Feb 2023 – Dec 2023 · 10 mos · San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

• Oversaw all infrastructure and IT service negotiations, optimizing contract terms post-acquisition for cost efficiency.
• Led successful negotiations for vendor agreements, combined worth over $1B, encompassing global network circuits, cloud services, data center leases, and AI hardware procurement, emphasizing compliance, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
• Dynamic Cost Management, Identified and executed cost-saving initiatives, reducing total ownership costs by over $20M across global network circuits, cloud services, data center leases, and AI hardware acquisitions.
• Developed capacity delivery strategies, shaping vendor roadmaps to mitigate risks in network, server, and AI infrastructure, aligning with organizational goals.
• Cultivated positive relationships with suppliers for $1B+ contracts, ensuring optimal performance tracking and alignment with organizational objectives in infrastructure and IT service delivery.
• Provided expertise to cross-functional partners in Legal, Privacy, Information Security, and Compliance during contracting for cloud services, global data center leases, AI hardware, and various IT services.

Feb 2020 – Feb 2023 · 3 yrs

• Responsible to manage all Twitter owned Data Center Assets - valued over $1 Billion - International & Domestic Hardware Assets
• Managed supply vendor accounts with $10M+ spend CAPEX to purchase & deliver hardware in several countries globally: Japan, France, Brazil, Australia, Hong Kong & beyond
• Advocated and spearheaded processes to accurately track CAPEX and OPEX spend, leading to proactively forecast all spend for future Hardware deployments in emerging markets
• Thrived with cross functional team projects that ranged from accounting to network engineering teams to meet all projects deadlines respectively.
• Confident in technical hardware (HW) conversations ranging from component needs for cabling/optics/FRU, to patching matrices, and turn up process for out of band network equipment
• Knowledgeable in operational run the business needs for POP & hyper scale data centers, paired with the understanding of the importance of accurate asset life cycle management
• Certified IT Asset Manager (CITAM) by the International Association of Information Technology Asset Management, Inc. (IAITAM)
• Excelled in a fast-paced working environment planning logistical processes to build two hyper scale data centers and over five networking POP locations globally
• Knowledgeable in proper proceeds to securely decommission and re-sell Hardware
• Experienced in Audit (PwC) compliance procedures (new/existing), inventory data upkeep in Radiant RFID/Oracle involving monthly reports with cross functional data, arranging monthly Data Center Cycle Counts and OpEx Management for support renewal contracts

Feb 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Executive Business Partner Assistant - Platform Privacy and Data Security Engineering / Data Center
• Assisted several high-level executives at Twitter including Chief Information Security Officer, as well as executives supporting Site Reliability Engineering, Data Center Hardware Supply & Operations
• Responsibilities include active coordination and scheduling, prioritization on high-level meetings/projects simultaneously, coordinating complex travel agendas, purchase orders/expenses, event productions and full/multi-day off-sites for internal and external groups
• Experienced in Project management and team roadmap creation
• Facilitated in depth and detailed logistical planning and minute by minute agendas for previous CEO and CTOs for annual Data Center Tours
• Lead point of contact for “Hack Week” based in the Seattle Office, responsibilities include organization of all local office communication for project deadlines, hype activates, and all demo day logistics
• Lead point of contact for Twitter Women Executive Travel Program, which enables women in all offices to get facetime with Sr. Dr. Women+ from remote offices around the world
• Overall, developed a great reputation for getting things done efficiently & effectively

May 2014 – Jul 2014 · 2 mos · San Jose, California

• Participated in a summer marketing management internship to learn procedures, policies, rules and regulations concerning safety, quality, productivity, leadership and management skills.
• Internship provided excellent exposure to how a recently IPO’d Silicon Valley tech company develops
• and grows its business globally
• Introduced a proposal recommending a new instructional tutorial video to improve communication
• between different global departments with the application Workday Detailing employees globally
• including titles, designated management ranking teams, and contact information within the company
• Scheduled 100+ person Marketing Convention in Los Angeles, including activities and full day
• itineraries for employees and interested customers
• Developed Video tutorial to educate worldwide employees about WorkDay, a SaaS solution used to store and
• organize all employment information
• Tutorial video demonstrated shortcuts to access resources, contact information, and job titles to
• connect to work more efficiently on a worldwide basis