Robert Toro

Robert Toro

SharePoint Practice Director at The Glenture Group

Greater Chicago Area

Current
Past
  • Sr. Systems Specialist at Diageo PLC
  • Infrastructure Specialist at FleetBoston Bank (Bank of America)
Education
  • South Central Connecticut State University
  • University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Connections
127 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services

Robert Toro’s Summary

Senior IT professional with extensive infrastructure design and management experience. Well rounded IT leadership with over seven years of team and project management skills. Excels at aligning business goals with cost effective IT solutions. Excellent people management skills enable stable team growth in dynamic technology and business landscapes.

Planned and coordinated several mid-size data center build-outs and was integral to the success of the entire 40K sq. ft. build-out and relocation of Raddon Financial Group's headquarters.

Microsoft Systems Engineer and Administrator Certifications with 14+ years implementing enterprise class Microsoft solutions for Fortune 500 and mid-market firms.

Currently, Director of SharePoint consulting practice for The Glenture Group in Northbrook, IL.

Robert Toro’s Specialties:

Microsoft Information Worker business solutions design, Microsoft SharePoint 2007 & 2010 Architect, IT management and governance methodologies, business and IT value process alignment, data center construction/consolodation/migration, Microsoft enterprise infrastructure design.


Robert Toro’s Experience

  • SharePoint Practice Director

    The Glenture Group, LLC

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2009Present (3 months)

    Practice Director responsible for setting service delivery strategy, architecting client solutions, and team growth and management.

  • SharePoint Practice Director

    IncWorx Consulting

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    March 2008September 2009 (1 year 7 months)

    As the SharePoint Practice Director I provided oversight, guidance and strategy for all projects and staff within the practice.

    Utilizing my extensive Microsoft solutions background also performed enterprise level SharePoint Architect functions for clients and projects with complex requirements.

    Additionally, I played a role in pre-sales activities, marketing and branding efforts, as well as partner relationship management functions.

  • Technical Solutions Architect/Sr. Project Manager

    Optimus Solutions

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    December 2006March 2008 (1 year 4 months)

    Performed Sr. Project Management functions on high visibility projects nationwide. Significant involvement in Business Development and pre-sales consulting activities in the Chicago area.

    Gained valuable experience in Business Process Management concepts, Consulting Practice management, and Enterprise Unix and SAN platforms.

  • Information Technologies Manager

    Raddon Financial Group/Open Solutions

    (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Financial Services industry)

    January 2001December 2006 (6 years )

  • Sr. Systems Specialist

    Diageo PLC

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Food & Beverages industry)

    May 2000December 2000 (8 months)

  • Infrastructure Specialist

    FleetBoston Bank (Bank of America)

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

    February 1995June 2000 (5 years 5 months)


Robert Toro’s Education

  • South Central Connecticut State University

    AS , EET , 19901992

  • University of Massachusetts at Lowell

    BS , Information Technology , 2007


Additional Information

Robert Toro’s Interests:

Golf!

Robert Toro’s Groups:

  •    Silicon Prairie Social
  •    Microsoft MCSE Club
  •    SharePoint Experts
  •    SharePoint 2007 - 2010
  •    Chicago Cubs MLB Group
  •    SharePoint 2007 Network
  •    Bank of America Employees & Alumni Network
  •    Hyper-V Virtualization Group
  •    Diageo NA Alumni - an independent group
  •    Raddon Financial Group Alumni
  •    Technical SharePoint

Robert Toro’s Honors:

Fleet Bank P.R.I.D.E. peer award


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