WHO I AM - PERSONAL RESUME AND PORTFOLIO

Doug Forester

Issaquah, WA.

About Me!

Experienced executive with twenty years of success in information technology and business management. Embraces and leads industry changing initiatives with strategic vision. Applies cutting edge knowledge of technology as well as business acumen to drive IT strategy and critical decision making in support of corporate goals. Leverages high-tech solutions to improve processes and enable growth with strategic alignment, optimized systems and business processes.

Transforms organizations within sensitive and critical situations. Builds and leads highly productive teams through the project lifecycle and develops easily scalable infrastructures and systems to accommodate extremely rapid growth. Unifies technology, infrastructure and business requirements through deployment of robust frameworks, standards and operational best practices. Skillfully manages multi-million dollar budgets to ensure sustainable profitability.

Birthdate : 03/02/1972
Skype : doug.forester
Phone : +1 (206) 669-4140
Email : doug.forester@gmail.com
Website : www.someonedomain.me
Address : 12322 202nd PL SE Issaquah, WA. 98027

Doug Forester

Technology Leader
Team Builder
Strategist

Employment

01

CTO & Chief Strategist

Binary Anvil

Recruited to add business and operational maturity while developing long-term strategy and oversight of daily operations enabling rapid growth, with direct accountability for setting and achieving the company's goals and objectives through the development of process and operational standards across the company. Including Product Development, Program Management, Strategic Partnerships, Vendor Management, Professional Services, Client Product Delivery and Managed Services / Support, all consisting of ~70 full-time employees and growing.

2015-Present
02

DIRECTOR, CORPORATE ARCHITECTURE

Outerwall (Coinstar, Inc.)

Promoted to lead development of enterprise-wide architecture across all lines of business and support future growth. Focused on aligning systems, processes, and teams with corporate strategies and goals. Drove unification of governance methods, standards, and processes to ensure coordination across all functional areas and lines of business in a period of very rapid growth. Managed a budget of $1.4 million OPEX and $4 million CAPEX.

2011-2013
03

DIRECTOR, GLOBAL IT OPERATIONS

Outerwall (Coinstar, Inc.)

Recruited to create and deploy first effective, enterprise-wide IT organization and strategy across multiple lines of business for rapidly expanding company with many new acquisitions and legacy systems. Led six departments with staff of ~60, operating/capital budgets up to $60 million.

2009-2011
04

SR. TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER

Amazon.com

Promoted after successfully stabilizing and scaling Amazon’s IT infrastructure. Responsible for overall IT strategy and management including planning, forecasting, development, and daily operations. Built and managed nine U.S. and four E.U. data centers with multimillion-dollar budgets.

2002-2007
05

MANAGER, CORPORATE SYSTEMS

Amazon.com

Promoted to gain control of struggling IT operations at period of explosive growth. Led and mentored team of six managers and ~60 staff through strategy development and infrastructure planning for all internal systems. Key member of Change Management and Infrastructure Procurement Approval Committees.

2001-2002
EARLIER CAREER

Manager, Wintel Services

Amazon.com

2000-2001

Sr. Windows NT Engineer

Amazon.com

1998-2000

Sr. Systems Specialist

Federated Systems Group

1994-1998