PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Motivated IT executive with twenty plus years of technology experience planning and managing IBM and non - IBM IT organizations in complex technical environments. Extensive project management experience using PMI/PMBOK process groups, knowledge areas, and network diagrams. Designed, planned and managed the corporate infrastructure of three large scale data center organizations.
• Significant experience building support infrastructures for technology organizations that included data networks, cabling, flooring, HVAC systems, and electrical requirements. Planned, managed, and implemented large scale infrastructure projects for logistics, finance, manufacturing, insurance, and government.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Skills: SAP - HCM/HANA/MM Windows, AIX, Linux, and IBM SDLC/Agile-ACP/OS400 PMP/PSM/ACP s MS-Word, Excel, MS Project, Visio Lean Six Sigma Azure Cloud/Architect s ETL/ITIL/PCI-SOX Compliance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Fairburn GA

Responsibilities:

• As a consultant, developed project work plans and SOW that met requirements for SAP project implementation.
• The project included establishing a maintainable infrastructure consisting of servers, network access, and terminals.
• Maintained project schedules ensuring milestones were properly allocated for warehouse distribution and transportation systems. Led planning, execution, and implementation of assigned IT Infrastructure Project.
• Chaired office department alignment meetings that increased department communication and data sharing.
• Proposed, planned and implemented a technology infrastructure that would support the DMS module.

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Atlanta GA

Responsibilities:

• Successfully completed two infrastructure upgrade projects and the de-commission of servers and IBM iSeries platforms. Generated virtual networks, virtual machines, and network security groups for Azure.
• Engaged with stakeholders to resolve business problems while offering solutions in iSeries, Linux, and LPAR environments. Identified and communicated project dependencies and impacts on stakeholders.
• Interacted with a broad array of technical professionals, stakeholders and supplier resources ensuring project success. Defined roles and responsibilities associated with mobile cellular device deployment for the police department.
• Directed changes to project scope and budgets while monitoring changes, risks, and issues for multiple technical projects. Utilized sprint backlog in order to inspect and adapt to project issues.

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Atlanta GA

Responsibilities:

• Project managed over thirty projects defining the scope, risks, requirements, and monitoring progress.
• Maintained schedules to ensure that key milestones were being met at every project milestone. Led multiple Windows server upgrades, SAP implementation projects and DevOps projects using Jira, MS Project and Hybrid methodologies.
• Managed a complex Intranet project supporting distributed warehouse locations that required new support infrastructure. Worked extensively with engineering, marketing and clients deployed remote servers to warehouses. As Scrum Master, chaired pre-planning, review, and retrospective meetings ensuring sprints were completed on time.
• Tracked project trends, risks and recommended mitigation strategies to successfully complete the project on time and within budget. Managed two-week sprints, nine-member scrum team, and daily scrum meetings.
• Project managed an AT&T-SIP project that converted an existing PBX phone system to the Avaya IP system.
• Planned merger and acquisition activities, and data center facility relocation that moved the facilities to the Super-Nap site in Las Vegas.

Consultant-Project Manager

Confidential, Piscataway NJ

Responsibilities:

• As a consultant, developed and evolved the consumer-facing, multi-channel roadmap for desktop, mobile, and mobile web applications. Chaired daily sprint meetings estimating work remaining and resource requirements.
• Directed the project team that created a web and mobile user infrastructure for an event planning project.
• Led process improvement initiative to streamline the process for remote sites and work type.
• Designed strategic plan for component development practices to support future projects.
• Tested the network's performance, and maintained the network's overall infrastructure.

Sr. Project & Change Manager

Confidential, Sunrise FL

Responsibilities:

• Managed and installed project management tools consistent with business requirements. Migrated legacy apps to SaaS cloud solutions. Planned and deployed voice over IP applications to our cable billing customers.
• Performed IT market research and monitored trends in the industry to identify technology improvements for the corporation. Utilizing the scrum process, identified story points, task breakdown, and product backlog requirements.
• Achieved project completion goals by successfully implementing PMO procedures and guidelines.
• Installed and managed various security technologies, including VPNs, firewalls and anti-malware solutions.
• Managed enterprise projects from concept to completion and successfully managed 3rd party vendors.

Director of IT

Confidential, Paterson NJ

Responsibilities:

• Managed teams, and development setting the organization's strategic plan. Implemented payroll, inventory control, and fixed asset systems. Defined project governance policies and managed the financial concerns of the program.
• Director, responsible for implementing city-wide data network which included Cisco routers, VPN’s and leased lines.
• Developed executive presentations and reports to facilitate project evaluation and process improvement.
• Validated network designs, working alongside hardware/telecommunications vendors to ensure performance levels.
• Spearheaded project planning and management efforts to improve infrastructure for and financial systems.

Director of MIS

Confidential, Newark NJ

Responsibilities:

• Directed data center operations and development teams creating schedule deliverables and performance improvements.
• Managed $5 million dollar acquisition project consisting of contract negotiations, service level agreements, and user requirements. Communicated technical components of the initiative to applicable parties and stakeholders.
• Project managed the installation of an enterprise environment that included mainframes, servers, and data networks.
• Proposed and implemented a fixed asset system utilizing generally accepted accounting principals.

Vice President of IT

Confidential, Boca Raton FL

Responsibilities:

• As an executive responsible for a $15mm budget and a staff of one hundred and fifty technical professionals.
• Relocated data center facilities from Rutherford, New Jersey to Boca Raton, Florida.
• Planned, and directed migrations, upgrades of applications, networks and hardware platforms.
• Drove infrastructure projects having an estimated value of $10 million dollars for insurance carriers and subscribers.
• Advocated for end-users solutions and problem analysis for the servers, desktops and IT infrastructure upgrades.
• Generated multiple RFP's for the corporation, and departments. Managed multi-million dollar and high-risk projects for the National Council on Compensation Insurance.