Darryl Lister

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About Darryl Lister

A seasoned and results-oriented technology leader with over 20 years of experience driving the successful design, development, deployment, and operations of software products across diverse verticals, including quick service restaurants, retail, hospitality, supply chain, banking, healthcare, telecommunications, and gaming for multi-national companies. Adept at scaling enterprise platforms, managing global vendor partnerships, optimizing large-scale system operations, and ensuring compliance with critical standards like PCI and SOC 2. I am passionate about optimizing cloud infrastructure and reducing costs, with expertise in Azure, AWS, and Kubernetes. I have a proven track record of achieving cost efficiency, operational excellence, and stakeholder satisfaction by leveraging agile and waterfall methodologies to manage end-to-end software delivery initiatives involving private/public cloud, SaaS, and on-premise solutions. Key accomplishments include: • Developing updated customer offerings, negotiating deals with vendors, and realizing cost reductions of 45-92%. • Creating deal offerings that demonstrated savings of 35-60% over competitors, in some cases achieving $350k per month in savings for clients. • Maintaining 99.998% uptime for enterprise SaaS applications in AWS and Azure. • Reducing hosting and operational costs by 15% while onboarding new enterprise clients and scaling operations. • Securing PCI and SOC 2 certifications for new product lines. I have experience leading teams of over 50 professionals and excel at project management, strategic planning, and mentoring. I am skilled in communication, negotiation, and public speaking, including presenting at multiple video game conferences. I am currently seeking a role as VP or Director of Cloud Operations or FinOps where I can leverage my expertise to drive innovation, optimize cloud infrastructure, and reduce costs.