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Tariq Suleman

Las Vegas

Summary

A seasoned IT leader from CREDIT ONE BANK, I excel in strategic planning and cloud migrations, showcasing a robust track record in enhancing operational efficiency and security posture. My leadership across global teams has significantly reduced IT spend by 60%, leveraging expertise in AWS Cloud and strategic IT modernization.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Global Vice President of IT Application, Infrastructure, Data, Security, End User Computing

CREDIT ONE BANK
Las Vegas
08.2024 - Current
  • Supervise a global workforce of 41 employees divided into four teams.
  • Developed migration strategy transitioning from outdated monolithic application to microservices.
  • Developed strategies for Multi-Cloud, Operational Efficiency, Security and Asset Management
  • Strategized a plan for establishing an active-passive datacenter with five-minute RTO.
  • Developed a cohesive framework to unify workloads across multiple cloud platforms.
  • Boosted customer satisfaction by addressing weaknesses in End User Computing.

Global Senior Director (Deputy CIO) of IT Infrastructure, Data, Security & Compliance

W ENERGY SOFTWARE
Tulsa
11.2023 - 08.2024
  • Company Overview: OIL & GAS SAAS SOLUTION PROVIDER
  • Developed IT Modernization strategy to reduce IT spend and to improve operational excellence
  • Developed product strategy to adopt microservices architecture and migrate to multi-tenant architecture
  • Identified Infrastructure Architecture gaps and developed a strategy to improve system stability
  • Developed strategy for cloud (AWS, Azure, OpenMetal) migration architectures and led 3 cloud migrations
  • Developed strategy to outsource IT Helpdesk function that resulted in improved internal customer satisfaction and reduction cost
  • Identified new sales opportunities in the existing product offerings and worked with sales senior leadership to identify new revenue streams
  • This increased ARR of 21 existing customers
  • Developed a strategy to consolidate 4 cloud and 2 on-prem data centers to reduce operational overhead and to reduce operational spend
  • This will result in 60% IT spend
  • Implemented change and incident management ITIL processes
  • Worked as CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)
  • Developed monitoring strategy to proactively monitor for threats, introduced SIEM solution, led SOC2 audit, and created processes to proactively review security posture across all areas monthly
  • Led Asset Management team, and renegotiated vendor contracts that saved 30% to 50% licensing costs

Global Assistant Vice President (Deputy CIO) of IT Infrastructure, Data, Security & Compliance

BLUME GLOBAL
Atlanta
07.2021 - 06.2023
  • Company Overview: A SUPPLY CHAIN SAAS SOLUTION PROVIDER
  • Executive team member collaborating with the Board of Directors and the Chief Information Officer (CIO), developing and implementing long-term project roadmaps and strategies, focusing on optimizing organizational performance, growth, and stability
  • Managed a global team consisting of 24 employees across four continents, spanning 6 departments, including security, Google Cloud / AWS computing, End User Computing, data administration, software development, and production support
  • Managed the IT infrastructure function of the organization, including both hardware and software components, supporting facilities, data centers, servers, networking hardware, desktop computers, merger & acquisition integration, and enterprise software
  • Worked as CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)
  • Led the Cyber Security compliance function
  • Launched the implementation of the ISO 27001 certification requirements and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance initiatives
  • A SUPPLY CHAIN SAAS SOLUTION PROVIDER

Director, Infrastructure, Data, Security & Governance

UKG
Lowell
06.2020 - 07.2021
  • Company Overview: A WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT SAAS SOLUTION PROVIDER
  • Recruited to oversee the cloud services and business needs supporting SaaS solutions in a public cloud and on-premises data centers for a global company, supporting 12K+ employees in the workforce and HR management services
  • Responsible for leading a team of 8 architects in designing complex solutions in both public and private cloud systems, developing a foundation for enterprise SaaS offering and merger & acquisition integration
  • Delivered long-term strategies and roadmaps to C-level Executives, focusing on establishing proactive programs and customer retention initiatives, performing an architectural gap analysis, and utilizing the data to propose subsequent design changes
  • Created extensive architecture maturity models for all systems and advocated for adoption, enhancing productivity and efficiency
  • Oversaw the stabilization of the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) platform to improve efficiency and redesigned the Domain Name System (DNS) architecture to reduce outages, generating a $3.5M reduction in annual cost
  • Constructed proactive cost optimization strategies and spearheaded containerized architecture across the site reliability engineering (SR) and chaos engineering principles, resulting in a $250K annual cost savings across all systems
  • Launched an active-active, multi-region data center using cloud content delivery network (CDN) with enhanced caching and security
  • A WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT SAAS SOLUTION PROVIDER

Senior Enterprise Infrastructure Architect

MACY'S
John's Creek
04.2012 - 06.2020
  • Company Overview: A BRICK & MORTAR AND ONLINE RETAIL STORE
  • Hired as an Enterprise Architect and delivered successful, forward-thinking strategies supporting long-term growth and development, leading to the promotion to Senior Enterprise Architect
  • Managed a team of 3 architects in maintaining the Macy's.com architecture, developing a multi-data center load test environment to support the average website traffic of 2M+ daily orders successfully
  • Oversaw the evaluation of information security risks and collaborated with network and security architecture teams to develop modernized security solutions, securing compliance with critical standards and policies
  • Utilized expertise and best practices to design systems for omnichannel customers as well as developed the enterprise architecture organization, overseeing all project coordination and establishing a new architecture review board
  • Communicated regularly with C-level Executives and partnered with the Chief Experience Officer (CXO), presenting updates and innovative new development strategies, providing positive customer experience, prioritizing engagement, and securing retention
  • Responsible for the consolidation of disparate infrastructure and system, improving efficiency and reducing operating costs by $2.2M
  • Led the replacement of the capital expenditures (CapEx) model with the operating expenses (OpEx) model, generating 60% savings
  • Transitioned workloads from a single on-premises data center to 3 total cloud data centers (Google Cloud, Azure Cloud), utilizing a multi-site, active-active strategy and creating long-term disaster recovery plans
  • Developed strategy to transition non-production workload from on-premises data center to the cloud system, utilizing GIT, Jenkins, Chef, and Nagios to design on-premises DevOps environments
  • A BRICK & MORTAR AND ONLINE RETAIL STORE

Senior Enterprise Infrastructure Architect

US BANK
Saint Paul
05.2007 - 04.2012
  • Company Overview: PROVIDES FINANCIAL SERVICES
  • Led a Design team that included 5 direct reports and 16 indirect reports in the development of architect platform solutions, ensuring and supporting a robust, high-security, scalable online banking platform
  • Responsible for the management of various high-level projects, including replacing the existing retail internet banking infrastructure to support 6M US bank customers, and the implementation of a reverse proxy infrastructure project
  • Oversaw the consolidation of multiple servers generating a $60K annual cost savings and $75K reduction in server license fees, and created and implemented a strategy to integrate online banking processes from a newly acquired bank
  • PROVIDES FINANCIAL SERVICES

Enterprise Systems Architect, Application Hosting Group

3M
Saint Paul
05.2005 - 05.2007
  • Company Overview: BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS RETAIL
  • Delivered oversight for engineering specifications spanning 300 applications supporting the 3M's internet and intranet environment
  • Managed a team of 3 consultants and provided strategic guidance for various simultaneous projects in live, multi-tiered environments
  • BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS RETAIL

Education

Master of Science - Computer Engineering

Old Dominion University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

University of Tennessee

Disruptive Strategy Certification -

Harvard Business School

Google Cloud Architect -

Skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • IT Modernization
  • Cloud Architecture
  • Cloud Migrations
  • Security Design
  • SOC2
  • ISO27001
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Business Continuity
  • Technical Operations
  • SRE Management
  • Microservices Architecture
  • Service Desk Design
  • Operations
  • Software Development
  • Dev Ops
  • Data Lake Design
  • Network Architecture
  • Database Architecture
  • Merger & Acquisition Integration
  • IT Resource Management
  • Google Cloud
  • AWS Cloud
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Active Directory
  • IBM Cloud
  • MYSQL
  • DB2
  • Kubernetes
  • SFTP
  • GDPR
  • MDM
  • O365
  • FireEye
  • VPN
  • MongoDB

Certification

  • Disruptive Strategy Certification - Harvard Business School
  • Google Cloud Architect

Timeline

Global Vice President of IT Application, Infrastructure, Data, Security, End User Computing

CREDIT ONE BANK
08.2024 - Current

Global Senior Director (Deputy CIO) of IT Infrastructure, Data, Security & Compliance

W ENERGY SOFTWARE
11.2023 - 08.2024

Global Assistant Vice President (Deputy CIO) of IT Infrastructure, Data, Security & Compliance

BLUME GLOBAL
07.2021 - 06.2023

Director, Infrastructure, Data, Security & Governance

UKG
06.2020 - 07.2021

Senior Enterprise Infrastructure Architect

MACY'S
04.2012 - 06.2020

Senior Enterprise Infrastructure Architect

US BANK
05.2007 - 04.2012

Enterprise Systems Architect, Application Hosting Group

3M
05.2005 - 05.2007

Master of Science - Computer Engineering

Old Dominion University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

University of Tennessee

Disruptive Strategy Certification -

Harvard Business School

Google Cloud Architect -

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