Wayne Hawkinson

Highly effective technology leader and military veteran with proven success, consistently expanding responsibilities to manage global security, network, and storage engineering and operations for a leading information service provider and retailer. Proven abilities in managing through change, optimizing systems for growth and cost efficiency, improving service quality, defining critical objectives and implementing actionable plans in collaboration with internal stakeholders, vendors and third parties. Highly skilled at aligning technology functions and cyber security controls to be seamless and effective in support of business operations and overall objectives. Able to blend hands-on technical knowledge covering information security, storage, servers, networks, virtualization and cloud-based initiatives along with superior communication and people management skills to drive key objectives including security enhancements and risk mitigation. Respected leader with the ability to build, align, train, and motivate top-performing teams across different cultures and global locations to drive critical projects including IT security, storage, and network optimization. Proven technical abilities and recognized for thriving well under pressure with the ability to stay calm and focused in crisis situations ensuring timely resolutions. Hands on, results oriented, analytical, and self-starter. Specialties: • Cloud Security • Agile • Continuous Delivery/Continuous Integration • IT Operations Management • Data Center Management • Infrastructure Management • 24/7 Global Operations • Engineering • Strategy Development • Client Relations • Profit & Loss • Technology Assessment • Team Building • Corporate Governance • Vendor Management • Problem Solving • Standardization • Integration • Automation • SaaS/IaaS/PaaS • Acquisition and Divestiture • Hosting Management • HIPAA • SAS70 • SOX Compliance • PCI DSS • Data Center migrations • Network & Security Architecture