Not seeking full-time — open to fractional IT Director & project consulting

Kevin Scott Williams

Technology and people leader with 20+ years in enterprise IT — building and scaling global IT operations, service delivery, and cloud governance for hyper-growth companies.

Kennett Square, PA · Philadelphia Metro

20+ yrsin IT & infrastructure
1,800employees & endpoints supported
96% CSATat 1,500 tickets / month
$350K+annualized savings delivered

Experience

Director of Information Technology · Coder

Apr 2026 — Present

Remote · Austin, TX HQ

Leading Corporate IT for the company behind the open-source cloud development environment platform — spanning service delivery, identity, endpoints, and internal engineering.

Senior Manager, IT Operations · Grafana Labs

Oct 2022 — Apr 2026

Remote · Director-level scope

Hands-on senior leader owning Corporate IT strategy and service delivery, identity (Okta / IAM), endpoints, enterprise platforms, internal tooling, and vendor management for a global, remote-first company of 1,800 employees.

  • Scaled Corporate IT from 400 → 1,800 employees over 4.5 years, leading a 9-person org across five squads — administration, support, security, systems, and software engineering.
  • Sustained 1,500 tickets/month at 96% CSAT; automated joiner–mover–leaver end-to-end with Okta Workflows integrated with HRIS and ITSM (days → minutes).
  • Migrated 1,600 users to Slack Enterprise Grid with zero disruption and a <1% ticket increase.
  • Delivered $350K+ annualized savings through vendor negotiations, renewals strategy, and licensing optimization.
  • Standardized endpoint security and lifecycle across 1,800 endpoints (Jamf, FleetDM, Kolide); enabled FedRAMP onboarding — 7 people in 2 weeks — and SOC 2 / ISO 27001 readiness.
OktaJamfFleetDMFreshserviceWorkdayKolide

IT Operations Manager · Grafana Labs

Oct 2021 — Oct 2022

Remote

  • Established IT operations foundations across identity, endpoints, and corporate platforms during rapid growth.
  • Prioritized automation to cut turnaround time and eliminate repetitive work.

Director, Global IT Infrastructure Services · IBM

Aug 2021 — Oct 2021

Newark, DE · On-site

  • Led the SevOne acquisition transition — infrastructure continuity and migration readiness through IBM integration.
  • Managed a distributed team of 5 engineers; owned data center readiness and executive stakeholder alignment.
M&A IntegrationContinuity PlanningData Center

Corporate Services Manager · SevOne

Dec 2019 — Aug 2021

Newark, DE · Later acquired by IBM

  • Led internal infrastructure services for Development, QA, and global teams — progressed from engineer to manager.
  • Expanded capabilities into private cloud, containers, and multi-cloud; delivered 99.9% uptime with zero large-scale outages.
AWSGoogle CloudContainersITIL

Corporate Services Engineer · SevOne

Oct 2017 — Dec 2019

Newark, DE

  • Supported corporate infrastructure for Development, QA, and global teams with a focus on reliability, repeatability, and automation across private cloud and emerging container platforms.

Production Support Manager, Ecommerce · URBN

Feb 2016 — Sep 2017

Greater Philadelphia · On-site

  • Ran ITIL-aligned change and incident control for revenue-impacting ecommerce events, with proper visibility and instrumentation for detection, response, and resolution.
  • Built runbooks and strengthened cross-team communication during high-severity incidents.

DevOps Services Manager · SevOne

May 2014 — Feb 2016

Newark, DE

  • Raised critical systems availability from 90% → 100% uptime; delivered 1,000 incidents with top-tier satisfaction.
  • Built the service catalog and metrics program.

Platform Operations Manager · HostMySite

Jan 2011 — May 2014

Newark, DE

  • Owned reliability across a 700-server environment; implemented Puppet and modernized provisioning workflows.
  • Progressed from infrastructure technician through systems administrator team lead to platform operations manager.

Skills

Leadership

Corporate IT LeadershipHiring & MentoringPerformance ManagementM&A IntegrationExecutive Reporting

Identity & Security

Okta / IAM (SSO, MFA)JML AutomationMDM / EDRDLP (Nightfall, Google DLP)Endpoint Lifecycle (Jamf, FleetDM, Kolide)

Service Delivery

ITSM (Freshservice)ITIL Incident / Change GovernanceVendor Management & QBRsBudget Planning & Cost Optimization

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS / Azure / GCP (incl. GovCloud)Private Cloud & ContainersPuppet & ProvisioningData Center OperationsAI Enablement & Governance

Compliance

SOC 2ISO 27001FedRAMP-aligned

Certifications

Okta Certified Professional BetterCloud Certified Administrator ITIL Foundation v3 VMware Certified Associate (VCA DCV)

Education

Networked Computer Systems · Salem & Gloucester College

2002 — 2004

Coursework toward Associate Degree · GPA 3.92 · Phi Theta Kappa · Dean's List

Selected Initiatives

Slack Enterprise Grid Migration

01

Migrated 1,500+ employees from Slack Pro to Enterprise Grid across multiple workspaces — zero user disruption, ticket volume up less than 1%.

AI Tooling Rollouts

02

Managed Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini rollouts across two startups — licensing, access, security guardrails, and enablement from pilot to company-wide.

HRIS Migration: BambooHR → Workday

03

Led the enterprise HRIS migration with identity integration in Okta and collaboration-platform readiness through cutover.

Billing Migration: In-house → NetSuite

04

Replaced in-house billing with NetSuite, migrating finance data and workflows without disrupting revenue operations.

JML Automation Transformation

05

Owned and led the joiner–mover–leaver transformation on Okta Workflows, integrated with HRIS and ITSM — provisioning cut from days to minutes for a 1,800-person workforce.

Contact

The fastest way to reach me is email — I read everything.

kevinwilliamsjr@gmail.com LinkedIn →