Data-center modernization
$2.6MSaved over three years.
Migrated 670 servers and 1.6 PB of storage to an outsourced data center and consolidated 12 storage frames to five EMC systems.
The experience behind Canebrake
Gary K. Nalley
Technology & operations advisor
More than 30 years connecting technology strategy, operational responsibility, and business outcomes.
Leadership perspective
Advice informed by
responsibility.
Gary has led the teams, managed the budgets, and worked through the transitions that technology plans depend on.
His career includes senior technology roles in hospital organizations, early infrastructure leadership in education, and cloud and managed-services leadership within the technology-services sector. That combination brings both the customer’s operating perspective and the service provider’s delivery perspective to the table.
In cloud and managed services, he progressed from cloud solution architecture into service delivery and portfolio management. His recent work included AI solution-family development, organizational readiness, customer enablement, and coordination across technical and commercial teams.
See how this informs MSP and VAR advisorySelected career accomplishments
Experience with
measurable substance.
Enterprise systems transition
$1.2M+In annual savings.
Contributed to a three-year enterprise migration from a mainframe-based hospital information system to modern clinical and revenue-cycle platforms. Also migrated 140 servers and 7,000 workstations from Novell to Microsoft and redeployed more than 460 applications, producing more than $1.2M in annual savings.
Service-center operating model
38%Reduction in resolution time.
Created a centralized service center that also reduced call abandonment by 24%.
AI portfolio development
$3MIn AI-related sales.
Developed and commercialized five AI product families—AI Ready Infrastructure, AI Ready Assessments, AI Security Solutions, AI Usage & Enablement, and AI Custom Solutions—generating approximately $3M in AI-related sales.
Selected results from Gary Nalley’s prior leadership roles. These are career accomplishments, not Canebrake client results or performance guarantees.
Prior leadership roles
Depth across
the technology lifecycle.
From the design of a service to the operation of an enterprise environment.
Cloud & managed services
Cloud Solutions Architect · Service Delivery Manager · Senior Portfolio Manager
Cloud architecture, managed-services design, service transition, vendor collaboration, portfolio ownership, and AI go-to-market leadership.
Academic medical center
Manager, Server Storage and Virtualization · Director of Technology Advancement
Enterprise platforms, data-center operations, clinical-system infrastructure, service improvement, and $16M in capital-budget responsibility.
Community hospital & care network
Director of IS Service Management
Support operations, telecommunications, IT service management, and participation in hospital security and compliance leadership.
Academic medical center & outpatient network
Director of Technical Advancement
Infrastructure and data-center leadership, 38 direct reports, and $36M in combined operating and capital budgets.
Earlier work includes technology leadership in education, healthcare technical services, and infrastructure consulting.
Beyond the implementation
Comfortable with
the technical detail.
Clear with the business.
Gary has presented to owners, boards, bank presidents, and hospital executives, as well as technical and service teams.
Speaking experience spans national technology conferences, banking-industry events, and state and regional IT forums.
The next conversation
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