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Contract role, extended 9 times, converted to permanent role in the IT Infrastructure PMO. Presently managing 7 IT projects simultaneously, including DC5 Backup & recovery, DC5 Telecom Core and the NERC Evidence Locker. Managed the very complex DC4 App Stack Migration project consisting of ~4,300 servers in 8 separate and simultaneous stages of V2V, P2V, Re-IP, SQL, Linux, MSE and NAS. Since this project involved data migrations for all x86 applications, it required coordination with all departments within the company (Finance, Legal, HR, IT, Executive, Market-facing, etc.). The NAS stage required external vendor management. This project has a budget that will exceed $3 Million. Other projects managed include DC4 vendor Hardware Refresh, IT Asset Recovery, Operational Health and Production Hardening Phase II. Overall project budgets together exceeded ~$15 Million.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Extended contract role in the Dell IT Networking PMO. Managing the IT connectivity facets of the Dell/EMC merger & acquisition TSA (building closures and consolidations) in Santa Clara California and Round Rock Texas. Fiber and copper circuits up to 10 GB, Data Center meet point and IDF closet redesigns & elevations, Audio-Visual connectivity for 3-screen Cisco telepresence devices and meeting room presentation devices. The project also involved a complete wireless AP and SSID redesign for facility security. Federal and research lab redesigns and capacity planning for connectivity.

Austin, Texas, Us

6-month contract role. Data Center Consolidation, Network & Virtualization projects, Merger & Acquisition by Marlin Equity, as well as a telecom expansion and an Exchange and SharePoint to Office 365 migration. User migration from a corporate purchase, and establishment of 2 new offices for the company in Dubuque, IA and Alpharetta, GA.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

3-month contract role, extended four times. Data Center Consolidation, Network & Virtualization, Certificate Lifecycle Management projects for global sites in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the US. Network bandwidth management and WiFi projects. Managed projects with MS Project Online and Confluence SharePoints.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Contract role converted to permanent. Data Center Consolidation & Virtualization, Cloud computing and storage solutions. IBM Global Business Services, Business Application Modernization. Data center consolidation, migration & virtualization projects. Managed projects in Winnipeg MB, Toronto ON, Canada, Brazil, and New Jersey. Developed, standardized, maintained and improved processes, tools, metrics and deliverables to achieve a world-class factory based delivery model resulting in cost-effective migration solutions. CRM, Financial Management, Human Capital Management, Strategy and Change Management. Application migrations (SAP, SQL, Crystal Reports, Filemaker, Remedy, Oracle, Protegrity, Genefax, etc.), Cloud migrations and whole-server imaging. Migrations employed PlateSpin, DoubleTake and QLogic software, and vMotion across source and target LUNs. V2V, P2P, and P2V Migrations. Also managed software development projects taking place in Brazil and India with remote global staff.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

Contract role extended 4 times. Data Center Consolidation & Virtualization. Moved multiple Austin and Salt Lake City end users to new sites. Arranged cloud computing and storage solutions for a customer-managed data center. Managed cabling, network, wifi, WAN, server, video conferencing, building security and data center construction schedules, costs and resources. Managed vendors (quotes, contracts, POs and invoices) and internal resources. Worked with Clarity Project Management Software and MS SharePoint.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Contract role extended 3 times. Data Center Consolidation & Virtualization. Building development environments for The Home Depot’s Austin Technology Center. Managing budget, offshore, full-time, & contract resources, and timelines. Managed cloud computing and storage solutions for an IBM-managed data center Building AD, ST, QA and UAT environments as part of the corporate web development infrastructure.

Houston, Texas, Us

Data Center Consolidation & Virtualization. Americas US Converged Infrastructure Consulting Services. Managing the Project Management Office (PMO) at customer sites, schedules, resources and budgets for data center consolidation and application virtualization projects. Managed cloud computing and storage solutions for an HP-managed customer data center. Coordinated offshore resources in Bangalore, India to deliver services for projects. Application compatibility, client virtualization, Microsoft SCCM, Windows 7 upgrades and managed operation of on-site PMO organizations.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Contract role, B2B. Managed software development and deployment projects for Windstream, and AT&T MMOS CPEMS to HDM Migration, AACE and CSC Console. Employed the Waterfall and Agile/Scrum Methodologies and TeamTrack issue tracking software. Developed use cases, performed requirements gathering and deployments. Migrated CPEs from Motorola CPEMS ACS servers to Motive HDM servers. Over 3.5(+) Million devices and corresponding software were deployed. Coordinated with multiple teams from Motorola, Westell, AT&T, and Motive/Alcatel-Lucent, as well as global development and testing teams in Bangalore, India and Belgium.

7 month contract. Managed data center services projects to consolidate and transform servers from multiple data centers across Texas into two located in Austin and San Angelo. Responsible for the reduction of overall server footprint by consolidating and virtualizing applications from multiple servers. Managed disaster recovery, WAAS, managed cloud computing and storage solutions for a 3rd party IBM-managed data center, and service delivery implementations and improvements.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Full-time permanent role as well as 2 contracts. Managed the PMO. Project Management, Managed Services, Setting up cloud computing and storage solutions, 6-Sigma BPI Green Belt Certified, KAIZEN Methodology, LEAN manufacturing. 100% travel. Managed Americas, EMF, Kuala Lumpur, Cyber Jaya, and APJ (Japan) Data Center consolidation & virtualization projects. Reported directly to the Office of the CIO, 3 levels below the CEO. Managed large-scale SaaS, IT Field Services Transition & Deployment projects for Dell customers. Prepared and modified extensive project plans, process flows, SOWs, RFPs, phase release documentation, milestones, reporting, risk analysis and mitigation, cost benefit analysis, & business metrics development. Implemented changes to customer service desk, field services, hardware/software break fix, and IMACD processes for global companies. Managed direct customer contact and interfaced with the customer as an intermediary for sales, hardware deployment and data migration.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Contract role. Hands-on IT Project Management for 6 month project. Managed up to 17 simultaneous Data Migration Projects for Dell customers, such as VideoJet, Siemens, SAIC, USDA Forest Service, and TSA. Managed project timelines, developed project plans, determined scope, coordinated with customers, project tracking, setting customer expectations, and planned deployment resources. Each project represented just under $100K of revenue to the company.

New York, Us

Hands-on IT management, Service Delivery, Project Management. Managed IT budget and IT infrastructure for remote offices in Austin, San Antonio, Lubbock, Nashville, Washington DC, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Richmond, Denver and Phoenix. Network architecture and repair of infrastructure to include servers, workstations, VPN, routers, cabling, switches, hubs, etc. Configure and maintain new systems. Active participation in an experimental project from Microsoft to implement the .NET architecture within the company (Windows 2003 Server Architecture). Wireless and Satellite Networking.

Chief executive of a 501(c)(3) non-profit zoo project. Facilitating the rescues of both domesticated and non-domesticated animals. Non-profit fund-raising, website development, advertising, & grant writing.

Austin, Tx, Us

Hands-on IT management, Service Delivery, Project Management. Managed IT budget and IT infrastructure for 22 facilities in Texas and Louisiana. Disaster Recovery project planning. Network security. Infrastructure consisted of Oracle accounting, running on DG/Unix platform, NT Terminal Server, Exchange Server, Proxy server, DNS, Rel-Tek and Citrix Metaframe applications. Local and remote sites connected via ISDN, frame relay, and 128K using Cisco 1600 routers and CSU/DSU’s. Managed active conversion project for NT 4.0 to 2000 Server and various workstations to 2000 Professional. Responsible for active project to convert DG/UX, Oracle system to a Great Plains or Oracle Financials Solution.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Project Management & IT Service Delivery. Saved Dell over $30 Million in downtime costs by establishing an NT Server FileGen Project in Dimension manufacturing. Successfully reduced cost of help desk support by 77% through implementation of ITOC project, representing a reduction from $130 to $30 per support contact. Managed a staff of up to 20 employees (developers & technicians) responsible for all servers and workstations in both the corporate and manufacturing environments in over 22 buildings in Austin/Round Rock. Prepared annual budgets, asset management, metrics, performance plans and evaluations. Managed support aspects of Dell expansion projects into Nashville, TN, Brazil, China and Malaysia. Directly managed support projects for new buildings being constructed in Austin/Round Rock. Created a project to re-image shared-use workstations on a nightly basis to reduce incidence of trouble tickets.

Austin, Texas, Us

Service delivery & Project manager for installation and architecture of computer networks for physician offices. Increased profits for Travis County Medical Society by strengthening controls on inventory, A/R, and A/P, successfully increasing profits by 8.5%. Configured and maintained Ascend Pipeline Routers, PC-based Print Servers, JetDirect Cards, and Appletalk Printers. Great Plains Software conversion. Responsible for budgeting, retail, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.

Investigated computer-related crimes, Information Security Investigation. White collar and internet fraud investigation. Project manager responsible for creation of new crime lab. Responsible for annual budget of the Crime Scene Department. Controlled more than $4 million in city, state and federal officer retirement funds. Field training officer, Road Patrol Officer, Evidence Custodian, Marine and Beach Patrol. Performed personnel interviews and conducted background checks on applicants for sworn police officers.

Bs, Marine Science, Biology, Chemistry

Certification, Criminal Justice

Computer Science

Marine Biology

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