SUMMARY:

Information Technology Professional with over 20 years of progressive experience in Application Development, Infrastructure Implementation and Project Management, utilizing PMI methodology in all phases of the project life cycle, from initial feasibility analysis and conceptual design through implementation, documentation, and lessons learned. Experience with all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC). Extensive experience in managing large global teams. An innovative informatics engineer with strong interpersonal skills that enjoys a challenging environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Project Management: Extensive in Project Management methodology, SDLC, ITIL. Waterfall & Agile development, Mantix Cascade, Oracle Primavera, MS Project.

Relational Database Systems: Extensive in data and process modeling, relational data base design and administration, ETL process fundamentals. Sybase, MS SQL Server, Oracle, Confidential DB2.

Global Knowledge: Unix, XML, .Net Fundamentals, VoIP, Telecom Fundamentals. MS Office Suite, Lotus Notes, working knowledge of CASE tools, and Expert Systems.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Senior Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead IT Infrastructure Project Manager supporting Confidential ’s Mergers and Acquisitions team.
• Utilizing an Agile methodology, directly managed the integration of Confidential.
• Managed a team of IT architects and technicians working to improve response time performance of Confidential claims management Oracle database Confidential .
• Provided project management support to Confidential ’s Information Security team’s initiatives.
• Managed the upgrade and enhancement of Confidential tools, Confidential Qradar SIEM, Symantec DLP, Rapid7 nexpose.
• Coordinated the effort between Confidential, Infrastructure Engineering and the Service Desk to identify potential risks and develop patch management and remediation plans.

Confidential

Executive Program/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Contracted by Confidential Executive Management to provide Executive Project Management expertise to their Global Solutions team.
• Worked in the capacity of Agile Scrum Master, organizing the development of Confidential ’s global product offerings.
• The product offerings included; Cloud, Network, Storage, Server, Mainframe, Security, Service Desk and Disaster Recovery.
• Tracked weekly project costs and schedule variances, managed critical path activities, monitored resource utilization and project forecasts.
• Compiled feedback from the engagement teams on the effectiveness of Confidential ’s enablement toolset.
• Provided an assessment of toolset usage to Executive Management.
• Directed the individual offering teams with the development of their offering’s features. Supported the Confidential Plus Offering Team in the development of the offering. Organized the / of over 400 Technical Solutions Managers and Architects worldwide on the Confidential Plus Offering.
• Provided global project leadership and subject matter expertise (SME) to the Confidential team developing a strategic Global Cost Modeling tool.
• Managed an Confidential Account Team with the implementation of a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solution for their client Viewpointe. The design included the deployment of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), utilizing Citrix XenApp and VMware VCenter servers.
• Two factor authentication was achieved by integrating RSA appliance, Active Directory (AD) and Citrix. Cisco Ironport (ESA) and (WSA) appliances were deployed for Email security and file transfer monitoring.

Confidential, Austin, TX

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the Dell Transition Management team to establish work and process flows used to manage client’s Service Desk migration to Dell standards and onsite support team.

Confidential, New York, NY

IT Director

Responsibilities:

• Contracted by the bank to act as the Chief Information Officer for US operations, reporting directly to the Chief Operation Officer, US.
• Managed all aspects of a 48 member IT department’s day - to-day activities, including personnel evaluations.
• Responsible for the support and operation of the bank’s network, computer/server assets, and trading floor support systems.
• Tracked information technology capital expenditures and weekly operational costs.
• Managed critical path activities, and resource allocation.
• Created documentation required for capitalization of labor and non-labor costs for risk technology projects.
• Worked with internal audit as well as federal and state banking regulators to guarantee that Confidential met all regulations as they pertain to data processing integrity and security.
• Designed and implemented a multi-currency real time general ledger system.
• Developed the logical and physical data models used to build a data warehouse for back office reporting.
• This included process and data flow models used to Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) the data to the warehouse.
• Worked with Confidential ’s senior management to design and implement the Bank’s disaster recovery infrastructure.

Confidential, Whippany, NJ

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed a combined Confidential - Confidential Project Management team responsible for the largest global deployment of an MS NT Network and MS Exchange/Outlook E-Mail.
• Traveled to various Confidential locations to collect business requirements, managed project plans and worked with the technical team to streamline capacity planning and performed site evaluations.
• Successfully managed the rollout of over 4000 servers supporting the MS NT network and MS Exchange for over 125,000 users.
• Managed the Transition Teams that migrated Confidential ’s existing email networks, systems and message formats to the new corporate standard.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Contracted by Confidential to manage a Data Warehouse project for its client Confidential .
• Managed Confidential staff and day-to-day activities.
• Identified the front office trading systems used to build a proprietary data warehouse for Confidential ’s clients.
• Developed the specifications used to ETL the data.
• Worked with Confidential ’s Teradata DBA to build the logical and physical data models.
• Performed testing to ensure the proper normalization of the database in order to enhance performance.

Confidential, Morristown, NJ

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed and managed Confidential ’s commercialization project plan, reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer.
• Created the organization’s “Commercialization Project Plan Book” for Senior Management, Investment Bankers, and the Board of Directors.
• This document was later used as the foundation for the organization’s IPO.

Confidential, Whippany, NJ

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Evaluated and recommended software tools for Confidential Network System’s “Mega” project program.
• Worked with a senior management team to establish the standards and methodologies required for Confidential & Confidential ’s project management process for projects in excess of $500 million.
• Developed specifications for loading project actuals from the Oracle Project Accounting System to the Mantix Cascade Project Management System.

Confidential, New York, NY

Vice President Systems Development

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for setting the strategic direction for all systems designed to support Confidential .
• Corporate and Investment banking operations.
• Directly managed a staff of 32 IT Professionals.
• Performed the evaluation and selection of hardware platforms, software development tools, operating systems, and relational database management systems.
• Worked closely with internal audit to ensure that Confidential met all state and federal banking regulations as they pertain to data processing integrity and security.
• Gained management approval for a Corporate Banking Relationship Management System (CRM) that provided the end user with contact, call reporting, outstanding position, profitability and credit application information for the bank’s customers.
• Oversaw the development and implementation of a credit application tracking system.
• Worked with members of the Investment Bank trading floor to identify specialized processing requirements for equities, derivatives and fixed income products.
• Supplied and managed resources to aid in the development of trading room decision support systems.

Confidential, New York, NY

IT Director - Reinsurance Application Architecture

Responsibilities:

• Interfaced extensively with Executive Confidential Management to produce system proposals, project plans and detailed requirements for a distributive processing approach for reinsurance.
• Performed detailed reengineering analysis on Confidential ’s Domestic Brokerage Operations to recommend improvements in work/process flows and the supporting applications.
• Won management approval for the development of a LAN based client server Corporate Reinsurance Information System (CRIS).
• Designed the systems work flow and relational data structures.
• Supervised Knowledge Engineering staff in the construction and in corporation of a reinsurance rule base for an Expert System.
• Supported all phases of Assumed and Ceded reinsurance processing for both Confidential ’s Domestic Brokerage Operations and the Transatlantic Reinsurance Company.