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Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Program Manager - Assurant Technology Optimization:Manage key program objectives as they support the corporate business plan and strategic IT goals to:• Increase operational efficiency in end user support• Develop corporate wide policy for a common set of standards for end-user devices and applications• Codify comprehensive virtualization policy from existing desktop strategy efforts and proposals• Incorporate procurement savings associated with standardization policies to create a more cost competitive IT service• Drive increased value and customer satisfaction through reducing complexity• Provide capacity and growth opportunitiesProject Manager (Multiple Projects)• Manage enterprise projects that involve cross-site team members or are sponsored/owned by the Assurant Corporate Technology organization.• Understand and comply with established corporate and IT standards and methodologies including, but not limited to, financial, ITIL processes, security, audit, SOX controls and configuration management.• Proactively manage customer expectations• Communicate with enterprise project team members• Build and successfully lead effective teams

Houston, Texas, Us

Managed all McAfee anti-virus / anti-spyware product releases, patches, enhancements, and upgrades into the Global GM OnLine environment to approximately 93,000 client workstations and over 2,000 servers globally.• Reported deployment status to GM Chief Information Security Office, GM Project Managers, and GM and EDS leadership to track completion to all active clients and servers. This enabled client approval for close-down of each implementation.• Coordinated deployments globally to assure that each McAfee implementation would not have schedule impact to another software release within the environment.• Assisted in incident management issues related to client/server vulnerability assessments and remediation.• Coordinated all project tasks with the pre-established EDS/GM PMO deliverables to track progress of project Initiation, Plan and Define, Execution, Monitor and Control, and Close.• Adhered to both internal PMO and client PMO audit requirements to assure the establishment and maintenance of all documentation relative to Project Integration Management, Scope Management, Time Management, Cost Management, Quality Management, HR Management, Communications Management, Risk Management, and Procurement Management were met.

Houston, Texas, Us

Verigy, Inc. is a Singapore-based company that is in the semiconductor automatic test equipment business. It was spun off from Agilent Technologies in 2006. This project was a green field deployment of network architecture which also included the deployment and migration of Verigy owned servers.• Managed the deployment of all infrastructure servers and network components to Verigy, Incorporated to enable the company to separate from their parent company, Agilent.• Managed the build out of all data center activity which included the deployment of all infrastructure components• Managed the Cisco IP Telephony deployment of approximately 2,000 IP phones globally. This deployment enabled the company to save substantial costs incurred for all long distance intercompany phone calls.• Interfaced directly with the Verigy IT Manager and the CIO of the company. Reported status to track completion of the entire Verigy infrastructure to enable approval for close-down and turn over to operations for this project.

Houston, Texas, Us

Coordinated the delivery and implementation of Cisco IP Telephony to strategic client sites.• Approved project mission, vision, goals, objectives, and general scope to enable achievement of customer acceptance of the deployment.• Collaborated with the Xerox Program Manager to assure proper implementation of product offerings and to assure quick turnaround to scope change.• Planned, directed, and controlled allocation of all project resources to assure delivery was within budget.• Leveraged Earned Value Management technique to measure project progress and to identify every detailed element of work that was completed.

Houston, Texas, Us

Managed the Lotus Notes upgrade, the application deployment, and obtained end user UAT sign-off for the deployment of a Lotus Notes single sign-on solution for the GM Online end user community which exceeded 80,000 GM Online workstations globally.

Houston, Texas, Us

Managed the network infrastructure upgrade and server deployments to accommodate HIPAA compliant Health Care Claims solution.

Houston, Texas, Us

Managed the deployment of RFI and Wireless Access Points throughout two GM Powertrain facilities in Wixom, MI and Toledo, OH.

Houston, Texas, Us

Managed the project planning and coordination activities for the implementation of eight EMC Storage Area Network devices and the accompanying Dell Exchange servers to eight sites in four countries over a 90 day deployment period.• Worked directly with the engineers and EDS Dow Acquisitions to assure that all equipment was successfully procured on time to meet stringent client time frame for deployment.• Coordinated delivery with EMC Corporation, Dell, and Cisco Systems with all global Dow Chemical site personnel to assure timely delivery of equipment.• Conducted daily meetings with each vendor and each facility manager to identify status of each site deployment to immediately identify and remediate concerns and to mitigate any delay in the deployment.

Houston, Texas, Us

Managed the deployment of the Voice Over IP (VOIP) Network (WAN, LAN, and MPLS) and all of the subsequent VOIP sub-project deployments including on-net and off-net strategies. Managed the deployment of gateways, HVAC, Unified Messaging, Cisco routers, Active Directory, MS Exchange, Storage Area Network facilities, and VG device implementations.• Managed procurement of software, equipment, and services for the project to assure prompt delivery in order to achieve client satisfaction.• Worked with the project team to define a solution for capturing and managing MAC addresses for the Cisco IP phones which improved the process of inventory management.• Worked with the Dow IS&S organization, the EDS Program Office, and various vendors for support and deployment of hardware and software implementations, upgrades, and migrations.• Assured that all telephony devices were tracked and managed within budget.• Planned Disaster Recovery, and Work Force Management to assure proper recovery in the event of a disaster/failure.• Managed the decommission effort of the existing site equipment. This reduced client expenses as the project continued to deploy.• Administered the CMMI Model Framework maturity Level 2 organizational key process areas such as Requirements Management, Project Monitoring and Control, Project Planning, Configuration Management, Measurement and Analysis, Process and Product Quality Assurance, Organizational Process Definition, and Corrective Action Reporting to assure PMO audit compliance was met.

Houston, Texas, Us

Managed multiple small - medium scale projects and many high visibility projects.• Projects accomplishments: Multi-platform deployment GM Computer Aided Engineering High Performance Compute data center migration project; Tandem platform GM Exchange deployment, GM ACCESS Billing, GM Dealer Communication Systems migration to GM ACCESS.• Provided essential input to process and template development aimed to improve existing organizational processes in order to meet the goals of the organization which were to employ a Capability Maturity Modeling framework and establish a fundamental PMO structure.• Planned and deployed a GM Dealer Disaster Recovery (DR) infrastructure and the associated processes which included the data center build out of the DR site and the deployment of priority applications required to enable the dealer community to function in the result of a disaster.• Provided application specifications to the GM DCS system providers which enabled each provider to process and provide specific application data to the respective GM application host system.

Houston, Texas, Us

Transitioned my career from Operations/Production Support to Network/Production Support to Tandem platform Application Developer/Systems Engineer to Business Relations Analyst supporting GM.• Achieved EDS recognition as a Systems Engineer then as an Advanced System Engineer• Performed application development, team leadership, and transitioned to client interface role.

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