SUMMARY:

• IT department management experience with budgetary (CapEx and OpEx) and strategic planning responsibility
• Project Management experience managing full life cycle (SDLC/Agile/Waterfall) following PMI guidelines for software development, systems integration and IT Infrastructure projects
• Data Center design, build - out, implementation, and management experience
• Facilities management
• Experience in the development and implementation of Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management, and Emergency Response programs
• ITIL-based process and procedures implementation experience
• Experience with certification compliance requirements for ISO9000, PCI, and SAS70 (Types 1 and 2)
• Competent in the use of project management software such as Microsoft Office applications: Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Sharepoint, Visio, Word, and ServiceNow
• Conversant with the Project Management Institute (PMI) project methodology (i.e., “PMBOK”)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) DRII License# 44372 Effective 1/26/2016

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Federal/State/Local government
• IT outsourced managed services
• Computer vendor (hardware and software)
• HRMS/Payroll and Finance
• Internet banking / Brick & Mortar banking
• Manufacturing
• Telecommunications
• Property title search and title insurance services
• Software consulting professional services
• Wholesale warehouse inventory distribution

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Disaster Recovery Project Manager for the data center project of the applications migration from Confidential Capital Retail data centers to the Confidential spin-off Confidential Financial data centers (data center DR plans and application DR plans)
• Project Manager for the build-out of a new application services provided Data Center facility for ADP. I selected the subcontractors for the provisioning of the physical requirements of the new data center (e.g., data center build-out, HVAC, electrical, data cabling, equipment cabinet/racks, etc.). In addition, I selected the moving vendor and personally supervised the equipment move from a data center in Michigan down to the new location in Alpharetta, GA, to “seed” systems for the new data center. Systems for (3) production payroll clients (Fortune 100 companies) were moved.
• Project Manager for the high-level systems infrastructure architecture design and implementation of ADP’s Enterprise HRMS/Payroll application in an ASP Data Center environment. This is a web-enabled Java software application, which runs in an N-tier infrastructure. The Data Center LAN infrastructure consisted of Cisco networking systems (i.e., routers, switches, PIX firewalls, NetRanger Intrusion Detection System), EMC Symmetrix SAN with a Connectrix fabric switch, IBM xSeries Windows application servers, Sun Solaris (Unix) Oracle database servers (Sunfire E-series), and both iPlanet and IIS web servers.
• Designed, implemented, and managed, for S1 an $11M Data Center for the development and support of a client-server Internet banking application written in C++ using Informix RDBMS on IBM AIX and HP/UX Unix servers and utilizing Cisco LAN networking systems.
• Project Team Leader for the relocation of the Data General’s regional office data center systems to a new office location. This involved 20 Data General Mid-range mini-computers plus 10 high-end UNIX systems each with Clarrion RAID disk storage systems. I defined the data center floor layout in the new facility for the placement of the computer equipment and supervised the relocation activities by movers on the day the relocation took place.
• Project Manager for the design and implementation of a DR plan and testing procedures for ADP’s ASP / Managed Services payroll Data Center for which I designed both the DR plan and testing plans. The DR plan is comprised of the following documents:

Confidential

IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• IT infrastructure for the Office floor consolidation project (3 floors down to 2 floors)
• Vendor management for the implementation of the new Audio-Visual systems in the teleconference rooms
• Office relocation of the IT infrastructure from one building to a newly constructed building in Alpharetta
• Desktop systems upgrade from Win7 toWin10
• The selection and implementation of a new building badge Access Security system
• Room booking system that includes concierge function for equipment provisioning and catering services

Confidential

IT Disaster Recovery Specialist

Responsibilities:

• DR Planning
• Data Center Recovery Plans
• Application Recovery Plans
• DR Training Program
• 3rd party Supplier DR Assessments
• Governance (includes policy, process & procedures, OCC Compliance)

Accretive Solutions

Senior IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Confidential in the role of IT Project Manager for the relocation of Pulte’s corporate office from Detroit to Buckhead (Atlanta).
• This involved implementation of the following: Audio-Visual system, VOIP phone system, Multi-function copier machines, Security system, and MDF/IDF equipment rooms.

Confidential

Senior IT Facilities Manager

Responsibilities:

• Director-level manager responsible for managing the overall quality and service of the operation and maintenance of facilities infrastructure systems for all 26 of the SunTrust critical data centers and processing locations within an out-sourced managed services environment.

Confidential

Senior IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Information technology consultant providing management consulting services for information technology and infrastructure projects. Specializing in technical management of data center consolidation, facility build-out, relocation, and business continuity and disaster recovery projects. Example projects:
• Technical facility and systems audit and evaluation of SITA’s “Next Generation Data Center” (NGDC)
• Team Leader for the development of naming standards for NGDC servers and network devices
• Analysis and evaluation of current Disaster Recovery program
• Developed application migration process and procedures documentation for Migration PMs
• Director-level manager responsible for all IT infrastructure and data center operations for 12 North America locations ( Corporate Office, 8 Parts Distribution Centers, and 3 Manufacturing Plants). Management responsibilities include operations liaison with HP/EDS (IT outsourcer) for: Data Center operations, Wide Area Network (WAN) management, telecommunications, IT procurement, and IT infrastructure. Major accomplishments:

Information Systems Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the management of the Information Systems department. Responsibilities included evaluating the company’s information systems needs, developing and presenting plans to executive management, purchasing and implementing all computer hardware and software, and liaison with all vendors. Major accomplishments:
• Leader of the senior management team responsible for the assessment of the company’s business information systems needs and the successful development of specific solutions to meet these needs.
• Reduced long distance voice and data costs by 15% through negotiation of a tiered volume discount contract.
• Developed and implemented a WAN data communications network between the corporate office in Chicago, each of the five division’s Unix host computer systems, and 62 remote warehouse locations. This project was completed within the budgeted time frame of 6 months.
• Reduced overall support costs by 10% for all the company’s T1 equipment by negotiating an outsourcing contract with a single communications vendor.