Kenneth Shat
Director IT @Airstart - Aircraft Parts At The Speed Of F Light
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WORK HISTORY
Director IT @Airstart - Aircraft Parts At The Speed Of F Light
In this role, I have chief leadership and oversight of IT department functions, facilitating the growth of company to reputation as the “Best Managed Company’ and the ‘Most Profitable Fortune 500’. I hold accountability for infrastructure management, instituting measurements to review the overall performance of IT service and identify untapped opportunities across IT contracts. I also oversee the operations of 3 warehouses in Toronto and Montreal; 1 remote operation in U.K. Negotiate and secure IT contracts, reviewing expiring contracts and defining the strategy to retain relationships and gain ongoing contracts. I track SLA/KPIs, handled SLAs. Led and hosted regular, ad-hoc, and status reporting; attended/hosted meetings. I also cultivate key industry relationships with Air Canada, Lufthansa, WestJet, South Africa Airlines, Porter, Air Georgian, and Jazz to name a few.
EDUCATION
University of Kent
Bachelor's Degree
SKILLS
ABOUT KENNETH SHAT
STRATEGIC PLANNING DATA ANALYTICS & KPIS TEAM LEADERSHIP: TRAINING & DEVELOPMENTI am a resourceful, IT leader and big-picture strategist with the ability to inspire lasting change amongst diverse stakeholder groups with a reputation for being a trusted advisor driving collaboration, support, and consultation. My areas of expertise includes:Technology Infrastructure PlanningBusiness Process ReengineeringStakeholder RelationshipsVendor, Supplier, and Client RelationsIT Security & VirtualizationDisaster Recovery PlanningBudget, P&L ControlTeam Leadership & ManagementBusiness Continuity Planning (BCP)Risk Mitigation & Management 3rd Party Vendor Relations Systems Administration & Design Aviation & Aerospace IndustryProgram/Project ManagementNetworking, Data Architecture Over my career, I have pioneered many \'firsts\'; I am currently actively instrumental in a $MM airline inventory project where I am championing the deployment, monitoring, maintenance, development, upgrade, uptime and support of all IT systems, databases, and ERP tools. Prior to that, I realized a reduction of 70% in footprint by leading a consolidation of all physical servers during a server virtualization project. I have also maintained the best service level for a multimillion-dollar project when strategic focus shifted from customer retention to revenue generation at EDS Innovation.
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