Ralph Valente

About Ralph Valente

U.S. Citizen with 20+ years’ experience providing management support to Fortune 100’s, small- to medium-sized companies, and startup organizations across multiple industries.• Direct experience across multiple industry verticals.• Significant Tech/IT experience.• Blends technical and operations/project management background with significant account/relationship management experience.• Strong technical savvy to liaise with internal technical stakeholders and external technical teams with proficient ability to successfully communicate with non-technical personnel and c-suite executives.• Strong budgetary and financial management skills.• Extensive experience with vendor management.• Expertise with IT infrastructure and software deployments.• Effectively communicate complex technical environments to variety of stakeholders.• Strong history in successfully responding to RFPs/RFIs.• Have managed portfolios of business exceeding $20M annual revenue.• Have managed and developed large teams across multiple continents.Core Competencies / Areas of Expertise • Sales/Sales Strategy (especially around outsourcing)• Program/Project Management• IT Infrastructure Management & Support• Software and SaaS Deployments• Business Development• Solutions Architecting• Agile/Scrum Experience • Relationship Management• Conduct Monthly/Quarterly Business Reviews • SLA Achievement & Incident Management• Linux/Backup Migration Experience• Team Building• Research & Analysis• Risk Management• Strategic Planning• Business Analysis• Account Management• SDLC Experience• Service/Application IntegrationPlease contact me at 71••••••61 or 91••••••17 or write to me at v••••••••@gmail.com.

Experience

1. Vice President - Enterprise Cloud & Data Center Business Office--program Manager

   M&T Bank

   Jun 2021 — Present · Buffalo, NY, US

   Supporting multiple teams for a number of mission-critical IT infrastructure technology and software deployment projects:• program manage the build-out and application migration for the mainframes in the new co-located data centers.• program manage efforts around the build-out of three co-located data centers for the security & network infrastructure group.• network segmentation and security engineering - ISE – Cisco Identity Services Engine - Zero-trust security/network access control; Software migration – from ISE v2.1 to v2.7. Illumio upgrade and deployment-Zero-trust lateral segmentation across environments.• network automation and communications - deployment of Infoblox – managing and identifying devices connected to enterprise networks for DNS – Domain Name System, DHCP – dynamic host configuration protocol, and IPAM – IP address management.• cloud-Azure/VPN/wireless networking. Deployment of Aviatrix – multi-cloud network platform to improve development velocity, scale & visibilit using automation, operational visibility, and multi-cloud operationality. Also worked on VPN upgrade to AnyConnect v4.10• Working on special projects tied to cloud security, data center migration, and data center circuit deployment.• Responsible for managing SOWs and the work of multiple vendors. • Responsible for comprehensive project tracking, budget management, and stakeholder communications. • Work closely with M&T’s audit and cyber security groups. • Provide coaching to team members and others in the organization regarding lean/agile methodologies.

Education

• Fordham University

  B.A., Political Science and Government

• Fordham University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

  M.A., International Economics

• Fordham University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

  Ph.D., Political Science and Government

Skills

• Marketing
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• Start-Ups
• Negotiation
• Sales
• Team Management
• Leadership
• Team Leadership
• Strategic Partnerships
• Telecommunications
• Analysis
• B2b
• Social Media Marketing
• Integrated Marketing
• Business Development
• Team Building
• Management
• Crm
• Enterprise Software
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Fundraising
• Event Management
• Product Marketing
• Training
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)