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Executive Vice President Global Information Technology Operations

Edelman is a leading global communications marketing firm that partners with many of the world’s largest and emerging businesses and organizations, helping them evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations. Edelman owns specialty firms Edelman Intelligence (research) and United Entertainment Group (entertainment, sports, experiential), a joint venture with United Talent Agency. Specialties: Communications Marketing, Public Relations, PR, Digital Communications, Strategic Communications, Marketing, Corporate Relations, Crisis Communications, Public Affairs

UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION ► I build potent global IT leadership strategies that produce results, bolstered by over two decades of leadership experience building and evolving the technological infrastructure of enterprise corporations, culminating in an executive role with the world’s largest independent public relations firm. ► My success is driven by my ability to leverage broad and deep technical knowledge with exceptional business management skills to achieve consistently higher levels of success while creating relationships of trust and confidence with users, colleagues, and management. SUMMARY ► Engaging Technology Executive possessing a winning blend of technical skill, leadership, management and communications acumen. Natural skills in building solutions to complex problems, communicating with key stakeholders to assess needs and develop innovative, practical solutions. ► Leverages a unique mix of visionary, strategic, technical, operations and analytical expertise, consistently exceeding performance goals by aligning staff talents and effort with organizational objectives. An influential leader who creates immediate impact, produces results and fuels operational excellence. LEADERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS ★ Presently manages IT infrastructure for 67 offices in 34 countries on behalf of the world’s largest independent public relations firm ★ Exceptional leadership abilities, supervising a team of 8 executives and supervisors, the Global Infrastructure team, the End User Computing team, IT Global Procurement and a group of 27 offshore Help Desk support staff. ★ Rebuilt a data center from the ground up as the focus of a $385MM project, with authority over all facets of the project, including fiscal issues. ☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ Specialties: Enterprise Technology, IT Infrastructure, Project Management, IT Deployments, IT Upgrades, Cost Containment, Business Analysis, Technical Support, Infrastructure Consolidation, Data Center