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Trace McQuaig

Technology Leader

Hi, I’m Trace McQuaig. I’m thrilled to have you visit my page. As a lifelong technology veteran and one of the pioneers of cloud computing, I have over 20 years of experience in the field. I’m truly passionate about technology, investing, the future, family, and even a touch of gaming.

A little
about me

Data-driven Leader with more than 20 Years of Expertise in Fortune 500 IT Management & Engineering

Birthday

April 3, 1981

Phone

+1 281 433 8515

Location

Houston, TX

tmcquaig

trace@tracemcquaig.com

www.tracemcquaig.com

What I
love to do

People Leader

Enable team success and develop high performers

Technology

Customer Focus while positioning for the future.

Relationships

Foster relationships and explore the future we are living in now

Mentor

Mentoring others, learning through sharing knowledge

My
education

2023

Charles Sturt University
Master of Management Information Technology

2020

Charles Sturt University
Management Information Technology

My
experence

2021-PRESENT

Senior Manager, Cloud Solution Architecture
Invesco

  • Leading Agile Architecture team with 3 responsibilities: Technical Domain Architecture, Cloud & Infrastructure Solution Architecture, and Cloud Application Advisory.
  • Aligned Cloud vision and goals with app/dev leaders.
  • Reimagined Architecture and relaunched Architecture Review, implemented metrics for Architectural Maturity/Health
  • Fostered relationships with senior directors/VPs for customer experience, engagement, and alignment.
2020 - Present

Founder & President VUCATech

  • Established a boutique Management and Technology Consulting firm.
2020 - 2021

Consulting Solution Architect
NTT

  • Developed relationships with clients striving to quickly identify their business needs, desired outcomes, and propose solutions that address their unique business challenges. Truly customer focused in every action.
2018-2020

Senior Manager, Infrastructure Architecture
BHP

  • Delivered designs for global technology portfolio by creating a global team of 12 employees and 35 contractors and establishing a collaborative and focused culture.
  • Established a collection of design patterns and standards to be used globally enabling the delivery of projects at velocity.
  • Led a global panel in the Architecture Review Board to ensure solution architecture in projects maintain velocity and remained aligned to the strategy.
  • Developed Architecture capability in team following TOGAF and Kanban simplifying terminology and improving velocity of desired outcomes.
  • Provided strategy and vision for high performance, network, identity & access management, hosting, cloud, end user compute, unified communications, and subsurface computing strategies.
  • Brokered relationships between architecture teams globally to share thinking and practices.
2016-2018

Manager Network
BHP

  • Managed Network services globally.
  • Solution Architecture, Engineering/Build, Operations
  • Enterprise, Production, Critical Infrastructure
  • Lead a people leadership team of 5 direct reports and over 30 indirect reports with over 100 contractors. $55 MM Budget
2016-2016

Manager Governance
BHP - Singapore

  • Enabled and guided a team to ensure initiatives were focused and in alignment with strategy.
2015-2016

Enterprise Architect
BHP

  • Created and maintain the Information Technology 5 year strategy.
  • Accountable for taking company from private cloud to hybrid cloud and adopting a public cloud first posture.
2013-2015

Chief Architect
BHP Petroleum

  • Managed a team of domain and solution architects. Provided architecture direction and governance for $40 Million Cloud Program
2011-2013

Manager of Systems Engineering
BHP Petroleum

  • Led a team of infrastructure and security professionals.
  • Responsible for team providing engineering, operational, and project support for North American Shale and Petroleum systems.
2005-2011

Manager of Systems Engineering
Petrohawk Energy

  • Spearheaded a team of Systems Engineers providing server and network services to the enterprise.
  • Provided overall technology vision, strategy and execution.
2000-2015

Systems Engineer
US Unwired / Sprint Nextel

  • Build out of US Unwired Technology
  • Corporate Infrastructure Architecture
  • Consolidated data centers
  • Integrated technology US Unwired into Sprint PCS,

Technical
skills

People Leadership
Architecture
Amazon Web Services
Agile
Networking
Automation

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