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Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. is one of the world's leading franchisors of quick service restaurants

More than 27 years of progressive IT experience. Results driven leader who has consistently delivered projects on-time and on-budget. Remains on the forefront of emerging industry practices. Highly energetic personality with strong sense of urgency and tenacity. Extensive experience in leading several Enterprise projects improving franchisee profitability, gaining Operational excellence and supporting growth. Proven ability to bring benefits of IT to solve business issues while managing costs and risks. Strong architectural experience in Retail Technologies, e-commerce/m-commerce, Payment, Security and Infrastructure. Provide strategic direction to Leadership on technology. Ability to negotiate contracts and maintain strong vendor/supplier relationships. Develops people and create high performance teams. Sets a vision and empowers the team to make decisions to achieve their goals. Specialties: Infrastructure Management, Cloud Environments (IAAS, PAAS, SAAS), Network and Security Engineering, Data-center Management, Disaster Recovery Planning and Execution, Virtualization Technologies, Retail Technology (POS), Information Security Management, PCI, Payment Technologies, EMV, Payment Terminals, Service Oriented Architecture, Mobile/ Web Development, MarTech, QA, Vendor Management, Agile/ SDLC Project Management Methodologies, Risk Management, Change and Problem Management.