SUMMARY:

• Portfolio/Program/Project Management (PMP) (Waterfall & Agile)
• Service Delivery Management
• Server Consolidation and Data Center Transformation (Moves/Migrations/Consolidations/Merger/Acquisitions)
• Virtualization - Cisco/Microsoft/VMWare (Cloud migrations to RackSpae, MS Asuze & IBM)
• Network infrastructure - LAN/WAN Upgrades, Migrations and Merger/Acquisitions
• Security, Identity, and Access Management (IAM)
• Release Management / Defect Management
• Desktop/Platform and Enterprise Applications rollouts
• Budgeting, Cost & Quality Control
• Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
• Vendor Management & Contract Negotiation
• Continual Process Improvement (ECAB Experience)
• Over 20 years of EPM tool experience including MS Project, Clarity, Planview, ServiceNow, JIRA, etc.
• A hands-on Sr. Program/Project Manager successful in managing and creating complex schedules, and project plans for large scale global portfolios / programs / projects. Capable of supervising large cross functional global teams to meet tight timelines. Able to coordinated and facilitate program / project meetings to come to tactile business decisions across internal departments and teams with multiple venders to achieve the goals and deliver the scope of the program / project. Extensive experience working with waterfall and agile methodologies. With on and off shore resources in diverse working cultures in multiple time zones, in office, remote and abroad. Heavy turnaround consulting experience.
• An expert in developing executive presentations and reports to communicate the progress of multiple initiatives. Expert skills in monitoring performance across portfolios, programs and projects in cost, scope, schedule, risk, and quality. Proven track record of managing multiple highly visible programs and projects, excellent communications and customer relationships at the “C” level, a Proven Leader.
• Has successfully managed IT Portfolios with fiscal responsibilities of $15M+. Created, managed, and gained approval of Global IT Portfolios, Business Requirements, and Program / Project budgets. Tracked actual expenditures (capital and expense) and reported on the status through Earned Value Analysis (EVA) and executive reporting requirements.
• As a former member of an Enterprise Change Advisory Board (ECAB) I have been responsible for reviewing and approving changes to business requirements, tactical and strategic with business partners. I have an in-depth understanding of the complexity of IT change management and the importance of coordination of changes, especially as it relates to IT infrastructure, applications, human resources or budgetary impact.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ENVIRONMENT: S: Cloud (Rackspace, IBM, & MS Azure) VMWare NetApp EMC UNIX (Solaris & AIX) Linux Red Hat Cisco IOS, Riverbed, Juniper, & Kemp iOS, Android

SOFTWARE & TOOLS: MS Office Suite MS Project MS Visio SharePoint Confluence PlanView SAP Solution Manager Project.Net Clarity ServiceNow JIRA

DATABASES: MS SQL Oracle Access

PROTOCOLS & CONNECTIVITY: TCP/IP, UDP, RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, SNMP, SMTP, HTTP, MPLS AT&T NetBond VPN Hughes Satellite T1 & T3 ISDN

PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOIES: Waterfall Critical Path Method Agile Scrum

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Mount Laurel, NJ

Sr. Technology Program/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• As Sr. Technology Program/Project Manager I was responsible for US Network Currency - Cisco Infrastructure. This initiative ensures that all US Network hardware is current and supported; it addresses Single Points of Failure in the US Network footprint. Ensures adherence and alignment to strategic design of NA network while focusing only on "must do" upgrades impacting production. It includes: Back Office PoE chassis-based switch replacements, access layer switch replacements (Cisco 2960G & Cisco 3750G), Data Center Head-end router replacements Data Center and Back Office 65xx Supervisor refresh and US TACACS server refresh. $3.5MM.
• As Sr. Technology Program/Project Manager was responsible for the successful upgrade and transformation project for Confidential 's MicroFocus Net IQ/IDM Identity Management Solution within the TRMIS (Cyber Security) organization. I led the team as we built an entirely new infrastructure from TOSCA Blueprints through DEV, SIT, BAT PAT, PROD and DR. We took this application from Metal and Virtual servers to Rackspace Cloud and TD Hosted IBM Cloud. This project reduced the physical footprint in 3 data centers resulting in operational savings. This solution provides Identity Management Services 30,000 + users and to 96 downstream applications. My team was responsible for all aspects of the transition to the Cloud including access requirements, role based access provisioning workflows, self-service password management, LDAP, AD and Federated access mapping and configuration, Firewall, load balancing and network connection configuration. Our "Cut Over and Go Live" was completed within a 9 hour window with zero down time and no P1 issues. The project had 250+ resources and $3.3MM budget.
• As Sr. Technology Program Manager my responsibilities included US Data Center Transformation and Currency. The scope of this program covered 895 Servers that required upgrades to operating systems, hardware and/or infrastructure. Where ever possible we reduced the physical footprint and migrated to VMWare, Rackspace and TD Cloud Infrastructure. $2.5MM.

Confidential, Wilmington, De

Sr. Program Manager - Finance

Responsibilities:

• As Sr. Program Manager I was responsible for turning around the financial reporting project supporting the acquisition of the Water / Paper and Pulp business from Ashland Chemicals. I stepped in to pull the project out of the red and meet the mandated financial reporting dates. The project was tracking red for 4 months, with only 10 weeks to fulfill the reporting requirements I rallied 5 consulting firms along with global Solenis resources to deliver on time. I conducted daily scrum meetings for all 5 firms. Additionally, I’ve assisted in designing and building the finance portfolio of 100+ projects, successfully planned and developed materials for a global controller’s conference, streamlined the monthly close check list and assisted with developing a shorter financial close process. My assignment included a software implementation of OneStream XF a financial report, consolidation, budgeting, planning and forecasting application. Which includes implementation on Microsoft’s Azure platform utilizing AT&T NetBond connectivity with SAP integration.

Confidential

Sr. Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• As Sr. Program Manager, I was responsible for the design, build and maintenance of the tools used to track the progress of the Process Safety Management (PSM) Program and Process Quality Management (PQM) Program. I was responsible for updating and tracking the audit elements scoring notes and score increases. I produced executive reports on the status of both programs and worked with the teams in each of the global plants to track progress to goal. Additionally, I participated in data analysis to assist the business in determining next areas to focus audits.

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Sr. Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• This was a turnaround consulting assignment. I stepped in to manage the end to end testing of a new release of AstraZeneca’s Global Health Care Management system with 32 Global Digital Channel Applications (agile / scrum), responsible to coordinate and facilitate daily defect triage meetings with engineering, business and vender resources. Produced weekly executive status reports, defect reports and negotiated with the business and IT the schedule of defect remediation. Despite late deliverables, I took this one over the finish line.

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Phase I Infrastructure Service Transition Project from CSC Managed Services to IBM Managed Services for all Confidential Infrastructure Globally (+2,600 Servers) (agile / scrum). Phase II P2V was placed on hold due to Confidential ’s divestiture of the core manufacturing products.

Confidential, Trevose, PA

Sr. Manager

Responsibilities:

• Regular reporting responsibilities to CIO, CSO, CTO, GM’s, and Business Owners with budgetary responsibilities $14M+.
• Managed the tactical design of Corporate Infrastructure within Global Data Center and Regional Data Centers included design of networking, racks, power, cooling, hardware/software implementation and testing, security, identity management, backup and disaster recovery. Additionally my team handled all virtualization (P2V), data center moves and consolidations due to merger/acquisitions. Engaged Regional and Local IT Managers, Architects, Infrastructure Engineers & Venders (On/Off Shore).
• Spearheaded an Identity and Access Management Audit of Active Directory privileges across the organization.
• Led an upgrade project to deploy the newest version of Microsoft Active Directory to manage corporate IAM.
• Directly responsible for the Global Architecture, Design and Implementation of Exchange 2010 with migration of 15,000 users from Exchange 2003 as well as transition of 5,000 users to Office 365 & SharePoint (Cloud Services). I crafted the RFP, managed the vendor selection process, created the Project Charter, developed and managed 12 Project Plans and Engineering Run Books. I managed a core team (on/off shore) of 2 Architects, 9 engineers, and 100+Stakeholders. This project included sizing and building out all new hardware, including racks, storage, load balancers, switches and upgrade or new internet service to the data centers. This included service transition from my team to the supporting team, coordination and turn over to operations and deep integration product development of Travel Tracker Web Application. (agile / scrum / waterfall hybrid methodology).
• My Team was responsible for the Global Infrastructure which included gathering business requirements, designing and documenting rack, power, cooling, and elevation of new hardware within the Global Data Center including all MACD’s. My team performed the installation of all hardware and infrastructure software within the Global Data Center and within each of the Regional Data Centers where it related to the Corporate Infrastructure. I managed the assessment of Internet and Intranet connectivity and worked directly with Vender Partners such as Verizon and BHP to upgrade or install new service.
• My Team was responsible for the Global Infrastructure during merger and acquisitions. This including building traceability matrix to reduce redundancy across companies
• Additionally, I was a member of the ECAB (Enterprise Change Advisory Board) and worked closely with the CIO, GM’s each Regional CAB’s to coordinate changes.

Confidential, Pennington, NJ

PMO Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Applications Development and Delivery of the GWIM Mobile App iPhone iOS 4-5 (Mobile Check Deposit) to the planned release schedule within the standards of the PMO and the financial regulations. The application was delivered within scheduled release management, agile methodology. My responsibilities included leading: business requirements sessions, detailed systems requirement sessions, financial models compliance sessions, joint architecture and design (JAD) sessions including graphic modeling for the App. I managed eight business units work streams, (Mobile App Dev, Mobile App QA, Distributed Infra, Mainframe Infra, ML Business, BOA Business, Image capture, and Image Processing (3rd Party Venders)). Created and updated integrated project plans across all business units, preparing regular weekly status reports and communicating through portfolio management. (agile / scrum) Budget $5.5M.

Confidential, Philadelphia, Pa

EPMO Program Director

Responsibilities:

• As an EPMO Program Director, I was responsible for delivering Application Development Programs to the standards and methodologies of the EPMO, (Waterfall, Agile & Scrum). Including cross-platform alignment with multiple Business Units, Product Engineering, Product Development, Marketing, and Customer Care Centers. Managed the Application Development, Release Management and QA efforts of xfinity Mobile App Releases 2.0, 2.3, 2.5, 3.0, 3.0.1 & 3.02on iPhone, iPad, iTouch, and Android, within an agile / scrum methodology. Developed End to End Program Plans, weekly status to Sr. VP’s, Business Owners, Partners/Vendors and team members. Programs consist of 100+ Stakeholders. Budget $5M+.

Confidential, New York, NY

Global PMO Program Management

Responsibilities:

• Establish and develop service delivery projects to take on full data center operations for external clients who no longer wished to manage their own data centers.
• Manage numerous projects to migrate, design, and manage all aspects of computer operations.

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Global Project - Application upgrade and migration of Hyperion Financial Management System 9.2 to Hyperion Financial Management System 9.3 ($3.M).

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Sr. Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in redesign and deployment of Global Project Management Office, while managing Global IT Projects with budgets between $2M and $15M.
• Led a $15M Program to develop a proprietary Digital Rights and Identity/Access Management System (NETS) which included managing multiple vendors (IBM, SAP, Infosys), 12 Identity and Access Management Leads, and included the implementation of a Single-Sign-On (SSO) solution.
• Implementation of Applications: SAP Single Sign On, Manugestics to SAP APO, Hyperion 3.51 migration to Hyperion Financial Management System 9.3, Planview SME.

Confidential

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Service Delivery - Implementation Project Manager for CA Unicenter TND, TNG, Asset Management, Software Distribution, Release Management, Network Monitoring, Network Management, Security (Identity Management, Access Management, Web Security), Backup & Recovery (DRP, arcserve), Service Desk, Clarity for CA Clients located in North America and Europe.
• Commerce Bank - Implementation of Unicenter Network, Security (Siteminder - network and internet security) and Storage Management.
• Tommy Hilfiger - Implementation of Security Suite for monitoring of identity and access management and audit
• Sharp/AIG/BASF/BlueCross/Prudential/Jefferies - Unicenter TND, TNG implementations with Asset Management, Software Distribution and Release Management,

Confidential

Project Manager, Manager Technical Support, Lead Field Engineer/Pre-Sales Engineer

Responsibilities:

• As Technical Services Project Manager, delivered Application Implementation projects Based Technical Support Team, Led field engineering engagements pre and post sales