Gary Talaska
Enterprise Architect at AIM Specialty Health- Claim this Profile
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Daniel Miklusicak
Gary is a leader who sets the bar high to get things done, both for himself and his his colleagues. He understands technology to a detailed level, yet he can communicate concepts and risks in business terms to folks throughout the organization. He is a very good communicator - he listens to his folks, takes care of them, enables their good ideas, and acknowledges their accomplishments openly. I would GLADLY work for Gary again!
Daniel Miklusicak
Gary is a leader who sets the bar high to get things done, both for himself and his his colleagues. He understands technology to a detailed level, yet he can communicate concepts and risks in business terms to folks throughout the organization. He is a very good communicator - he listens to his folks, takes care of them, enables their good ideas, and acknowledges their accomplishments openly. I would GLADLY work for Gary again!
Daniel Miklusicak
Gary is a leader who sets the bar high to get things done, both for himself and his his colleagues. He understands technology to a detailed level, yet he can communicate concepts and risks in business terms to folks throughout the organization. He is a very good communicator - he listens to his folks, takes care of them, enables their good ideas, and acknowledges their accomplishments openly. I would GLADLY work for Gary again!
Daniel Miklusicak
Gary is a leader who sets the bar high to get things done, both for himself and his his colleagues. He understands technology to a detailed level, yet he can communicate concepts and risks in business terms to folks throughout the organization. He is a very good communicator - he listens to his folks, takes care of them, enables their good ideas, and acknowledges their accomplishments openly. I would GLADLY work for Gary again!
Experience
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AIM Specialty Health
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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500 - 600 Employee
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Enterprise Architect
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Oct 2018 - Present
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Enterprise Architect
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Oct 2018 - Present
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Director of Enterprise Technology, Infrastructure Design and Build
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Jan 2014 - Present
Set strategy and scope for all middleware on distributed platform. Created and improved all project Infrastructure design, layout, and processes. Served as tower leader for enterprise license agreement team, focus on cost cutting, future state, and rightsizing environment. Directed POC to use containers with open source tool sets to reduce dependence on single vendor for distributed applications. Acted as process lead for three-year strategy roadmap in Infrastructure.• Ensured relationship development between architecture and infrastructure. • Led team of four managers and 50 professionals and contractors in middleware support.• Maintained integrity of enterprise infrastructure while adapting environment to future state architecture. • Led “SWAT Teams” to resolve enterprise-level outages. • Held budget responsibilities for cost center. Show less
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Senior Manager Infrastructure Architecture
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2002 - Present
Directed senior level infrastructure architects on project load, assignments, and career development. Translated direction of enterprise architects FSA into solid and understandable tools and implementation strategies. Oversaw relationship development between architecture and infrastructure support groups. Lead manager for enterprise backup and recovery, future state architecture 3.0 project. • Led several “SWAT Teams” to resolve enterprise-level outages. • Served key role for all architecturally significant Infrastructure project design and layout.• Formed and developed roles and responsibilities for infrastructure architect team.• Served as emerging technology lab Manager. • Oversaw cost center budget. Show less
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Senior Director, Infrastructure Design and Build, Strategy and Planning
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Feb 2016 - Oct 2018
Led process evaluation, design, improvements, and governance for three separate enterprise flows. Enhanced problem management teams in root cause analysis (RCA) and in major break fix events. Oversaw pivotal cloud foundry platform. Mentored new senior directors onboarded into design and build area. Monitored area from low level to strategic enterprise level. Coordinated roles and responsibilities with architecture strategy and planning area.• Helped lead creation of Infrastructure roadmaps for future state architecture.• Recognized as integral to successful transition of middleware support to outsource vendor.• Served key role in multiple POCs to establish product fit. Show less
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Spiegel
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United States
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Retail
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1 - 100 Employee
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Manager of Distributed and MF Support
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2000 - 2002
Coordinated all application development/support issues with mainframe and distributed technical services. Established and directed application needs of multi-site distributed system. Led, hired, mentored, and trained open systems group in consolidation of three IS Enterprise Application Systems Development groups into one. Managed project delivery. Directed team of 23 developers in daily production support of 69 different applications. Developed and executed detailed plans for strategic initiatives and cross-team planning in a Matrix system environment. Show less
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Bank of America
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United States
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager of Support
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1995 - 2000
Oversaw 24 X 7 technical/financial system monitoring desk for major eCommerce corporate site. Directed daily duties of seven people and managed all related operational and personnel issues. Coordinated and monitored technical needs of multi-site distributed system. Collaborated with project managers and developers to ensure support requirements were defined, implemented and met. Worked with networks, including HP UX, Windows/NT, Windows/9x, and AIX. Provided support and administration of wide range of global real-time trading systems in complex, distributed, multi-vendor computing environment. Show less
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Education
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DeVRY Institute of Technology, Addison IL
BS, Computer Science