Director of IT

• Mar 2023 - Present

DCCM is a provider of design, consulting, and construction management services that focuses on infrastructure marketplaces across the United States. Through a family of complementary brand companies, DCCM serves a variety of end markets while offering a national reach. Additionally, through strategic acquisitions and investments in the organic growth of our partner companies, DCCM is able to offer increasing depths of services across its growing customer base. DCCM is a provider of design, consulting, and construction management services that focuses on infrastructure marketplaces across the United States. Through a family of complementary brand companies, DCCM serves a variety of end markets while offering a national reach. Additionally, through strategic acquisitions and investments in the organic growth of our partner companies, DCCM is able to offer increasing depths of services across its growing customer base.

Director of Technology

• Jan 2017 - Mar 2023

About Bloom: A specialized IT Solutions partner in Houston, TX focusing on professionals and organizations; growing careers and organizations. I've worn many hats throughout my career, as I'm sure many of us have. Currently my primary focus is the betterment of the business through technical solutions both new and existing. Additionally these results are aligned with business needs & requirements to affect the bottom line and increase revenue. •Responsible for direction, recommendations and leading of all technology related decisions for the orgainization •Ensured success by effectively leading a matrixed team of project managers, team leaders, and IT professionals both internal and external, ensuring alignment of objectives •In addition to leadership focus internally and with external clients, I also established internal IT policies & standards and implemented technology solutions Show less

Technology Director

• Mar 2008 - Dec 2016

I’ve worked with many different organizations here in Houston, both from an IT hands-on perspective and from the staffing side of things. When things come together it’s a good feeling for everyone involved, you find a new work home and that excitement pours over into benefitting who you're working for! There’s nothing like finding the right spot for someone that puts them in a happy work spot. It’s 50 hours a week invested by someone, they should never be unhappy where they work! •Provided oversight and direction for all internal technology needs and decisions •Lead internal and external teams who designed and implemented projects in the areas of LAN/WAN, Security, Citrix, Active Directory, Disaster Recovery, VMware, and Exchange •Established and implemented internal corporate policies, standards and guidelines for software applications, systems, security, and LAN / WAN standards to fit the needs of the company and within budget •Managed and lead initiatives and related to technology functions, including ISPs, MSP, and telephony providers, reducing contracted fees through effective negotiation skills •Responsible for strict budget planning, long-range forecasting and capacity planning for technical needs and financial constraints Show less

Senior Specialist

• 2005 - 2008

This was one of the best places I have ever worked in the IT sector. The people made it! I had some fantastic co-workers and a fabulous manager. This rings out as my favorite job. I miss those folks there!Here's some techincal bits I did there:• Domain migration project of joining multiple existing domains and retiring previous domains due to company acquisition and merger• Conducted training sessions to other IT members on system usability in regards to newly implemented and existing technologies• Member of team who coordinated and built an $18M remote datacenter from ground floor up to act as a hot standby for a readily available and highly visible trade floor environment• Managed all aspects of division wide Citrix implementations and projects • Worked to ensure SOX, SEC, FERC and other regulations were strictly adhered to and met• Designed and implemented global Citrix Metaframe farm for employees and traders locally and internationally to Singapore and London• Primary point of contact for all Active Directory (AD) and DNS needs• Evaluated and implemented global on-call support procedures for London and Singapore• Implemented Altiris Deployment Solution for management of all servers and provided training to other team members and co workers• Maintained multiple VMWare ESX servers• Implemented new environment monitoring hardware and software for rapid growing datacenter which helped to identify hotspots and alert on environmental changes• Primary point of contact for all power and cooling for local data center• Managed project of adding multiple PDUs and 22 tons of additional cooling due to rapid data center growth• Installed and configured UpTime monitoring solution which monitored all aspects of the datacenter from server software and hardware to power and environmental controls• Created and maintained extensive document library for technical documentation of all work and projects, informational how-to’s and technical layout diagrams Show less

Senior Specialist

• 2005 - 2008

Senior Technical Analyst

• 2004 - 2005

Network Manager

• 2001 - 2004

Senior Technology Consultant

• 2000 - 2001

Senior Technology Consultant

• 1999 - 2000

Network Engineer

• Apr 1998 - Dec 1999

Network Administrator

• 1997 - 1998

Support Specialist

• 1996 - 1997