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Detailed work experience

2006-2026

Independent IT Consultant

Self-Employed / Cranial.io | Confidential Clients

Feb 2026 - Sep 2026

  • Built Okta SSO and SCIM provisioning from scratch with 20 to 30 app integrations for a confidential enterprise client, kickoff to go-live.
  • Okta SSO and SCIM integrations plus a Slack migration and integration project for a confidential SMB client.

Clients are under NDA.

Senior IT Specialist

Sauce Labs

Apr 2022 - Nov 2025

  • Primary Okta administrator for about 500 users and 140+ SaaS applications: SSO app catalog, SAML, OIDC, SCIM, MFA, sign-on and conditional access policy, Universal Directory, groups, lifecycle management, device trust.
  • Super Admin on Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, and 1Password. Google Workspace end to end: org units, groups, security settings, sharing policy.
  • Extended and maintained the joiner/mover/leaver pipeline; automated deprovisioning across 88 of 140 apps; offboarding time cut from about 45 minutes to 15-20 minutes per employee.
  • Led the JumpCloud rollout for Windows and Linux endpoints and served as the primary Windows administrator.
  • Primary IT person for three SOC 2 audit cycles with Vanta.
  • Led company-wide AI tool rollouts (Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, Zoom AI Companion) with usage policy and access controls.
  • Microsoft 365 administration for about 120 users: Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, licensing, update channels.
  • Apple fleet management with Jamf and Apple Business Manager (Kandji briefly before the switch to Jamf). CrowdStrike alert triage and remediation.
  • Participated in renewal and roadmap decisions for Okta, CrowdStrike, Druva, Netwrix Endpoint Protector, BetterCloud, Google Workspace, and Slack. Kept a formal app intake and tiering checklist tied to procurement.
  • Level 1-3 tickets in Freshdesk and Jira. Configured Jira workflows and automation rules for IT teams. Built runbooks and knowledge base content. Mentored junior staff.
  • Became the de facto technical lead about six months in, after the VP of Technical Support and the Director of IT both left, and ran a team of five for roughly two and a half years without a title change.
  • Found an underused Okta Preview license (about $20K a year), pitched dropping it to the VP of Compliance, and negotiated unlimited Okta Workflows in its place.
  • Worked with BetterCloud at an engineering level and served as one of their reference customers.
  • Solo-led the GTM RBAC redesign across 32 job titles, later used as the template for the team's company-wide redesign.
  • Led the Slack Business to Enterprise Grid migration across nine domains.
  • Built SauceULM, an AI-assisted onboarding and offboarding dashboard on the Okta API and GAM that replaced a manual spreadsheet.

Interactive Offboarding workflow I built at Sauce Labs

Corporate IT Manager / System Administrator

Executive Group of Hotels & Real Estate

Oct 2019 - Jan 2022

  • Sole IT resource for 14 properties and 450+ users. Site lead for technology decisions and vendors.
  • Led the 450+ user migration from a legacy local POP/IMAP provider to Microsoft 365 Exchange Online, with some hotel domains migrated to Google Workspace.
  • Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 at every location. Standardized provisioning and access that had varied by property.
  • VMware hosts for Micros, Oracle, SPA, and keycard systems (network and firewall work handled by outsourced MSP vendors, which I supervised and reviewed).
  • Windows endpoint fleet through Syncro: baseline configuration, patching, inventory. Early exposure to Intune before standardizing on Syncro.
  • Deployed Synology NAS at 8 properties and set up AWS S3 and Glacier cold storage.
  • Maintained network infrastructure, firewalls, and VPN connectivity across all properties.
  • Hardware and software lifecycle, procurement, vendor coordination, device deployment, meeting room technology. Trained staff on new systems.

IT Specialist

Four Seasons Resort & Residences

Mar 2016 - Sep 2019

  • Two-person IT team supporting 400-500 employees and about 600 endpoints. Daily ticketing in ServiceNow.
  • Co-managed 26 Windows Servers and 2 Linux servers, becoming the primary admin after the first six to seven months of training.
  • Led the replacement of about 280 Ruckus access points, managed via Superclick/MAMA, from planning through completion, including physical installation and cabling.
  • Mobile devices through AirWatch (VMware Workspace ONE), iOS and Android.
  • PCI-DSS controls for Micros POS payment systems.

Technical Officer, Call Center Support

Mphasis / EDS / HP

Nov 2006 - Oct 2010

  • Level 1-2 technical support and incident resolution for enterprise customers in a structured ticketing and escalation model.
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Outside paid work

  • Unpaid tech help for a few elderly people who found me through local online postings: internet basics, email, PDFs, and getting comfortable on a phone and laptop.
  • Set up wired and wireless networking, Google Workspace, domain registration, and SaaS recommendations for a small real estate office, unpaid.
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Education

Post Graduate Diploma, Human Resource Management

Centennial College, Toronto

Dec 2011

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

Ranchi University

2007