Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School

Missouri Western State University

Client Technology Lead - Commercial Enterprise - Manufacturing  at Microsoft

Greater St. Louis

Virtual Chief Technical Officer (CTO)/Chief Digital Officer (CDO) responsible for establishing and cultivating healthy, long-term relationships with technical decision makers (TDMs) and/or business decision makers (BDMs) at the CIO level.

Providing Account thought leadership inclusive of information technology (IT), industry, and business strategy knowledge,

Leveraging account thought leadership in partnership with account executives to set strategy, own accountability for outcomes, and lead extended teams.

Leveraging a strong knowledge of Microsoft's product landscape, solutions, and strategy to address customer's needs. Proactively coordinating with internal and external network of industry experts (e.g., industry-solutions executives, industry-specific partners) to build strong knowledge of the industry and the competitive landscape.

Driving and leveraging leaders from the partner ecosystem to bridging process gaps. Leveraging deep understanding of the customer to share knowledge with extended team and promoting customer business perspectives.

Voice of the customer, industry, and internal advocate by providing insights, feedback, and challenges from the customer to internal teams (e.g., product groups, engineers) across all levels of the organization.

Microsoft

Client Technology Lead - Commercial Enterprise - Manufacturing

Technical leader and influencer in shaping customer decisions to buy, architect and adopt Microsoft Solutions.

Technical Specialist - Modern Workplace - SMC - Digital Sales

Managed multi-million dollars projects portfolio for Microsoft’s enterprise clients. Maintained profitability, strong financials and high customer satisfaction year over year. Successfully completed the delivery of multiple Azure and O365 projects that led to increase of Azure/O365 consumption and adoption.

Senior Engagement Manager - Microsoft Consulting Services

- Working as a trusted technical and business advisor for  Microsoft’s enterprise clients.
- Providing valuable guidance around application and software lifecycle management through quality Service Delivery Management and engagement.
- Providing insight and best practices for using Microsoft products and services.

Senior Technical Account Manager

- Developed and implemented road maps, resources and  technology strategies for the SharePoint practice.
- Architected, implemented and delivered SharePoint solutions to enterprise clients.
- Worked with Business Development leads and Sales Account Managers to create Work Breakdown Structures   (WBS) and proposals for prospective clients.

Oakwood Systems Group

Managing Architect - Collaboration Solutions team Lead

- Managed relationships with extensive portfolio of enterprise clients. Ensured the client's business and technology needs were satisfied
-                Maintained the Microsoft Gold Partnership account.
- Directed the development team to achieve Custom Development Solutions, Portals and Collaboration, and Data Management Solutions competencies.

Envision

Director Of Technology

Responsible for overall application architecture of the web applications and business solutions. Architected secure and scalable solutions for many enterprise clients

Architect / Technical Manager

Architected and developed secure and scalable solutions for many enterprise clients.
Environment: Most projects were built on .NET platform with SQL Server databases. A completed integrated solution mostly included CMS system, SRS reports, dashboards, many custom modules and data integrations with other solutions.
Tools: TFS, Visual Studio, SQL Server Management Studio, Business Intelligence development studio, SharePoint designer, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project

Senior Consultant

Built .NET web applications, Business Intelligence solutions, and  SharePoint portals.

Aspect Software (Quilogy Services)

Consultant/Applications Developer

Installed, maintained and serviced WAN, LAN, Windows Servers, Domain Controllers and Active Directory.

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