Dave Arlington

About Dave Arlington

IT Division Director Infrastructure at Boulder CountyIT Professional with extensive specialization in IT technology. Focused on achieving bottom-line results while formulating and implementing advanced technology and business solutions to meet a diversity of needs. History of developing vendor relationshipsto obtain cost savings, effective support and continuing maintenance coverage. Strong leader with excellent ability to work successfully with individuals at all levels and departments. Experienced manager across all technology disciplines. Exceptional track record of deployment, implementation and completion of several high-profile projects. Proven record of delivering simultaneous large-scale, mission-critical projects on time and under budget. Outstanding Leader in driving new technologies into Cloud enablement and implementing PaaS and Saas to our customers.Summary of Qualifications: Hybrid IT, Security & Compliance, DRaaS, Private & Public Clouds Project Management Team & Project Leadership Contract Support Deployment/Completion IT Strategic Planning Presentation & Reporting SkillsOpex/CapEx Expense Planning Big Data Network Security Agile Manager Dev Ops Capacity Planning Vendor Relationships Excellent Communication Skills KPI / Metrics Measurements

Experience

1. Information Technology Division Director Infrastructure

   Boulder County

   Oct 2018 — Present · Boulder, CO, US

   Responsible for all aspects of Boulder County IT Operations and management of service quality, performance, and availability across Networks, on-Prem Virtual infrastructure and System Administration team, Database Administration team, Cyber Security team, Service Desk team. Deployment of new Enterprise solutions and cloud instances in our Hybrid infrastructure. Operational Process development, maintenance, and continuous improvements. Manage cost effective levels of inventory and supplier/vendor support strategy. Assist in the development of CapEx and OpEx Budgets. Aid with SLA and Contract Negotiations. Recruit highly qualified staff. Responsible for operational 24X7 uptime with our key life safety departments. Closely aligned with the 15 departments across Boulder County and their ongoing needs. Provide IT Management support for all our key Enterprise-wide meetings. Technology Review Advisory Committee, Technology User Group, Learning and Development training meetings, and all related Executive Meetings.

Education

• State University of New York at Fredonia

  Bachelor, Computer Science

  1990 — 1993

Skills

• IT Management
• Strategic Planning
• High Availability
• Process Improvement
• Networking
• Hp
• Network Architecture
• Storage Management
• Firewalls
• Cloud Computing
• Contract Negotiation
• Budgeting
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Team Management
• Nas
• Linux
• Hardware
• Problem Solving
• Operations Management
• Inventory Management
• Cisco Technologies
• Solaris
• Data Center
• Disaster Recovery
• IT Operations
• Storage Area Networks
• Infrastructure
• Customer Service
• Account Management
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Juniper
• Purchasing Negotiation
• Storage
• Enterprise Storage
• Cluster
• Vmware
• Team Managment