James Nueske: CTO in Tigard, OR

Named CTO of startup focusing on public IT contracting in Cloud Migration and Cybersecurity. Advises experienced defense contractor on RFP preparation for Federal, State and Tribal client projects. Evaluates staffing needs and skill sets for projects. Works with key stakeholders, C-suite and HR to develop industry best-practice total rewards program to engage / mentor / train / retain top talent. Works with IT to deliver pre-sales modeling and functionality. Directs architecting of AWS-hosted applications. Scopes and plans large-scale application migrations via leveraging of data virtualization technologies. Oversees development and delivery of DR/BC plans; authors and applies policy, identifies and breaks down processes, and designs and implements procedures, Negotiated and finalized partnership agreements between DC Solutions and leading vendors in Cybersecurity, Cloud, Data Virtualization, Secure E-mail, Customer Experience Enhancement and more.

Recruited to spearhead critical IT initiatives both in-house and abroad. Modernized cloud-hosted Big Data analysis and reporting, streamlining load and throughput, and building modern data security and encryption into reporting process, meeting and surpassing client and contract security requirements and enabling contract extensions. Appointed to head IT operations for EMEA during company expansion into Europe; assembled and directed multilingual, multinational European IT team. In conjunction with EU VP of Sales and VP of Services, designed and implemented review and service processes which cut client service response backlog time by 70% after first year. Planned for and migrated multiple client-facing apps from the US, Canada and Ireland to London colocation. Architected multi-level process and plan for moving client-facing apps to warm-site DR hosted in Amsterdam. Member of EU disaster recovery application team. Authored and published Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity plan for US company applications. Member of Audit coordination team for yearly SAS 70, SOC audit processes. Currently in process of planning and executing migration of US client applications from West Coast host to new Midwest site.

Onboarded to reenergize stalled and failed IT initiatives, and to discover and implement new technical solutions. Reimagined foundered project for a state-of-the-art Executive Information System front end and back end Data Warehouse. Proposed to IT Manager, and pushed through company BOD, a plan to develop and run on parallel DW in order to meet budgetary restrictions prior to EIS rollout and implementation, ensuring no downtime during later DW migration and upgrade. Leveraged DW search and storage capabilities to eliminate outdated, costly, disorganized paper archives; regained manpower, physical space and time in researching trends, outliers and specific transactions; provided executive dashboard, suite of KPIs and other tools for department heads. Led technical team in design and implementation of next-level, secure order processing web site; transformed old HTML-based site into a dynamic, revenue-producing tool for Sales and Production teams. Realized double-digit percentage growth in company site traffic, increased brand recognition; quadrupled on-line sales within fiscal year; continued growth in subsequent years. Served as member of firm’s Operational Excellence Team. Completed numerous forensic investigative and discovery projects, presented conclusions and recommended action items to CEO and BOD.