SUMMARY:

• A PMO Lead with a progressive history of steering the development and implementation of Project Management Offices across oil and gas organizations.
• Consummate, dedicated Project Management and Information Technology professional with a 15+ year track record of exceptional performance and effective leadership across IT and Business Units, with a focus on enhancing project operations through standardization and efficiency and managing project portfolios.
• PMI trained and applied experience in Stage Gate, Agile, Scrum, and CPDEP methodologies. Proven performance in accurately scoping, planning, coordinating, and implementing complex IT and business solutions in an efficient and cost - effective manner.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Project Management
• Portfolio Management
• Process and Performance Improvements
• Project Governance Vendor Management
• Executive Reporting, Dashboards and Metrics
• Team Leadership
• Customer Engagement
• Oil and Gas

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Houston, TX

IT PROJECT MANAGER

• Development of Noble Energy’s Project Portfolio and Resource Management function for the IT organization. Performed a full assessment of Noble’s Project Portfolio Management (PPM) process, including maturity level assessments, requirements gathering, process review, and reporting needs. Identify management needs and develop KPI’s required for executive and management reporting. In corporate requirements, maturity level assessments, process improvement, and staff engagement into the overall Project Portfolio Management (PPM) process.
• Facilitate monthly IT Portfolio Review meetings with IT leadership to review portfolio of projects and determine resource availability, as well as quarterly Review Board meetings with executive level management to prioritize portfolio. Utilize Oracle’s Primavera 6 and Primavera Portfolio Management suite to manage the portfolio and project management function.
• Managed the integration of Rosetta Resources and Noble Energy application landscape and infrastructure post acquisition. Major accomplishments include remediation and decommissioning of legacy applications and relocation of the Rosetta data center to Noble’s data center.

SENIOR STAFF IT PORTFOLIO ANALYST

• Developed and executed portfolio strategies encompassing more than $20M in projects. Increased management visibility into the project portfolio and potential business impacts by standardizing reporting and project management processes.
• Facilitated weekly review of project portfolio with IT management to track project status, budget, and identify project roadblocks. Created dashboards to provide project metrics, budget forecasts, actual spend, key project risks and issues, and tracking of change requests.
• Developed internal project processes, standardized project documentation, and created consultant onboarding procedures for the IT PMO.
• Managed operations personnel within the Infrastructure team, including change management procedures, resource planning, maintenance renewals, vendor management, contract negotiations, and budget planning.
• Project management of all IT related projects, including infrastructure, applications, service desk, facility build outs, auditorium and conference room Audio/Visual, and business operations projects.
• High profile projects include: Primary data center build out, DR data center move, Enterprise Cyber Security Program, and corporate office build out.
• Project management of SCADA applications: Cygnet and Flow-Cal implementation and Control Room build out.
• Project management of E&P Operations applications: TOW and Open Wells implementation.

Confidential, Houston, TX

IT PROJECT MANAGER

• Managed complete implementation of data storage system from initiation through close, resulting in a cost savings of $3.6M. Managed migration of all data from EMC to NetApp in a metro cluster design.
• Responsible for managing IT related projects, including Infrastructure (server, storage, network, VoIP), Applications, and facility related projects. Significant projects include SCCM deployment, SharePoint 2010, PGP implementation, Contact Center, and remote site Cisco VoIP implementations.
• Management of Global Disaster Recovery (DR) project, including site assessments, gap analysis, phased DR testing, and creating mediation plans to achieve site readiness in case of a DR event, utilizing Continuity 2.
• Experienced in vendor management, negotiating existing and new WAN circuit contracts with TW Confidential . Managed migration of remote site Point-to-Point circuits to MPLS circuits.
• Responsible for office space build outs, including creation of new IDFs, LAN/WAN connectivity, cabling, user moves, and support. Worked closely with construction vendors to plan building and IT infrastructure.

Confidential, Houston, TX

PROJECT MANAGER, IT OPERATIONS

• Prepare service and cost analysis for circuit requests of North American offices
• Manage the North American deployment of Microsoft Office 2007 (1000+ users)

Confidential, Houston, TX

IT PROJECT MANAGER

• Managed all aspects of Asset Refresh to deploy 2000+ machines to end users; managed budget of over $4M, resource allocation, planning, execution, and project closure.
• Managed the IT infrastructure build out for new administrative buildings at multiple U.S. refinery locations. Presented all network design documents to Shell Steering Team for collaboration and approval, and procured all network equipment necessary for building connectivity. Included a Data Center build-out and relocation of the server farm from the previous admin building. Required a high level of planning and coordination among CSC, Shell, and remote resources due to planned outages and refinery downtime.
• Responsible for full life cycle of all projects, including initiating contact with the customer, determine project scope, creating SOW’s, resource/cost/time management, execution, monitoring, and closing of all projects.
• Resource manager for all PMO technical resources; process all resource requests from PM’s and technical managers to develop/track a resource availability database to ensure all resources are 100% billable.
• Financial responsibilities include year-end accruals, budget reconciliations, active spend dollars, budget forecasting for upcoming year’s projects, and resource development and allocation.

Confidential, Houston, TX

DEPLOYMENT OPERATION DESIGN TEAM

• Interface with IM design teams to develop processes for infrastructure and desktop deployments.
• Work within a cross functional team to gather and verify various deployment processes, server build procedures, and conduct meetings to review deployment processes.
• Determine readiness of processes for pilots and full deployment schedules.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Confidential

• Brought in to manage Windows XP deployment in Balikpapan, Indonesia - three month assignment; implemented process controls for data migration team, scheduling, backend teams, and issue resolution. Coordinated with international team to schedule exchange migrations, ID activations/migrations, and server upgrades.
• Facilitate daily meetings with project team, maintained logs of project related issues, and prepared weekly status reports to PMO team for progress tracking and updates.

TEAM LEAD

Confidential, Houston, TX

• Responsible for interviewing, hiring, and managing team of 30+ contractors utilized for Confidential ’s GIL2 deployment. Managed resource scheduling, timesheets, issues, and general resource management.
• Managed the data migration team for Windows XP deployments in the Houston area for ChevronTexaco/Unocal merger (5000+ users)
• Interacted with OPCO coordinators to develop deployment strategies and identify unique end users. Assisted in the development of project plan, budget tracking/forecasting, and evaluation of project issues/risks.
• Team lead for remote team performing data migrations and deployments of Windows XP desktops throughout North America; documented issues and lessons learned throughout duration of deployments for look backs.