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.
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.