Mike Nelson

About Mike Nelson

Member of the Senior IT Leadership team who has been recognized as a Top place to work in IT by Computerworld for 4 consecutive years.\"IT Executive experienced at strategically planning, developing, and executing information technology solutions to help support and bolster corporate growth. Strong background in leading projects & cross-functional teams with differing technical backgrounds which sometime require consensus building. Great experiences in process improvements and alignment to global standards such as ITIL, PMI, etc. Proficient at budgeting and controlling IT spend in the areas of infrastructure and software development. Specialties: Project Management, SDLC, BI, Application Architecture, Teambuilding

Experience

1. Managing Director - IT Operations & Infrastructure

   Baird

   Jan 2022 — Present · Milwaukee, WI, US

   Led cloud transformation helping build future development platforms and data analytics tools- Led infrastructure transformation to enable hybrid workforce and adapt to changing pandemic collaboration needs- Led infrastructure integration of major acquisition- Co-Led IT’s inclusion and diversity council / efforts.

Education

• Augustana College

  BA, Computer Science, Mathematics, Pre-Law

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Microsoft Sql Server
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Sdlc
• Process Improvement
• Process Mapping
• Team Building
• Management
• Databases
• Outsourcing
• Project Planning
• Disaster Recovery
• Leadership
• Software Project Management
• Itil
• Business Intelligence
• Project Delivery
• Data Warehousing
• Staff Mentoring
• IT Service Management
• Change Management
• Data Center
• Business Relationship Management
• Saas
• IT Strategy
• Data Center Architecture
• Strategy
• Software Development
• Security
• Team Leadership
• Erp
• Telecommunications
• Business Process Improvement
• System Administration
• Networking
• Integration
• Vendor Management
• Sql
• Business Analysis
• Mentoring
• Business Process Mapping