Randy R. Reidinger – Fractional Expert for Hire

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Randy R. Reidinger

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@rreidinger

Georgia, United States

Experience

Vice President, IT Program Management

Eclipse Gaming Systems -

- Defined and formalized an IT operating model, delineating operational technology fromshared services, elevating cybersecurity and data programs, reducing cyber risk policyby $100k. - Refined quote to cash (QTC) process, modernizing ETL, data warehouse, CRM, andPowerBI reporting, resulting in a 10% efficiency gain in sales cycle length. - Enhanced data governance, implementing data quality metrics, establishing dataownership policies, and improving data accuracy by 15%.

Director, Technology Infrastructure

Oldcastle Infrastructure -

- Designed enhanced disaster recovery program leveraging HPe's hyper-convergedinfrastructure and geographically diverse datacenter, reducing recovery time from 4+days to under 1 hour, mitigating up to $1.2M loss. - Established dedicated IT teams, implementing ServiceNow to align ITIL-based Serviceand Operations Management, improving MTTR from 3 days to under 1 day. - Led IT due diligence and integration for 4 acquisitions and 1 divestiture, addressingleadership gaps during acquisition discovery, and maintaining complete businesscontinuity with 0 data loss. - Deployed fully managed Cisco/Meraki SD-WAN with integrated NOC and WAN SOC,introducing the division's first cyber security program, supporting strategic maturity forthe company’s 1900+ users.

Director, IT Operations

BlueLinx Corporation -

- Reduced operating expenses by 15% by eliminating maintenance contracts and migrating10 racks from corporate premises to collocated hybrid Tier IV private/public clouds. - Managed an $11M+ IT budget, leading Infrastructure and Support teams to optimizeresource allocation and maintain operational efficiency. - Strengthened enterprise cybersecurity program with next-gen Cisco/Meraki firewalls,Mimecast, and SentinelOne, resulting in XX% reduction in security incidents. - Led infrastructure replacement for acquired company, mitigating insider threat andenabling 50% faster integration with core systems.

Director, IT Infrastructure

PaperWorks Industries -

- Developed a custom HMI replacement in partnership with OEM and vendor Engineeringfor manufacturing operations, cutting capital spend by $40K per production line andreducing field-service maintenance/support costs by 30% of the operating budget. - Orchestrated the migration and consolidation of legacy on-premises email Exchangeservers to an Azure hosted MS O365 subscription, generating $175K in 3-year savings. - Spearheaded the lifecycle refresh of an MPLS network with SD-WAN and IPsec VPNs,managing a team of 3, improving performance with a 10x bandwidth increase. - Engineered the implementation of virtualization solutions across the serverinfrastructure, improving resource utilization and resulting in a 25% reduction inhardware costs.

Director Global IT Services

Insight Global, LLC - Full TimeUnited StatesMay 2022 - May 2026

- Instituted a company-owned mobile device program for 2k+ users via T-Mobile & IvantiNeurons MDM, isolating personal/enterprise data and driving $240k in annual savings. - Led the design and integration of IT/AV systems for a new multi-level training facility,delivering the $5.3M technology capital expenditure project under budget. - Directed the lifecycle refresh of field sales offices with a $7M CapEx budget, improvingsales team productivity through technology upgrades. - Championed the establishment of a formalized Workplace Tech function, standardizingglobal network, collab, and endpoint technology, reducing security incidents by 90%.

Director, IT Infrastructure & Operations

Insight Global, LLC - Full TimeMay 2022 - September 2023

- Migrated Kafka on-premises hosts to Confluent Cloud, reducing vulnerability andstability risk, positioning for scale, and recovering 20% in negotiated operating spend. - Modeled Terraform IaC pipeline, migrating from on-premises RHEL OpenShift to AzureCaaS leveraging Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), cutting node licensing by 50%+, with a$300k investment. - Segmented 12 application/micro-services via Cisco Tetration (Secure Workloads),protecting east-west traffic and containing threat actor risk, bolstering enterprisecompliance. - Steered Infrastructure & Operations into product-aligned Agile teams, diminishing ITtask completion time by 15% weekly and enhancing bi-weekly product releases. - Stood up a physically isolated Microsoft Azure Government Cloud environment toprotect CUI/FSI, collaborating with Legal and Cybersecurity, driving growth in newverticals, exceeding $1M in revenue.

Experience

Education

University of Wisconsin–Platteville

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

Education

Certifications & Accolades

CompTIA Security+

Certifications & Accolades

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Skills

Acquisition integration
Agile
Azure CaaS
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Business continuity
Cisco/Meraki firewalls
Cisco/Meraki SD-WAN
Cisco Tetration
Cloud migration
Confluent Cloud
Contract negotiation
CRM
Cybersecurity
Cyber security program
Data governance
Data ownership policies
Data programs
Data quality metrics
Data warehouse
Disaster recovery
Enterprise cybersecurity
ETL
Field-service maintenance
Hardware cost reduction
HMI development
Hyper-converged infrastructure
IPsec VPNs
IT/AV systems
IT budget management
IT due diligence
ITIL
IT operating model
ITSM Change and Release Management
Kafka
Low-Code platforms
MDM
Microsoft Azure Government Cloud
Mimecast
MPLS network
MS O365
Network hardware lifecycle
NOC
OEM partnerships
Operating expenses reduction
Operational efficiency
PowerBI reporting
Quote to cash (QTC) process
Resource allocation
Resource utilization
SaaS
SentinelOne
Service and Operations Management
ServiceNow
Terraform IaC
Vendor engineering
Virtualization
WAN SOC
Zero-touch automation

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Following

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Experience

Vice President, IT Program Management

Eclipse Gaming Systems -

Director, Technology Infrastructure

Oldcastle Infrastructure -

Director, IT Operations

BlueLinx Corporation -

Director, IT Infrastructure

PaperWorks Industries -

Director Global IT Services

Insight Global, LLC - Full TimeUnited StatesMay 2022 - May 2026

Director, IT Infrastructure & Operations

Insight Global, LLC - Full TimeMay 2022 - September 2023