SUMMARY:

• An accomplished IT professional with more than 20 significant years experience managing and delivering services.
• My experience includes hands - on work on the Confidential iSeries( IBMi; AS/400) Confidential systems platform as a Engineer/ Subject Matter Expert and across multiple IT platforms primarily focused on Data Center migration ( Confidential and Transformation- CALM, and Waterfall methodologies ) related projects as a Project Lead/ Management roles.

SOFT-SKILLS:

• Great communicator
• Strong on driving projects from inception to completion based on criticals - time, budget, scope
• Great on team collaborative efforts
• Very reliable and accountable to PMO,clients and managing projects in a matrix environment from the initiation through close phases .

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

MS: Office, MS-Visio, MS-Project, MS-PowerPoint, MAPIT, RPM, SharePoint- creating project trackers for (KT, Migration, Communications, Confidential, etc..)

Hardware: Confidential iSeries, AS400, IBMi

Software: SAP, JD Edwards World, BPCS, Mapics

Tools: Confidential BRMS, Wrkreginf, Addexitpgm, Vision Solutions Mimix HA, PowerHA, Help Systems products, Confidential, PM400, CL, PDM, vi- editor, native unix shell programming

Operating Systems: OS400, i5/OS, AIX, Unix, Windows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Confidential Team collaboration on developing framework for detailed as well as executive presentation models related to Infra unit costs and utilization
• Confidential Team collaboration on conducting client interviews including surveys and one one one meetings
• Collaboration on Infra Data gathering
• Conducting status meetings with team
• Developing and maintaining data gathering-project metrics
• Delivering final phase I presentation to client

Project Lead-SME

Confidential, NC

Responsibilities:

• Research and develop documentation for response to Confidential on transforming Confidential existing pool of iSeries ( Confidential 770) servers/lpars to a Cloud environment utilizing SOFTLAYER technology (i.e., Confidential 8).
• Also, research and develop documentation for response to Confidential on transforming their Confidential 770 to a traditional migration-upgrade path going from an internal dasd based environment to a virtualized ( Confidential ) based infrastructure.
• Lead on Confidential responses for Confidential 7 iSeries infrastructure

Project Lead-SME

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Technical data gathering on infrastructure, and processes based on production and disaster recovery
• Developing High level design documentation
• Developingh Low level design documentation
• Providing input into project plan
• Meeting with pmo on preparation of deliverables schedule and content
• Meeting with stakeholders for reviews of documentation/deliverables
• Technical build responsibilities for Confidential lpars (target/ DR DCs), interpreting Hitachi SAN LUNs presentation,
• Moving toward execution phase relating to transformation.

Business Analyst Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Gather various technical and business documentation for Confidential responses
• Focus of Confidential on Data Center strategy - Aligning client with Colocation vendor(s); Designing Cloud strategy; Decommisioning Mainframe insfrastructure and all interdependencies in segemented periods
• Involved in initial contract negotiation based on breakdown of resources required for transformation IT Towers (infrastructure) to be involved and estimated efforts for completion of project phases

Project Lead/SME

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developing Project Charters
• Lead on gathering and developing Confidential documentation in pursuit of potential client projects
• Contract negotiations
• Developing S.O.W
• Developing Project Scope and Assumptions documentation
• Creating PCRs (i.e, project change requests)
• Project planning documentation developed and repeatable models (mpp )
• Managing Risks,Mitigations and tracking
• Managing weekly metrics and tracking
• Technical Lead on execution tasks; client deliverables for iSeries infrastructure
• Managing offshore teams
• Managing vendors

Confidential

Project Manager-Lead SME

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical project lead/deliverable responsibilities to client- Confidential
• Develop RFPs for new Confidential 8 infrastructure and interdependent applicatiions/ interfaces
• Provided support role to iSeries 2nd level offshore team

Confidential

SME/Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assessing (developing of Scope & Assumptions documentation) client systems infrastructure-environments for end-to-end project engagements
• Performed daily systems administration and troubleshooting of Confidential (iSeries, AS400, IBMi) Midrange production and HA (data high availability/backup) servers.
• Performed server and OS release level migrations - thru Confidential
• Performed administration and sever failovers for data integrity (planned and unplanned) with Vision Solutions Confidential HA ver. 6.0----Includes disaster recovery business continuity planning
• Performed work management tasks including subsystems, distribution queues, jobqs, etc..
• Performed implementation,configuration, and administration for Confidential BRMS (Backup Recovery Media Services)
• Had management/supervision (5yrs.) responsibilities with budgeting, planning, performance reviews, and measuring and providing metrics
• Implemented security,and auditing processes utilizing SafNet/i: product-software tool, for various exit points to provide optimum Object Level security (5yrs.)
• Performed ptf and firmware upgrades for server and Confidential
• Performed lpar builds and resource allocation on Confidential
• Performed hardware feature upgrades
• Performed enterprise software application implementation and administration
• Provided on-call support 24/7

Project Manager-Lead/TechinicalSME

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• IT Infrastructure: Data Center server relocations,Disaster Recovery exercises (including server/data failover testing), Server builds (i.e.,iSeries,SAN connectivity, network, VTL), refreshes, migrations, and OS upgrades.
• Managed Confidential, Confidential
• Managed engagements and projects according to constraints: scope,time, & budget/ interdependencies/milestones/weekly communications. In addition, focusing on project cycle phases: deliverables, interdependencies, plannings, milestones, execution, monitoring, and closeout (i.e., lessons learned, etc..)
• Developed project scope, assumptions, project plans including customizing repeatable plans
• Developed human resources plan
• Developed cost and risk management plan
• Manage vendor resources and activities
• Manage all project communications and report both internal and external status and metrics on a weekly (i.e., project teams) /monthly (i.e.,stakeholders).
• Provided technical advisory support to matrixed project team for overall end-to-end multi project for client
• Managed cross-functional/cultural team members with resources in multiple locations; including vendor resources/vendor allocation and utilization reporting

Confidential

iSeries Systems Engineer/ Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed concurrent projects including server design (i.e., sizing and capacity planning), logical partition builds, backup and recovery strategy (utilizing both Help Systems & Confidential tools), Data High Availability (utilizing Vision Solutions Mimix HA) and Disaster Recovery strategy
• Provided performance tuning skills on existing iSeries infrastructure and SAP enterprise level
• Implemented network-wide iSeries security, auditing policies, and created and troubleshooted exit points
• Implemented and provided daily administration for BRMS
• DB2/400 - file structure modification and troubleshooting
• Provided on-call support 24/7

Confidential

iSeries Administrator/Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Business areas: IT Infrastructure including- High Availability Data Replication software (i.e.,remote journaling implementation/upgrades), HA Server design/sizing and implementation, Disaster Recovery Data Center build out/ server relocation.
• Managed engagements and projects according to baseline, deliverables, plan, milestones, execution, monitoring, and closeout (i.e., lessons learned, etc..)
• Implemented network-wide iSeries security, auditing policies, and created and troubleshooted exit points
• Created work assignments for 75 technical resources for Disaster Recovery Data Center build out project and managed allocation and utilization reporting.
• Developed administration policies for managing HA Data Center
• Planned, configured, and implemented Vision Solutions Mimix V4R5 HA/ Data replication product based on conventional and remote journaling
• Managed high availability (HA) data center with 34 lpars (i.e., source and target) including all hardware-refreshes lpar-builds, decommissioned equipment; cabling; and network communications.
• Provided disaster recovery planning and mirroring for 30 of the 34 lpars utilizing Mimix data replication software tool; Also, responsible for training business critical data users on the basics interworkings of Mimix
• Supervised and scheduled responsibilities for 10 operations analysts (5) corporate data center and (5) high availability data center (had budget, performance reviews, and project lead management responsibilities)