Robert Freese

Team lead and architect for the virtualization platform at the US Air Force DMOC (Distributed Mission Operations Center)

• Led team of 3 contractor engineers supporting migration initiative
• Support and maintain a VMware platform
• Perform migration of application systems to the platform
• Initiate technical and process improvements in support of the mission

• Led team of 18 government and contractor engineers.
• Supported a Marine Corps Electronic Warfare program
• Analyzed software architecture for weaknesses, established linkage to requirements and initiated tasking to deliver the identified future state.
• Established agile approach to development and test.
• Created migration strategies to bridge gaps between existing and future software architecture.
• Worked with suppliers and vendor partners to build roadmap and acceptance criteria.
• Worked with program leadership to produce timely delivery of capabilities for the client.

• Chief architect supporting multiple US DoD mission owners undertaking cloud migration projects requiring cyber protection
• Supported NIWC Atlantic CSSP - Cyber Security Service Provider
• Comp TIA Sec+ certified, DevSecOps leader, Architecture Review Board chairman
• Defined cloud architecture for both hybrid and non-hybrid cloud solutions. Platforms included AWS, Azure, Oracle OCI & Google cloud
• Hands-on skills include Windows, Linux, cloud infrastructure VMware and networking appliances
• Provided leadership and mentoring for new engineers
• Effectively worked across diverse organization boundaries to deliver 6 successful transformation projects

• Consulting leader with world wide responsibility for delivery of 200+ cloud transformation projects
• Led large, complex engagements in North America, Europe, Latin America and Japan which delivered leading edge solutions
• Lead architect experience (8+ yrs) with cloud, security, transformation and financial analysis skills
• Trained and mentored consultants and engineers resulting in 45% growth in capability
• Authored 7 white papers to highlight successful strategies and presented at industry conferences
• Delivered thought leadership and collaboration with senior management to optimize investment decisions
  

• World wide responsibility for development of IT Strategy and Design professional services offerings
• Managed portfolio which generated revenue of $120M including significant follow on implementation business
• Successfully managed deployment projects while managing senior executive stakeholders
• Key member of team that created and delivered mandatory certification training for all IBM IT strategy consultants
• Participated as key note speaker at client conferences world wide and called on over 300 clients face-to-face
  

• Established and staffed professional services team to deliver CRM consulting and systems integration solutions to clients in western US
• Successfully achieved sales and revenue targets each year with first year revenues of $2.5M and final year delivered $18M in revenue.
• Developed highly successful team of consultants, project managers, architects and IT specialists resulting in substantial repeat business from clients