Ryan Barnes
Denver
Summary
Accomplished and multifaceted IT leader with over 11 years of progressive managerial and technical experience in the IT industry who is looking to achieve a consulting role with an established firm with the possibility of becoming a high-level IT leader. As a trusted and committed leader with big-picture organizational vision and the ability to implement and mature high-performing teams, large-scale infrastructure and enterprise systems, networks, and applications with over 700 locations/~45,000 end-users. Proven history in improving cloud and on-premise infrastructure, maintaining security, enforcing compliance, reducing risk and simplifying vendor management and reducing budgetary overhead. Committed to leading by example and fostering a positive culture rooted in collaboration, empowerment, respect and ensuring accountability and adherence to organizational objectives.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director, Enterprise Technology
Kroger
06.2023 - 06.2024
Served on executive team to lead and direct a technology organization that is composed of multiple enterprise technology teams and the infrastructure within those facilities. Develop and execute enterprise strategies that drive synergies and consistencies to enable implementations. Facilitate integration of talent within other areas to improve project execution and support division/field associate across 706 store locations and ~60,000 store associates/end-users. Left the company to become a stay-at-home Dad to spend time with my family after the last six years of extremely intense corporate dedication.
- Territory included 6 divisions (706 stores/17 direct reports/79 indirect reports) and fluent in span of control, management, OKRs, KPI, etc.
- Drove the strategy and technology solutions in support of Store and Associate Technologies within enterprise locations.
- Partnered with business leadership to deliver a customer service experience of “anything, anytime, anywhere” while delivering a more simplified associate and customer experience.
Director of IT Infrastructure
Natural Grocers
05.2018 - 06.2023
Served on senior technology team to direct and lead the Infrastructure department (Security, Servers, VoIP, Networking, Applications, Storage, Data Centers/MSPs) to provide daily production support and carry out various IT initiatives across 168 store locations and ~4,250 end-users in an 18x7 operation. Left the company to experience a different work culture and have the opportunity to advance my career.
- Created and implemented a comprehensive 5-year technology roadmap with forward thinking and cloud focused approach.
- Developed, optimized and maintain the Infrastructure department’s budget.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Major in Communications And Minor in Leadership
University of Colorado, Denver
Denver, CO05-2010
Skills
- Strategic IT Leadership
- Training and Mentoring
- Infrastructure and Networking Design and Management
- Analytical Communication Skills
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
- Datacenter, Cloud IaaS, PaaS, SaaS Design and Management
- Cyber Security Management
- Process Improvements
- Change Management
- Budget Management
- Training and Mentoring
- Legal and regulatory compliance and internal audit compliance
- SLA / Vendor Management and Contract negotiation
Certification
- CompTIA ITF+
- Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) - Windows Server Fundamentals
- Microsoft 365 – Fundamentals
- Microsoft Specialist – Windows 7 Config
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist - Server 2008 Network Config
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist – Server 2008 AD Config
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Additional Information
Technical Skills
Call-Processing Systems: Cisco Call Manager | ShoreTel | Mitel | Microsoft Teams
Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure | AWS (limited) | Google Cloud (limited)
Compliance Standards/Regulations: FFIEC | GLBA | HIPAA | ISO 27001 | NIST 800-53 | PCI-DSS | SOX
Networking: MPLS/SDWAN/VPN Connectivity | Cisco Switches, Routers, Firewalls with FirePower/IPS/IDS | HP Switches | Juniper Firewalls | Palo Alto Firewalls | SonicWall Firewalls/Switches | zScaler
Operating Systems: Windows Server | Windows XP – 11 | Apple/Mac OS X | Linux (limited) | RedHat (limited) | CentOS (limited)
Other Technologies: Citrix | CrowdStrike | IBM AIX/AS400 (limited) | McAfee DLP | Microsoft Exchange & Microsoft Office 365 - SharePoint | Mimecast | NetApp SAN | Nutanix AHV | Okta | SCCM-SCOM | Sophos | Splunk/SIEM | Symantec DLP/AV | VMWare | Zerto
Timeline
Director, Enterprise Technology
Kroger
06.2023 - 06.2024
Director of IT Infrastructure
Natural Grocers
05.2018 - 06.2023
Bachelor of Arts - Major in Communications And Minor in Leadership
University of Colorado, Denver
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