Chris Walker

About Chris Walker

I am a passionate and results oriented IT Leader. I build teams that seek to serve others and deliver measurable innovative results. I am committed to fostering relationships because I believe if we can trust one another, together, we can create amazing outcomes and deliver innovative projects. I am known as being a problem solver and seek continual process improvement. Professional Expertise:• Operational Leadership• Global Project Delivery• IT Project Management (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall)• Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement• 5S Organizational Principles• Business Relationship Management• Global Cross-functional Team Leadership• Cloud (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS)• Service Delivery Management• M&A Due Diligence• Infrastructure Management• Strategic Planner• Skilled Communicator• Global Technology Implementations• Budgeting & Cost Containment• Negotiations• Training & Mentoring• Keen eye for detail

Experience

1. Digital Practice Senior Manager

   Elliott Davis

   Sep 2021 — Present · Greenville, SC, US

   Hired to create and develop an enterprise IT Assessment and IT Project Management consulting practice for a regional accounting and advisory firm located in the Southeastern US. Developed a sustainable practice that has consistently exceeded client expectations, net revenue goals, and continues to develop a wide array of services for a diverse set of clients in various markets including healthcare, finance, higher education, manufacturing, state and local government, and industrial control systems. Work with private equity firms in performing M&A IT due diligence from both a buyer\'s and seller\'s perspective. Perform fractional CIO and IT Leadership services.Please note, I am not part of the internal Elliott Davis IT team and do not purchase hardware/software on behalf of Elliott Davis.

Education

• University of South Carolina Upstate

  Bachelor of Science, Business Management

  1984 — 1988

Skills

• Program Management
• IT Operations
• Microsoft Project
• Strategic Planning
• International Project Management
• Active Directory
• Windows Server
• Vmware
• Ms Project
• Technical Support
• Troubleshooting
• Project Delivery
• Backup Exec
• Citrix
• Infrastructure
• Unified Communications
• Domain Migrations
• Microsoft Exchange
• Lan-Wan
• Lan/Wan
• Cross Functional Team Building
• Budgeting
• System Administration
• Server Administration
• Dns
• Integration
• Customer Service
• IT Project & Program Management
• Windows Server 2008
• Networking
• International Relations
• Project Management
• Network Administration
• Project Planning
• Data Center
• Dhcp
• Budgets
• System Deployment
• Servers