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Peter Kokas

Peter Kokas

Hudson,NH

Summary

Accomplished Professional with over 30 years of experience and a verifiable record of delivering enhanced productivity, streamlined operations and improved financial performance. Natural leader with affinity for technology and a special talent for transitioning strategy into action and achievement.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience
3
3

Certifications

Work History

Director Global Infrastructure and Cloud

ENGIE Impact
02.2020 - Current
  • Consolidated multiple regional IT teams into a single global Infrastructure team of 20
  • Built strategic roadmap for IT Infrastructure and vision for scale, including people, processes, and tools
  • Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Product Development in the conception, evaluation, piloting and operational delivery of cloud solutions for the enterprise
  • Designed and executed migration of workloads to Microsoft Azure
  • Implemented cybersecurity policies and processes to secure infrastructure.

Global Infrastructure Manager

Crane Currency
04.2018 - 02.2020
  • Manage outsourced IaaS vendors
  • Define and implement strategic plans for global Infrastructure
  • Led $1.2M project to upgrade US infrastructure, completing ahead of schedule and under budget
  • Oversee Backups and Disaster Recovery planning and execution.

Infrastructure and Security Manager / CISO

HealthTrust, Inc.
01.2016 - 04.2018
  • Led project to redesign storage and backup infrastructure
  • Implemented Intrusion Prevention System, IP blocking and Network Access Control
  • Created Disaster Recovery plan
  • Increased security posture, as confirmed by third party vulnerability assessment.

Director of Information Technology

Intronis, Inc.
11.2012 - 09.2015
  • Developed and implemented infrastructure strategy
  • Managed technical projects, in alignment with organizational goals, and directed the effective delivery of networks, corporate, development, QA and disaster recovery systems.

Director Technology Infrastructure

Curriculum Associates
08.2010 - 11.2012
  • Provided direct leadership for the management, strategy, and execution of IT Infrastructure
  • Led the effort to build cloud infrastructure to transition company from print-based product lines to electronic.

Assistant Vice President, Project Management

Putnam Investments
03.2006 - 08.2010
  • Facilitated and managed the implementation of LAN-based servers and enterprise systems
  • Managed the deployment of new technology projects and the resources assigned to those projects
  • Prepared detailed project plans, scope statements and status reports.

Education

BS in Information Systems -

University of Massachusetts
Lowell, MA

Skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • Organization Leadership
  • Performance Optimization
  • Complex Problem Solver
  • Staff Management
  • Budget Control
  • Vendor Management

Certification

  • Project Management Professional (PMP), 1304315
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), 581856
  • ITIL v3 Foundation

Major Accomplishments

  • Complete replacement of entire infrastructure, in four US locations, with virtually no downtime, in less than 3 months and $200k under budget.
  • Successfully scaled Citrix environment from 100 to 1000 virtual desktops, overnight, to accommodate all employees working remotely due to Covid 19.
  • Migrated and rearchitected Disaster Recovery site resulting in thousands per month cost savings.
  • Consolidated multiple regional IT teams into a single global infrastructure team.

Timeline

Director Global Infrastructure and Cloud

ENGIE Impact
02.2020 - Current

Global Infrastructure Manager

Crane Currency
04.2018 - 02.2020

Infrastructure and Security Manager / CISO

HealthTrust, Inc.
01.2016 - 04.2018

Director of Information Technology

Intronis, Inc.
11.2012 - 09.2015

Director Technology Infrastructure

Curriculum Associates
08.2010 - 11.2012

Assistant Vice President, Project Management

Putnam Investments
03.2006 - 08.2010

BS in Information Systems -

University of Massachusetts

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