SUMMARY

• IT Infrastructure Project Manager wif extensive experience wif Pharmaceutical, Big 4 Accounting and Professional Services firms.
• Experienced in managing multiple projects simultaneously using Agile and Waterfall frameworks wifin the areas of IT Infrastructure, Data Center Build Out, Desktop, Server and Cloud Migrations, Consolidation, Expansion, and IT Program Management.
• Involve navigation of IT and PMO policies and procedures associated wif change management, security and controls, IT governance, resource management, and regulatory compliance including ITIL, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, GMP, GDP and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) frameworks.
• Successfully managed implementation of IT infrastructure projects involving data center migrations using P2P, P2V and Lift and Shift techniques, new data center build - outs, large scale server \network migrations & upgrades, server virtualization (cloud) and SaaS, PaaS cloud services wifin regulated financial and pharmaceutical environments.
• Proven ability to interpret technical information, then develop and present sound business conclusions.
• Extensive technical background in data center enterprise operations, change management, production operations and infrastructure services to achieve several successes in IT Infrastructure project management.
• In depth noledge of enterprise level data center server and storage hardware, cable & fiber networks and Windows, Linux/UNIX server operating systems.
• Excellent communication, management, and collaboration skills, wif the ability and experience to aggressively seek out solutions in the challenging global IT infrastructure and application project environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Applications: Microsoft Project, Access, Office, Visio, SQL 2005, 2008, JIRA

Enterprise Systems: Service Now Project, Change and Incident Management, CA Clarity Project Management System;; Remedy 7 Change and Incident Management, HP Service Manager; VMWare Virtual Center (Virtual Server Admin Tool), System Center Configuration Manager SCCM (License Reporting and Provisioning), Cisco PRIME Ariba Buyer Procurement System, SAP BI and ECC, Oracle 10, 11. Windows 2012/2016/2020 Server, Red Hat Linux 9-11, Amazon Cloud Service (AWS), Microsoft Azure Cloud Service; CA Nimsoft, BMC BPPM.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Infrastructure Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage network switch upgrade project 700+ switches at Hartford Corporate headquarters on time under budget wifout issues.
• Plan and implement upgrade of 525+ CVS sites across US to next generation of WiFi Access points to improve WiFi coverage and stay current wif hardware. Manage 2 service vendors, 2 network engineers, change management, stakeholder management and communications/scheduling plans.
• Project work included performing site surveys, preparation and documentation of new designs, new equipment orders, updating of inventory information on network management and facilities systems.

Confidential

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Program Manager for IT Infrastructure Upgrade Program responsible for planning and deploying new Wireless infrastructure and UPS equipment upgrades at 9 data centers and 340 substations located in Northeast US.
• Coordinate and manage project plans, project teams, 3rd party vendors, business and project stakeholders to document actionable project plans working wif in Agile framework. Project put on hold due to Covid change & site visit freeze.

Confidential

Senior Infrastructure Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Scrum Master of Project team responsible for successful planning, deploying new and existing server and network infrastructure between existing and new data centers as part of the acquisition and intergration of another firm.
• Manage multi phase desktop migration project included building VDI infrastructure on physical on premises servers and expanding VDI structure to Azure cloud platform and migrating users to Office 365 Cloud. PM of project team responsible for migration strategy and project plan for migrating 1200 workloads and 40+ rationalized applications from Navigator’s data center in Stamford to Hartford data center in Hartford. enterprise strategy and framework for utilization of cloud technologies to develop and host business applications.
• In coordination wif Application owners, business stakeholders and IT SME’s, created migration schedule and project plan to successfully start migrating applications into the Hartford data center and Azure Cloud.
• Updated Information Services Continuity Plan document to reflect new VDI infrastructure diagrams and recovery procedures, updated support teams and vendor contact info and add new systems to document.
• PM of Security Remediation project to apply Navigator IT Security standards to the IT infrastructure of acquired company in Europe:
• Upgrade firewalls and firewall rules - Implement SFTP services
• Upgrade VMware farm hardware and apply encryption to server data files
• Upgrade AS400 hardware and apply encryption to data stores
• Implement 2 factor authentication VPN platform
• Introduce end user security training, desktop and laptop disk encryption and conferencing system

Confidential

Senior Transformation Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Key Senior Project Manager member of Transformation Management Office facilitating the transfer of $300M 5 Year Global IT Services contract from legacy service provider to new service provider.
• Managed Hosting and Mainframe Towers Transformation teams ensuring noledge transfer, system access and staffing levels are properly transitioned.
• Resolved conflicts and noledge gaps between ATOS, Accenture and Marriott transformation teams.
• Utilized negotiation, escalation and resolution skills to drive successful cut over from ATOS to Accenture/ Marriott under pressure and fast tracked schedules.
• Monitored Service Delivery team’s adherence to ITIL standards regarding CMDB CI’s relationships, change management and continual process improvement.
• Ran daily SCRUM meetings to address ongoing transformation tasks, issues and changes.
• Provided weekly status reports to executive management, transformation managers and TMO team.

Confidential

Migration Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead Migration Project Manager (Scrum Master) overseeing multiple vendor PM’s and Team Leads.
• Utilized Agile for 16 weekend migration Sprints while managing Sprint Backlogs, resources requirements, resource gaps, risks and managing matrix organizational responsibilities wif mandate towards completing product backlog. z, AS400, Linux, Windows and IBM Cloud teams responsible for network and application migration activities and remediation in each of the 16 server migrations waves.
• Maintained GMP manufacturing and GDP distribution systems production status during multiple migration events.
• Migrated 700+ servers to new data center: Dev, QA, Production environments consisting of Unix, Linux, Windows, AS400, AIX and IBM Mainframe migration of Network firewalls rules, VLANS and infrastructure services such as Active Directory, Office 365, Azure Cloud, SharePoint, DNS Domain Zones, Network Load Balancer, B2B VPN’s, IIS and Tomcat websites, PKI infrastructure, etc.
• Migration methodologies included Lift & Shift, Physical to Virtual(cloud) and Virtual to Virtual (cloud) migrations of Linux & Windows servers, Oracle and SQL databases, WebSphere, Autosys, FTP, SFTP, E-Commerce, Supply Chain, Finance, .Net, SAP applications.

Confidential

Senior Infrastructure Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Senior Project manager for 2 IT Transformation projects: $13 mil new data center build out to facilitate consolidation from 5 to 2 data centers and $7 mil Network Refresh projects wif multiple project managers, internal and external implementation teams in validated environment.
• Successfully completed major project milestones:
• Build out of new non-production/disaster recovery data center hosting GMP/GDP manufacturing and distribution systems in new geographic location on time, wifin budget and to specification.
• Collection of data, requirements, dependencies, application key contacts, stake holders and business owners to create 50+ application move groups to facilitate movement of 2 production data centers to new data centers.

Confidential - Rye, NY

Senior Infrastructure Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Program manager of $13 mil data center new build & consolidation and $7 mil Network Refresh and transformation projects wif multiple project managers, internal and external implementation teams in validated environment.
• Collaborated wif Migration Factory Teams to facilitate migration of 30-60 applications including production GMP/GMP/Finance mission critical applications to internal cloud or private AWS and Azure cloud environments.
• Key member of data center build teams overseeing IT, Facility and Construction vendors.
• Network Refresh project scope included global replacement of all end of life site location switches, perimeter firewall and implementation of new CISCO ICE devices and policies while also accommodating network requirements for data center consolidation.
• Data Center Consolidation involved consolidating 5 North America data centers from 2 merged Global Fortune 1000 Medical Device companies into 2 data centers that would consist of Production data center and Non-Production/DR in other data center in North America.

Confidential - New Brunswick, NJ

Infrastructure Project Manager III

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager of major infrastructure and application upgrade of LYNX environment, which is primary SAP and Oracle based J&J Global Finance application used for processing $71.3 billion of financial transactions worldwide.
• Successfully completed several projects end to end in a distributed global service delivery environment using cloud based AWS infrastructure - coordinating wif internal resources, cross functional teams and offshore vendors.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple IT projects simultaneously using the SDLC 6 methodology while adhering to ITIL, GxP or SOX process. Successfully completed 3 major / 5 minor ITGF projects deploying new applications and infrastructure while adhering to J&J security standards.
• Managed large complex server migrations and refresh projects driven by need for data center consolidation, OS life cycle maintenance, virtualization, or cloud - based infrastructure standards.
• Ensured that project financial status, material variations and technical information are proactively and effectively communicated to numerous audiences, including senior management, stakeholders and junior staff.

Confidential - Secaucus, NJ

IT Business Services - Supervisory Associate

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for development and deployment of controls and processes to ensure the delivery of accurate financial reporting and analysis to business lines.
• Managed projects using Agile methodology involving chargeback application development, global data collection while improving data quality and chargeback reports.
• Successfully completed project to implement new global chargeback system and chargeback model.
• Performed detailed technical and financial planning utilizing strong coordination and planning skills to ensure data collection from several global data centers and multiple technical disciplines and service groups are reported in an accurate and timely manner to support $6 - $8 million of monthly hosting revenue.

Confidential - Nutley, NJ

Data Center Infrastructure Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed enterprise data center expansion projects deploying new infrastructure comprising multi-vendor server and network components, cabinetry, cabling, and communications capabilities and the ongoing support of existing hardware deployments.
• Coordinated wif facilities manager, responsible for preparation, review and implementation of documentation and policies required for ISO 9001 and SAS 70 certifications of data center additions.
• Performed detailed project planning, budgeting, and reporting utilizing technical and financial skills to ensure activities across several projects, technical disciplines and service groups are scheduled and deployed to meet desired operational dates.

Confidential - Edison, NJ

Data Center Infrastructure Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Managed day to day implementation and operations of new data center rollout featuring server/network infrastructure and VMware server virtualization for multiple clients in the healthcare, financial and manufacturing sectors.
• Managed efforts to achieve certifications for compliance wif Sarbanes Oxley, ISO 9001 and HIPPA regulatory requirements including document preparation, pre-audit review and post audit remediation.
• Provided financial analysis of project costs, cost benefits analysis, and contract length costs for internal management and external customer management.

Confidential - East Hanover, NJ

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead migration of servers hosting GMP/GDP/Finance/Supply Chain systems from 3 data centers to new datacenter.
• Ensure all company compliance and FDA GxP requirements are adhered to while successfully migrating systems used for manufacturing and distribution.
• Manage coordination between server migration and application teams regarding pre and post migration testing of production manufacturing and distribution systems.