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Vice President of Information Technology
Vision Graphics Inc.
2019-2020
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"I miss the daily meetings, that is the very best thing you brought to us, thank you. It laid the ground work for the communication we need to build out a better workflow, from beginning to end, not just prepress. I've had 2 really great mangers in my life, you are in that group. I'm jealous of whoever gets to work with you at your next job."
Personal Recommendation
Darchelle Jay
PreMedia Team Lead
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Enterprise Cloud Technology Solutions Architect / Vice President of Information Technology
John Deere / Vision Graphics Inc.
2013-2016 / 2019-2020
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"Wayne brought us on as a client and I have an immense amount of respect for him as both a technologist and as a leader.
Before I go into his technical strengths I want to speak to what I observed about his character. When we started working with him, we were a no name entity while he was working for a fortune 100. We were approached by Wayne because he discovered some work we had published. To put it another way, Wayne is not someone that believes in nobody gets fired for buying IBM. He is dedicated to truly effecting meaningful change within the organizations he has worked in and taking calculated personal risks while doing so in the interest of what is right for his employer. The second thing I want to mention about his character as a leader is the high level of ethics and integrity with which he always worked with us. It was truly a pleasure working with him.
As a technical leader he really gets it. I've already touched on taking risks as a leader and building the right team for the job. But he can also provide very competent guidance to his team members. Drawing them to the North Star of greater automation, fostering a culture of continuous improvement. He has a knack for looking at a system or problem and immediately being able to identify areas where appropriate use of technology can add value to the business.
In short, I would highly recommend Wayne as a leader in an engineering organization."
LinkedIn Recommendation
Ali Hussain
CTO and Co-founder / Flux7
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Vice President of Information Technology
Vision Graphics Inc.
2019-2020
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"In the time that my business intelligence unit has reported to Wayne, I have found his leadership and insights extremely valuable in my personal growth, and in the development of our team. Wayne has been effective in guiding us through significant changes, and in finding process improvements leading to significant savings. His cloud computing and AWS knowledge have been crucial in our migration from on-prem solutions and in our efforts to automate processes. He has fostered a tight-knit team atmosphere throughout a diverse technology group and put us on a path to flourish in the future. I highly recommend Wayne to any organization looking to fill a leadership position for their technology team."
LinkedIn Recommendation
Sean Hoffman
BI Engineer/Analyst - Team Lead / Vision Graphics Inc.
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Vice President of Information Technology
Vision Graphics Inc.
2019-2020
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"I am privileged to work along side Wayne at Vision Graphics. Wayne has a wealth of knowledge regarding IT with amazing communication skills. He has guided our IT department in the right direction, enabling our advancements into automation. He has been a team player and we are glad to have him as part of our team."
LinkedIn Recommendation
Hootan Tabari
VP / A2Z Printing
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Vice President of Information Technology
Vision Graphics Inc.
2019-2020
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"I worked with Wayne as a peer for over a year . I always found him to have a great sense of urgency a transparent and collaborative leadership style and the ability to ferret out problems and provide quick solutions. He has vast experience working in both corporate and entrepreneurial work environments.
I would highly recommend him any leadership role he seeks"
LinkedIn Recommendation
RJ Hines
Vice President of Sales & Marketing / Vision Graphics Inc.
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IT Integration Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions Team
John Deere
2016-2019
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"This past year, I've had the pleasure of working closely with Wayne as well as getting to know him on a personal level. Wayne was assigned to a very complex network integration project several months after the initial kick off, but Wayne quickly took the reins and worked very hard to formulate a detailed project plan and engaged the different service lanes needed for the project to be successful. Wayne's broad knowledge of IT as well as his diverse skill set has been extremely valuable during the project. Wayne would make an outstanding addition to any IT team."
LinkedIn Recommendation
Jim Hegarty
Information Technology Manager / Hagie Manufacturing
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Database Admin. / Developer / System Admin.
Fidlar & Chambers Company
1999 - 2000
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"Wayne has the uncanny ability to stand at the beginning of a corn maze and instinctively know what path to take to get to the end successfully. He can do the same with any type of situation especially software projects. He just knows how to get from point A to point B - which is the secret to his success. And success for Wayne is NOT achieving what is expected. He would call that a failure. He always surprises with far more of a deliverable than what the world around him is expecting."
Letter Of Recommendation
Ernest Riggen
Owner / Fidlar Technologies
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Technology Solutions Archtitect
Database
John Deere
2013 - 2014
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"Wayne has impressed me even more than I expected when I hired him and I had high expectations!"
1st Year-End Job Review Comments
K. Hiatt
Manager Technology Integration / Web & Database Services, Global Computing Service
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Database Administrator
Fidlar & Chambers Company
1999
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"You were always one of my favorite people to work with because of your extensive knowledge and your willingness to share it."
Letter of Recommendation Comments
Kim Congleton
Systems Analyst
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Technology Solutions Archtitect
Database
John Deere
2013 - 2014
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"...what he's been able to accomplish in his short time at Deere points to his ability to adapt easily. Quite impressive!"
1st Year-End Job Review Comments
K. Hiatt
Manager Technology Integration / Web & Database Services, Global Computing Service
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Technology Solutions Archtitect
Database
John Deere
2013 - 2014
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"He is quite the over-achiever! Wayne has gone above and beyond all expectaions"
1st Year-End Job Review Comments
K. Hiatt
Manager Technology Integration / Web & Database Services, Global Computing Service
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Technology Solutions Archtitect
Database
John Deere
2013 - 2014
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"...we have asked Wayne to mentor some new part-time student employees at the University of Illinois..."
1st Year-End Job Review Comments
K. Hiatt
Manager Technology Integration / Web & Database Services, Global Computing Service
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Technology Solutions Archtitect
Database
John Deere
2013 - 2014
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"Wayne has done nothing but amaze me with his positive attitude... willingness to take on any challenge and ability to develop an impressive, diverse network. He easily inspires others to do their best work, and is leading innovation..."
1st Year-End Job Review Comments
K. Hiatt
Manager Technology Integration / Web & Database Services, Global Computing Service
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Technology Solutions Archtitect
Database
John Deere
2013 - 2014
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The following is a sampling of my first job review at John Deere; it landed me an unprecedented "Outstanding" rating:
"Looking across all of my architects, I can easily say that Wayne is the most integrated... He has accomplished this through his efforts to attend all meetings... in person... [vendors have] developed a great deal of respect for Wayne and his work and truly value his efforts and his input.
His ability to easily talk with people one-on-one and his high energy level quickly win them over, and they are more willing to help Wayne move the ball forward... Because of Wayne and his efforts, we are much further along than originally planned...
Part of the allure with the Hadoop distribution is the fact that other vendors' tools work well with it, and we have a lot of interest here from the Advanced Analytic groups within our company. Well done Wayne!
Because Wayne has become so knowledgeable on the topic, he is sought after as a presenter. As he mentioned, he was requested as a speaker at the first John Deere Big Data Summit. He has presented to many IT teams, including TCI. He has helped generate a lot of interest and has received positive comments after each presentation. It is refreshing to watch an employee work so hard to develop others and share his expertise.
With very little guidance, Wayne has engaged all of the necessary parties... brought them up to speed... and gotten them excited about [the technical] capabilities. This inspiration led to a successful implementation...
He has developed relationships with both the hardware vendors and the software vendors to fully understand the options available and determine the best fit for Deere. Across the enterprise, Wayne is considered the "go-to" person... He was asked to speak at the first EA Council meeting that discussed Hadoop... and he has presented multiple times across various levels of the organization.
Through this work, he is helping to meet a number of critical business needs... and has gone about it in a way that has impressed everyone he deals with... Simply stated, I continue to be impressed."
1st Year-End Job Review Comments
K. Hiatt
Manager Technology Integration / Web & Database Services, Global Computing Service
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Applications Programmer
Archive Computer
August 31, 1982
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"Wayne seems to impress everyone he contacts not only with his hard work and extra effort, but also with his teaching ability and "winning" personality.
Unlike many programmers, he is personable and out-going and will be able to easily move into management.
I am recommending Wayne for the largest increase in salary of the programming staff (a 21.4% increase over the previous salary)."
Employee Review Comments
Mark Komatar
Software Manager
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Enterprise Cloud
Technology Solutions Architect
John Deere
2016
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In my work with Wayne... he has displayed several positive qualities:
- He approaches each new challenge with confidence and energy. He can quickly take an ambiguous assignment and deliver specific results that drive a key decision.
- He drives the adoption of new and innovative technologies and processes. This was demonstrated through his work to establish new IT capabilities required to transition a key business unit to a major cloud provider
- Wayne places a high priority on expanding his knowledge. In the past 12 months he has received 4 AWS certifications while continuing to pursue his MBA.
Letter of Recommendation
Dave Gerse
Lead Architect / Global IT
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IT Specialist
Heeren Co
1982
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You have proven to us, that you are quite a hand at setting up a new system & teaching us all to use it.
Letter of Recommendation
Heeren Team
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