PROFILE

Specializing in Project Management, Strategic Planning, Program Management, and Construction Management associated with all aspects of construction of commercial office space and data center space and network utilization, design and construction. Knowledge and understanding of BOMA and BMI. Proficient in budget management and space acquisition for commercial and light commercial space. Managed 2.8 million square feet consisting of general office space, comprised of 25 office buildings. Results oriented, hands on construction management. 18 years of experience and expertise. Leadership responsibility for operational planning , and reliable operation of IT voice and data network services enterprise-wide. Responsible for planning, developing and providing network connectivity designs for new networks including Internet/Intranet, encompassing Server builds, virtualizations, decommissions, integrations, etc. as well as all Web technologies, business partner/third party connectivity, local area networks LAN , wide area networks WAN , and all phone and voice mail network services. Verifiable track record for the successful completion of multi million dollar construction and/or renovation projects. Coordinated trades, developed partnerships, and built positive rapport with architects, engineers, internal and external technical groups, local officials, vendors and clients while maintaining costs. Versed in contract negotiations, project estimating, impending design problems, document preparation, building code and regulations, material purchasing, site management through certification of occupancy. DMAIC approach.

Additional Areas of Expertise:

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Responsible for multiple simultaneous technology projects cradle to grave . Migration of midrange applications from isolated, dedicated to the virtualized, shared and elastic environment within the Sunrise Initiative and New BAC initiative.
• Within the project's life span supervised and coordinated with internal and external vendors, to facilitate the transformation/migration of 70 of Bank of America's s physical servers to elastic compute virtualization .
• Provided Project Management to ensure BOA Goal for New BAC was reached for GMRT organization.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Communicate/collaborate strategy and goals across CTO and CIO teams through regular project status meetings.
• Maintained and managed budget and cost breakdown for BOA initiatives Sunrise and New BAC , budgets of 4.5MM and 400MM. Responsible for tracking all spend, capital expenditures, depreciation, etc.
• Focus on strategies Critical refresh expired leases , Strategic refresh approaching lease expiration, Code remediation, Asset inventory and reporting, Alert and monitoring, Automation, Capacity Management,
• Managed platform migration of approximately 450 servers, during 12 month period. Responsibilities included decommission of old, outdated servers, upgrade of Operating System, acquisition of storage SAN and NAS . Ensuring networking, data center space, connectivity, electrical, etc. was in place.
• Managed cross functional, virtual project teams, employing standard project management discipline and processes in delivering the right technology solution to the internal business partner on time and within budget, deployed the appropriate technology solution to meet the business requirements.
• Proven track record in providing excellent customer satisfaction meeting and exceeding customer expectation on a daily basis.
• Detected numerous design problems with 150,000 sq. ft. call center facility. Brought project in on time and within budget.
• Program managed a 10 million dollar initiative which involving all organizations' infrastructure, pertaining to Infrastructure Simplification Program ISP which encompassed the decommission of over 3250 servers, 1500 Operating System upgrades, Server migrations, data center migrations, etc.
• Managed internal and external technical groups to ensure customer technological requirements were met ensuring infrastructures, cabling, networks, servers, and desktop connectivity was present and according to customer specifications. Reviewed and tested data requirements prior to implementation.
• Realized annual savings of 1.2 million through negotiations with contracted suppliers and general contractors for goods and services.
• Researched and evaluated building systems, construction techniques and equipment alternatives. Performed cost analysis and purchasing of products required to maintain building's day to day operation.
• Single point of contact to customer base of 15,000 employees all levels for all facets of space utilization. Developed workspace alternatives and innovations concentrating on work space efficiencies and state of the art environments.
• Negotiated and worked with Building Management firms and landlords regarding building requirements and processes. This included lease rates, tenant improvement dollars, and site acquisitions terms.
• Managed change, risk management, project planning, team management budgeting and scheduling.
• Slashed material and equipment expenses 15 by negotiating and establishing valuable vendor contracts with general contractors, engineers, architects.
• Hired, scheduled and supervised contractors, subcontractors developed and enforced company policies, procedures and project safety regulations.
• Identified and developed portfolio driven projects such as lease renewal, site acquisition, consolidations and disposition.
• Managed portfolio cost structure for utilization of cost vs. seat, cost vs. head, related to supply / demand, scenario analysis by city / region / nation as well as adjacency planning.
• Efficiently managed relocation of approximately 15,000 employees.

Client and Vendor Relations:

• Increased project cost savings by introducing client to value added extras to increase property value.
• Scheduled client meetings, conducted needs assessment, explained design concerns and cost effective options, planned, estimated and managed the projects from start to finish.
• Realized annual savings of 5K through inventory reductions, resulting in tighter control through computerized forecasting of supply and demand.
• Ensured increased work efficiencies and met customer expectation and requirements. This was accomplished through excellent problem solving skills and recommendations, coupled with strong communication skills utilized on daily basis to ensure increased work efficiencies, and met customer expectations and requirements.

Staff Development:

• Developed strong employee and sub contractor productivity and ability to identify, isolate and eliminate work hazards.
• Mentored staff of 10 to 15 through expertise in the construction industry became main source of information for staff through daily contact in a quick, professional and considerate manner.
• Reduced turnover 5 by gaining trust and respect from the employees through demonstrating an optimistic attitude, resolving problems immediately, and establishing open communication. Established solid, positive, and productive work environment by understanding the role and needs of all team members