Stephen Annis
Chief Information Officer at Walters State Community College- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Walters State Community College
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United States
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Chief Information Officer
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Mar 2019 - Present
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Director of Infrastructure and User Technologies / CISO
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Feb 2015 - Feb 2019
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Network & Security Systems Administrator
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Nov 2014 - Jan 2015
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Colortech Inc.
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United States
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Plastics Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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IT Manager
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Jul 2012 - Oct 2014
Manage all facets of the IT organization for Colortech’s corporate operations and manufacturing facilities. This includes leading a team of 6 employees and 3 contract positions across multiple locations, defining strategic direction, maintaining all IT related enterprise systems, project management, budgeting, purchasing, ROI and cost analysis, configuration, deployment, performance monitoring, asset management, upgrades, and many other duties, systems, and technologies related to the enterprise. My core objective is to make IT systems an integral part of the company strategy. This takes on many forms from simple applications that save time and increase efficiency, to core business systems that are the foundation of the organization. Enabling the business, through IT, to make quick decisions to positively impact customer service, increase profitability, and secure a competitive advantage. Show less
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Milliken & Company
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United States
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Network Engineer
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Jul 2004 - Jun 2012
Perform duties related to the development and support of an enterprise network infrastructure for Milliken’s 43 manufacturing sites, multiple sales offices, show rooms and corporate headquarters. This includes project management, budgeting, cost analysis, configuration, deployment, performance monitoring, asset management, upgrades, and LAN/WAN technologies. My core objectives were to maintain a stable and reliable network consisting of over 900 Cisco devices, manage network related projects, maintain budgets, develop network standards & procedures, and to design, configure and install multiple platforms of networking hardware & software. Show less
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Systems Administrator
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Jan 2000 - Jun 2004
Responsible for IT administrative associate and IT management trainee. Together we supported the information systems for a multi-million dollar manufacturing facility. Supported all forms of data communication, plant software applications and plant hardware consisting of desktops, laptops, printers and all network related devices.Network responsibilities included implementing and supporting a Cisco switched network, establishing policies and procedures, and maintaining the network’s physical and logical structures, including all network components and connections.System management responsibilities consisted of project management, support of business critical computer systems, implementing standards for backups, fault tolerance and security. I conducted all the information systems managerial duties including inventory, budget and purchasing of equipment. Show less
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Education
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Tennessee Technological University
Master's degree, Strategic Leadership -
Tennessee Technological University
Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems