Charles Edens Email & Phone Number

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Responsible for Cloud, HW, SW, Break Fix and BCP/DR projects planning strategy for new solution and onboarding.

Bretwood, Tn

Responsible for Managing the Data Classification Remediation project to identify and resolve risk related to security compliance. • Reporting to management progress, risk and opportunities for improvement.• Developing ITIL process models to improve execution and efficiencies in project delivery• Project and Engagement over site and leadership to service delivery teamsProvide leadership and planning strategies for Security teams related to technical projects.• Building relationships and managing expectations across the teams • Leading the implementation of VPN tunnel project from Cisco ASA to Palo Alto.• Project and Engagement over site and leadership to service delivery teams• Developed and documented processes and plan to implement security Fire Wall changes to hospitals created the pilot process and implemented it without error.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Providing executive level management and consulting services. To the international relocation and move of data centers • Developing and leading the PMO and providing technical leadership and planning strategies for the relocations and moves • Leading the client and the international teams of over 100 resources and multiple vendors to assure the relocation and moves success • Building relationships and managing expectations across the teams • Developing and managing the governance program for the client and IBM • Project and Engagement over site and leadership to service delivery teams• Building teams and integrating solutions to best meet the client’s needs

Providing executive level management and consulting services. To support IT Storage, Disaster Recovery, Risk Management and other IT support services. • Engagement and PM Management, Developing Mainline IP for Storage, Cloud and DR services and technology.• Providing delivery services as required for Mainline Services. • Building delivery and consultative skills for Mainline resources to enhance delivery capabilities. • Perform Per-sales and sales services to IT organizations for Storage and Cloud solutions.• Project and Engagement over site and leadership to service delivery teams• Building teams and integrating solutions to best meet the clients needs

Remote

Disaster Recovery Coordinator / Senior PM - Implementing and testing DR in out of region data center. Designing solutions and process for successful DR recovery and testing. Monitoring, tracking and managing the DR stand up and build out.

Lavergne, Tn

Leading the Re-Hosting project to move to a new common platform across the IT organization.

Nashville, Tn

Senior Project Manager for SOA COE start up.

Leading large complex Migrations, relocations and Transformations

Currently program manager for large complex IT transformation project. Leading teams of over 25 resources, controling budgets and cost while deliverying client success.

Senior World Wide Program Manger - selling, managing, leading and delivering IT Solutions for large dynamic fast past complex IT environments. Expertise includes selling IT products / services and developing innovative IT Solutions that reduce IT cost and inefficiencies by greater the 40%., with strong skills in assets creation collateral identification, IT Staffing, Program Management, Project Management, Client Relationship Management, Integration Management, IT Strategy and Planning, Hardware and Software selection, Disaster Recovery Planning testing and execution, IT Transformations / Consolidations / Relocations, IT Process and Procedure improvements and IT Governance with measured results in Millions of dollars of increased productivity.

IBM (2006 to mid 2007)I was the Delivery Project Executive for IBM out sourcing supporting the Nissan account. I have a large number of resources I manage and 9 that report directly to me as Service Delivery Managers (SDM). I have the responsibility of the 2007 budget for delivery of 70m dollars of services and providing world class delivery services to Nissan north. I interface daily with C level executives from IBM and the customer to drive success for services.I recently completed an assignment as the Lead Systems Integrator (Executive Consultant) for a large complex On Demand, SOA and Transformation project. I lead IBM’s On Demand client and business partners to successful completion of a highly visible On Demand, SOA and transformation Integration project. I worked with all levels of management and technical resources to assure that this engagement was successful with the Integration of multi vendor products, tools and processes.

Senior Solution Architect / Consultant Symantec (2005 to 2006) Lead the pre-sales consulting with Symantec internal sales teams, delivering strategic infrastructure and storage consulting solutions, storage architecture consulting, disaster recovery consulting and design, along with engagement project management. I developed Symantec’s portfolio of storage consulting services and strategy for Storage services. I was the leader for creating the Global Storage Intellectual Property for Storage services.

Certified IT Consultant and IT Specialist IBM (1991 to 2005) Building client relationships, managing large / complex client engagements, Infrastructure Strategic Consulting, Storage Consulting, Data Center Relocations / Migration / Consolidation, Disaster Recovery consulting and storage replication design, Enterprise Storage Architecture and Strategy, Systems Management and Project Management. As well as playing a key roll in creating services and working with DE’s to create new technology. My role was to be the lead consultant on very large strategic engagements.