SUMMARY:

• Project Manager ~ Engineer
• IT Professional Results - driven management professional with over 25 years of experience within the project management, information technology and telecommunication industry.
• Experience includes managing projects and programs that involve new and/or complex technologies that are typically long-term and high-value.
• Extensive background in coordinating, integrating and managing multiple internal organizations as well as suppliers and vendors.
• Widespread knowledge with managing multiple projects and completing deliverables within the agreed upon timelines and within budget.
• Strong project management and IT experience in some of the following areas:
• Information System Management Enterprise Network Project Management
• Infrastructure Project Management Agile and Waterfall Project Management
• App/Dev Project Management SDLC Project Management
• Construction Project Management Network Security

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• I was the lead PM for Confidential ’s West Region (AV-TP) AV Telepresence project and my job was to project manage from implementation to closure the installation of various types of AV - TP systems (e.g., large screen monitors and audio equipment in conference rooms, training centers, auditoriums, banking centers and other locations for video conferencing)
• Based off the AV-TP scope of work, I would coordinate with my project team who included Global Real Estate, GMS Engineers, Corporate Network Engineers, vendors and other technical resources to design and install AV - TP systems
• I created project High Level Cost Estimates based off labor, material, equipment and manhours and presented to Global Real Estate for them to secure approval/denial in moving forward with the project
• Responsible for project financials (e.g., work orders, purchase orders account payable/receivable, vendor time and cost management)
• I was a PM for Confidential ’s (WTS) Workforce Technology Systems project and my responsibilities were to project manage (MER) Main Equipment Rooms and (TR) Telcom Rooms across the country and perform cable, power and various remediations within those rooms
• WTS remediation consisted of engineers and technicians working after business hours and performing cable and power management on specific switches/routers and re - patching cables in an organized manner to pass Confidential ’s strict MER/TR audits
• Various applications and databases I used to manage my AV - TP and WTS projects were: Clarity PPM, (WRM) Work Request Management, Oversite, IFET, GREDL Pro, Folder as a Service, SharePoint, Excel, and Word

Confidential, Columbus, Ohio

Sr. Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for implementation of Confidential EN 4 AVPN network which consisted of 13,400 sites, including project managing resources, ordering/provisioning of data and network equipment and final test and turn up
• Responsible for managing/meeting project deliverables and scheduled milestones. Examples of deliverables and milestones consisted of milestone completion dates, project completion reports and transition to life cycle
• Enterprise networking managed engineering, technical, networking and other resources during analysis and design, installation, testing and implementation of large-scale complex network systems which consisted of switches, routers, firewalls, servers and various databases and storage devices
• Managed network security procedures through the use of adding authentication credentials, IP and port assignments to switches, firewalls, routers and servers
• Managed App/Dev resources responsible for analyzing and developing software/applications to access Confidential Insurance enterprise network more easily and efficiently
• Responsible for delivering performance metrics (financials, actual vs budgets, weekly reports, etc.)
• Responsible for creating various communication management plans and reports consisting of status reports, progress measurement and forecasting reports, as well as project team meeting schedules and project team minute reports. Examples of the software used were Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Visio

Sr. Technical Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for end-to-end project and/or program management throughout the lifecycle of a project/program by directing the efforts of project/program team(s) using dotted-line authority to deliver a completed project and/or service
• Managed enterprise networking resources responsible for installing, monitoring, troubleshooting and correcting issues with large scale complex enterprise networks and mainframe systems. Examples include blade servers, routers, switches, databases, “SAN" storage devices, VPN and cloud base
• Managed resources and tasked with utilizing high level complex software and tools to perform analysis and routine daily maintenance on data center mainframes
• Helped create network security procedures through the use of adding authentication credentials, firewalls, routers, proxy servers
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) responsible for managing various projects in which our customer required specialize software/applications to access and run their apps and networks I managed the resources that planned, designed, implemented and tested the software
• Responsible for full accountability of managing concurrent high complexity projects and/or programs that spanned multiple regions, functions and/or business units
• Managed large project/program budgets and cost reporting. Acted as liaison with customer and Confidential & Confidential management by providing communication and status regarding the progress of the project/program.
• Identified risk and developed mitigation strategies
• Responsible for detailed planning that included project/program structure and staffing, estimating, resource allocation, detailed scheduling, and critical path analysis

Senior Project Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading multi-functional teams (Enterprise Network resources, Managers, Engineers, Technicians and Support Staff) that were internal as well as external (contractors and vendors)
• Responsible and accountable for managing concurrent high complexity projects and/or programs that spanned multiple regions, functions and/or business units
• Responsible for detailed planning, including project/program structure and staffing, estimating, resource allocation, detailed scheduling, critical path analysis, and negotiating any project conflicts
• Created, obtained approval for business case financials throughout project lifecycle
• Acted as liaison between customer and Confidential & Confidential management, providing communication and status as to the progress of the project/program
• Worked with project team to implement, plan, design and build network security process which entailed the use of authorization credentials, firewalls, routers and servers
• App/Dev responsible for working with resources to create, implement and deploy software/applications that allowed the State of Tennessee to access their network more quickly and efficiently

Senior Project Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creating databases that maintained/stored project documentations and included completed work orders, change orders, conversion schedules, circuit information and financial reports
• Assisted with scope verification and customer acceptance of the deliverables by working with Confidential & Confidential and State of Ohio personnel during the test verification processes
• Responsible for creating the conversion schedule and gathering the necessary staffing resources to complete the project.
• Created and implemented the project plan that would be used to manage this project
• Hosted weekly status meetings with engineers, project team members and senior management

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated and managed large numbers of install managers, engineers, technicians and third-party contractors over a 12-state region
• Monitored banking concerns and issues, mitigated crises through daily status meetings, and issued jeopardy notices to keep project on track
• Tracked, coordinated, and monitored the workloads for Confidential & Confidential employees, third party vendors/contractors, and Bank One employees for hardware conversion schedules