About

Cliff Allen

Founder and Principal Consultant
at
Unpuzzled Solutions


IT Career Background:

  • 20+ year seasoned IT Professional with dynamic versatility having held 10+ distinctly unique IT Roles.
    Roles held:
    – Senior Systems Analyst
    – Application Administrator
    – Enterprise Tools Ops Administrator II / Cloud SaaS Admin
    – Alert Ops Engineer
    – Infrastructure Design Engineer
    – Apple Macintosh Specialist
    – Mobile Device Platform Administrator / MDM Admin
    – Linux Systems Engineer
    – IT Project Manager / IT Project Coordinator
    – Unix Systems Administrator
    – Senior Help Desk Support Technician
  • 10+ years of experience working as a Senior Systems Analyst within a Top Fortune 50 Company (UPS).
  • 10+ years of experience working within IT Systems Design & Systems Engineering Teams.
  • 10+ years of experience in designing and implementing Infrastructure Systems and Technology Solutions across large enterprise operating platform environments including: CLOUD SAAS / LINUX / UNIX / WINDOWS / APPLE MAC / MOBILE.
  • 10+ years of experience in System Administration, System Management, Technology Operations and Technical Support within CLOUD SAAS / LINUX / UNIX / WINDOWS / APPLE MAC / MOBILE Environments.
  • 5+ years of experience working in a formal IT Project Management role.
  • As an IT Project Manager, successfully led over 50+ Executive-level Sponsored IT Projects from conception to completion.


What I Bring To The Table When I Partner With Clients:

  • A passion for technology, a passion for details, and a passion for success.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
  • Articulate communication skills both verbally and in written form with strong attention to details.
  • The ability to lead through influence, effective communication, negotiation and consensus building skills.
  • The aptitude to plan, manage and execute all technical aspects of a project from conception to completion.
  • The flexibility to create detailed solution design documents or precise project plans.
  • A multi-faceted approach to thinking — e.g. clearly, logically, analytically, critically, creatively, practically, rationally, etc.
  • A curious mindset with an OCD-like hunger for analyzing and resolving complex technical problems.
  • A never-ending thirst for every day learning.
  • Resilience and a positive attitude when faced with adversity.


3 Reasons Why Businesses Of All Sizes Should Choose To Parter With Me For Their IT Needs:

  1. Experience, Experience, Experience — During my 20+ year IT Career, I’ve never met an IT Professional with such a deep and diverse IT background that spans across so many different IT areas, roles and technologies.
  2. Personalized Service — No third-parties. No middle-men. No offshore personnel. No oversees country time differences. No communication barriers. You will deal directly with me at all times and I’m here when you need me. Simply call, text, or email, and I’ll be there at a whim to help your Business overcome the current IT challenge of the moment.
  3. Authenticity — What you see is what you get. I am who I say I am and claim to be. No gimmicks. No non-sense. I genuinely care about helping your Business be successful with technology.