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Successful
data center migrations for Lowe’s Hardware, both production and disaster
recovery, Federal government client and Verizon business.
Both moves required infrastructure and network builds, assessment,
procurement, planning and execution. Responsible
for multiple teams including infrastructure, network, Intel, Unix, mainframe and
storage.
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Production
move consisted of
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2
mainframes
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500
servers (Unix and Intel)
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6
EMC storage arrays
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5
IBM tape libraries
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Teradata
system
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Miscellaneous
hardware ware
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Disaster
Recovery move consisted of
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200
servers (Unix and Intel)
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1
mainframe
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3
EMC storage arrays
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2
IBM tape libraries
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Miscellaneous
hardware
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Managed
team of up to three hundred resources including contractors, vendors and client
employees.
·
Provided
expertise for requirements definitions for several projects.
·
Responsible
for providing project documentation on all projects including schedules,
issue/action/risk logs, executive presentations, project policies and
procedures, organizational charts, communications plans and best practices
documents.
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Skilled
at resource management, issue resolution and risk mitigation.
Work
History_____________________________________________________
Project Manager
·
Provided
expertise on resource management and allocation, risk mitigation,
communications, project plans, project deliverables, actions/issue resolution,
scheduling, contract negotiation, policies and procedures, project documentation
standards, quality assurance, executive presentations, organizational structure,
contract requirements and best practices.
·
Coordinated
precise scheduling for all migration events including all equipment and
resources for the data center migration on an extremely accelerated schedule
with for a high profile client.
·
Responsible for
resource allocation, deliverables review, procedures, documentation standards,
vendor contracts, issues/actions/risks resolution and mitigation, move event
coordination, executive status reports and presentations for the successful move
of all production data and equipment as well as test, development and
infrastructure technology.
·
Environment –
Mainframes, Tape Libraries, Network, UNIX, AIX, Intel, Teradata,
EMC Storage
Sun Microsystems/Verizon
Program Manger
·
Program manager
for data consolidation migration project assessment and delivery model providing
expertise on project initiation, process, risk mitigation, communications,
project plans, project deliverables, actions/issue resolution, scheduling, cost,
quality assurance, contract negotiation, policies and procedures, project
documentation standards, executive presentations, organizational structure,
contract requirements and best practices.
·
Responsible for
assessment delivery with a targeted reduction 40% of servers over 32 groups
within the Verizon Business community.
Required porting from various Solaris versions to S10, VMWare
solutions, Linux porting viability as well as relocation from 14 locations to 4
enterprise data locations.
Federal Government
Agency, 4/06-9/06
Project Manger
·
Project Manager
for Federal Government Agency Migration Project.
·
Provided
expertise on resource management and allocation, risk mitigation,
communications, project plans, project deliverables, actions/issue resolution,
scheduling, cost, quality assurance, contract negotiation, policies and
procedures, project documentation standards, executive presentations,
organizational structure, contract requirements and best practices.
·
Responsible for
migration planning for all equipment and resources for a server and data
migration effort into a new Enterprise Data Center on an accelerated
schedule for a federal government agency..
IBM/Lowe’s,
Wilkesboro,
NC, 2/05 – 12/05
Project Manager
·
Resource
Project Manager for Lowe’s Data Center Migration Project. Responsible for over
400 resources including vendors, contractors and Lowe’s employees.
·
Provided
expertise on resource management and allocation, risk mitigation,
communications, project plans, project deliverables, actions/issue resolution,
scheduling, contract negotiation, policies and procedures, project documentation
standards, quality assurance, executive presentations, organizational structure,
contract requirements and best practices.
·
Coordinated
precise scheduling for all data center migration events including all equipment
and resources for the data center migration of a 100 million dollar facility on
an extremely accelerated schedule with for a high profile client.
·
Responsible for
resource allocation, deliverables review, procedures, documentation standards,
vendor contracts, issues/actions/risks resolution and mitigation, move event
coordination, executive status reports and presentations for the successful move
of all production data and equipment as well as test, development and
infrastructure technology.
·
Environment –
Mainframes, Tape Libraries, Network, UNIX, AIX, Intel, Teradata, Jukeboxes, EMC
Storage, Groupwise, Novell
Bilectron,
Inc.,
Program/Project
Manager
·
Managed
engineering consultant contracts for the THEMIS satellite program for NASA.
Evaluated and advised on scheduling issues, design reviews and test
procedures. Provided consulting
expertise on resource issues, fault assessment, risk mitigation and project
issue resolution. Consulted and
advised on program management, statement of work, procedures, schedule, risk
management, cost, quality assurance, organizational structure, user acceptance
testing, contract requirements, resource management and resource allocation.
OutWeb,
Project Manger
·
Consulted on State Government Health Care contract that was
overdue, over budget, mismanaged to bring it back into line.
Provided consulting expertise on requirements, organizational structure,
schedule, procedures, resource management, issues resolution, functional
specifications, test requirements, plans, environments and overall project
evaluation.
PHEAA (
4/02 – 7/02
·
Implemented project procedures, standards, communication
plan, deliverable schedule, developed a full set of business requirements, a
detailed project schedule including work breakdown, resources and delivery dates
and conducted an evaluation of the technical architecture.
Reviewed functional specifications, change control procedures,
development and testing requirements, procedures and environments.
Bilectron,
Inc.,
Program/Project
Manager
·
Managed
engineering consultant contracts for the NASA EO1 space launch.
Evaluated and advised on scheduling issues, design issues and test
procedures. Responsible for the
design and management of Bilectron’s website located at http://www.bilectron.com/
Project tools.
American Psychiatric
Association,
Program/Project
Consultant
State Of
Project
Manager/Consultant
·
Independent Quality Assurance Project Manager for statewide
collection system project utilizing PMI standards and procedures.
Managed teams of software developers, business unit subject matter
experts and project managers. Full
project team totaled 175. Conducted
risk assessment and facilitated resolutions for issues and risks associated with
all deliverables. Consulted, reviewed and approved all functional and technical
requirements, deliverables, scheduling, resource management, procedures,
testing, database selection, help desk requirements and contractual issues for
financial/collection commercial software application from third party vendor.
J. P. Morgan,
Project Manager
·
Managed all resources required for a technology “restack”
to merge 1000 employees displaced by fire into an existing facility, including
facilities management, telecommunications, hardware and software divisions and
several outside contractors to move existing employees to temporary spaces in
order to “restack” the area for a greater number of personnel.
Coordinated precise scheduling of project involving 20 divisions of J.P.
Morgan and three facilities. Project
completed 29% ahead of schedule.
UNOCAL 76 PRODUCTS
COMPANY, Rodeo, CA, 4/94 – 11/96
Project Manager
Windows-O/S2
Conference,
Project Manager
·
Coordinated and registered over 35,000 attendees for major
computer conference in the
Aero Packing Computer,
Consultant/Business
Analyst
·
Evaluated computer software application and hardware
requirements. Procured and installed
IBM system; Windows. Trained staff
to use and maintain the system.
Converse
Environmental,
Assistant Project
Manager
·
Liaison between project managers, text processors, graphics
personnel and field staff. Developed
and maintained field databases, supervised and scheduled technical field
activities.
PMI
Standards and Processes, PMBOK, PMP Certified, Project Office, State and Federal
Government, Customer Relations Management, Data Center Migration, Relocation,
Team Building, Meeting Facilitation, Quality Assurance, In-Process Reviews,
Documentation Reviews, Technical Reviews, Project Reports, Work Breakdown
Structure, Software Development Life Cycle, IBM migration methodology,
Scheduling, Cost Reporting/Analysis, Conflict Management, Communications
Planning and Management, Risk Management, Data Conversion, Disaster Recovery,
Issue Management and resolution, Leadership Skills, Process Improvement, Project
Control, Change Control, Status Reporting, Infrastructure, ITIL, IT
Infrastructure Library, RAD, RUP, Coordination, SOW Evaluation, Project Charter
Documentation, Quality Assurance, Issues
and Action Registers, Priority Allocation, Design, Development, Installation,
Deliverables, Multitasking, Analytical Skills, Problem Solving, Program Manager,
Contract Negotiation, NASA, Client Liaison, Task Assignment, Team Motivation,
Self-Motivated, Diplomacy, User
Acceptance Testing, Unit Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Oral and
Written Communication Skills, Organization, Resource Management, Financial
Software Development, Healthcare, Legislative, Migration, Data Center,
Relocation, Teradata, Mainframe, UNIX, AIX, Intel, EMC Storage, Novell,
Groupwise, Technology Restacks Organizational Structure Coordination, Internet
Project Development, Contract Requirements, Analysis, Procedures, Extensive
Travel, Relocation, Client/Server, Oracle, Sybase, RDBMS, Applications
Development Tools, Help Desk, DB2, Maximo, LAN, WAN, Help Desk, CMM, Windows 98,
2000, NT, Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project 98 2000,
MS Access, PageMaker, WordPerfect, Visio, Lotus Notes, Eudora, Internet
Explorer, FTP, TCP/IP, PC Anywhere, Maximo,
ABC Flowchart, Lotus Notes, Superbase, Paintshop Pro
EDUCATION
BA, Southwestern University,
Additional
Relevant Training
Project Management course, Skillpath Seminars
Project
Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
