ThousandEyes (part of Cisco)Global Head of IT
Mar. 2019 - May. 2021San Francisco Bay AreaIn this role, I conceptualized and crafted a strategic IT roadmap to meet business objectives across global offices in Dublin, Ireland, London, Australia, Austin, and New York in collaboration with executive leadership. I drove the implementation of policies and procedures to maintain overall enterprise collaboration tools, platforms, and systems. Noted Accomplishments:
• Grew IT team from two to nine members, that served 600+ employees spread across the globe.
• Orchestrated leadership and guidance to spearhead $1M Zoom initiative across four global offices and more than three co-op locations, that significantly improved entire conference room workplace experience.
• Built $250K AV facility at headquarters for training, global presentations, executive briefings, and client functions, resulting in smooth communication and effective IT infrastructure.
• Optimized employee experience, SLA delivery, operational efficiency, and ROI by overseeing roll-out of next-generation solution (FreshService).
• Strengthened compliance with SOC2 and ISO27001 and fortified organizational security posture, while conducting regular audits with information security team.
• Increased SaaS spending and secured over $10K cost savings by eliminating shadow IT applications and deploying management solutions for track renewals, contract negotiations, and redundant tools.