SUMMARY:

• I am an accomplished and results - driven professional with extensive experience managing large-scale global IT t ransformations and migration projects.
• For over 20 years, I have successfully completed small and large projects and lead globally diverse teams to solve project issues that maximised profit/revenue, while meeting hard deadlines.
• I am known for hard work, discipline and possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills to achieve challenging project goals.
• Project management for one or more projects, Azure solutions architect, Azure DevOps, SharePoint Online design and build, Windows and Linux migrations, Umbraco CMS, Jira, MS SQL and Oracle migrations, system and hardware upgrades/refreshes, networking, Citrix, storage migrations, firewalls, load balancers, security, P2V, V2V, like-for-like migrations, VMware, Hyper-V, HLD/LLDs.
• I have good stakeholder relationships, can make professional presentations and workshops, am a good team leader and team member, proactive, and disciplined.
• I have initiative and take ownership of issues, have experience in change management, knowledgeable with PRINCE2, PMP and ITIL.
• I am very much solution-oriented and have a can-do attitude. I work well with third-party vendors.
• Migrated systems, databases, and web sites from old hosting company to Microsoft Azure, complete architectural design for new 3-tier platform. Implemented advanced network security using Azure vNet ‘whitelists’ and management jump stations. Began implementing system hardening design throughout dev, test, and production platforms.
• Migrated a few dozen petabytes from NetApp storage to EMC arrays, improved runbooks, decreased the preparation time to migrations from weeks to days, created a global reporting form for all sites
• During a 6,000+ system migration, I improved the migration process documentation, decreased system build time from 6-weeks to 5 days, improved and standardised the migration and runbook documents, which led to 100% migration success rate for all 1,000+ Linux and oracle servers
• In 6 months, I designed and built a complete European trading platform, covering SWX Swiss Exchange, Virt-X, Xetra, and Eurex derivatives. This infrastructure based on Windows Server 2003, covered 400+ Citrix servers running in 6 locations, covering 3 trading floors for 350+ equity and bond traders in Zurich, Gen ève, and Lugano.

EXPERTISE AREA:

• Systems & Infrastructure Migration
• Operations Management
• Project Governance & Control Strategic Planning & Execution
• Team Building & Leadership
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation
• Infrastructure Development
• Cross - Team Collaboration
• Systems Implementation

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES:

Protocols: Very familiar with agile and waterfall methodologies, experience with PMP, Prince2 and ITIL processes.

Operating Systems / Software: Windows NT, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008/R2, Windows Server 2012/R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows 8, Windows 10. Oracle Exadata, Oracle database, MS SQL servers, Citrix servers.

Hardware: IBM mainframe, IBM PCs, Dell, Compaq, Oracle Exadata, EMC arrays, NetApp storage

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Holding the responsibility for designing, building, and installing company on-premise infrastructure and connecting to Microsoft Azure cloud subscription. Pivotal in migrating Windows server 2008/R2, Windows Server 2012/R2 to Windows Server 2016/2019.
• Completed the migration of systems and databases from old hosting company to Microsoft Azure, implementing Office 365 for company employees and externals, created security groups, and managed the SharePoint build.
• Managed significant challenges associated with the installation of basic company servers, including System Center 2016, SQL Servers, Dynamics CRM and Reporting servers, application servers, Azure communication servers, Veeam backup, and monitoring systems. Create and implement wide-ranging migration plan for current Windows Server 2008/R2, Windows Server 2012/R2, and Windows Server 2016 servers to Azure.

Confidential

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed a small team of discovery and data analysis experts as well as Oracle, MS SQL DBAs, and Linux/Windows engineers to streamline migration process of few dozen Petabytes of storage data from old NetApp filers to new EMC arrays.
• Conceptualised and implemented comprehensive three-year migration plan to minimise risks inherent in a data migration project.
• Spearheaded overall aspects of vFiler discovery, data analysis, new array preparation and build, array networking, and change requests.
• Developed and maintained effective communication with customer by conducting regular meetings and workshops.

Confidential

Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Steered efforts towards instalment and configuration of Visual Studio Team Server connection and creating a small devops capability.
• Originated a testing programme for Windows Server 2019 by switching the Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V hosts through migration of almost 100 servers; a mix of Windows Server 2008/R2, 2012/R2, and 2016.
• Built on-premise Azure server migration pilots to produce the required outcomes, comprising Microsoft SharePoint 2016, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016, Microsoft Windows Deployment Server 2012, Microsoft System Center 2016, and Microsoft SQL Server 2016.

Confidential

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Directed and organised Linux admins, Oracle DBAs, networking and storage teams, and the server build team to migrate Linux applications and Oracle database servers for Tier-1 gas and oil international client.
• Completed and aligned processes for asset discovery, preparation, server build, networking, and firewall changes.
• Enhanced the operational efficiency of all migration processes, procedures, and documentation.
• Led migration team to complete over 1,000 Linux and Oracle systems within time and budgetary restraints and reshaped migration cookbooks, project plans, runbooks, and communications that improved customer experience.
• Contributed to the successful migration of Oracle databases and achieved 100% success rate and no roll-backs.
• Significantly increased the migration performance and productivity through the instigation of new migration methods (the X-Motions).

Confidential

Interim Programme Manager

Responsibilities:

• As temporary coverage, I improved proposal and ensured the accuracy of the contract’s technical points through the collaboration with bid team.
• Initiated and managed resource search process to define PM and technical resources requirement and implication.
• Originated programme budgeting and forecasting process through evaluating financial information.
• Monitored and ensured improvements of virtual platform descriptions and X2V migration process documentation.

Confidential

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led a team of eight personnel based in Europe and Asia, managed global verification and decommissioning of servers, and administered disposal of other hardware infrastructure globally while designating as Global Decomm Manager.
• Governed team to align all infrastructure handover changes for the project and managed infrastructure CMDB changes and organisation and integrity of the CMDB.
• Strategically positioned as main point of contact to client for meeting decommissioning requirements while serving as Handover Change Manager.
• Migrated the region AMEC, and some in EMEA, covering Wintel and Linux application servers, SQL Server, and Oracle database servers.
• Attained promotion to project manager and thoroughly redeveloped the migrations teams to increase success rates, dwindled migration times, and rationalised overall migration process.
• Consolidated migration teams from 6 to 3, one for each region, and improved processes and communications which lead to a +100% increase in migration completions.