PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Results - driven manager with expertise in all facets of technology leadership. Demonstrated success in aligning technology resources with business objectives to optimize revenue, profitability, performance and competitive advantage.
• Strength in simultaneously managing multiple data warehouse, application development, and infrastructure projects using Agile and Waterfall, with significant project experience in large services businesses.
• Hands-on with proven abilities in finance management, systems development, system resource management and planning, process and procedures
• Vendor relationship management, and systems development improvements to achieve and maintain 24 x 7 operations cost effectively. Extensive experience in both development activities and infrastructure needs.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Specific skill areas: Active Directory, ADFS, Azure,.Net, Oracle, CMMI, Enterprise Mobility Managers, System tuning, Exchange, VB, VSS, MS-SQL, DB2, NT, Win, ITIL, SDLC, Win Server, UNIX, I-Series, Disaster Recovery, Agile Development, M&A, Finance, Release Management and mainframe systems, Business Analytics, SOX, PCI, Cloud based systems.

Methodologies: Agile (both development and infrastructure), Waterfall, Iterative

Software packages: Multiple Financial Systems, HR Support systems, Operating Systems

Hardware: HP servers, IBM Blade Servers, IBM mainframes, IBM I-series, EMC Storage, IBM Storage, Violin Storage, Netapps, Hyper-V

Systems: Financial, trading systems, HR systems, Loan, leasing, credit card, collections, Insurance systems, CRM, Manufacturing, Exchange, Remedy, JIRA, Clarity, PMUWS, MS Project and Sharepoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the upgrades to infrastructure of Operating Systems, Middle Ware and Firm Ware on all system platforms across the enterprise. This has included an IT4IT initiative.
• This effort upgrades to Operating systems, multiple levels, middle ware on multiple platforms.
• Deployments were covered in multiple steps over 12 months. Changes were deployed to meet audit requirements.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development of an AD Redesign Project, implementation of RBAC and re-organizing Group Policies, OU's and logon scripts. This includes consolidation of over 700 login scripts to 6, removal of one domain, consolidation of 400 OUs into 4, migration of all user and device objects, corrections of all UPN’s, and assigning of rights based upon defined department roles where over 750 domain admins have been reduced to 10.
• Migration of over 30,000 accounts to new AD structures as well as implement Identity Access Management (IAM) as part of a structural re-work for RBAC. This includes both hardware and software to address sensitive data access, printing that is related to HIPAA compliancy.
• Continued development of cloud based systems including Exchange Online and Azure, stand-up of new ADFS servers.
• Developed migration path from existing Enterprise Mobility Manager (EMM) Mobile Iron to Air Watch for entire mobility base over 6500, including testing plans, server stand-up, migration path plans, staffing, and problem resolution.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning and execution of the migration of mainframe systems and support from St Louis data center to Omaha utility data center.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development, tracking and implementation of assigned projects in the Project Management Office.
• Primary assignments on client support systems, DC infrastructure and platform migrations including AD conversion of .
• Agile development applied to infrastructure projects for more precise delivery, reduced down time and lower cost due to schedule conflicts.
• Current major assignment includes the build out of a new, segregated network for customer applications including equipment order of servers, detailed project plans, budgets, staffing, delivery schedules and management reporting. This agile (2 week sprints) project is over a $6MM project which includes the build out of the network, application setup, DB setup (Oracle and SQL), UNIX and Windows application servers, fire walls, and application provisioning. Also included is deployment of new ADFS servers as well as significant modifications to AD user rights and permissions, reduction of OU’s and re-writes for GPO’s for easier maintenance. Stand-up of all servers, Violin storage, back-up systems and network was included.
• Transitioned to development to work on hardware provisioning and development of Cloud (internal) provisioning system including new network segmentation covering multiple applications.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development, tracking and implementation of assigned projects in the Project Management Office.
• Primary assignments on client support systems and platform migrations. Primary project included the migration of existent application to new UNIX platform.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development, tracking and implementation of assigned projects in the Project Management Offcie.
• Primary assignments on Risk Systems and Fraud Detection Systems including enhancements to customer fraud detection, covering both mainframe and client server systems, schedules, project plans and budgets, staffing plans, management reporting including PMO, Fraud Detection Services, and project compliance.

Confidential

Vice President, Development

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development and maintenance on core trading and clearing systems.
• Managed approximately 200 applications, data warehouse and infrastructure projects to completion.
• Current projects include the OSI (Option Symbology Initiative) Options Re-engineering Initiative, which involved changing more than 2500 programs and had a budget close to $7 million.
• All development and changes were under Agile development covering 18 months with over 3000 program changes in 12 sprints aligned with trading functions. Each approved test pattern allowed the next sprint to proceed into development. Similar functions were applied to all data file transmissions.
• Worked with financial advisors in NY, Chicago, Philadelphia, and the exchanges for modifications to data files for reporting requirements to enable FAs to hedge and know their financial positions and clear trades through the OCC.
• Utilized both mainframe and client-server technologies with development methodologies including mostly Agile development techniques.
• Reduced operational expenses over $1.5M in 18 months; supervised staff of 55 including local, remote and off shore resources.

Confidential

Project Manager Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the Capital Markets project used for secondary marketing valuation models and portfolio evaluations. Project was largely Iterative and Oracle-based on an IBM Blade server array (with VMware) for data mining. This Agile project worked in 4 month sprints to bring new valuation features online at regular intervals yielding improved cost valuation.
• Managed all project aspects, including reporting, budgeting, tracking, work plans, schedules, estimates, resource planning and status reports.

Confidential

Vice President, Business Analysis

Responsibilities:

• Led data warehouse projects to develop data stores and to correct portfolio valuations within the data warehouse.
• AD conversion
• Successfully corrected $3M in calculation errors.
• Responsible for the evaluation and implementation of loan replacement system covering installment loans, leases and other lending productions. Primarily used agile development (one month sprints) methodology for the client-server based system using VB and C on a distributed platform.
• Developed new payoff functions for existing loan portfolio compliant with TIL guidelines.

Confidential

Director of IT Operations

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all data center operations in both St. Louis and Columbia, Maryland. Developed completion plans for second data center in Maryland.
• Directed .Net application development projects as well as data warehouse operations.
• Managed data warehouse projects involving determining claim experience over time to project contract costs.
• Responsible for maintaining disaster recovery activities between twin data centers and annual recovery simulation with all appropriate documentation, running of transactions, data base recovery.
• Responsible for technical services for AS/400, UNIX, HP Superdomes, DB2, WebSphere, and CM.
• Managed a total staff of 25.
• Reduced budgets expenses over $200M in first year; negotiated for hardware upgrades saving over $350M.
• Complied with all SOX and HIPAA guidelines. Reviewed and ensured compliance to all relevant section 404 (SOX) compliance including retained documentation and audits.
• Re-aligned staff for 24x7 support operations; improved systems reliability ratio to 99.5 consistent.
• Responsible for the business user support including servers, desktop and communications for over 1500 business users within the St Louis operation.
• Deployed and upgraded all users from Windows 2000 to Windows XP.
• Reduced the number of operational Windows 2000 servers by 20 with net savings of over $400M.
• Deployed and used upgrades to the Lawson Financial system.
• Developed plan and implemented lease reductions on desktop units with net savings of over $350M.

Confidential

System Programming Manager/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development of full business systems effort in replacing current systems including ongoing support.
• Managed a total staff of 5 with 25 consultants. Reported to CEO.
• Developed agile methods, story book fashion, and maintained full replacement to existing business system with a new, 3-tier, client-server system (MS-SQL and VB) to support leasing originations and operations.
• Created all necessary technical support functions on an ongoing basis with budgets at $2.5MM in project staff.
• Developed over 150 use cases and design documents.
• Built system within Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) guidelines and agile development (4 month sprints) with reusable sub-set for servicing and secondary funding.
• Implement data center changes as necessary including new servers and clusters, communications and stage for Web Services for lease customers and disposition of vehicles (auction, sales).

Confidential

AVP - Manager of Technical Services

Responsibilities:

• Provided infrastructure support including database systems, client-server systems and mainframes including operating systems, database systems (Oracle, Sybase, and DB2).
• Managed staff of 15 with budgets at $1.5MM in direct staff.

Confidential

Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Developed direct strategy and designed patented software within a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) that directly contributed to providing 24 x 7 business system operations, opening new markets and improving customer retention. This yielded the ability for customers to access information and make payments through ATMs and e-commerce over a twin redundant system (New Jersey and Nevada). This software provided interfaces to alternate systems on multiple platforms. This effort included all data structures, design and leading a cross functional group of developers to write the software. This further included load balancing with EMC Symmetrix storage system (twin locations in the US). Software used included Candle and Omegamon. Load balancing and availability were covered in the changes made.
• Developed effective technology and business strategies to increase revenues by over $18MM, through improved processing and customer access, and reduce technology expenses by $3.2MM. Managed all aspects of programming and technical services within budget guidelines and with year over year cost reductions. Including 24 x 7 operations, data center scheduling configurations, stress testing analysis, operating fault tolerance analysis and integration of LAN and mainframe systems. Supported a direct user base of over 3000.
• Responsible for direct employees and indirect; $6.7 million budget; 2,500 users.
• Coordinated applications development for retail loan operations; managed staff of 24 (in 4 project teams with project managers) with a budget of $2.1MM. Other staff included 6 consultants.
• Oversaw responsibility for a data center operational budget of $3MM. Efforts supported a portfolio of over 575M accounts at $4.2MMM. Managed consultant vendor contracts and data center Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Primary contact for all auditing functions (internal, external and government).
• Directed applications development for $4.2 billion group; managed vendor contracts and data center SLAs.