SUMMARY:

Senior professional with over 15+ years of experience in IT and in Project Management, in multinational / multilingual corporate environments. Managed projects or programs and cross - functional teams in different geographical locations

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage IT infrastructure projects (telecom, voice analytics, servers, networks, security and other).
• Develop IT solutions for disaster recovery, to support present and future business continuity plans.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Prepared budgets, plans, estimates, risk assessments and cost/benefit analysis for C-level audiences.
• Reviewed and prepared project related plans, technical diagrams, as well as solution designs.
• Managed the design / deployment of customer-facing airport / airline related solutions and systems.
• Managed Datacenter infrastructure deployments/moves including servers, network hardware, Wi-Fi, copper/fiber cabling, LAN/WAN, UPS systems, cloud solutions & voice/data communications.
• Managed the deployment of IT infrastructure needed by mobile and other home-grown applications that had dependencies or interactions with database platforms and mainframe-based legacy systems.
• Managed projects to support home-grown applications (SDLC / Agile) and needed IT infrastructure.
• Managed IT staff, other PMs, contractors, service providers, plus related procurement and contracts.
• Worked on PMO process improvement (creation of documents, forms templates and other).

Confidential, Houston, TX

Global IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed IT project budget estimates of up to $3.8 Million dollars, performed benefit / risk analysis and provided weekly status reports to sponsors, managers, key stakeholders and C-level executives.
• Managed the build-out of IT-Rooms / Data-Centers and Confidential / Confidential in new or existing facilities like office buildings, gas plants, oil-fields, rigs, shore-bases, trailer office units, man camps, etc.
• Managed IT infrastructure projects that included servers, copper/fiber cabling, UPS, electrical wiring & grounding, racks/cabinets, network equipment (LAN/WAN), wireless towers, Wi-Fi, Confidential phone systems, security systems, as well as plant automation, monitoring & control.
• Organized and conducted physical and virtual/remote project team meetings, as well as multi-party video/conference calls covering different geographical locations 
• Reviewed, modified and created PMO related documentation (process diagrams, documentation and templates) to be used by project managers, cross-functional team members and other resources.
• On average managed about 20 concurrent projects of all sizes and at different stages / phases.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Global IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Mostly related to business office/shop/plant build-outs, remodels or expansions and related to the integration of the “ Confidential ” merger (while following Confidential Standards).
• Managed the design and build-out of Data-Centers, IT-rooms, Confidential, Confidential, AV and control Rooms.
• Managed the design/upgrade/deployment of IT infrastructure in industrial sites, camps and office facilities including: servers, network gear & cabling, LAN/WAN, UPS & electrical wiring/grounding, voice/data, circuits, phones/communications, raised floors and security systems.
• Saved the Confidential over $500,000 by carefully validating project requirements, re-defining the project scope to better match business needs and by carefully auditing vendor proposals and invoices.
• Analyzed and reviewed business requirements, proposed solution designs, requested/reviewed vendor quotes (in English, Spanish and Portuguese), developed budget estimates for AFE approval.
• Performed cost/benefit and risk analysis, prepared presentations/reports (in English and in Spanish, as required) for sponsors, stakeholders and C-level executives in different geographical locations.
• Reviewed, negotiated and approved vendor contracts, service agreements, expenditures/procurement, as well as proposals; both domestically (USA) and internationally (Latin-America).
• On average managed about 18 concurrent projects of all sizes and at different stages / phases.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Program / Project manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed programs/projects and 14 Project Managers for Confidential ’s Clients in Latin-America.
• Requested vendor proposals, conducted bid processes and recommend the best options or bidders.

Confidential

Program / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed, budgeted and managed a $10M+ project, to build a family-home subdivision.
• Managed contractors, suppliers, service providers, builders and two other project managers.

Confidential

IT Operations Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed IT staff and PMs, as well as contractors, service providers, and their related contracts.
• Managed IT infrastructure deployment / upgrade projects in a refinery and other similar environments.
• Managed IT infrastructure projects that covered servers, network hardware, copper/fiber cabling, electrical wiring, UPS, Wi-Fi, voice/data communications (LAN/WAN), and security systems.
• Managed IT projects, like the construction/upgrade of all of Repsol’s Data-Centers in the region.
• Developed / implemented components of Repsol’s regional “Disaster Recovery Plan” and Hot-Site.
• Managed Repsol’s migration from a Confidential (phone system) to a Confidential Call Manager (VoIP) solution.

Confidential, Houston, Texas

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed IT infrastructure projects (networking, cabling, communications, security, server and other)
• Worked with a large team in charge of merging the global Chevron and Texaco networks.

Confidential, Houston, TX

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Regional and global project management (budgeting, planning, implementing and documenting).
• Managed projects to deploy new or upgrade existing IT infrastructure and related systems/services.

Confidential, Houston, TX

IT Operations Manager & Help-Desk Manager

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed the Data-Center relocation (project) to the new corporate office building.
• Managed migrations, upgrades & decommissions of servers and networks (LAN/WAN).