Joel Salminen
IT Infrastructure & Cloud | IT Security & Compliance | Change Agent for De-complicating IT | US Navy Veteran
- Role
- Director, Information Technology at Ic System
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Joel Salminen
I bring a disciplined, mission-focused leadership style shaped by my military experience, complemented by deep technical expertise across network engineering, security engineering, and infrastructure operations. Over the course of my career, I’ve guided technology teams and initiatives across retail, financial services, and managed services environments, consistently driving operational maturity and organizational resilience.Key accomplishments include leading:Enterprise datacenter facilities relocationsOn-prem datacenter to cloud migration strategiesInfrastructure modernization and lifecycle optimizationPCI DSS compliance program implementationITSM and service delivery program development and rolloutI excel at addressing technical debt within high-growth organizations, bringing structure, stability, and long-term scalability to rapidly evolving environments. My strength lies in bringing clarity, stability, and standardization to these situations—aligning technology, process, and people to support sustainable growth and long-term business outcomes.
Experience
Director, Information Technology
Jan 2026 — Present · Vadnais Heights, MN, US
Education
US Navy Communications School
MOS, Military Communications Systems
1993 — 1994
Skills
- Software as a Service (Saas)
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Emc
- Telecommunications
- Vendor Management
- Cisco
- Servers
- Itil
- Networking
- Budgets
- Pci Dss
- Unified Communications
- Vmware
- Cloud Computing
- Lan
- Hipaa
- Budgeting
- Cisco Technologies
- Leadership
- Process Improvement
- Information Technology
- Infrastructure
- Sox
- Cisco Systems Products
- Virtualization
- Team Building
- Management
- Strategy
- Disaster Recovery
- Saas
- San
- Voip
- Data Center
- Active Directory
- Voice Over Ip (Voip)
- Netapp
- Software Documentation
- Personnel Supervision
- Wan
- Infrastructure Planning
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