Christian Taylor

919-***-****

**** *** ****** *****, ******, NC 27703

ac8f7b@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/foca7

Summary

An innovative business development professional, experienced in leading, designing and implementing firm-wide technology strategy. A demonstrated leader with an entrepreneurial background with the ability to translate strategy into actionable goals to disrupt markets.

Skills & Abilities

Ethical Hacking 2.0 from Udemy (currently underway)

Website Penetration from Udemy (currently underway)

Agile Project Management 201 from Agile Project Management Academy (currently underway)

CIO Academy certification from USC College of Engineering and IT

Microsoft Silver Certified Partner -Partner id 1073582

ITIL v.2 certified

Cisco CCIE, CCNA, CCENT certified

Microsoft MCP, MCT, MCTS, MCDST, MCITP, MCSA certified

Dell CSE, HPE SMB, Avaya IP

HIPAA and PCI Auditor

Author of IT Compliance Policies for several State Bars.

Author of Legal Profession Form Templates sold to Thomson Reuters Westlaw

Notary Public

Customer Obsession

TSA Precheck Known Traveler ID

Current Passport

Experience

Forensic IT Consultant, Special Master and ABLE Act Implementation Advisor January 2017 – Current

US Federal Courts, US Federal Administrative Law Courts, Open Source Agency, DOE

Provide forensic IT services, such as examining computers, servers and mobile devices, evaluating said devices and reconstructing evidence or possible crimes for Circuit Courts, USADAs, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Mediator for non-official mediation between federal agencies and state agencies.

Special Master for Federal Circuit Courts and Federal Administrative Law Courts to conduct and hear evidence regarding complex electronic discovery and make recommendations and reports to Judges or Master with the goal of reducing litigation costs.

Provides no cost help to Program Administrators of several North East States to transition State ABLE plans to National ABLE plans.

Director of IT, Operations and Marketing

09-01-2012 to 03-01-2016

GCSA P.L.L.C., Carlton Law Group P.L.L.C., NCL Law Group P.L.L.C.

Consulted with Founders and Managing Partners of Start Up law firms to understand their needs, develop strategies and budgets, and implement their IT infrastructure to support firm growth and competitive use of technology.

Designed the solutions to leverage technology to maximize resources while delivering outstanding client service through traditional channels and online channels.

Reduced IT operating expenses by developing and managing projects to utilize cloud-based systems. This reduced IT operating expenses from 85% to 66%, freeing up capital to invest in New Business Development and Marketing.

Created a new technology experience for Partners, Paralegals and Legal Assistants by developing and implementing tools (Windows 10 professional, Office 365, Skype, Outlook with Skype and Hamachi) which helped them connect and collaborate quicker on client matters, while reducing tech support tickets.

Improved performance and stability while strengthening security capability.

Cultivated people-oriented culture with new technology to increase client satisfaction engagement scores from 63% to 88% within 2 years.

Rolled out key upgrades to Marketing to be a market disruptor by utilizing fast changing technology and social media.

Founder and CEO

10-2013 to 07-2017 sold to Microsoft

7thHeavenCC.com

Disaster Recovery as a Service for Corporate and Small Business.

Proactively overhauled historic Disaster Recovery processes to develop a more robust Disaster Recovery Plan to improve Recovery Time Objectives for corporations with effective collaboration with Infrastructure, Application and Business Teams.

Developed cross-functional teams to take Corporate level DRaaS and apply it to entrepreneurial and small business clients as an actual effective, no additional staff, option for them.

Director of IT & Marketing

5-2007 to 2011

D&J Automotive

Broker & Managing Partner of Commercial Properties

5-2000 to 09-2006

DL Real Estate and Tax Service, LLC.

Owner and CEO

1996 to 2000

Triangle Water Gardens LLC

Education

Restricted by DOE and NBIB–1994 – BA in Information Systems

Restricted by DOE and NBIB–2005 – MBA in Global Energy Finance

Wake Tech–2006 – Certifications in HVAC, Plumbing and Career Readiness

Institute for Inspection Cleaning and Restoration–2011 – Carpet Cleaning Technician (Triserv Carpet Cleaners-family business)

Leadership

Guardian of the Persons for 3 children

3rd generation Eagle Scout

Eagle Scout Mentor

Extended Session Helper for Hayes Barton Baptist Church Children’s Ministry

Member of NAELA

Friend of The Food Bank of NC

Friend of The Nature Conservancy

Advisor to Pretty in Pink Foundation

Advisor to Friends od the Battleship, USS North Carolina BB55

Heart of Cary Association Member

Town of Cary Chamber of Commerce Member

Former Boys and Girls Cross Country coach for Trinity Academy, Blessed Trinity and Marist

Ambassador for Brightleaf at the Park

Resident Architecture Committee member for Brightleaf at the Park

Other Skills

Vendor Management and Bid Negotiations

Office Relocation and Renovation Management

Lease Negotiations

New hire training and mentoring for Lawyers, Paralegals and staff

Licensure Management

Office Management

References

Available Upon Request

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