Donald Panthen

Managing Director

NewVista Advisors, LLC.

Donald Panthen is an IT business partner with well-developed team building and project management skills. He is experienced in aligning state-of-the-art technology with overall business strategy. Mr. Panthen has an exceptional track record of leveraging information technology assets to improve the bottom line for Expedia, Moody Investor Services, Nissan Motors, MasterCard and Pfizer. He is adept at providing strategic technology direction and building state-of-the-art IT operations to support global strategies and business growth .

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Senior Project Manager leading the effort to Operationalize Expedia’s new 18,000sf Data Center and 5,000 server in Chandler, AZ. 

• Initiated a vendor audit and identified $100k in overbilling

• Identified a staffing model and proposal to reduce staffing run rate by $300k annually.

• Reduced returned server rates due to QC issues by 50%.

• Increased productivity 30% through streamlining of the racking and stacking process.

• Coordinated the relocation of three datacenters into one reducing run rates by 40%.

• Implemented top of the rack/copper solution reducing structured cabling costs $400K.

• Increased time to close rate for all trouble calls from 47% to 82%.

Senior Program Director leading Moody’s relocation in NYC.

• Implemented a 5,000sf data center and outfitted all technology for 15 30,000sf floors.

• Relocated 2,000 employees, 3,500 PCs and 400 servers.

Senior Project Manager relocating Nissan’s NA Data Center from CA to 2 locations in TN

• Coordinated with vendors, ensuring a seamless transition.

• Designed the new Data Centers including layout, power, cabling and cooling requirements.