Jody Hester
Director Global IT Operations ◆ Led $3.5B of delivery and 75+ employees ◆ Hyperscale Data Center Delivery leader ◆ Proven Leader at Fortune 100/500 Companies including Meta, Oracle, Ericsson, McAfee
- Role
- Infrastructure Planning Manager, Global Network Deployment at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Location
- Dallas, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jody Hester
I am an experienced Information Technology Director/Senior Manager/Program Manager who has led internationally, geographically- and culturally-diverse teams during my thirty (30) years of experience in IT and twenty-five (25) years of executive-level management experience including positions with Fortune 50/100 companies such as Meta, Oracle, McAfee, Ericsson and Texas Instruments supporting hyperscale networks (Millions+ servers and Billions+ users.)I specialize in:Leadership of global teams 75+Key Delivery Management company- and site-wideData Center Construction and Management for hyperscale and enterprise data centers Global Compute/Network Infrastructure Management Fiduciary responsibilities for budgets of USD $3.5B+Cross-industry experience (Data Center Solutions, Semiconductor, Telecommunications, Retail, FinTech)Business Operations including Procurement, Vendor Management, Contract ManagementExecutive and Engineering Sales Support
Experience
Infrastructure Planning Manager, Global Network Deployment
Dec 2025 — Present · Dallas, TX, US
Education
Texas A&M University
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Computer Science/Business Management
Skills
- Ip
- Resource Management
- Global Staffing
- Networking
- Unix
- Oracle 11g, Ibm Db2
- Windows Server
- Operations Management
- Oracle
- Security
- Enterprise Software
- Program Management
- IT Operations
- Customer Analysis
- Expertise in Large-Scale Project Planning and Implementation
- Perl
- Compensation & Benefit
- System Deployment
- Strategic Planning
- Global Resource Management
- Cisco Equipment Installation/Maintenance
- Vendor Management
- Compensation Structures
- Troubleshooting
- Financial Forecasting
- Storage
- Disaster Recovery
- Process Improvement
- Server Administration
- Team Leadership
- Cisco Technologies
- Proven Resource Management Skills of Moderately-Sized Groups - 80 Individuals
- Leadership
- Red Hat Linux
- Solaris
- Coaching/Mentoring/Goal Setting
- Network Infrastructure Design
- Management
- IT Management
- Server Architecture
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