James Whitley Email & Phone Number

Greer, South Carolina, Us

Overview:Working under the Data Visualization team umbrella, I serve as the manager for a team DevOps Engineers, responsible for security compliance, vendor review and selection, escalation management and alignment of teams and processes toward continuous improvement.I manage several platforms (PowerBI, Informatica, QlikView, SAPBO, Tableau, Quick Sight) by coordinating projects tasks with DevOPS managers and 30+ Accenture support specialists (India and Germany). I support the migration to Azure cloud infrastructure and manage identity and access management. I provide governance to maintain company standards in security and documentation.I'm passionate about developing others so I have been greatly involved in leadership development, mentoring and coaching for BMW IT interns, Co-Ops, IT Scholars apprenticeship program and junior team members.

Greer, South Carolina, Us

Overview:Working under the IT Innovations team umbrella, I serve as the DevOps Engineer responsible for requirements gathering, design documentation and technical writing, infrastructure configuration, vendor review and selection, escalation management and alignment of teams and processes toward continuous improvement.Focus:Under my product AIQX (Artificial Intelligence Quality System), I manage a team of 30+ Accenture support specialists (India and Germany) that provide 3 aspects of our platform (configuration, AI models, PaaS). I support the migration to Azure cloud infrastructure and manage identity and access management. I provide governance to maintain company standards in security and documentation.I'm passionate about developing others so I have been greatly involved in leadership development, mentoring and coaching for BMW IT interns, Co-Ops, IT Scholars apprenticeship program and junior team members.Tools and Technology: Azure DevOps, Atlassian Suite (JIRA)

Greer, South Carolina, Us

Overview:As part of the web development team, I served as the Operations Manager responsible for requirements gathering, design documentation and technical writing, infrastructure configuration, vendor review and selection, escalation management and alignment of teams and processes toward continuous improvement.

Greer, South Carolina, Us

Focus 1:I was accountable for test management, roles and authorizations, ASL system analysis and 3rd level support. Using my highly relational strengths, I took the initiative build bridges with other departments to develop the necessary links for the team. Accomplishments included designing the test structure for the SES migration project including designing tests scripts, building test structure in ALM, creating test plan and other test documents. I also supported the AKL 3.0 go-live from a testing and authorizations perspective and was involved with the authorization management of MII systems. Focus 2:I was accountable for test management for the SES Migration project and performed the following: designed tests scripts, built test structure in ALM, created test plan, created SESKey User manual, trained KU on new functionality, and successfully completed multipletest phases. Also supported the MII rollout from a testing and authorizationsperspective including the following tasks: written test scripts in ALM, test data creation,create/modify user authorizations. Also continued for the authorizationmanagement of MII systems.

Greer, South Carolina, Us

EOMDP is a Leadership Development program and I was first IT track associate.Rotation #1 - IT ServicesI provided project management and support for IT projects for Plant Spartanburg including migration of Automated Pallet Warehouse to a custom SAP solution.I prepared associates for plant wide rollout of Windows 7 & 10 to ensure processes would not be hindered.I created custom SharePoint tools and workflows to improve IT processes and requests.Rotation #2 - IT Logistics & Plant (Production)I provided project support including testing and configuration for the rollout of BMW's automated small parts ware house both locally and globally. I worked abroad from April 2013 - August 2013 in Dingolfing & Munich GermanyRotation #3 - IT Business OperationsI was a member of the Center of Contact (CoC) for automated warehouses globally responsible for testing & rollouts of new versions, implementing business requests, and 3rd level support for Incident management