John Lafollette II

Assistant Vice President, Infrastructure & Operations at Illinois Mutual

John LaFollette II has a diverse work experience in IT and infrastructure management. John has held various roles at different companies, including Illinois Mutual, Archer Daniels Midland, New Resources Consulting, and Ameren-CILCO.

At Illinois Mutual, they served as the Assistant Vice President, Infrastructure & Operations, where they led the company's IT organization, managed daily operations, and handled issues management. John also managed a $3M expense budget and a team of twelve employees.

At Archer Daniels Midland, John held multiple positions, including IT Senior Manager - Core Infrastructure, Sr. Manager - Infrastructure & Enterprise Service Delivery, IT Systems Sr. Manager, IT Systems Application Support Manager, and IT Systems Application Support Supervisor. In these roles, they were responsible for managing various aspects of infrastructure and service delivery, including domain services, data protection and recovery, datacenter management, virtualization systems, business continuity, cloud computing, server hardware, network management, and more. John successfully completed numerous global and North America projects within budget and with large teams.

Before that, they worked as a Systems Administrator Consultant at New Resources Consulting and held multiple positions at Ameren-CILCO, including Systems Administrator, IT Helpdesk, and Customer Service Associate.

John has extensive experience and expertise in IT infrastructure and operations management, with a proven track record in delivering projects on time and within budget.

John LaFollette II has a diverse education history. John obtained their high school diploma from Elmwood High School, graduating between the years 1988 and 1992. Following this, they attended Illinois Central College from 1992 to 1996 and successfully completed an Associate degree in Microcomputer Software Specialist. During their time at Illinois Central College, they also earned a certification in Microcomputer Applications from the same institution in 1992.

Later, John pursued higher education at Millikin University from 2002 to 2004, where they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Management of Organizational Leadership. Their field of study during this time was focused on the Business of Science.

In addition to their formal education, John also holds a certification as a Microsoft Certified System Engineer 4.0, although the specific institution and the year of certification are not provided.

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  • Assistant Vice President, Infrastructure & Operations

    October, 2014 - present