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Manager

NJ TRANSIT is New Jersey's public transportation corporation. Its mission is to provide safe, reliable, convenient and cost-effective transit service with a skilled team of employees, dedicated to our customers' needs and committed to excellence.\r\n\r\nCovering a service area of 5,325 square miles, NJ TRANSIT is the nation's third largest provider of bus, rail and light rail transit, linking major points in New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia.\r\n\r\nThe agency operates a fleet of 2,027 buses, 711 trains and 45 light rail vehicles. On 236 bus routes and 11 rail lines statewide, NJ TRANSIT provides nearly 223 million passenger trips each year.\r\n\r\nNJ TRANSIT also administers several publicly funded transit programs for people with disabilities, senior citizens and people living in the state's rural areas who have no other means of transportation. In addition, the agency provides support and equipment to privately-owned contract bus carriers.\r\n\r\nAs the vehicle that connects New Jerseyans with employment, education, health care and recreational opportunities in and around the Garden State, NJ TRANSIT is vital to the state's economic and social well-being, as well as its quality of life.\r\n\r\nMISSION STATEMENT: To provide safe, reliable, convenient and cost-effective transit service with a skilled team of employees, dedicated to our customers' needs and committed to excellence.

EXPERTISE: Strategic Planning ■ Technology Governance & Policy Implementation ■ Information Security and Data Integrity ■ Regulatory Compliance ■ Enterprise Architecture and Integration ■ Business Continuity ■ Project/Program Management ■ Business Process Improvement I am an innovative technologist with over 20 years of demonstrated success leading organizations to achieve their business goals by leveraging technology. I have a track record for turning around struggling IT organizations. I apply a practical and rational approach to risk management and build strong cyber security programs, bringing clarity to IT strategy. I pride myself as being a well-respected and highly effective technology leader who is driven by a customer focus and business objectives. WHO AM I? • I'm tech-savvy and know how to translate complex solutions into meaningful tools that produce high-impact results. • I have a proven history of building high-performance teams; along with a distinctive and motivational management approach that creates substantial benefits to achieve maximum results. • I optimize operations and reduce costs, while improving quality • I strengthen organizational security capabilities, by transitioning complacent teams from a reactive state to a more proactive posture, applying by an custom cyber security and risk management framework.