Thomas Shay

Strategic Vision | Stakeholder Leadership | Operational Clarity

Role
Founder and IT Consultant at Anchor It Services
Location
Scarsdale, NY, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Thomas Shay

IT and Operations Consultant with a track record of leading organizations through complexity and change. Brings 25+ years of experience across financial services and public sector environments, helping execute teams modernize infrastructure, reduce risk and improve performance. Known for calm leadership, clear thinking and delivering results - 99% client retention, 60% productivity gains, seamless cloud migrations. Skilled at aligning business goals with practical IT strategies, guiding M&A readiness and building continuity plans that stand up to real-world disruption. Excels in fast-paced, collaborative environments that value curiosity, adaptability and a little humor.

Experience

  1. Founder and IT Consultant

    Anchor It Services

    Mar 2017 — Present · Scarsdale, NY, US

    Led enterprise-wide cloud migrations, improving productivity by 60% and reducing IT overhead.Built and implemented disaster recovery and business continuity plans with a 30-minute Recovery Time Objective and 15-minute Recovery Point Objective for mission-critical systems.Advised private equity firms on managed service provider (MSP) sector evaluations, providing due diligence and risk assessments.

Education

  • Henley Business School

    Executive Hedge Fund Program

  • Henley Business School

    Executive Hedge Fund Program

    2018 — 2018

  • Hofstra University

    Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Administration and Management, General

  • Hofstra University

    BBA, Management

    1986 — 1990

Skills

  • Disaster Recovery
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Citrix
  • Business Continuity
  • Service Delivery
  • Project Management
  • Active Directory
  • Infrastructure
  • Vmware
  • Blackberry Enterprise Server
  • Cloud Computing
  • Vpn
  • Software Project Management
  • Ms Project
  • Siebel
  • Citrix Metaframe
  • Sharepoint
  • Bloomberg Terminal
  • Microsoft Office
  • Wireless Networking
  • Quality Assurance
  • IT Strategy
  • Itil
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Manage Client Relationships
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Business Operations
  • Help Desk Management
  • A+ Certified
  • Network+ Certified
  • Mcp
  • Ubuntu
  • Connectwise
  • Lan/Wan
  • Vsp
  • Avaya
  • Bloomberg
  • Business Process
  • Cisco Technologies

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