Sr IT Project Manager supporting the Data Center Transformation Project - Phase 1 & 2 - for Trustmark National Bank.

Sr Project Manager on the C Spire Team supporting the transition from AT&T to C Spire Data and Voice Services for the State of Ms.

Sr IT PM for Ascension Health assigned to Providence Hospital Mobile, Al. Projects consist of an Avaya VOIP telephone system upgrade -cabling, switch installs to cutover 1500 Nortel PBX to VOIP telephones. Sub projects include Aruba wireless upgrades in clinics to network PM on medical hardware implementations.

Managed a team of Network Engineers, Mgrs, PM's and IT Contractors to develop, implement, and support cost-effective technology solutions for all IT Network aspects of the organization. That included operational network activities and projects ranging from WAN/LAN to WiFi for 400 locations in North America, Ireland and India supporting Saks, Off5, Lord & Taylor, The Bay, Home Outfitters, Retail Stores, 13 Distribution and 3 Data Centers.

Primary PM for the Networking and Telco Teams assigned to develop and deploy PM standards and methodologies to the department reporting to the DVP. Developed and managed 31 new Projects in a MS Project Enterprise solution with projects ranging from a 1.8 million Call Center Software Upgrade to a complete 2.5 million Corp Headquarter network infrastructure to MPLS circuit replacement supporting over 2000 users.

Senior Manager in Government Services Disaster Compliance Division leading a team of IT Project Mgrs, Developers and Support Personnel who were focused on technology deployment necessary to support disaster recovery projects for State and Federal Agencies. FEMA/MEMA/TDEM/CDBG/Public Assistance.etcResponsibility included all networking, automation, computing, digital document management/workflow and instructional technology support. Successfully deployed twelve technology automation platforms for state emergency management projects in MS, TX and NY with oversight of over $5 billion in disaster and recovery funding.

U.S. Army ReserveServed in both Active and Reserve Duty assignments ranging from Ordnance, Adjutant General and Quarter Master Corp. Primary duty was in Development of IT systems in support of combat operations, training and logistics. That included planning, implementation and operation of a state-of-the-art personnel and financial accountability system for the entire 200,000-person coalition of the U.S. Army’s Iraqi Freedom. Systems Automation Development recognized by the Adjutant General of the Army and award recipient. Served in leadership rolls ranging from Platoon Leader to Company Commander.

Over the 10+ years that I worked at Skytel in the Advanced Technology Center, I primarily focused on deploying the 2-Way Paging Network ranging from the below duties;Managed staff of 2 - 15 programmers, engineers, and operators and annual budget of $1.2 million supporting large, complex system-wide projects. Representative projects include planning and implementation of advanced messaging connections and hypercritical master configuration database used to operate SkyTel’s entire two-way network. Reported to Corporate Vice President of Operations.Network Provisioning Manager - Advanced Technology Center (1996 - 1999)Supervised nine employees and an annual budget of $17 million. Responsible for managing circuit administration of approximately 6,000 circuits including all toll-free numbers (1.3 million). Managed telecom fraud auditing, netting recovered savings of $13 million. Chief Engineer and primary contact on specialized telecommunication orders.New Services Technical Manager/Network Engineer - Advanced Technology Center (1995 - 1996)Managed 15 MCI telecommunications technical support technicians geographically disbursed over the country. Managed an annual salary budget of $1.4 million as well as a large travel budget. Managed the staging and integration operations of vendor, AT&T/Lucent Technologies, with an annual budget of approximately $2.5 million.