GREG PRESCOTT
TALLAHASSEE,FL
Summary
Results-driven executive support professional specializing in team leadership and operational efficiency. Expertise in managing complex projects within information technology management, cost analysis, and strategic planning. Recognized for leading teams that enhance processes and drive organizational performance through innovative solutions. Proficient in public procurement negotiations with a deep understanding of state legislative budget processes to secure funding for critical initiatives.
Overview
1
1
Certification
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Deputy Chief Information Officer
Florida Department of Corrections
Tallahassee, FL
08.2023 - Current
- Resolve operational challenges through analytical problem-solving
- Mentor and motivate teams, tracking performance using measurable data metrics to drive improvements
- Manage Information Technology (IT) software applications, ensuring seamless integration and functionality
- Conduct procurement processes, negotiate contracts and ensure compliance with Florida Statutes
- Facilitate strategic planning workshops and conduct Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analyses to align organizational goals
- Assist the Chief Information Officer (CIO) with communication to the agency executive leadership team
- Perform CIO duties when asked to stand-in with delegated authority
- Prepare the strategy and planning for a 3-year cloud modernization project that included a legislative budget request to obtain $86 million
- Prepare the strategy and planning for a 5-year mainframe modernization project that included a legislative budget request totaling $115 million and serve on the negotiation team as the lead technical negotiator for recommendation of an experienced service integrator and innovative technology platform to modernize the agency's 40-year-old mainframe system
- Plan and organize the deployment of a restructured project management office with a focus on process mapping five stages of projection management and six stages of software development lifecycle
Information Management Manager
Florida Department of Corrections
Tallahassee, FL
03.2016 - 08.2023
- Oversee information management strategies, ensuring compliance and enhancing operational efficiency
- Resolve operational challenges through analytical problem-solving
- Lead budget preparation and cost-benefit analyses
- Manage IT software applications, ensuring seamless integration and functionality
- Conduct procurement processes, negotiate contracts and ensure compliance with Florida Statutes
- Develop and monitor vendor performance metrics to ensure satisfaction and compliance
- Manage projects of varying scales using PMI methodologies, delivering results on time and within budget
- Manage a $100 million IT budget, ensure effective tracking and compliance with spend plans while maximizing resource allocation and achieving project goals
Operations Management Consultant II
Florida Department of Management Services
Tallahassee, FL
11.2009 - 03.2016
- Manage the contract for Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System
- Review performance measurements monthly to ensure compliance with contract thresholds for uptime, response time, and restoration time
- Develop and monitor vendor performance metrics to ensure satisfaction from each agency member of the Joint Task Force (JTF)
- Facilitated strategic planning workshops and conducted SWOT analyses to align organizational goals
- Manage projects of varying scales using PMI methodologies, delivering results on time and within budget
- Offer expert guidance in operations management and strategic planning
- Negotiate contract amendments to clarify contract requirements and enhance the operational effectiveness of contracted services providers in delivering a high-quality product to the state law enforcement agencies
- Lead annual projects using the Enhancement Trust Fund to build new radio towers that expand 2-way radio communication coverage for law enforcement officers in the state of Florida
Deputy Division Director
Florida Department of Management Services
Tallahassee, FL
08.2007 - 10.2009
- Oversee information management strategies, ensuring compliance and enhancing operational efficiency
- Resolve operational challenges through analytical problem-solving with a focus on customer satisfaction
- Lead monthly vendor meetings to review contract performance and resolve customer concerns
- Mentor and motivate teams, tracking performance using measurable data metrics to drive improvements
- Revive a stalled project for the Department of Management Services to replace the fixed cost SUNCOM long-distance system with a consumption-based commodity contract, which included successful transition of 500,000 phone numbers and resulting in cost savings to the state agencies
- Negotiate a multi-vendor telephony contract resulting in significant cost reductions and improved customer satisfaction through enhanced service delivery
President
Prescott IT Solutions, Inc.
Tallahassee, FL
04.2006 - 07.2007
- Manage IT infrastructures and software applications, ensuring seamless integration and functionality
- Provide recommendations on IT infrastructure projects, focusing on client needs and effective solutions
- Lead IT consulting services, enhancing client operations across various industries
- Build a company from the ground up including the startup, business development, and operational deployment of consulting services to various small business companies in the North Florida and South Georgia communities
Director
Yuma Solutions, Inc.
Tallahassee, FL
10.2002 - 03.2006
- Manage IT infrastructures and software applications, ensuring seamless integration and functionality
- Provide recommendations on IT infrastructure projects, focusing on client needs and effective solutions
- Lead IT consulting services, enhancing client operations across various industries
- Design and deploy the information technology infrastructure for a nationwide political campaign across twenty battleground states that enhanced operational efficiency and communication
Consultant
Network Technology Solutions, LLC
Tallahassee, FL
10.2000 - 10.2002
- Manage IT infrastructures and software applications, ensuring seamless integration and functionality
- Provide recommendations on IT infrastructure projects, focusing on client needs and effective solutions
- Lead IT consulting services, enhancing client operations across various industries
- Drive business process enhancements through the implementation of innovative technology that increased operational efficiency and cost savings, while serving as the outsourced Chief Technology Officer for various industries including banking, healthcare, funeral services, construction companies, law offices, and lobbyists
Director
TrustLine Networks, Inc.
Tallahassee, FL
04.1999 - 10.2000
- Manage IT infrastructures and software applications, ensuring seamless integration and functionality
- Provide recommendations on IT infrastructure projects, focusing on client needs and effective solutions
- Lead IT consulting services, enhancing client operations across various industries
Education
Bachelor of Science - Finance
Florida International University
01.1995
Associate of Arts -
Miami Dade College
01.1992
Skills
- Innovative problem solving
- Leadership and team development
- Legislative budget requests
- Strategic planning
- Public procurement and negotiation
- Contract management
- Project management
- Legislative bill analysis
- Customer engagement strategies
- IT governance practices
- Communication proficiency
Certification
- Microsoft Certified System Engineer - Windows NT, 1998
- Microsoft Certified System Engineer - Windows 2000, 2000
- Florida Certified Contract Manager
- Florida Certified Contract Negotiation Training
- Project Management Institute Training
Core Competencies
- Innovative Problem Solving, 29
- Financial Analysis, 25
- Leadership & Team Development, 25
- Information Technology Planning and Management, 25
- Legislative Budget Process, 17
- Strategic Planning, 17
- Public Procurement and Contract Negotiation, 17
- Contract Management, 17
- Project Management, 17
- Process Mapping & Improvement, 17
- Telecommunications, 17
- Legislative Bill Analysis, 17
Timeline
Deputy Chief Information Officer
Florida Department of Corrections
08.2023 - Current
Information Management Manager
Florida Department of Corrections
03.2016 - 08.2023
Operations Management Consultant II
Florida Department of Management Services
11.2009 - 03.2016
Deputy Division Director
Florida Department of Management Services
08.2007 - 10.2009
President
Prescott IT Solutions, Inc.
04.2006 - 07.2007
Director
Yuma Solutions, Inc.
10.2002 - 03.2006
Consultant
Network Technology Solutions, LLC
10.2000 - 10.2002
Director
TrustLine Networks, Inc.
04.1999 - 10.2000
Bachelor of Science - Finance
Florida International University
Associate of Arts -
Miami Dade College