Rolando Suarez

About Rolando Suarez

A Proven Senior Information Technology Leader:• An Innovative technology leader with a proven history of cost savings and revenue enhancements upwards of several millions of dollars during my career. • Delivered numerous IT solutions using cloud and virtualization technologies realizing annual maintenance cost savings by hundreds of thousands of dollars and established high-availability, and enhanced security that avoided costly business interruption.• An accomplished IT Service Delivery leader who efficiently manages teams of business analysts and developers, turning business requirements into sound technology solutions using best-practice methodologies.• A strategic visionary who aligns technology with business goals to drive growth, cost avoidance, and profitability.• Effectively manages multi-million dollar budgets, exercising sound forecasting and procurement practices.• A calculated decision-maker who measures risk with metrics, facts, and sound judgement.• A team builder dedicated to managing, mentoring, educating and retaining “best in class” technology professionals while maintaining positive morale and minimizing costly turnover.• Customer focused business relationship advocate who achieves valued results in terms of efficiency, new revenue and savings opportunities that align to business goals and corporate missions.• Experienced in various industries: Healthcare, Media, Hospitality, Chemical, Academic and Aerospace.• Ability to present and communicate technology solutions in monetary terms with straightforward business talk.• 10+ years experience in Latin America business markets and work cultures with multi-lingual skills.• An effective negotiator who instills a competitive spirit with vendors to deliver effective solutions with maximum benefit potential with minimum expense. • Transforms raw data into meaningful visualizations that reveal new insights about the business that capture opportunities and enhance bottom-line performance.

Experience

1. Expert Data Scientist

   J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

   Jan 2025 — Present

Education

• University of California, Davis

  Certified Specialization, Data Analytics with Tableau

• St. Thomas University

  Master of Science, Management Information Systems

  1990 — 1991

• UC San Diego

  Certified Specialization, Big Data & Data Management

• University of Houston

  Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

  1979 — 1983

Skills

• IT Service Management
• Virtualization
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Agile Methodologies
• Team Building
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Project Management
• Sdlc
• Business Intelligence
• Cloud Computing
• Software Project Management
• Itil
• Active Directory
• Business Analysis
• Program Management
• IT Operations
• Vendor Management
• Budgets
• IT Strategy
• IT Management
• Data Center
• Enterprise Architecture