Skills
• Leading the IT Department by delivering strategic plan and business efficiency, develop and implement IT strategies and policies aligned with business goals.
• Establish IT governance frameworks to ensure IT initiatives meet business objectives.
• Manage IT budgets, forecasting, and financial reporting to optimize value and ROI.
• Manage and inspire IT Infrastructure staff, vendors, and consultants to build a high-performing technology organization.
• Lead IT security and risk management programs to protect systems, data, and operations.
• Manage and oversee the SDLC software development process to support application team.
• Advise business on emerging technologies and provide technology perspectives on new initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to understand business needs and ensure IT delivers innovative solutions.
• Deployment of foundational technologies infrastructure, network, security and connectivity to managed cloud services, Office 365 including SharePoint, OKTA Single-Sign-On (SSO), Mobile Device Management (MDM), ServiceNow ITSM, asset management.
• Physical & Cloud infrastructure Management, (SaaS, PaaS, Files/Data, Emails, ERP, Web, Hosting etc.), Email/Internet connectivity.
• Deploying the information and cyber security posture
• IT Business Plan and Strategies. Preparation and maintaining of yearly IT Budget.
• Asset Management (Hardware, Software, Licenses, Certificates, Asset Disposal/Recycle, Destruction Process, Asset Audits
• Vendor Management, Product Selection and procurement
• Software/Hardware Protection Systems, Dongles/Keys etc., Encryption and Decryption technologies. Proper backup of protected software and recovery in case of protection lost.
• Wired and Wireless Networking (Wi-Fi), networking Devices Cisco Routers, Firewalls, Switches, and others
• Virtualization Technology and Cloud Computing (AWS, VMware, Azure, Citrix and others)
• Physical security tools, CCTV system, Time Attendance machines.
• Web Conference Tools, Audio/Video equipment
• VoIP solutions and integration (Voice, Data, extranet, wireless, web, etc.)
• Handheld devices such as Smart Phone, Tablets, Portable computers, Data Collectors, QR Readers, 3D Printers, Smart Printers etc.
• IT desktop/helpdesk/service support (PC, Mac, Mobiles), support ticket systems and services delivery to the corporate IT environment.
• On-Prem to Cloud, Cloud to Cloud migration (Infrastructure, Servers, Applications, Office365, OKTA, SharePoint)
• Data Center Management, IT Infrastructure migration to different locations
• Data and information Governance/Data Classification (Varonis technologies)
About
Experienced in providing the vision, leadership, overarching of the organization's overall information technology infrastructure and information security plan, IT compliance, business strategies planning, budget and financial planning, vendor management & negotiation.
Driving IT governance, service and architecture, IT operations, helpdesk, service desk, security and risk management, project portfolio management, efficient support to all IT applications, data, business intelligence tools. IT policies and procedures, business continuity and disaster recovery plan, IT standards and compliance. Improving the business effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting IT Business and strategic plans, IT Budget and financial management.