Thelen brings 23 years of experience in IT to the new role.
02/23/2023 12:20 P.M.
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Coast Professional Inc., an ACA International member company based in New York, recently announced the promotion of Samuel Thelen to vice president of information technology.
In this new role, Thelen will be responsible for guided implementation of company-wide enterprise security strategy for network and hardware, disaster recovery, data protection and endpoint protection. His experience and deep understanding of industry best practices will enable him to identify, recommend, develop, implement and support new processes, tools and solutions to achieve better business results.
Thelen has 23 years of information technology experience. He began his career in 1995 as a UNIX systems administrator in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for Outstanding Service. After five years of military service, Thelen held IT supervisory positions including infrastructure manager/senior systems engineer, team lead, and IT architect. He has been responsible for network infrastructures, enterprise messaging and archiving, database deployment, data backup systems and project management methodologies.
Thelen joined Coast in 2019 as the director of information technology and architecture. He was later promoted to senior director of information technology, where he has proven to be an inspiring leader who thrives in challenging, complex computing environments delivering high-level design.
“I would like to personally congratulate Samuel on this well-deserved promotion,” said Annmarie Buchanan, chief information officer and chief information security officer at Coast. “Since joining Coast, he has demonstrated exemplary leadership skills and consistent success. His ability to overcome obstacles and develop comprehensive solutions to complex problems are second to none.”
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