Bernard Kahn, Csm Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Nyc

Team Leader for Member Advocates; created and presenting New member Orientation webinar. Group manager for the PMI NYC LinkedIn group, monitoring all discussions, handling new member onboarding, and any issues raised by members : members are our customers! Social Media team. Advocate for chapter programs. - Created and presented New Member Orientation webinar. - Created & presented webinar on LinkedIn Hints for Project Managers

Greater New York City Area

Project manager working on large scale infrastructure initiatives, with direct responsibility for US-based areas, and liaison for all Americas to Global program management. Successful migration of 2,000+ servers across Americas, Canada to Argentina, all Lines of Business.Strong stakeholder management, facilitating technology change in a large, multi-cultural organization.

Nyc

Program Manager with emphasis on governance of infrastructure currency programs. • Created customized formal framework and operational model for program governance.• Improved stakeholder satisfaction by more timely reporting.

Nyc

Project Manager focused on timely delivery of infrastructure solutions to internal clients. Closely work with AppDev teams and Solution Architects to ensure solutions align with client priorities and company stratgic direction. Drive solutions to successful implementation. Use understanding of server, storage, database and network infrastructure together with client relationship management skills to provide effective delivery. Reduced TCO and risk by delivery of new strategic platforms (VM & physical) and migrating off older EOL configurations across global business lines for IB, Private Banking and Back Office.  Improved quality of releases by delivery of integrated test environment as per external regulatory mandate. Environment of over 30 servers across multiple tiers (DB, app, web) and platforms.

Providing consulting services as a Project Manager/ Analyst to a startup to create a plan to build a Green food manufacturing plant in NYC.

Distinct role of expeditor and intermediary, ensuring service and support for application developers from infrastructure, especially Systems Programming. Functioned as service delivery manager.Improved application reliability bank-wide by spearheading conversion for 100+ applications from obsolete COBOL to supported version, successfully managing multi-year effort. Saved over $3MM per year from software asset management rationalization efforts, ascertaining overlapping functionality of products, and assisted applications in migrating. Conducted monthly forums for UNIX, mainframe & Wintel developers, bringing in vendors to introduce new technology, new features, etc. Adept at both written and oral communication.Started at Bank managing dysfunctional group of Systems Administrators, overworked, not meeting management priorities, etc., and turned that into successful effective team.Enjoy managing both people and projects, and using new technology effectively.

Ms In Bus Ad, Systems Analysis

Ba, Math

Activities and Societies: Putnam Math Competition teamMinors in Economics & Physics

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