SUMMARY:

• Experienced IT Program Manager adept at infrastructure project management with emphasis on Cyber security, Risk, Compliance, Cloud, Migration, and Data Center Consolidation.
• Dedicated to improving business operations and cutting costs by implementing high - quality tech solutions to Confidential 500 companies, financial institutions, and governmental agencies.
• Multiple data center upgrade and migration projects: Greenfield, Co-Location, and Cloud (Azure & AWS) for large corporations.
• Risk, Governance and Compliance, (NIST, ISO 2700X, SANS, SOC) Security vulnerability testing, risk mitigation, for major corporations.
• Performed Global/Enterprise wide Risk Assessment and Implemented BCP
• Uninterrupted information access and prevented data loss at the Confidential & Confidential facility in Japan during the tsunami and nuclear disaster of March 2011
• Implemented a resilient IT network for the Confidential
• Police/Emergency response network and communication systems continued operating despite a regional power outage and submersion of the primary data center in seawater during Hurricane Sandy. Thus preventing looting and crime uptick during the crisis.
• Syndromic Surveillance Systems for early detection of Bio-Agent attacks

PROFICIENCIES:

Infrastructure Project Mgmt., Cyber securitu,Agile, Scrum, PI planning, Enterprise risk Analysis, Third-Party Risk Management, Vendor Management, Proxy server, Cloud Computing, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, Governance and Compliance, ITIL, Waterfall, SCRUM, SDLC and EPMO, Global IT Management, Vendor Negotiations, Business Impact Analysis, Jira, Process Improvement, Data Center Build, Vulnerability Testing, System & Application Upgrade, Migration & Virtualization, Risk Management, IDS/IPS implementation and upgrade, IBM Stealth Watch implementation, Firewall implementation, Load balancer upgrade.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Program Manager - Security, Disaster and Compliance

Responsibilities:

• Reevaluated the current BCP environment fast approaching its End or Life (EOL).
• Recommended a state of the art solution and worked with industry experts to replace and migrate from the legacy environment to a state of the art BCP system prior to its (EOL).
• Data Center Migration to the Cloud (AWS) and to a CO Location.
• Application mapping and tiering.
• Risk analysis, Vendor negotiation and management. SOP development and program documentation.
• Utilized Industry standards/guidelines like Confidential and ISO2700 for compliance.
• Successful replacement of a legacy BCP environment to an ultra modern one reducing RPO/RTO from hours to seconds.

Confidential, Mount Laurel, New Jersey

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed KPI metrics for the Data Center Engineering unit and all projects in the data centers enterprise wide.
• Managed several complex and interrelated projects: Replace EOL and legacy firewalls, routers and load balancers in all data centers across the US.
• Swing migration from one Data Center to a new build.
• Application migration to the cloud (AWS).
• Integrate networks and data centers of acquired companies into the Confidential IT network and bring them up to standard.

Confidential, Jackson, New Jersey

Cyber Security Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed multiple infrastructure projects to improve productivity, enhance security while ensuring the IT systems comply with industry standards.
• Projects include Risk analysis and mitigation, Data Center migration to the cloud (Azure), Consolidation, Cloud Tiering Backups, Web Application upgrades, Systems upgrade like EMC Data Domain, Oracle Databases etc. Decommission and replace obsolete equipment. O365 migration, enable business continuity through cloud backups and data replication in multiple sites.
• Project plan development, Risk analysis, and mitigation, SIEM (Alien Vault), Quality Assurance, Business Continuity Planning, ITIL methodology, and Telecom industry compliance. Vendor management. (Dell EMC, Nutanix, Iron Mountain and Microsoft Corp)
• Took over an ongoing program with transition and transformation infrastructure initiatives around security and industry standards compliance. Performed Risk analysis and management, Devised policies and procedures for business continuity planning, loss prevention, and privacy.
• Oversaw and coordinated security efforts across the company, including information technology, human resources, communications, legal, facilities management, and other groups. Converted several existing waterfall projects into Scrum sprints to respond to the changes in the organization, reflect the realities of the current enterprise environmental factors, and still get the projects completed on time.
• Managed three interrelated projects running multiple applications that support mortgage services, overseeing a program budget of $40 million through Clarity, including capital and operations expenses. Oversaw new Data Center build at SunGard Co-location consolidating and migrating the current DR site, QA and development services. Provided asset and identity management and performed a disaster recovery test at the new data site. Separated Fleet Bank data and IT equipment from PHH after corporate separation. Performed Risk Assessments and response planning, Private cloud migration (Azure). CISCO MDS Storage implementation. Utilized Clarity and MS Project.
• Worked with cross-functional teams within Corning Corporation, Wipro and technology vendors to develop an Application Image Migration strategy for Corning's applications in its Corning Valley Data Centers to a new location. Project management and Project Risk Management. Worked with offshore and local teams to achieve project objectives.
• Took over a stalled multi-million dollar Data Center Migration project. Successfully moved major international data center with multiple OS and applications to a new location with no negative impact on productivity and end user connectivity. Work with cross-functional units offshore and locally.
• Took over a managed service delivery project, responsible for Patch and vulnerability processes of technical equipment in all IBM facilities and IBM's serviced customers across the continental USA. Worked with offshore and local technical crews. Provided leadership and managed technical support teams in the US and India. Defined project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders. Provided capital and resource planning, inventory management and infrastructure design. Worked with asset owners and where necessary, assist in coordinating patching efforts.
• Managed two multi-million dollar infrastructure projects, spanning 40 large offices and 200 small offices across the United States. Managed a team of 80 staff across the continental USA. Successfully brought them to an early completion under budget. Utilized MS Project. Projects included:
• Risk Analysis and management planning.
• Data center migration - Completed new data center build and migrated network equipment to the secondary site.
• Enable load balancing,
• Decommissioned, and replaced new legacy systems.
• Supported cloud-computing infrastructure enabling insurance agents and loss control personnel to utilize mobile apps. Application testing,
• Client technology refresh - Replaced legacy Android mobile, computer, and networking equipment, with new models and enabled cloud computing. Trained staff to utilize new systems and cloud computing (AWS).
• Managed multiple projects to complete a comprehensive resilient network infrastructure supporting police activities in agencies covered by the MTA police that can withstand any human or natural disaster and continue functioning. Projects included: SIEM, Security, Asset Management, Identity management, and access control. Virtual directories, MS Cert services, SSO, multi-factor authentication, IAM, RBAC & segregation of duties. Business continuity and disaster recovery planning. Physical-to-Physical (P2P) migration, Physical to Virtual migration, (P2V) Virtual to Virtual Migration (V2V) and Lift and Shift migration. SAN deployment. (NetApp). Server virtualization. (VMware). Coordinated with vendors, contractors, subcontractors, and MTA Police staff.

Confidential, New York, NY

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provide Enterprise Risk consultancy services to Deloitte's consultants - Amex and Credit Suisse. Conducted IT business analysis and enterprise risk analysis to ensure financial industry standards and compliance with a major financial company. Oversee the implementation of recommended solutions to mitigate risk. Identity management and employee on boarding processes and IAM through Role-based Access Control (RBAC) implementation.
• New data center build with over 500 servers. System migration from the old data center to new. Application compatibility testing and implementation. P2P, P2V, V2V and Lift/Shift migration. EMC SAN Clarion implementation. Network backup administration.
• Net IQ / Windows Subject Matter Expert -Deployed enterprise-wide network monitoring systems to notify IT staff of technical issues long before they impact the business process, saving the company lost revenue and productivity from system downtime and system slowdown. Maintained compliance and standards enforcement in accordance with FDA, ITIL, HIPAA, and Pharmaceutical industry standards. Planned network integration of newly acquired companies in Asia into Johnson and Johnson's global network. Manage infrastructure deployments and support status.
• Consolidated and homogenized disparate data centers and their servers to improve efficiency and eliminate resource waste. Implemented IAM in the newly merged network. Data transfer from legacy servers unto new builds. Built new systems from scratch and integrated them into the network. SAN implementation.

Confidential, New York, NY

Regional IT Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Managed and implemented all technical aspects of bioterrorism program.
• Implemented network and system security including upgrades of diverse heterogeneous networks with multiple NOS.
• Implemented IAM for access to sensitive data and applications.
• Oversaw the maintenance and update of incident response plans and pre-implementation risk assessments in regional hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities within the New York City Metropolitan region.
• Performed business impact analysis, risk analysis, intrusion detection, and OSI layer 7 security, anti-virus protection, disaster recovery plans, and procedure manuals.
• Trained regional hospital, state/city government and county departments of health staff on the health information network (HIN), hospital emergency response data system (HERDS), HIPAA compliance and PDA's, satellite and wireless communication systems.