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DAVE TIPTON

Greater Nashville, TN 615-***-**** ****@*****.** LinkedIn Profile

Senior Solutions Architect Enterprise IT Strategy & Architecture

Digital Transformation Enterprise Solutions Data Architecture MDM IT Infrastructure

Results-driven Solutions Architect with extensive experience in designing end-to-end enterprise systems, data integration strategies, and multi-functional IT architectures. Adept at aligning business objectives with technology solutions to drive efficiency, scalability, and governance. Demonstrates expertise in system architecture, data governance, master data management (MDM), and enterprise-wide digital transformation. Proven ability to lead executive meetings, present technical solutions, and drive strategic IT initiatives.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL Houston, TX

Application Owner and Team Manager, Application Management Services Remote – Nashville, TN Mar 2022 – Apr 2024

Designed and led enterprise architecture strategies for 86+ internal corporate applications, ensuring seamless system integration and minimal downtime.

Spearheaded a data governance framework to improve data quality, validation, and harmonization strategies, enhancing cross-functional business unit efficiencies.

Led cloud migration initiatives and worked closely with ERP teams to develop MDM integration strategies, optimizing data flow between systems.

Established technical governance for system processes, ensuring adherence to IT security and compliance standards (GDPR, SOX, etc.).

Regularly interfaced with executives and business leaders, delivering impactful presentations and influencing IT strategy through data-driven insights.

AIG Remote – Nashville, TN

Senior Technical Consultant - Infrastructure Services Mar 2018 – Mar 2022

Architected end-to-end solutions for a 3M+ policy management system, aligning IT strategy with business priorities.

Led enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives, driving the migration of legacy systems to AWS while maintaining data integrity.

Implemented data governance policies to enhance data reliability across business units including Accounting, Finance, Maintenance, HR, and IT.

Provided technical leadership in cross-functional teams, translating complex IT requirements into business-aligned solutions.

PharmMD – Nashville, TN Jun 2013 – Mar 2018

PharmMD is a healthcare technology solutions leader supporting health plans, self-insured employers and other risk-bearing entities for medication adherence insights and improved healthcare outcomes. Previously known as PharmaMD Solutions.

Senior Systems Administrator Hybrid

Maintained system stability, resolved tickets, and implemented patch cycles in a Hyper-V environment, earning recognition from the CTO and increased strategic responsibilities.

Reduced downtimes and enhanced compliance by creating role-based Active Directory profiles, automating patch cycles for Windows Servers, and setting up a Replicat environment for efficient disaster recovery.

Led automated build and maintenance processes using Spacewalk, cutting server setup time from a week to 30 minutes and centralizing patching for better control.

Developed custom scripts tailored to machine roles, streamlining operations and boosting workflow efficiency.

Utilized PowerShell extensively to automate tasks, significantly improving operational efficiency and reducing manual interventions.

Integrated systems with Active Directory, safeguarding smooth user management and authentication processes.

Provided a roadmap for future system scalability and adaptability, facilitating ongoing extensibility.

DMTG CONSULTING Chief Consultant 2005 – 2013 Selected Engagements:

State of Tennessee – Designed enterprise integration solutions, ensuring compliance with data governance best practices.

Dell / Accenture – Provided pre-sales engineering expertise for cloud transformation projects, influencing key technical sales decisions.

Nationwide Insurance – Led capacity management and planning for large-scale infrastructure and application environments.

Community Health Systems (CHS) – Architected enterprise IT infrastructure, focusing on security, compliance, and system resilience.

US Postal Service – VMWare and Linux SME

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Technology Leadership • IT Strategy • Digital Transformation • Sales Engineering • Enterprise Solutions Architecture • Enterprise IT Infrastructure • Active Directory • Agile Methodologies • Application Management Services • Application Support • Automation • Cloud Computing • Cloud Implementations • Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure) • Cloud Transformation • Cybersecurity • Data Center • Digital Transformation • Disaster Recovery & Continuity • Enterprise Software • Integrations & Consolidations • IaaS • IT Architectural Documentation • IT Security • IT Services & Support Delivery • ITIL • Linux Systems Administration • Network Design & Architecture • Network Security • PaaS • Performance Testing • Product Demonstration • Requirements Gathering • SaaS • Sales Engineering • Scrum Security & Compliance Auditing • Server Storage • Storage Area Network (SAN) • Systems Administration • Technology Roadmap Development • Virtualization • Windows Systems Administration • Workflow Optimization

ADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES

Servant Leadership • Strategic Planning & Execution • People Management • Business Acumen • Business Intelligence (BI) • Change Management • Client Education • Client Needs Assessment • Client Relationship Building • Complex Problem-solving • Consulting • Continuous Improvement • Cross-functional Collaboration • Customer Advocacy • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • Excellent Verbal & Written Communication Skills • Influencing Skills • Innovation • Interpersonal Skills • Negotiation Skills • Opportunity Identification • Pre-sales Engineering • Presentation Skills • Process Improvement • Project Management • Sales & Partner Support • Sales Engineering • Solution Proposal Development • Stakeholder Management & Alignment • Technical Sales • Team Development • Technical Sales • Vendor Management

KEY PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Partners with customers, Sales and other teams to craft highly scalable, flexible and resilient architectures that address customer business problems and accelerate the adoption of services.

Leads the translation of the customer’s desired business outcomes into technical architecture.

Builds deep relationships with senior technical individuals within customers to enable them to be advocates. Owns the IT Decision Maker (ITDM) relationship.

Links company’s business vision to its technology strategy through the creation of architectural models that show how current and future technology needs can be met and the potential paths to pursue.

Recommends integration strategies, enterprise architectures, platforms, and application infrastructure required to successfully implement a complete solution using best practices.

Provides the expertise to advise, integrate, and accelerate a customers’ outcomes from their digital transformation – giving clients the most effective solutions.

Establishes trusted advisor relationships at senior levels.

Strong knowledge and understanding of IT infrastructure components, including servers, networking, storage, and virtualization technologies.

Understands customers’ overall infrastructure estate, IT and business priorities and success measures to design implementation architectures and solutions.

Gathers customer insights and maps architecture and digital transformation solutions to customer business outcomes.

Provides end-to-end technical guidance to lead discovery discussions with prospective clients, assesses architecture needs for projects, works with the client and sellers to create and guide the delivery teams during implementation.

KEY COMPETENCIES

Solution Architecture & Design: Expert in crafting enterprise-wide architecture aligning business goals with technology solutions.

Data Integration & Governance: Develops MDM strategies, ensures seamless data flow between applications, and optimizes process efficiency.

Executive-Level Communication: Adept at leading high-level stakeholder discussions, presenting technical solutions to business leaders.

IT Strategy & Digital Transformation: Drives modernization efforts, leading migration projects, and implementing cloud-based solutions.

Operating Systems Linux (CentOS, Redhat, SUSE) • Oracle Solaris • Windows Server 2008-2016

Virtualization Hypervisor • VMware ESX • Hyper-V

Languages Bash • Python • PowerShell

Database Support Oracle • MySQL • Microsoft SQL Server

Networking Protocols TCP/IP

Desktop Applications: Microsoft Word • Excel • PowerPoint • Access • Visio • Outlook

Cloud Technologies AWS • Microsoft Azure

Management & Compliance ServiceNow • SaaS • SAP Fieldglass • Workday

Methodologies Scrum • Agile • ITIL

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