Director Core Technology
Resume:
Tom Gorrie, BSCE, MSCE, EIT
Engineer/Project Manager
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SUMMARY
Tom has built a depth and breadth of operational and technical expertise from his work with large and small programs, fully integrated healthcare systems and fortune 500 technology leaders. In his multiple and varied roles, he has effectively navigated organizations of all sizes. His past roles include Design Engineer, Project Manager, Launch Director and Director of Engineering & Operations. His areas of expertise include engineering, project management; proposal development; advanced technology leadership for space flight operations, IT infrastructure and communication systems.
EDUCATION
MS, Structural Engineering
Washington State University Pullman, WA
BS, Civil Engineering
Washington State University Pullman, WA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sharp HealthCare San Diego, CA 2012 - 2025
Director of Core Technologies
Responsible for the conception, development and delivery of technology infrastructure, products and services and strategic leadership with an annual combined capital and operating budget of $45 million.
Successfully completed the transformation of the enterprise data center environment, building new enterprise systems in local and collocated data centers
Implemented data center security segmentation and deployed site-based security segmentation strengthening the enterprise security posture by an order of magnitude
Transformed the enterprise data and voice environments with state-or-the-art unified communications, CX contact center and software defined solutions
Completed delivery of an enterprise-wide Voice over IP transformation, modernized aging infrastructure and dramatically enhancing reliability one year ahead of schedule and $9.7 million under budget
Science Applications Intl Corp (SAIC) San Diego, CA 2000 - 2011
Asst Vice President and Program Manager
Responsible for technology planning, architecture, design, procurement, implementation, delivery organizations, information security and projects with a program value of more than $90 million.
Revived and successfully executed the design, procurement and delivery of Gigabit Ethernet WAN, LAN and VoIP systems to the 5th largest school district in the U.S. at over 400 sites.
Managed competitive procurement efforts for four major system elements, resulting in awards of over $75 million for infrastructure and services.
Led effort to capture IT services for the 2nd largest superior court system in California. Increased program profit by 53% over two years while attaining a 99.85% service level.
Executed a dual data center strategy including a DR remote location facility.
Led the successful effort to deploy a multi-location telepresence system resulting in significant cost and time savings for judges and judicial staff.
Responsible for operation of Data and Voice systems for 2nd largest county in California providing services to over 20,000 employees occupying 7.6 million square feet of facilities.
Orbcomm/Quake San Diego, CA 1998 - 2000
Director of Engineering and Operations
Responsible for engineering and operations teams developing and manufacturing the first commercial satellite and terrestrial global communication device used by worldwide logistics providers and heavy equipment manufacturers to provide synchronized asset intelligence.
Managed the effort to design, fabricate and build dual system global communicators on a compressed development timeline.
Transitioned the product from development to low volume pilot production.
Spearheaded the project to identify, evaluate and select high-volume production supplier.
Worked with national heavy equipment manufacturers to introduce communication devices into equipment production lines and develop customer access systems.
Lockheed Corp/Loral Space & Comm/General Dynamics
Roles Include:
Designed engineer for major structural elements and subsystems for the Atlas Launch Vehicle System
Project Manager for GOES weather satellite integration and launch projects
Launch Director for communication satellite launch projects
Deputy Technical Director for satellite develop and build programs
Developed test articles and resolved field repairs for space flight vehicles
Affiliations
Tau Beta Pi (Member) Project Management Institute (PMP #281658 expired) EIT #9395
Engineering
Structural design
Drawing preparation
Requirement definition
Analysis/Safety Factor
Field inspection
Field repairs
Project Management
Proposal creation
SOW development
Schedule creation & management
Timeline development
Change order management
Customer Management
Communication planning
Problem escalation
Problem resolution
Billing and finance
KEY SKILLS
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