Thomas DeStefano

Thomas DeStefano has over 25 years of work experience in various roles within the IT and payroll management fields. Thomas is currently the Director of Operations at Wise Consulting Associates, where they oversee back office technical processes, IT infrastructure, reporting, vendor management, and data security. Prior to this, they served as a Program Manager at the same company, managing IT infrastructure and program management for different practice areas.

Before joining Wise Consulting Associates, Thomas worked at CheckPoint HR as a Project Manager, utilizing their extensive IT background to write specifications, design workflows, and manage project life cycles. Thomas also played a significant role in development projects, including in-house applications and the client-facing web portal.

Thomas gained programming and analytical skills during their time at ADP, where they worked as a Senior Programmer Analyst. There, they collaborated with business analysts and QA teams, developing report requests using Crystal Reports for the Total Choice Payroll platform.

Earlier in their career, Thomas served as an IT Manager at Total Pay, where they managed a team of developers and worked closely with department heads to ensure project accuracy and validity. Thomas also contributed to the design of in-house programs using SQL, MS Access, Visual Basic, and Crystal Reports.

Thomas began their career as a Payroll Manager at Civic Development Group, leading a team responsible for payroll management for over 6000 employees in ten states. Thomas served as the corporate liaison to ADP and made final decisions on all payroll-related issues.

Overall, Thomas DeStefano's work experience showcases their expertise in operations management, IT infrastructure, program management, project development, and payroll management.

Thomas DeStefano obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Rutgers University from 1992 to 1996. In terms of additional certifications, they obtained the Celigo integrator.io Level 1 certification from Celigo in July 2022, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Professional Foundation certification from APMG International in March 2022, the Smartsheet Certified User certification from Smartsheet in November 2021, the Smartsheet Product Certified User certification from Smartsheet in August 2019, and another Smartsheet Certified User certification from Smartsheet in July 2018.