“In October 2023 I became supervisor and leader of an internal IT team and I had to quickly learn IT "speak"/terms, processes, procedures and a lot of other topics I was not familiar with. I reached out to Craig for assistance and not only was he willing to help, he provided me with a breadth of information I used to enhance the team performance, IT systems and infrastructure. Since that time, I have relied on him as an IT "sounding board" who has always provided me with accurrate and vetted information. Craig is such a valuable resource with an expansive knowledge of all IT-related services and technologies, and an amazing partner who can troubleshoot issues by cutting through the erroneous to get to the essentials. I cannot thank Craig enough for sharing his knowledge with me and for continuing to assist me in my IT leadership journey!”
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Roncalli High School
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Activities and Societies: Roncalli Lasallian Youth
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Vice President of Public Relations
Microsoft Midwest Toastmasters
- Present 11 years 9 months
Education
Coordinate the promotion of the Microsoft Midwest Toastmasters club and assist other members in joining and becoming more confident, professional public speakers.
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Contributor
Microsoft Geeks Give
- Present 12 years
Social Services
Working with other members and employees of the Microsft Chicagoland Family, we get together and give back to Chicago in many ways generally helping the youth and underprivileged. Most recent experience we all got together downtown and were sent to various schools across Chicago and the suburbs to assist in painting and prepping classrooms for the preparation of the upcoming school year.
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Education Volunteer
Illinois Technology Association (ITA)
- Present 10 years 4 months
Science and Technology
ITA is focused on scaling Illinois tech companies. Whether you are looking to build your team, promote your business or collaborate with like-minded tech executives, we’ve got you covered.
Access - We provide the ecosystem and infrastructure to network with other similar-sized, fast-growing companies. From our CEO dinner to our IoT Summit, we help facilitate education and connections that result in growth opportunities for you and your business.
Talent - Finding and retaining…ITA is focused on scaling Illinois tech companies. Whether you are looking to build your team, promote your business or collaborate with like-minded tech executives, we’ve got you covered.
Access - We provide the ecosystem and infrastructure to network with other similar-sized, fast-growing companies. From our CEO dinner to our IoT Summit, we help facilitate education and connections that result in growth opportunities for you and your business.
Talent - Finding and retaining talent is hard. We help make it easier with services like our Talent Portal and consulting from our in-house talent expert. We are also working hard to promote Chicago as a premier destination for tech talent at conferences and universities throughout the country.
Visibility - We get the word out about our members; leveraging our outlets for your content is part of membership. We can work with you to develop a multi-part article series, promote your news and more – all at a fraction of the cost of traditional media outlets.
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Certified Instructor
Microsoft
- Present 11 years 6 months
Science and Technology
Teach Azure Fundamentals at the MTC in Chicago.
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Community Volunteer
American Red Cross
- Present 9 years
Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
The American Red Cross Masters of Disaster® curriculum is centered on a series of ready-to-go lesson plans that help organizations educate youth about important disaster safety and preparedness information. Masters of Disaster contains lessons, activities, and demonstrations on disaster-related topics that organizations can incorporate into daily or thematic programming.
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SaaS Azure Migration
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Migration, maintenance, and optimization of the Azure Cloud Infrastructure of a substantial corporate fitness SaaS offering. Domain Services, High I/O SQL 2012 multi-region AlwaysOn availability sets. PaaS web roles and handlers, cloud load balancing, Azure Application Insights monitoring. Extended on premise network to Azure to extend SCOM monitoring capabilities to the cloud along with simplified automation processes using Azure Automation.
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Chicago Loop Alliance
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NSRC- North Shore Radio Club
Storm Chaser
- PresentThe NSRC is a not-for-profit Amateur Radio club serving Chicago’s north suburban area. It is one of Chicago’s largest and most active radio clubs whose members’ interests cover the entire spectrum of what the Amateur Radio Service has to offer. The club is a long standing Special Service Club member of the American Radio Relay League. It participates in Field Day, sponsors fox hunts and operates special event stations for Kid’s Day and the Boy Scouts’ Jamboree on the Air. NSRC also provides…
The NSRC is a not-for-profit Amateur Radio club serving Chicago’s north suburban area. It is one of Chicago’s largest and most active radio clubs whose members’ interests cover the entire spectrum of what the Amateur Radio Service has to offer. The club is a long standing Special Service Club member of the American Radio Relay League. It participates in Field Day, sponsors fox hunts and operates special event stations for Kid’s Day and the Boy Scouts’ Jamboree on the Air. NSRC also provides public service communications for local organizations like the MC200 Relay Race and the North Shore Century Bicycle Ride. For the first time in many years, amateur radio was invited to help with the 2009 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Many NSRC members participated in this world-class event. The club participates in and encourages all aspects of Amateur Radio including license classes and exams to help people get started in this wonderful hobby.
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Chicagoland SkyWarn
Storm Spotter
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