SUMMARY:

• Innovative and versatile professional with extensive information technology experience in program management, project management, and project engineering.
• Analytical strategist skilled in implementing processes that enhance organizational initiatives and deliver significant returns.
• Collaborative communicator focused on building productive solutions to advanced challenges and designing new systems to advance overall performance capabilities.
• Proven record of leading projects within Information Systems, Telecommunications, Customer Service, and Data Center environments from inception through completion.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE:

• Strategic Planning & Analysis
• Platform Architecture & Deployment
• Platform Engineering
• Budget Administration
• Network Engineering
• Project Management
• System Scalability Planning
• Vendor Management
• Contracts & Licensing
• New Process Implementation
• Employing Training & Leadership
• Problem Solving & Resolution

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Reston, VA

Infrastructure Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage IT network infrastructure projects within the Enterprise Applications and Infrastructure Engineering portfolios.
• Work with teams across technical architecture, network engineering and network operations to ensure timely project delivery.
• Focus on team’s business objectives and track project progress to ensure milestones are completed on time, on budget and with the desired results.
• Engage with vendors to negotiate, analyze and submit the purchase requests for the project.
• Manage day to day project activity to deliver a large Network infrastructure upgrade project critical to the core operation. The project will replace over 36 physical load balancers, Core Cisco infrastructure, Proxy servers and VPN devices.
• Manage the uplift of Data protection and activity monitoring product, Guardium from Confidential and perform proof of concept with Imperva monitoring. The project will upgrade the current version on 250 production database servers and expand the installed base to over 750 non - production database servers.

Confidential, Washington, DC

IT Infrastructure Team Lead/ Manager

Responsibilities:

• Orchestrated the planning and execution of a wide range of information technology functions across five locations.
• Administered a $12M annual operating budget for IT procurement and over 30 major projects.
• Collaborated with business leaders to identify and develop solutions to advanced technology challenges.
• Conducted the training and evaluation of over 25 technology professionals with strict adherence to development and organizational standards.
• Steered the direction of the Data Center Management, System Engineering, Network Administration, Service Desk and Telecommunication activities.
• Delivered over $100K in annual licensing costs and improved user productivity through the replacement of traditional Confidential to Confidential with Confidential ’s Skype for Business.
• Increased email usability, efficiency and cost-effectiveness by replacing an outdated email communication system from Novell GroupWise to Office 365.
• Devised internal processes and strategies to ensure seamless functioning across all systems and applications.
• Coordinated the logistics of the Data Center Creation Project with an emphasis on maintain overall productivity and preventing downtime.
• Directed the migration from over 100 physical servers to over 300 virtualized server environment to comply with the corporation green initiative.
• Managed all IT software contracts and licensing with a focus on the research, evaluation and installation of all equipment, IPS/IDS, and Firewall equipment
• Implemented the DR environment at the institution’s remote campus for cold recovery of the mission critical applications and backups.
• Pushed the upgrading of the three Life-cycle replacement of networking equipment including 3Com to Extreme, Extreme to HP Procurve’s, HP Procurve Core to Cisco Nexus, and Catalyst.
• Cultivated productive vendor and client relationships with positive interactions regarding evaluations, proof of concepts, and hardware/software contract negotiations.

Senior Network Engineer & Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Distinguished as the architect and engineer of the new security infrastructure by replacing single instance Checkpoint firewall by implementing Juniper SRX-1400 firewalls in a redundant and clustered environment within the corporate headquarters as well as Juniper SRX-240s for four other sites and SonicWALL at remote locations.
• Executed the vSphere deployment of Virtual Server and Virtual Desktop Environment utilizing VMWare technologies and the testing and verification of emerging technologies including Hyper-V.
• Facilitated the quick deployment of corporate applications for internal and remote users with a Citrix environment and led the team in implementing NetScalers for user secure connectivity.
• Strategized the deployment of ChangeGear as a resolution for Service Desk Management and Change Management solution.
• Originated the installation of the Sophos web proxy server and upgrade to Confidential ’s Web Gateway.
• Established the structure for the email project and installation of the Confidential ’s security appliance for virus and malware protection which utilized Confidential ’s Appliance.