SUMMARY:

• A certified IT Management Professional (PMP / CSM) with over 15 years of experience in project management, systems integration, test engineering and consolidation of complex multi - platform systems.
• Brings a proven background in building technical teams for your organization to fulfill targeted project needs as well as long-term enterprise goals within schedule and budget.
• Offers strong strategic analysis and team leadership in multi-cultural work environments, excelling at developing collaborative professional teams that enable DevOps continuous delivery models.
• Provides extensive hands-on project management experience in planning, personnel hiring and supervision, execution, monitoring and resource balancing skills along with the ability to support multiple simultaneous projects in a matrix organizational structure.
• Very strong experience working with PMO to implement and support standards and compliance activities.

TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS:

Project Management: CA PPM, SharePoint, Clarity, KnowledgeLink

Languages: C/C++, Java, SQL, PL/SQL.

Databases: Sybase, Informix, Oracle, SQL Server and MS Access

Browsers: Internet Explorer (IE), Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Safari.

Operating Systems: HP UNIX, Solaris, LINUX, AIX, Windows 7, 10

Tools: HP Quality Center, LoadRunner, QTP, Selenium, Clear Quest

Productivity Packages: MS Word, MS Outlook, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio

DevOps/Version Control: PVCS, Rational Clear Case, IBM CMVC, Ansible, Jira

Standards: ISO 9000 family, CMMI, Lean Six Sigma, TQM/CI, CPI, Agile

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Manassas, VA

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed enterprise wide projects enhancing applications and operations security
• Deployed SMARTS enhanced security monitoring system.
• Centralized notifications and logs from fault, event and intrusion monitoring systems
• Produced system health analysis across production operations
• Migrated platform onto RHEL VM systems
• Eliminated the use of insecure protocols across production operations
• Replaced the use of all insecure remote commands with secure versions
• Replaced all insecure file transfer protocols with IBFT or SSH using PK authorization
• Eliminated all physical interfaces (external storage, USB, etc…)
• Reduced the use of root access by applications and users
• Enhanced malware and intrusion detection monitors across the enterprise
• Implemented a new, centralized IP management system
• Applied Infoblox COTS product to the production operations environment
• Conducted extensive intrusion tests verifying security with external and internal penetration tests
• Supported Agile S/W development environment - ensured that: daily stand-ups were conducted effectively, backlogs were appropriately prioritized, sprints were right-sized in content and duration, iterative testing was aligned with sprint schedule and that we enjoyed consensus with the product manager.
• Applied DevOps principles as we drew active participation from all groups from business analysis to operations for all deliverables from requirements to steady state operations.

Confidential, Tysons, VA

SDLC Process Architect

Responsibilities:

• Executive Manager providing product delivery process reengineering services.
• Provided actionable solutions to reduce time to market of new releases and reduce customer exposure to defects
• Performed root cause analysis of schedule performance hurdles
• Redesigned communications to engage test team and subject matter experts simultaneously with development
• Designed and implemented controlled development and test environments
• Assessed issues within quality assurance and test team
• Selected and introduced test automation tools.
• Directed and developed new methods for test data development
• Provided ongoing team management including team building and personnel conflict resolution efforts
• Established project best practices, tracking, audit and reporting methods
• Implemented Agile methodology to S/W development and test activities.

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

Principal, Technology

Responsibilities:

• Principal consultant providing IT management services and process improvement guidance to senior executives.
• Assessed issues within SEPTA test team and provided actionable solutions
• Performed root cause analysis of schedule performance hurdles
• Isolated schedule performance issues and solution options
• Recommended a new test approach that reduced time to market and improved quality metrics
• Quantified schedule benefits of concurrent testing
• Demonstrated recommended test methodology to compress test schedule
• Crafted solutions to test life cycle process mitigating risk to schedule slippage

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Senior Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Integrate data and functionality multiple athletic programs across 12 participating schools
• Improve the scheduling of games, practice fields, and meetings
• Maintain equipment inventory across the conference
• Athletic programs support 500 male and female athletes
• Programs support 20 sports
• Industrial systems development ( ) - Project Manager and Principal Research Engineer in new product development. Successfully prosecuted patent applications resulting in the award of two US Patents.
• Successfully executed multiple international drier rectification and metallization contracts throughout Latin America and Asia
• Author and principal contributor of new patent application for Yankee drier innovation
• Principal liaison with Confidential Office successfully petitioning two US Patents granted in 2007 and 2010

Confidential, Glenn Allen, VA

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Systems Integration - Project involved the integration of acquired Confidential credit card division into Confidential systems
• Successfully managed the integration of over a dozen distributed sites, 8000 employees and their supporting workstations, networks, applications, application servers, databases and infrastructure
• Successfully deploy standard COF Win XP and Win 7 desktops under budget and within schedule
• Supported SCCM software delivery and desktop management systems
• Mapped infrastructure and application groupings, and external interfaces for security vulnerability
• Prepared and maintained migration project plans and detailed execution plans within an Agile environment
• Developed and maintained dependency matrices and resolved migration conflicts
• Worked intimately with PMO to promote, maintain and adhere to industry standards and best practices
• Leveraged a sophisticated PMO tracking and compliance processes using Clarity to keep projects on track
• Successfully managed activities of highly distributed teams spanning sites in New York, Atlanta, Chicago and Las Vegas

Confidential, Washington, DC

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Data Center Migration - Certified the successful migration of Confidential ’s critical revenue, marketing and product development systems involving over 300 applications, 4000 servers and a mainframe system from one data center to two new and distinct outsourced data centers five hundred miles apart.
• Major accomplishment in not having a single production rollback
• Successfully held provider to contract via performance requirements and metrics
• Intimately involved in documenting infrastructure and application groupings, application and database clusters, internal communications infrastructure, and external interface security
• Prepared detailed migration project plans and execution scripts
• Developed and maintained dependency matrices and resolved migration dependencies
• Established data center relocation equipment baseline
• Evaluated migration methodology options and security features
• Determined optimal migration schedules based on critical business needs and tracked migration milestones
• Assembled an integration and test team to help lead multiple application teams to prepare and execute certification tests for over 300 system environment migrations and site security breach
• Managed resource allocation and implemented standard processes and documentation across data Center migration waves
• Reservation System Next Generation (RES NG) program - Provided standardized certification testing by assembling a central QA team in a matrix structure serving multiple concurrent complex projects.
• Certified the successful implementation of a series of projects that replaced obsolete technology an upgraded underlying security infrastructure
• Transformed the 40 year old code base of the aging Confidential reservation system into Web app with mobile
• Assembled a staff of 10 in matrix structure and assign teams to projects to certify code and infrastructure changes
• Implemented automated execution and reporting processes using HP Quality Center, QTP, LoadRunner and SharePoint
• Managed test and integration efforts for multiple concurrent projects including functional and performance testing
• Determined risks to mission critical deliverables and developed mitigation strategies
• Coached/trained project leaders to adhere to established QA and Testing processes and procedures including ISO, CMMi and Six Sigma standards
• Designed certification methodology and assessed the status and viability of test and integration efforts for multiple concurrent projects

Confidential, Washington, DC and Herndon, VA

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed certifying the reengineering and integration of approximately 70 DOS based financial applications into 20 web based java applications over the course of 9 years.
• Deployed a new data center to centralized distributed client data
• Migrated from local desktop application instances to unique web based applications
• Applications comprised Loan Acquisition, Delivery and Servicing; and Financial Reporting systems
• Conducted cost/benefit analysis
• Developed critical project plans and ensured successful delivery of milestones
• Coordinated with Development, Environment Support, Quality Assurance, and Business User groups
• Implemented root cause analysis and issue resolution processes
• Created methods and procedures for implementing plans and schedules based on iterative development techniques
• Managed large-scale system integration and test efforts involving dozens of interfacing systems including client servers, mainframes and central database applications built on both Oracle and Sybase systems.
• Managed implementation of new database system to absorb all client data along with required enhanced security.
• Supervised work product of the Quality Assurance and Test team including functional, user acceptance, regression and performance test cases and execution using both manual and automated test tools
• Determined technical requirements to migrate from legacy DOS based user applications to a Web based applications built on Java
• Involved in analysis of new features to determine scope, services, project management plans and release plans
• Managed activities associated with environment preparation and maintenance
• Directed and developed new methods for complex test data development using automation tools, thereby reducing cost and schedule by 90%
• Managed and conducted defect and dependency tracking and defect resolution activities
• Prepared, progress and final reports and presentation to upper management and stakeholders.
• Developed a QA team that began with 4 members working with one development team, to a 40+ member, enterprise wide organization.
• Created job description and hiring requirements for multiple positions
• Assembled and led interviewing panels
• Provided ongoing team management including team building and personnel conflict resolution efforts
• Established project best practices, tracking, audit and reporting methods
• Implemented test automation tools
• Project Manager and Subject Matter Expert for Enterprise QA Process Centralization effort.
• Developed Project Management Center of Excellence using SharePoint