# Clint Anderson **Senior Enterprise Infrastructure Leader | Architecture, Security, Resilience** Greater Chicago Area https://ClintAnderson.NET https://www.linkedin.com/in/clint-anderson-technology **Secure by design. Resilient by default.** Architecture that endures when others fail. ## Best Fit Roles - VP / Head of Infrastructure - Senior Director Infrastructure - Senior Director Enterprise Infrastructure - Senior Director Infrastructure & Operations - Principal Infrastructure Architect - Executive Infrastructure Architect - Infrastructure Transformation Leader - Private Cloud / Hybrid Infrastructure Leader - Selective CTO / Head of Technology ## Professional Summary Senior enterprise infrastructure and platform leader with 30+ years of technology experience and long-term ownership of mission-critical production environments across commerce, logistics, financial, transportation, and operational platforms. Builds and operates durable infrastructure where architecture, security, resilience, cost, continuity, vendor control, and business judgment matter. Strong fit for senior infrastructure leadership roles where architecture, resilience, security, cost, and operating model are central, including VP / Head of Infrastructure, Senior Director Infrastructure, Principal Infrastructure Architect, Private Cloud / Hybrid Infrastructure, and selective CTO / Head of Technology roles. ## Core Strengths - **Infrastructure Leadership:** Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture, Infrastructure Strategy, Infrastructure Operating Model, Infrastructure Modernization, Infrastructure Transformation, Platform Lifecycle Ownership, Private Cloud Strategy, Hybrid Infrastructure, Data Center Architecture, Data Center Operations, Infrastructure & Operations Leadership - **Architecture, Security, Resilience:** Security Architecture, Operational Resilience, High Availability, Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity (BC), Infrastructure Risk Management, Network Architecture & Security, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Controlled Change - **Cost, Vendor, Platform Judgment:** CapEx Ownership, Infrastructure Budget Ownership, Infrastructure Cost Modeling, Vendor Strategy, Vendor Rationalization, Procurement, Licensing Review, Platform Sustainability, VMware / Broadcom Exposure Analysis, Cloud / Private Cloud Cost Tradeoff Review, Executive Decision Support - **M&A And Continuity:** Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Integration, Acquisition Continuity, Technical Due Diligence, Hidden Dependency Discovery, Infrastructure Consolidation, Data Center Consolidation, Decommissioning Strategy, Institutional Knowledge Transfer - **Facilities-Integrated Technology:** Headquarters Technology Buildouts, Server Room Buildout, Structured Cabling, Physical Security Systems, Video Surveillance, Access Control, AV / Video Distribution, WiFi, Office Relocation Technology ## Selected Career Highlights - Architected and delivered two StrategIQ private cloud platform generations: approximately $1.5M in 2016 and approximately $4M in 2022, representing approximately $5.5M in combined private cloud platform investment. - Owned approximately $1.5M in 2008/2009 infrastructure modernization and approximately $5M in 2014/2015 infrastructure modernization across SAN, server, blade, firewall, switching, network, security, and storage platforms. - Managed annual technology and infrastructure budgets ranging from approximately $250K in earlier years to more than $1.75M by 2025. - Led approximately $500K in technology scope for StrategIQ's first major headquarters move and approximately $100K for the second, spanning server room buildout, structured cabling, WiFi, video surveillance, video wall, switchable video distribution, and workplace technology. - Designed, built, expanded, migrated, and operated multiple 24x7 data center and colocation environments across Uarco / Standard Register, AIT Worldwide Logistics, and IntraVex / StrategIQ. - Led complete infrastructure redesign across 42 AIT Worldwide Logistics stations coast to coast, including LAN/WAN, redundancy/failover, domain services, email, and file/print services. - Maintained infrastructure continuity, institutional knowledge, and operational context through three corporate acquisitions across different career stages. ## Professional Experience ## Loop ### Senior Director, Enterprise Infrastructure Technology October 2025 - Present Greater Chicago Area - Retained following Loop's acquisition of StrategIQ Commerce to support infrastructure continuity, institutional knowledge transfer, and future-state architecture planning. - Translate StrategIQ infrastructure context into integration decisions across platform continuity, dependency mapping, modernization sequencing, and operational risk reduction. - Lead ongoing enterprise infrastructure continuity and transition support across legacy, current, and modernization-track platforms to reduce operational risk and preserve service continuity. - Provide architectural direction across private cloud, data center platforms, security-aligned infrastructure, resilience, and long-term platform sustainability. - Partner with executive and technical stakeholders to align infrastructure priorities with business continuity, security posture, integration needs, and platform modernization. - Map infrastructure dependencies, identify operational risk, and translate platform realities into business-impacting options for future-state decisions. ## StrategIQ Commerce / IntraVex ### Senior Director, Enterprise Infrastructure Technology June 2023 - October 2025 Greater Chicago Area - Owned enterprise infrastructure strategy, architecture, and operational integrity across mission-critical production environments supporting commerce, logistics, financial, and operational platforms. - Directed private cloud, data center, virtualization, storage, network, security, backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, and facilities-integrated technology across high-availability environments. - Served as end-to-end owner for major infrastructure investment decisions, vendor strategy, procurement, lifecycle planning, modernization sequencing, platform sustainability, and operational readiness. - Managed annual technology and infrastructure budgets ranging from approximately $250K in earlier years to more than $1.75M by 2025. - Led and mentored senior technical leaders while maintaining accountability for architectural direction, risk posture, operational integrity, and long-term platform sustainability. - Partnered with executive stakeholders to align infrastructure priorities with cost, risk, operational continuity, client commitments, and future-state business requirements. - Led infrastructure continuity through acquisition by Loop, preserving institutional knowledge while supporting integration, risk reduction, and future-state architecture planning. ### Senior Systems Architect June 2014 - June 2023 Greater Chicago Area - Architected, procured, installed, configured, and deployed two major multi-node private cloud platform generations: an approximately $1.5M 2016 build and an approximately $4M 2022 rebuild. - Owned approximately $5M in 2014/2015 infrastructure modernization across SAN, server, blade, firewall, switching, network, security, and storage platforms. - Led data center and colocation expansion, migration, and modernization work, including colocation cabinet migration, cage expansion, node expansion, and major platform refreshes. - Led technology scope for two major headquarters moves, including server room buildout, structured cabling, WiFi, video surveillance, video wall, switchable video distribution, conference systems, physical security, and facilities-integrated workplace technology. - Designed and operated high-availability production infrastructure spanning private cloud, virtualization, storage, network, security, backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, monitoring, and operational readiness. - Balanced cost, resilience, performance, vendor exposure, and operational continuity across multi-year infrastructure investment decisions. - Provided executive-level technical translation for infrastructure investment, vendor decisions, modernization timing, and platform-risk tradeoffs. ### Senior Software Engineer / Infrastructure and Integration Lead February 2006 - June 2014 Greater Chicago Area - Led web development, business workflow systems, EDI, BizTalk, SQL Server-backed integration, and data movement work that became part of the foundation for later infrastructure and platform ownership. - Transformed EDI and BizTalk infrastructure supporting enterprise integration and trading-partner workflows. - Owned approximately $1.5M in 2008/2009 infrastructure modernization across SAN, blade/server, firewall, and switching platforms. - Built and supported systems integrating SQL Server, web platforms, client/server applications, EDI, BizTalk, and operational workflows. - Served as bridge between application development and infrastructure operations, ensuring systems were designed for operability, visibility, resilience, and long-term supportability. ## Anderson & Associates ### Founder & Principal Architect June 1995 - Present Midwest United States - Founded and maintain a selective advisory practice focused on secure, resilient infrastructure design, long-term platform sustainability, and practical architecture for mission-critical environments. - Advise on enterprise infrastructure architecture, disaster recovery, business continuity, platform sustainability, high-availability environments, infrastructure modernization, and risk-aware design. - Maintains a purpose-built private micro-datacenter facility used for infrastructure architecture validation, resilience testing, backup/recovery planning, and long-term platform evaluation. - Use AI-assisted analysis as decision support for infrastructure review, dependency analysis, architecture validation, security/risk review, vendor comparison, licensing analysis, cost modeling, and cloud/private-cloud tradeoff evaluation. ## Worldwide Logistics Solutions / Roberson Transportation ### Director of Information Technology September 2003 - January 2006 Mahomet, IL - Designed, procured, and implemented dedicated 24x7 core infrastructure and data center platforms supporting logistics, financial, and operational systems. - Served as principal architect for John Deere Freight Pay, an ASP.NET-based freight payment platform responsible for paying thousands of invoices totaling over $1.5M daily, with historical processing exceeding 1.5M invoices and $0.5B to date. - Led AS/400, SQL Server, client/server, web, EDI, flat-file, paper/OCR, and BizTalk integration across 400+ trading partners. - Developed IT policies, hardware/software standards, implementation procedures, and SAS-70-related materials. - Managed application development and network/systems support teams through Roberson Transportation's acquisition by Annett Holdings / TMC Transportation. ## AIT Worldwide Logistics ### Infrastructure & Application Development Manager May 1999 - November 2001 Itasca, IL - Designed and built AIT's Y2K production data center, moving server-room infrastructure into a resilient 24x7 environment. - Led complete infrastructure redesign across 42 AIT Worldwide Logistics stations coast to coast, including LAN/WAN, redundancy/failover, domain services, email, and file/print services. - Built shipment tracking, logistics, order, inventory, and drop-ship platforms across AS/400, SQL Server, web, client/server, and BizTalk foundations. - Managed networking and application development teams while developing IT standards and implementation procedures. ## Uarco / Standard Register ### Senior Web Engineer / Senior Software Engineer, Web Platforms January 1996 - May 1999 Barrington, IL / Dayton, OH - Supported post-acquisition data center consolidation, including decommissioning one of two data center environments. - Designed and administered web, SQL Server, development, production, and network environments. - Built secure internet/intranet transaction applications and early platform credibility across ASP, IIS, SQL Server, Visual Basic, and Microsoft server technologies. - Participated in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 Rapid Deployment Program and related Microsoft platform programs. ## Early Technical Foundation **Clark Wire & Cable:** Supported communications infrastructure for recording studios, TV/radio stations, satellite broadcast news trucks, and enterprise facilities, building early physical-layer design and installation experience later applied to data center, network, structured cabling, and facilities-integrated technology work. **Early Systems, Diagnostics, And Operations:** Built a foundation in systems diagnostics, electronics, root-cause analysis, hands-on technical execution, and early operational systems as an ASE Certified Mechanic specializing in onboard computers and electronic fuel injection. ## Technical Skills ### Infrastructure Leadership And Architecture Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture, Infrastructure Strategy, Operating Model, Modernization, Transformation, Mission-Critical Systems, Platform Lifecycle Management, Private Cloud, Hybrid Infrastructure, Data Center Architecture, Data Center Operations, Infrastructure & Operations, Technical Due Diligence, Vendor Management, Executive Stakeholder Management, Cross-Functional Leadership, Infrastructure Procurement, CapEx Ownership, Vendor Strategy, Platform Sustainability ### Security, Resilience, And Continuity Security Architecture, Network Architecture & Security, Operational Resilience, High Availability, Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity (BC), Backup and Recovery, Incident Management, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Least Privilege, Audit-Safe Administration, Controlled Change, Infrastructure Risk Management, Secure Connectivity, Network Segmentation ### Private Cloud, Data Center, And Platforms VMware vSphere, VMware ESXi, VMware vCenter, VMware Lifecycle Manager, HPE GreenLake, HPE Alletra, HPE 3PAR, HPE Nimble, HPE EVA, SAN, Fibre Channel, Enterprise Storage, Storage Architecture, Storage Replication, Compute Clustering, Enterprise Virtualization, Private Cloud Platforms, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas Backup Exec ### Network, Security, Operations, Microsoft, And Integration Platforms Fortinet, FortiGate, FortiAnalyzer, FortiAuthenticator, FortiClient, Aruba Networking, Cisco Networking, Enterprise Firewalls, VPN Infrastructure, Kemp Load Balancers, CheckMK, PRTG, Nagios, Active Directory, Exchange, DNS, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft BizTalk Server, IIS, ASP.NET, C#, Visual Basic, T-SQL, Azure DevOps, Team Foundation Server (TFS), Visual Studio, EDI, AS/400 Integration, Client/Server Integration, Legacy Application Integration ### AI / HPC And Decision Support AI Infrastructure Planning, High-Performance Computing (HPC), Private Infrastructure for AI/HPC Workloads, AI-Assisted Infrastructure Analysis, AI-Assisted Architecture Validation, AI-Assisted Security and Risk Review, AI-Assisted Dependency Analysis, AI-Assisted Modernization Planning, AI-Assisted Cost, Vendor, Licensing, and Platform Analysis, AI-Assisted VMware/Broadcom Exposure Analysis, Cloud / Private Cloud Cost Tradeoff Review ## Education & Professional Development ### Microsoft, Redmond, WA - Internet Explorer 5 Rapid Deployment Program - Visual Studio 7.0 / .NET Product Development Group - Visual Studio Roundtable - Office 2000 beta - MapPoint 2000 beta ### McHenry County College - Computer Programming Certificate ### Harper College - Supplemental programming coursework ### Lincoln Technical Institute - ASE Certified Mechanic training - Full scholarship