Program Management and Project Management of Cisco's IT Elastic Infrastructure Service (CITEIS) Program providing a comprehensive communication framework for the facilitation and successful adoption of Cloud based computing technologies across the various IT organizations and Technologies within Cisco. Partnering with hardware, application leaders and stakeholders, managing all elements of this framework for internal initiatives. Proactive engagement with participants involved across all… Show more Program Management and Project Management of Cisco's IT Elastic Infrastructure Service (CITEIS) Program providing a comprehensive communication framework for the facilitation and successful adoption of Cloud based computing technologies across the various IT organizations and Technologies within Cisco. Partnering with hardware, application leaders and stakeholders, managing all elements of this framework for internal initiatives. Proactive engagement with participants involved across all of the organization, combined with timely communication & support. Articulate a compelling value proposition for all stakeholders. Conducting stakeholder analysis and Review. Identifying sources of resistance, the root-cause issues, and designing influence strategies to improve success. Assessing the commitment level of stakeholders and sponsors, and creating the desired commitment level, performing the gap analysis, and monitoring the commitment levels. Creating and managing sponsor & stakeholder commitment plans related to capability adoption Creating and managing timelines in a constantly changing environment. Collaborating with outside Project Management Teams to create and manage a communication plan which includes regular, timely, consistent, communications through multiple and redundant channels. Collaborating with Project Change Management Instructional Design team to develop effective training plans and best in class deliverables. Program Management of POC "Proof of Concept" Initiatives for Global Program Alignment and Initiatives. Program Management/Project Management and Oversight of The Global Cisco HP – UCS Hardware Acceleration Migration Program. This is the bare metal migration of all Non-Cisco Servers on to Cisco Unified Server platform globally within Cisco. Show less

Leading the way in Green Design in IT Infrastructure, Data Centers, and Labs; “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” LEEDS Compliancy. Also Researching Clean Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Conservation for America's future.Direct and manage a team of engineering professionals who are responsible for research and development, project management, review of engineering Infrastructure specifications and implementation of design plans for projects and policies that are scalable… Show more Leading the way in Green Design in IT Infrastructure, Data Centers, and Labs; “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” LEEDS Compliancy. Also Researching Clean Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Conservation for America's future.Direct and manage a team of engineering professionals who are responsible for research and development, project management, review of engineering Infrastructure specifications and implementation of design plans for projects and policies that are scalable, functional, and cost effective.Conduct multi-site meetings with multiple levels of management including executives and staff under my direct and indirect supervision for research, architectural design, project collaboration and project implementation and deployment.Review budget requests to decrease duplication of effort and improve the ROI for all Capital Expenditures for engineering research. Show less

Direct and managed a team of engineering professionals who were responsible for research and development, project management, review of engineering Infrastructure specifications and implementation of design plans for projects and policies that were scalable, functional, and cost effective. Conducted multi-site meetings with multiple levels of Sr Management including Sr Executives, and staff under my direct and indirect supervision for research, architectural design, project collaboration and… Show more Direct and managed a team of engineering professionals who were responsible for research and development, project management, review of engineering Infrastructure specifications and implementation of design plans for projects and policies that were scalable, functional, and cost effective. Conducted multi-site meetings with multiple levels of Sr Management including Sr Executives, and staff under my direct and indirect supervision for research, architectural design, project collaboration and project implementation and deployment. Review budget requests to decrease duplication of effort and improve the ROI for all Capital Expenditures for engineering research. Global IT Engineering Infrastructure; Data Center Management, Lab Design, Lab Autamation,Development and Green Initiatives; Development Partner Management; Cisco, IBM, HP, Brocade, Qlogic, Emulex, Microsoft, RedHat, Novell SuSe, VMware. VMWare Consolidtion, QA Development, Online Backup and Disaster Recovery and Security. Show less

Management of Global team of professionals that develops, designs, project manager, implement and provide systems administration of interoperability Data Center, and labs worldwide for the corporation.Design and project manage the building of state of the art interoperability, development Data Centers and test labs for Corporate.Negotiated contracts with partner/vendors resulting in an annual savings of $16 million+QA Development, Online Backup and Disaster Recovery and Security.

Designed and implemented network infrastructure, Data Centers and Labs for Corporations verification and test labs used by over 100 engineers at multiple sites. Designed and administered multiple relational databases including Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase, and Informix.

Managed over 300 engineering professionals who supported development, prototyped networking, systems administration and support services for Optical Networking Research Lab and Light Manufacturing. Design and project manage the building of state of the art Optical Networking interoperability, development and test labs for Lucent. Developed and prototyped high performance optical Ethernet networking Hardware with over 500 researchers

Senior Engineer and Project Lead for Voice Over IP Solution for Quest, Level 3, Verizon Communications (formerly GTE Corporation) and AT&T (formally SBC Communications Inc)Awarded SPOT Award for providing technical support solution for Southwestern Bell's Frame Relay network using Nortel Network's Magellan Passport switching network

Coordinated desktop support services for management and engineering staffProvided third-level desktop support to customersConducted training sessions for staff using Apple Macintosh workstationsSupported Internet/E-mail and Apple/Windows serversDeveloped a working proficiency in TCP/IP and AppleTalk, as well as network security, and Internet services.

Help Desk Support Team Lead for Internet/E-Mail and Apple related server/system problems. TCP/IP and AppleTalk networks, as well as an understanding of network security, and Internet services. Project management and implementation of Internet/Email standards. Administration of SMTP, Send Mail for Internet/E-Mail Services. Administration and Configuration of SMTP - IP to IP Internet/E-Mail Gateways. Administration of UNIX Send Mail Server for Internet/E-Mail Gateway Services. Systems… Show more Help Desk Support Team Lead for Internet/E-Mail and Apple related server/system problems. TCP/IP and AppleTalk networks, as well as an understanding of network security, and Internet services. Project management and implementation of Internet/Email standards. Administration of SMTP, Send Mail for Internet/E-Mail Services. Administration and Configuration of SMTP - IP to IP Internet/E-Mail Gateways. Administration of UNIX Send Mail Server for Internet/E-Mail Gateway Services. Systems engineering and service for IBM, Compaq and Apple based products. Analysis of software and hardware products for compatibility and functionality. Installation and configuration of hardware, software and peripherals. Configuration of Network hardware, software and peripherals. Knowledge of HTML Language and Administration and Configuration WWW Servers. Show less