Professional Experience

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Cloud Solutions Architect / IT Director
Paygen Corp – Bridgewater, NJ
February 2022 – May 2026

• Strategic Technical Leadership: Directed the architectural roadmap for Customer Support, Data Center Operations, and Cloud Engineering teams; mentored staff to implement modern infrastructure practices that improved deployment speed and system uptime.

• Pre-Sales & Stakeholder Alignment: Acted as the primary technical authority during pre-sales and stakeholder meetings, translating business requirements into high-level architecture that secured client trust and investment.

• Infrastructure Governance: Managed high-level cloud engineering workflows while personally overseeing security protocols and compliance audits to ensure 100% alignment with FinTech/SaaS regulations.

• Solution Architecture & Scalability: Partnered with stakeholders to create technical blueprints for an EBPP SaaS platform, leveraging a hybrid GCP/Azure footprint to ensure scalable, resilient growth.

Senior IT Manager / IT Operations Director
PlanitROI, Inc. – Denville, NJ
March 2022 – February 2024

• Operations & Automation: Engineered and optimized global workforce onboarding/offboarding workflows; automated account management across core products to streamline logistics, achieving a 50% increase in process efficiency.

• Infrastructure Strategy: Directed IT strategy for an ITAD services firm; personally oversaw complex migrations to Azure/M365 while managing budgets and timelines to maximize ROI.

• Advanced Problem Resolution: Served as the primary technical escalation point, utilizing automated workflows and modern DevOps tools to resolve critical system failures rapidly.

• Vendor & Procurement Management: Negotiated contracts with key vendors, ensuring high availability and cost-effective procurement of hardware/software solutions.

Founder & Lead Technical Engineer
Self-Employment MSP – Clifton, NJ
January 2008 - Present

• Business Operations: Founded and scaled a full-service Managed Service Provider (MSP) providing vCIO services; managed all aspects of the business from technical strategy to client relationship management.

• Service Delivery Excellence: Designed and delivered complex project lifecycles for SMB clients, including multi-site network design, cloud migrations, and custom hardware/software stacks.

• Audit & Compliance: Conducted comprehensive infrastructure audits to identify vulnerabilities and remediate security gaps to ensure regulatory compliance for diverse client bases.

VP, Information Technology Director
ClearTran (Acquired by BNY Mellon) – Woodland Park, NJ
September 2007 – January 2021

• Progressive Leadership & Engineering: Advanced through high-impact roles including Technical Support Manager > IT Operations Manager >  Systems/Network Architect; scaled infrastructure from a boutique startup to a major financial services acquisition.

• M&A & Scalable Growth: Orchestrated infrastructure growth from a startup phase through a major financial services acquisition; ensured seamless continuity during high-stakes transition cycles.

• Team Mentorship: Managed and mentored a high-performing team to provide 24/7 support for large-scale operations, fostering professional growth while maintaining 99.9% uptime targets.

• Infrastructure Engineering: Designed and deployed robust on-premise data centers and colocation environments, managing 100+ physical/virtual servers with a focus on high availability and peak performance.

• Security Leadership: Directed multi-phase infrastructure projects involving significant capital investment, ensuring every project adhered to strict security standards and corporate ROI goals.