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I am a senior Microsoft Cloud Architect with more than 16 years of experience designing, securing, and automating environments built on Microsoft 365, Azure, Microsoft Entra ID, and Microsoft Intune. I help organizations modernize their stack with Zero Trust principles, Windows 11 and Cloud PCs, Intune Suite capabilities, and Microsoft 365 Copilot so they get secure, automated, and measurable outcomes, not just configurations. Top Rated Plus, 100 percent Job Success, Over $100k earned on Upwork. Clients bring me in when they need someone who can own complex architecture, clean up half finished projects, or provide ongoing expert support across the Microsoft ecosystem. Current Focus Areas: 1. Identity, Zero Trust, and Secure Access Microsoft Entra ID design, Conditional Access, MFA, identity lifecycle, role based access, and Just in Time access. Entra P1 and P2 based identity security, Entra Suite integrations, and alignment to Zero Trust access patterns. Secure access to Microsoft 365, line of business apps, and SaaS using modern authentication, device trust, and least privilege. 2. Endpoint Management with Microsoft Intune and Intune Suite Full Intune tenant build out, Windows 11 enrollment, Autopilot, configuration profiles, compliance, and update rings. Intune Suite add ons, including Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM) and advanced endpoint security capabilities to reduce local admin rights and enforce least privilege at scale. Co management and migration paths from Configuration Manager to cloud attach or full Intune. 3. Microsoft 365, Copilot, and Collaboration Microsoft 365 tenant design and cleanup, Exchange Online, OneDrive, Teams, and SharePoint Online. Information architecture, permissions, and automation for SharePoint and OneDrive migrations from on premises file servers and legacy systems. Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption, governance, and integration into daily work in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and Power BI, including new Microsoft 365 Copilot app and Microsoft 365 Premium subscription offerings. 4. Security, Defender, and Compliance Hardening Microsoft 365 and Azure using Defender for Office, Defender for Endpoint, and identity based protections. Planning and implementing controls that align with the newer Microsoft Defender Suite and Microsoft Purview Suite naming for E5 customers. Practical security baselines, security score improvements, and realistic monitoring that IT teams can maintain. 5. Azure Infrastructure, Apps, and AI Integrations Azure landing zones, networking, virtual machines, storage, and PaaS services for line of business applications. Tenant to tenant or subscription to subscription resource migrations, including App Service, databases, and identities. Working with Azure AI and Microsoft 365 Copilot scenarios, including AI agents, Copilot Studio Lite, and Graph API integrations into portals, dashboards, and workflows. Clients typically hire me for: Greenfield Microsoft 365 and Azure builds for growing companies that want best practices from day one. Intune plus Intune Suite implementation to standardize and secure Windows 11 devices, with Autopilot and Zero Trust enrollment flows. On premises file server and legacy SharePoint migrations to modern SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Teams with clean permissions and automation. Hybrid identity projects that connect on premises Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID, including secure Conditional Access and device trust. Microsoft 365 Copilot enablement, policy and governance setup, and real use case design for leaders, finance, operations, and IT. Azure resource consolidation and tenant to tenant migrations when companies merge, split, or need cost and security optimization. Creation of automation using PowerShell, Power Automate, and the Microsoft Graph API to eliminate repetitive administrative work. How I Work: Consultative approach: I help clarify requirements, identify risks, and design a realistic roadmap before touching production. Transparent communication: Clear documentation, status updates, and straightforward explanations of tradeoffs. Operational focus: I design solutions that your internal IT team can support long term, with runbooks, handover sessions, and sensible guardrails. If you need a trusted Microsoft cloud expert to design, stabilize, or modernize your environment, I am available for both project based work and ongoing advisory support. Share a brief summary of your environment and goals, and I can propose a concrete approach and starting scope.

Most people in this space are either technical enough to build the thing or strategic enough to know what should get built. I love to do both. I see the gaps and build the systems that connect how work gets done to how it gets measured. I've made delivery pipelines, semantic models, and automations that fan data across tools so nobody's copying and pasting between Smartsheet and SharePoint at 11pm. I've recently stood-up an enterprise Copilot deployment across a GCC Microsoft tenant for hundreds of users, created delivery pipeline architecture with GitHub-integrated automation, and am currently starting an international telecom migration, all while creating the internal tooling to shorten the path from proposal to delivery. On the BI side: Power BI environments built from scratch that leadership uses without calling me first. Geospatial optimization using ArcGIS Pro and MCLP modeling. Workflow automation through Power Automate, Python, REST APIs, and whatever connectors the situation calls for. I came into tech from 20 years in operations where decisions had to be right the first time. That background is why I spot the upstream problem before it becomes a downstream emergency. Cross-industry. Remote. Available for project-based and ongoing engagements.

Highly skilled strategy technology professional with over a decade of experience leading complex strategic analysis and financial modeling using some of the most in-demand software tools in business. Expert-level developer skills in Salesforce, Tableau and data science techniques. I love solving complex problems and telling stories with data Key Skills Include: • Agile and Waterfall Project Management • Lean/Lean Startup Facilitation • Six Sigma Black Belt • Software Development Life Cycle (ITIL v3) • Marketing Technology • Data Science • Strategic Planning • Financial Modeling • Executive Facilitation, Agile Sprints, and User Story Development Key Software Proficiencies: • Microsoft Office Suite, Including Project,Visio, Sharepoint, Excel • Jira • Smartsheet • Tableau • Qlik • Apache • Salesforce • Hubspot • Amazon Web Services • Minitab • SPSS Key Programming/Software Languages • HTML • JavaScript/jQuery/JSON • SQL • DAX APEX • R • Python • CSS 3