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Fred Baskett

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IT AVP - Infrastructure at Horace Mann
📍 Springfield, Illinois, United States

Fred is an IT professional with over 20 years of experience, currently serving as the IT AVP of Infrastructure at Horace Mann. He leads teams in designing and maintaining the companys cloud platforms, including Azure and AWS. People who have worked with him describe him as resourceful and a leader who invests in his teams development.

He is a positive leader who believes that life is about relationships and investing in people to ensure mutual success. Fred champions a team-first culture, emphasizing that wins and losses are shared experiences and that decisions are made to move forward collectively while learning from every outcome.

He was recognized as Horace Manns Employee of the Month in October 2011.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
IT AVP - Infrastructure
Location
Springfield, Illinois, United States
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Infrastructure Leadership
Leads teams responsible for Infrastructure Architecture, Distributed Systems Engineering, and Database Management, with over two decades of experience in the field.
Cloud Environments
His teams are responsible for designing, building, and governing the company's critical Azure and AWS cloud platforms.
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Career

Work history

10-2024
IT AVP - Infrastructure
Horace Mann
9-2022 - 10-2024
IT AVP - Infrastructure Architecture
Horace Mann
11-2020 - 10-2022
IT AVP - Infrastructure
Horace Mann
5-2016 - 11-2020
IT Director of DevOps / Infrastructure Architect
HM
9-2015 - 5-2016
IT Director - Mainframe Engineering / Infrastructure Architect
Horace Mann
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Education
1986 - 1989
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Lincoln Land Community College
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