• 15 years IT/IS Project Management experience managing global teams. PMI certified and Agile trained. Previous Secret U.S. Government security clearance. Strong, hands-on project manager skilled in leading teams effectively. Set apart by sense of urgency, ownership/accountability and ability to enable team collaboration.
• Core Competencies: Leads cross-functional teams in highly diverse IT environments while balancing cost, quality, schedule and scope. Successfully manages large, complex projects or multiple diverse projects concurrently. Excels at vendor management and contract negotiation, planning and assigning tasks to accomplish project objectives.
• Expert in delivering highly complex IT projects targeting highly available, secure environments in leading edge global data centers and network operations centers. Strategic thinker effective at multi-tasking, communicating, organizing and leading technical teams. Experienced in communicating with IT Executives, sponsors and business stakeholders.
• Subscribes to PMI principles and practices, Waterfall, Agile and hybrid lifecycle management, detail-oriented, process/efficiency planner, risk analyst, self-directed and self-motivated.

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• Upgraded IBM iSeries mainframe hardware and software, including 3 major system migrations with no impact to operations.
• Hand-selected by Executive IT Management to run program to externalize traditional IT services, shifting the company IT paradigm to IT as a service.
• Recognized by Director and VP level management for being highly instrumental in negotiating vendor contracts for 3 key enterprise infrastructure platforms as a new foundational strategy for the company.

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• Highly successful in leading cross-functional teams in high impact software development and infrastructure projects. Delivered information security technologies for the airline industry to protect consumer data, detect security breaches, threat/vulnerability prevention, enhance identity management services, consolidate and augment RADIUS wireless authentication, architect and implement infrastructure for a new fleet of electronically-enabled aircraft. Utilized Agile and Waterfall methodologies while utilizing Rally and Microsoft Project tools.
• Projects included: AD Integration project merged AD, email, SharePoint, File Shares, Lync between American Airlines and US Airways. Electronically-enabled ground systems for Boeing 787 fleet developed custom point solutions for VPN, Reverse Proxy and PKI Public Key Infrastructure implemented for the enterprise. Converted traditional firewalls and zones to host-based firewalls using cutting edge software. Windows domain level upgrade, re-routed mainframe jobs to internal software applications. Firewall migration/consolidation from physical devices to ASAs. Security Incident and Event Management SIEM system enhancements. Migrated 3 separate RADIUS solutions into new enhanced RADIUS tool. Application development and testing in multiple environments. Involved in network planning, firewall access requests, VMs, Big IP LTM/GTM local/global network traffic load balancing , High Availability and DR solutions and operational change management.
• Departmental clients: 5 Security areas requiring projects: ID Management, Security Infrastructure, eDiscovery/Forensics, Compliance, RISC Risk Consulting. Internal customers: AA.com, Cargo, Maintenance and Engineering, Pilots/Flight Attendants, IFE In Flight Entertainment. Product evaluations, cost/benefit analyses. Forecasting, budgeting, creation of project funding documents and tracking through approval process. Vendor management, negotiation of contracts, SOWs and liaison with IT Vendor Management. Negotiated key infrastructure SOWs with two top Fortune 50 not 500 companies of 250K and 390K.
• Spearheaded and led Active Directory integration with US Airways involving 50 project team in only 6 weeks.
• Implemented brand new enterprise Public Key Infrastructure PKI .
• Migrated 3 EOSL firewalls to Cisco ASAs in 6 weeks.
• Managed projects developing secure solutions for first American Airlines e-Enabled Boeing 787 fleet.

Confidential

• Developed project charter, project budget and schedules, risk management, resource plan, communications strategy, issue management, status reporting. Performed contract administration citing areas of noncompliance and initiated contract change orders. Coordinated efforts for planning of ERP analysis, design, development, implementation, pilots and rollout. Facilitated multinational team activities surrounding business process mapping, gathering business requirements, interfaces and integrations, performing fit/gap analyses, training and rollout strategies. Managed technical tasks surrounding security restrictions, site surveys, infrastructure and environments and 16 legacy systems' sunset strategy
• Lead Project Manager for global ERP project of 30 project team for implementation in 190 sites in 28 countries using SDLC AGILE methodology
• Successfully managed vendor selection process RFI, RFP , oversaw rigorous contract negotiation process, helped develop project business case and Capex request
• 20 million project sponsored by the company CEO reported directly to the Director of IT/IS N. America Asia

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• Supported implementation of all government SDPs including solution architecture, procurement, configuration, delivery, installation, testing and upgrades for WAN and LAN network builds. Managed efforts among technical implementation/integration teams and the Government Network Operations Security Center supporting DOJ, DHS, TSA, U.S. Army Reserve, to successfully add sites to the Private IP PIP network and maintain optimal network functioning, security, maintenance and routine upgrades. Supported Sales teams with contract pricing estimates and delivery dates and provided budget assistance to Executive Account team.
• Maintained contract deliverables for over 350 Department of Defense Service Delivery Points SDPs on the Defense Research and Engineering DREN and Department of Justice Networks
• Instituted vital process changes to consistently allow early invoicing of clients by drastically improving client deliverables
• Volunteer position: Served on Quality Assurance team which developed new ISO 9000 Quality documents and audit process for Vice President of Government Program Management.