242- Surviving an IT Crisis and Leading a Successful Cloud Migration – Will Perazzo

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

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5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Will Perazzo Will Perazzo is Director of Information Technology at Yonkers Contracting Company, a major construction firm based in Yonkers, NY. He has led efforts to modernize IT infrastructure and services, including migrating the company’s systems to the cloud after an IT crisis. Will is passionate about using technology to drive business outcomes and values developing his team’s skills. An innovative leader, he spearheaded implementing new systems and processes to transform Yonkers into a modern, cloud-first IT organization. Will holds BA in Information Science & Policy from SUNY Albany and an MBA from Northeastern. Surviving an IT Crisis and Leading a Successful Cloud Migration – Will Perazzo Geek out as Michael Moore and Will Perazzo dive into Yonkers’ IT transformation after a catastrophic system failure sparked a cloud-first future. Hear Will’s first-hand account inheriting complex legacy infrastructure and technical debt. Learn how he shored up fundamentals and gained trust through transparency and ownership. This transparent glimpse behind the IT curtain reveals the technical, leadership and change management acumen required to steer large-scale migration. The battle-tested tips inside will inspire any IT pro leading digital change.

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0:00.0	Hi, nerds.
0:09.1	I'm Michael Moore, hosting this podcast for dissecting popular IT
0:12.0	nerds.
0:12.4	I'm here with Will Perazzo, Director of Information Technology at Yonkers Contracting Company.
0:18.2	But I heard that it's just called Yonkers. Is that right, Will?
0:23.3	That's what we call it. The employees of Yonkers contracted company call the company,
0:28.2	which is kind of confusing because Yonkers contracted company is based in Yonkers, New York.
0:32.6	So we just think we own the city. Yonker is everywhere.
0:38.7	I love it.
0:43.0	We're going to start off with, by the way, great to have you on the program.
0:48.7	We're going to start off with Icebreaker segment that we always do, which is random access memories.
0:49.4	I'm going to ask you a question.
0:51.2	And then you're going to respond with the answer that just pops in your head
0:55.1	first. First question, if you could transform any IT device or software into a physical object
1:04.7	or a living being, what would it be and why? I think I would transform a printer into a punching bag. You're probably
1:19.8	guess why. I'm not a big fan. I'm not a big fan of printers. I'm not a big fan of paper.
1:25.5	So there's a, I have a running joke with a lot of folks that,
1:31.0	um,
1:31.6	have known me over the years.
1:33.5	Every time I try to fix a printer,
1:35.3	I always end up with extra parts.
1:37.2	I come back.
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