SUMMARY:

• Accomplished IT Project Manager with 12 years of experience managing large scale IT infrastructures and data - center projects across multiple platforms (i.e., Unix, Linux, Windows).
• Effectively initiate, plan, execute, monitoring and control, and closing IT infrastructure projects to consistently achieve business benefits in addition to high availability and performance.
• Proven ability to create and deliver solutions tied to business growth, organizational development and systems/network optimization. Skilled problem identifier and troubleshooter comfortable managing systems, projects and teams in a range of IT environments.
• Project manager ancillary skills / experience: Document Management, Project Collaboration, Reporting, Task Management, Budgeting, Issue Management, Project Portfolio Management, Resource Management, Time Tracking.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Installed and serviced Confidential POWER Systems, processors, memory chips, power supplies, video and sound cards, hard drives, USB mass storage devices, DVD drives, tape drives, scanners, modems, cameras and a variety of printers.
• Microsoft Office Suite, including Exchange Server and Outlook, Confidential, Macintosh applications, and variety of others.
• Some knowledge of web based languages such as html and JavaScript.
• Worked with various types of cloning software for PC and Mac based systems.
• MS Project.
• Windows (All Versions), Apple OS, Linux, Novell, Citrix.
• Confidential 4.3 thru 7.0, Confidential Virtual Server OS (VIOS).
• Ubuntu Linux 12.04.
• Network Installation Manager,(NIM), Tivoli Storage manager, sysback, mksysb and Legato backup software
• Log Me In, Go To Assist, VNC Technologies.
• Confidential LPAR technology and HMC console.
• Project Management subject matter expert.
• Working with C level executives to understand business needs.
• Formal Business Benefits Analysis resulting in technology efforts linked to business initiatives.
• Demonstrating successful communication with business executives to ensure technology initiatives are properly aligned with business goals.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Confidential

IT Consultant / Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provide for the planning and engineering of systems infrastructure.
• Implementation and design of hardware and software.
• Monitor and tune systems / applications for performance.
• Provide project leadership on migration to new platform.

Confidential

Producer Agent

Responsibilities:

• Performing needs analysis for individual Life Insurance (i.e., Final Protection and Mortgage Protection).
• Configuring a customer centric solution and delivering to the customer for acceptance.
• Completing all necessary applications and associated forms with attention to detail and submitting for underwriting.
• Completed all necessary education, passed the Michigan certification exam.

Confidential, Grand Rapids, MI

Systems Architect

Responsibilities:

• Project managed a large project to migrate from HP-UX to Confidential for a National Mortgage Lender, Led a 12 person team to coordinate all technical activities, managed the project schedule, evaluated project risks, and reported to management on project status. Through the course of the 18 month initiative, consistently identified and cleared roadblocks, assessed impacts to the schedule, and communicated to all stakeholders. Delivered the project on time and on budget..
• Facilitated the migration of a critical enterprise application for a global manufacturing and distribution company from a legacy, Confidential AS-400 environment to an open source Linux based environment. Served as primary project manager and system architect, successfully integrating the organization's high-level business goals with the most effective technology available at the time. Worked directly with the company senior management, including the Director of Marketing, and Director of Technology to draft a project scope and high-level project plan. Subsequently, worked closely with IT staff to breakdown the project into key component steps with measurable milestones. Kept communications consistent and flowing among the project members and served as a consultant on a large array of technology issues.
• Technical lead on a database initiative for a major university to determine OLTP vs DW requirements. Worked with a team of individuals from DBA’s to Business Analyst to determine proper workload definition and system sizing.
• Project managed a financial application selection and implementation for a US Automobile manufacturer. The business community was looking for detailed financial reporting tool which via a selection process SAS was selected as a bolt on application to the SAP infrastructure. Led the database team through requirements analysis, detailed database analysis, integration, and implementation. Successfully created Project Scope worked within Time, Cost, Quality restraints, to deliver and implement a solution.
• Project managed a benchmark initiative for a multi-state retail organization to identify and resolve performance based issues with their ERP system.
• Completed a ERP sizing project for a global manufacturer. Led the technology team through requirements analysis, detailed selection criteria, and implementation. Closed the project successfully in an accelerated time frame.
• Performed Fit for Purpose workshops to examine the wide range of considerations necessary to discuss in selecting a platform for given workloads and applications. This entailed working with cross functional teams to determine factors such as Time Horizon, ISV Support, Nonfunctional Requirements, Geographical Considerations, Strategic Direction and Standards, TCO Model, Skills, Politics, Platform Architecture, Technology Adoption Level, and Deployment Model. These workshops encompassed successful interaction with the Director of Technology to Application End Users.
• Led a multi year project to move a SAP Infrastructure running on SUN hardware and Solaris to Confidential POWER and Confidential . This endavor encompassed working with executive level personell to plan a project that incorporated detailed migration and sizing issues. Managed a team of remote systems administrators and local teams to initiate, plan, execute, monitor / control, and close to a successful end within time frame and on budget.
• Led a project to consolidate and migrate several Confidential servers to fewer servers, this included understanding the business impact of each server and their associated applications, substantial planning and coordinating of efforts across organizational lines.
• Sizing and implementations skills include Oracle/EBS, JDA, JDE, SAP, and other MRP packages.

Confidential, Grand Rapids, MI

Systems Architect

Responsibilities:

• Provide support and implementation of Sequent NUMA based systems (i.e.,Non Uniform Memory Architecture) and other Unix Technologies.
• Implemented a Business Information Warehouse for a major furniture vendor in West Michigan.

Confidential, Grand Rapids, MI

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provide support and implementation of Confidential Servers and other Unix Technologies.
• Confidential certification Solaris 9,10, Operating Systems, Redhat Linux, Storage Area Network Fundamental certifications.
• A excellent technical background and understanding in areas of Storage Area Networks, Clustering Technologies, LAN and WAN networking, and Mission Critical Unix Servers.
• Excellent incident, problem resolution, training, mentoring, time management, written and oral communication skills.
• Provide quality engineering services for the implementation and support of Confidential Servers and Solaris, Symantec Netbackup, Storage Foundation and Clusters Technologies, Storage Area Networks based on Confidential, Hitachi, EMC and NETApps technologies.

Confidential, Teradata Grand Rapids, MI

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provide support and implementation of Confidential Point of Sale Servers and other retail instore applications.
• Author individual solutions for a Confidential . retail operation.
• Worked as an instructor at corporate HQ’s teaching solutions I developed. Multiple Certifications.
• Over 200 hours of professional education with a focus on Confidential, project management, systems management, TCP/IP and multi vendor networking.
• Experience with UNIX, Linux, Windows, TCPIP, Tivoli Storage Manager, HP, Openview Measureware, Legato Networker, Confidential POS.
• Confidential Virtualization, VMware Virtualization. Linux Certification.
• Confidential Certified Professional.