Stephen Tycer Email Address

Information Technology Security Manager

Oil State Industries, Inc. manufactures oil field machineries and equipment.

I am an IT manager with a technical background, who specializes in the development, promotion, implementation and management multi site, global IT strategies and their externalities. I also specialize in creating and managing high performance teams. Career Accomplishments: -Designed and implemented multi-path dynamically routed 20-site global network which resulted in a 90% reduction of unplanned network outage. -Implemented Global Single Sign ON / Second Factor Authentication Solution using OKTA to increase general productivity and the enterprise security footprint. -Implemented Global Riverbed solution; 60% reduction of data with a significant reduction in latency and network overhead. -Implemented global video conferencing network which resulted in a 74% reduction in travel costs and an increase in cross site collaborative efforts. -Developed 3 year global network and security strategy; corporation migrated from non-Sox compliant to a Sox compliant group with no IT Security deficiencies. -Designed and implemented ITIL based ticket tracking Help Desk system which resulted in enhanced knowledge repository, user feedback survey tracking, and increased user satisfaction rating by 20%. -Implemented remote disaster recovery site; reduced projected disaster downtime time from 3 weeks to 24 hours. -Managed the implementation of VOIP long distance system which reduced annual long distance cost by $200,000 -Create C-level presentations resulting in more than $1,000,000 of annual funding for network and security projects. -Developed and enforced Internet use policy by implementing, 20 site, global Websense solution; resulting in the reduction in legal risk and ability to capture evidentiary data. -Developed and implemented e-discovery policy which resulted in a reduction of thousands of dollars of costs. -Manage and consolidate vendors to increase bargaining power which results in superior service and decreased financial outlay. Specialties: SAN / Storage management and deployment, Systems Management and deployment, Compliance (SOX) (CIS), Switch and Router management, Firewall management, IT Budgeting and Capital expenditures, Vendor Management, Global network and Security Strategies.