Curriculum Vitae

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Enrolled in the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, I have reached the all but dissertation (ABD) phase and looking to transition to an academic career.  

Practitioners can make valuable contributions to the academic world as teachers and administrators. For example, leveraging real-world experience to enrich the learning experience for students. My main research interest is in blockchain technology.

EDUCATION

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin (Expected in 2023)                          

  • Doctor of Business Administration Degree (DBA)

The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

  • Master of Business Administration Degree, Emphasis on Human Resource Management
  • Bachelor of Business Administration Degree, Operations Management and Management Information Systems                                                                                                                

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (DBA program at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)

  • 2021 – Research Proposal – Blockchain Use and the Moderating Role of Cryptocurrency Bias
  • 2022 – Research Proposal – ​The Effect of Patient-Generated Health Data on Health Outcomes
  • 2022 – Research Proposal – Blockchain Literature Review
  • 2022 – Research Proposal – Pre-Adoption Barriers to Blockchain Adoption 
  • 2023 – Research Proposal – Blockchain Case Study
  • 2023 – IACIS Review and Resubmit – Blockchain technology in the food supply chain: Influences on supplier relationships and outcomes  

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Academic / Service Based)

  • Lecturer University of Wisconsin Green Bay – Cofrin School of Business 2024-Current
  • Microsoft AZ-900 Cloud certification classes – Secura Insurance, 2021
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) Foundations certification classes – Secura Insurance, 2019, 2020
  • Professional Project Management (PMP) three certification classes – Local Project Management Institute (PMI) organization, 2010
  • Professional Development Days (PDD) – Local Project Management Institute (PMI) organization, 2005, 2006, 2007 (M&A Project Management, Estimation Techniques, and Portfolio Management)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University Wisconsin Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin (2022 – Present)

  • IT Infrastructure Director
  • Ensured the stability, security, and reliability of the University’s infrastructure services, whether provided on-site or off-campus, such as network, data center, telecommunications, and system applications.

Secura Insurance, Neenah, Wisconsin (2019 – 2022)

  • IT Director
  • Supervised the Billing, Claims, Enterprise Content Management (ECM), & Integration teamsLed the IT Modernization program.

Thrivent Financial, Appleton, Wisconsin (2014 – 2019)

  • IT Director
  • Managed the Integration, DevOps, and Web Infrastructure Engineering teams and led the IT Integration program.

Integrys Energy Group, Green Bay, Wisconsin (2004 – 2014)

  • Program Director
  • Managed the IT Marketing and Business Intelligence and Project Management Office teams and led two Mergers and Acquisition Programs.

Humana Insurance, De Pere, Wisconsin (2002 – 2004)

  • Program Manager
  • Worked as a Project and Program Manager in the Project Management Office (PMO).

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) – PMI
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – Scrum Alliance
  • Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) – ISC2 
  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) – EC-Council
  • Data Analytics Certificate – Google
  • Change Management Certification Program (Certified Practitioner) – Prosci
  • Change Management Certification Program (Certified Practitioner) – Prosci
  • Server+ – CompTIA
  • Cloud+ – CompTIA
  • Cloud Practitioner – AWS
  • Azure AZ-900 – Microsoft
  • ITIL – Axelos
  • Data Analytics Certificate – Google

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Doctor of Business Administration degree financed with Cryptocurrency; built server, mined bitcoin and wrote an automated trading bot in Python.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Program Development – Local Project Management Institute (PMI) organization
  • Created, facilitated, implemented, led, and taught courses during the Professional Development Days (PDD) for multiple years.
  • IT Modernization – SECURA Insurance
  • Successfully implemented the Agile Methodology, Resource Management, and Centers of Excellence (COEs) for Agile, Resource Management, Application Development, and Integration
  • Automation and Infrastructure Self-Service (Cloud) Strategy – Thrivent Financial
  • Create the company’s strategy for automating infrastructure deployments and our future cloud strategy
  • DevOps – Continuous Integration & Delivery – Thrivent Financial
  • Developed the company’s strategy for DevOps; specifically how we build and deliver software
  • Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Implementation – Thrivent Financial
  • Successfully led the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) implementation
  • Corporate Security Program – Integrys Energy
  • Asked by the CSO of Integrys to develop the strategy and implement a corporate security program
  • This included physical, IT, and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) security
  • SAP/PeopleSoft Conversion – Integrys Energy
  • Successfully led the conversation of the financial system from SAP to PeopleSoft
  • Merger – Peoples Energy and Wisconsin Public Service (WPS)
  • Asked by the CEO of WPS to fully integrate the two organizations
  • Accountable for a $189m budget, led the PMO and created a Shared Services Organization
  • Acquisition – Michigan and Minnesota Gas Utilities
  • Asked by the CEO of WPS to lead the Integration of two newly acquired gas utilities
  • Accountable for a $50m budget, led the PMO, and completed the Integration

RELEVANT SKILLS

  • Information Technology – COBOL, Java, Python, .Net, GitHub, Azure Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, Business Intelligence, Security and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)/Integration
  • Methodologies – Project Management, Program Management, Portfolio Management, Agile/Scrum, Organizational Change Management (OCM)
  • Google Data Analytics – Capstone Data Visualization – https://lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/457436f0-d984-4268-b0b2-a98b76f33af1/page/p_glkqfp976c

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Project Management Institute (2005 – 2009)

  • Director of Education, Vice President, President, and Ex Officio

Pop Warner Football, Appleton, Wisconsin (2009 – 2012)

  • Coach and Board Member
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