Benjamin Young

• Drives efficiency and accessibility by creating and implementing major projects that are integrated into cloud computing. • Creates itemized budgets for each fiscal year and, submits proposals for hardware or software purchases. • Works with stakeholders to develop the IT strategy for expanding organizational services and enabling technological growth. • Improves the internal network to handle a wireless roaming network capable of supporting over 500+ simultaneous users. • Successfully migrates several legacy systems into the MS Office 365 environment and institutes cloud based operations. • Conducts NPV analysis to determine payback timelines and ROIs for projects programs. • Decreases the annual expenses by 15% from a $15,000 per year budget. • Analyzes complex business needs presented by the user community and clients and, recommends user technology friendly solutions. • Ensures the consistency and maintainability of existing applications by creating and enacting standards for implementing technical solutions. • Produces detailed time line for each application release and implements effective project control by monitoring the progress of the software release and reporting the status. • Participates on all hardware and software evaluations and maintains vendor contracts. • Represents the IT function at board review meetings when appropriate. • Directs education and training programs for IT components. • Performs liaison duties between users, operations, and programming personnel in the areas of systems design, modifications or trouble shooting. • Works with stakeholders to develop architecture framework that aligns strategy, processes, and IT assets with organizational goals. • Works with key stakeholders to develop architecture framework that aligns strategy, processes, and IT assets with organizational goals. • Plans & executes the enterprise relationship model & business rules for the organizations CRM software & website data stores.