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about me

With over 30 years of experience, I am an award-winning designer, platform architect, and manager specializing in technology advocacy and community empowerment. My expertise spans enterprise IT, creative development, marketing, and social impact. I focus on crafting innovative programs and tools by integrating site reliability engineering, design, and cutting-edge solutions to drive growth and deliver impactful results.


Beyond professional projects, I enjoy exploring emerging technologies, composing music, creating digital art, and finding innovative ways to make complex concepts accessible to diverse audiences.

professional experience

University of Minnesota​

 

Dec 2019 – Present

SRE / IT Engineering for Research and Outreach Enablement

Leading innovative technology initiatives that bridge research computing and community impact through educational programs, digital inclusion efforts, and technical infrastructure development.

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  • Design and implement community outreach programs that have distributed over 1,200 computers, provided technology education to seniors, and created pathways for students in North Minneapolis

  • Develop creative educational tools, including an internationally-used SRE card game distributed in five African countries and interactive learning platforms

  • Lead transformative initiatives like the Northside Summer Internship Program, combining technical education, life skills development, and research exposure

  • Partner with community organizations, academic departments, and technology providers to create sustainable programs that bridge the digital divide

  • Support research computing initiatives while fostering cross-departmental collaboration between IT, community organizations, and academic units

UnitedHealth Group

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Oct 2018 – Dec 2019

Principal IAM Cloud AI Engineer

Leading identity and access management as a service (IAMAAS) for ESSO, Machine Learning (ML)/Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Cloud access management.

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  • IAM engineering and Product Owner for Azure connectivity supporting Office 365, Optum development and 400K users.

  • Leading IAM data science for Natural Language Processing chatbots, database access forecasting and directory service anomaly detection using Machine Learning.

Apex Systems

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Dec 2017 – Sept 2018

Security Analyst/Architect Contractor supporting Optum/UnitedHealth Group

Security Analyst, Cloud Architect for Identity Access Management, Cloud Identity and program management

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  • Program owner of FIPS compliant network enclave for multiple state agencies. MARS-E, IRS and NIST Compliances.

  • Responsible for IAM approach for AWS, Azure and on-premise and hybrid cloud offerings for UnitedHealth Group.

Blue Diesel
Data Science

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Oct 2017 – May 2018

Executive Director & Technologist (Co-Founder)

Office administration, program development, strategic business planning, finance and IT architecture.

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  • Azure AD, Domain Services, Virtual Network, Azure point-to-site VPN, Exchange Online, Skype for Business VOIP, and O365 admin/engineering.

  • Application development and UI design - PHP, C#, CSS and JavaScript.

Suburban Imaging

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Mar 2017 – Oct 2017

IT & IS Director

Director of IT and IS systems for Suburban Imaging, hospital and clinic partnerships with HealthPartners, Fairview and Allina supporting radiology.

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  • Disaster recovery, architecture planning, network review and project direction/management.

  • Network communication and security strategy with multiple RIS and PACS hospital systems.

UnitedHealth Group

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Dec 2010 – Mar 2017

IT Director - Identity & Access Management   (May 2016 – March 2017)

Director of Active Directory & corporate identity services supporting 78 domains, 440K groups, 970K users and 217 trusts.

 

  • Change audit, security authorization and log analytics tools/devices.

  • Develop continuous improvement strategy and lead project for global domain controller replacement in a 4-month period. (P2V)

Cloud Engineer & Architect – Azure & Azure Pack   (Oct 2015 – May 2016)

Architect and Engineer for Optum public, private & hybrid cloud services.

 

  • Developer on internal portal services and hybrid integration supporting .NET, PHP, and Node.js platforms.

  • Infrastructure architect and engineering designing (active/active) GEO HA configurations between multiple data centers.​

IT Director – Cloud Platform, Analytics and Reporting Services   (Aug 2011 – Oct 2015)

Director of division finance, SQL Server Reporting Services, Web Analytics and Clouds (Azure/Azure Pack) supporting more than 13M users.

 

  • Operational investigation for the construction of business applications to ensure infrastructure availability.

  • Developed reviews and partnerships with multiple teams for application development, server infrastructure design and overall system/application response

Project Manager/Project Lead – SharePoint Infrastructure   (Dec 2010 – Aug 2011)

Team Lead for private and public Optum SharePoint infrastructure projects.

 

  • Infrastructure product owner of Dev/Ops collaboration of multiple internal and customer projects.

  • Designed and continuous integration lifecycle of code review, performance testing, and checkout procedure.

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HighJump Software

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Aug 2008 – Dec 2010

Web Systems Manager

Manager and principal architect for internal applications. Responsible for development and technical specifications related to new projects and system documentation.

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  • Managed and developed multiple external facing websites on SharePoint enabling internal users to administer content as needed.

  • Created and led teams to develop internal data management tools for the automation of generated reports. (Crystal Reports /SSRS).

Centari Meta-Group

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Jan 2008 – Oct 2008

Development and Project Management (Founder)

Sales, marketing, support, training and application development on a variety of systems for multiple clients.

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  • Data migration, configuration and training on Clientele CRM, Siebel, Salesforce and SugarCRM for national sales teams.

  • Training and project management for Merrill Corporation. Developer for HighJump Software. Supported multiple HSA/HRA, Brokerage clients.

Merrill Corporation

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Aug 2007 – Dec 2007

Sales Force Automation Project Manager (CRM)

Project Manager for multiple sales automation initiatives and nationwide sales trainer on SugarCRM.

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  • Led projects for data migration from Salesforce, Siebel, GoldMine, ACT! to SugarCRM.

  • Negotiated contracts and software licensing prices to achieve the lowest cost for the highest functionality within budget.

HighJump Software

3M Company

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Spring 2004 – Dec 2007

Web Systems Manager / Developer

Primary developer and designer for highjump.com, extranet.highjumpsoftware.com, logisticstools.com and RFP2007.com.

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  • Developed, designed and deployed VM based training environment utilizing VMware Lab Manager and MS TS-Gateway.

  • Designed and developed tracking applications for weekly email campaigns and lead generation.

Alliant Techsystems (ATK)

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Fall 2000 – Spring 2004

Application Systems Supervisor

Manager of all web related projects and 18 websites for both B2C and B2B. Responsible for UIX for client installed applications and customer websites.

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  • Created integrated client and web tools for sales to automate partner storefront information world wide. Cutting support calls down by 10%.

  • Developer and designer for the RCBS.com e-commerce site generating $80K revenue within the first year. Project length was three months.

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