Provide consultative and project management activities to various clients working within their IT arena. Modine Manufacturing –o Project Manager of $600M divestiture of Manufacturing division. Developed and maintained project plans, tracked issues and delivered management reporting across several workstreams. Munch Ado -o Project Manager in the restaurant space assisting various restaurant owners in developing website, e-commerce and Social media offerings. Responsibilities include meeting with customers to acquire business requirements, architecting solutions as well as project management activities with offshore teams. Proven IT, Mark-IT Express –o Work with various Managed Network Services providers selling their services to small and medium sized businesses. Once contract negotiations are completed and signed off, I assist in project managing the implementation efforts of the respective services being implemented. Frontline Identity, Brilliance INTL, CDI Computer Dealers –o Provide remote and onsite technical services for both hardware and software solutions. Responsibilities include assisting in the selection of computer, server and storage equipment, as well as configuring the software for user account and permission access, respective module setups and designing reports to assist in the financial management of the organization. When necessary, I also assisted in the design and creation of various API integrations to ensure that all applications were up to date with timely and correct business information.

Orchestrate complex IT operations on behalf of this global real estate appraisal firm; comprised of 20K members spanning over 60 countries. Full accountability for a $2M annual budget. Lead continuous process improvement through progressive infrastructure and system changes. Employed change management expertise to conduct an extensive overhaul of existing infrastructure to improve overall security, performance, and monitoring of internal infrastructure, VOIP, and application development environments. Activities included migrating from Cisco to SonicWall firewalls, upgrading VMWare environment as well as upgrading and configuring Microsoft servers. Implemented IAM through active directory by assigning users to various access groups based on their role and department at the organization. Security access to all network shares and applications was redone and revalidated based on the new user assignments. Internet filtering was also implemented by category within the firewalls and then these categories were assigned to the new access groups. Facilitated the installation of an Enterprise level anti-virus solution and deployment of Kaseya agents on servers and computers to improve overall visibility of computer equipment. Monitored the portal to ensure any issues were identified and addressed. Coordinated security risk assessment of internal network with outside vendor. Participated in the review and selection of a new AMS system (Abila) to replace existing legacy management system. Launched a new organizational website; Providing project management efforts to ensure successful implementation between website and legacy member management systems. Implementation also included the planning and management and review of over 10,000 documents and web pages with various departmental resources to ensure appropriate and relevant information was implemented to the new website. Slashed unnecessary expenses by ~$250K annually for four consecutive years.

Support a diverse portfolio of clients in their IT needs, in addition to serving as a Google Apps reseller of cloud computing solutions. • Performed extensive assessments on clients’ software/hardware environments; compiling and presenting findings to clients with appropriate recommendations.

Oversaw and coordinated IT operations and special projects. Served as Subject Matter Expert (SME) on executive team; evaluating best technical products for company’s use. • Successfully redesigned and launched a new corporate website to introduce the DUMMIES brand; garnering an increase in customer purchase conversion rates.

Managed all network, application development, help desk, and data security environments over 20 office locations with an annual $3.5M budget. • Refined expertise on the Microsoft CRM, Great Plains, SharePoint and Cognos BI systems.• Implemented new Infrastructure around VMWare and improved MPLS network.

Coordinated a high caliber, cross-functional team in managing and maintaining all technical aspects of organization; focusing on network/server administration, application development, and data security.

Project Manager on the implementation of Oracle 11i E-Business Suite Financial modules. Built and maintained collaborative lines of communication with both the functional and technical staffs to address and resolve issues post-implementation.

Rapidly advanced through several specialized roles in recognition of exceptional capabilities. Oversaw and managed multiple complex implementation projects on behalf of the City of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools. • Developed and managed a team of 10 consultants in addressing Oracle application production issues and new development efforts.• Managed creation of AIM documentation, MD060s, MD070s and Acceptance Certificates for all post-production solutions.• Oversaw and coordinated rollout of Metalink to client user community; coordinating efforts with super users to support them in daily interaction with Oracle Support.

Managed and directed the technical development staff of Siemens Financial Systems Group. Provided first level support for all Oracle Financial applications coordinating issues and determining appropriate actions. Applications included General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Cash Management and Accounts Receivable as well as all financial legacy systems. Implemented AppWorx scheduling package to remove reliance on using Oracle Concurrent Manager for scheduling daily batch processing.Implemented corporate wide report viewer, Vista Plus, for Oracle and legacy reports. Managed the development of all interfaces between the corporate legacy system and Oracle Financial modules. Managed the Oracle database instances logging Tar's with Oracle Support and implementing respective software patches. Performed initial evaluation of Oracle Projects within Siemens. Phased out user reliance on a legacy ICMS reporting environment. New system utilized legacy extract files, transported using TCP/IP to a UNIX and/or Windows NT environment. Data was imported into Oracle and Microsoft Access for reporting purposes. Implemented Corprasoft Chief Legal Officer product within corporate legal department. Product was a client server application connecting to an Oracle 8 database using ODBC technology.

Responsible for managing and directing the support and development efforts of Comdisco's Financial and Commission systems. Managed staff of 8 (4 employees, 4 contractors). Provided first and second level support for corporate Data Center Operations.