multi-million dollar project expansions into renovations of 3 different sites and 1 140,000 square foot, state of the art Research/Development and Prototype factory.

Team Leader, Desktop Services

• Aug 1998 - Dec 1999

Team leader for desktop services within Corning's flagship Research and Development faciltiy in Corning, NY. Responsible for operational and project management of 20 desktop technicians supporting around 2500 employees.

Analyst, Helpline

• Jun 1996 - Jul 1998

Helpline analyst responsible for frontline calls to the IT support organization.

IT Technician/WorkStudy

• Sep 1993 - May 1996

Technician work-study role to support campus, student, faculty and administrative IT environments. Key areas of focus were network cabling and administration, x86 client-server administration, voice cabling/administration and broad troubleshooting and repair activites. Technician work-study role to support campus, student, faculty and administrative IT environments. Key areas of focus were network cabling and administration, x86 client-server administration, voice cabling/administration and broad troubleshooting and repair activites.

Technician

• Jun 1991 - Aug 1992

Professional fireworks technician responsible for loading operations, setup and execution of massive pyrotechnic displays. Hand-fired, remote-manual and fully automated shows from a few hundred to over 1000 display elements. Fired shows in Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Ft. Mead, MD; Charleston, WV; Mechanicsburg & Harrisburg, PA Professional fireworks technician responsible for loading operations, setup and execution of massive pyrotechnic displays. Hand-fired, remote-manual and fully automated shows from a few hundred to over 1000 display elements. Fired shows in Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Ft. Mead, MD; Charleston, WV; Mechanicsburg & Harrisburg, PA