Jeff DePies

Head of IT Operations at Wedbush Securities

 Blend extensive corporate expertise with FBI background to deliver innovative, secure IT solutions that enable organizations to expand and scale organically and through strategic acquisitions. Record of generating efficiencies and savings with process improvements, utilizing in-house and offshore solutions to achieve organizational goals while ensuring security and an outstanding user experience.  Skilled at optimizing performance, maximizing competitive advantage and delivering returns on technology investments. An effective communicator, trusted advisor and respected member of the leadership team. Excellent at building and developing strong high performance teams. Core competencies: • Global Team Leadership • CyberSecurity • PCI, SOX, Federal and State Audits • Governance • Co-Location/Data Centers • IT Integrations • Strategic Planning • Lean and ITIL Processes • Acquisition Due Diligence • Off-Shoring • Virtualization, VDI & Cloud Technologies • Budget Optimization • Team Building • Conflict Management • Enterprise Architecture • SaaS, DaaS, IaaS, PaaS • Business Operations Industries: • Finance • Technology Consulting • Government (State & Federal) • Academia • Law Enforcement • Real Estate • Legal • Security