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Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Provides strategic planning, services, support and communication for UC's centralized research computing and data services, including data transfer, data compute/analysis and data storage. Leads the development of the University of Cincinnati's first High Performance Computing (HPC) center. Responsible for funding, budgeting, service development and internal/external partnership development. Communicates and facilitates access to the capabilities and services of local, regional and national Cyberinfrastructure tools and services. Secured over $1.6M external and institutional funding to develop advanced CI infrastructure at UC, including UC's Advanced Research Computing Center, Science DMZ, CI and Data Science workshops/training. Develops and delivers data and computational science training and workshops in collaboration with university libraries and the Office of Research. Synergistic Activities and VolunteeringTechnical Director, Project Management and Vendor Management - SC19 Conference Planning Committee, SCinet Subcommittee. Manages relationships with over 35 technology and services vendors who are providing $65M+ in equipment to build the SC19 conference network. Oversees 12 project teams and PMs and overall Program Management of the SCinet network architecture, planning, implementation process. Track Coordinator, Campus Research Computing Consortium (CaRCC) ‘Emerging Research Centers’ Chair Emeritus, Member, IT@UC Research and Development Committee Chair, UC Research Computing Technical Advisory Group (R-TAG) Member, Ohio Supercomputer Center(OSC)/Ohio Academic and Research Network (OARNet) Advisory Board Member, OSC Finance Committee Member, UC Office of Research Research Data Management Task ForceRecently presented at CI Conferences:. PEARC21: Workshop for Emerging HPC Center leaders (BOF) - Fine Tuning Your Research Computing Center's Elevator Pitch and other Marketing tools Internet2 Global Summit 2019 OHECC19 PEARC19

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Proactively connects university researchers to IT resources, helps identify and provide computing resources for grant applications, and partners with UC researchers and educators to support individual and multidisciplinary research projects and grant proposals. Coordinates the development of large research proposals to national funding agencies. Secured almost $1,000,000 external funding from National Science Foundation to enhance UC's infrastructure offerings for research scientists.Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI), National Science Foundation CC*DNI Program: Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Engineer and Educator (CI2E), $400,000. Jan. 1, 2016-Dec. 31, 2017 Award will provide funding for two years for a CI Engineer and Educator who will expand and support cyberinfrastructure (High Speed Network, High Performance Computing resources, etc.) for researchers.Senior Personnel - National Science Foundation (NSF) CC*IIE ScienceDMZ grant, $500,000. Coordinated a successful effort to write major national grant proposal, with collaborators from 6 different research labs and focus areas on campus (Mech Eng, Physics, Mathematics, Geograpy, UC Simulation Center). Directing the implementation of the new High Speed, Research only 100Gb network.Presentations: Internet2 Tech Exchange - Presented 'Bridging the High Performance Computing Gap to Maximize Investments'. September 2016Internet2 Tech Exchange - Presented 'IT Collaboration with Research, Education and Learning' with Nelson Vincent, CIO and VP for Information Technology. November 2015SCinet Committee Member - Vendor Engagement Liaison, SC16 and SC17 Conference. Chair, IT Research and Development topical committee, IT Governance structure. March 2014-July 2016. The goal of the committee is to set the strategic priorities for the IT-enabled research at the University of Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Responsible for the overall project management function, providing leadership, coordination and management of PMO processes and functions. Supervises a team of project managers who manage the strategic projects of the enterprise. Implemented a project portfolio management process. Introduced Agile Project Management to PMO methodology toolkit.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Responsible for managing full life cycle of moderately complex IT projects, including project planning, functionality and execution. Uses expertise and leadership skills to resolve project issues and ensure that project goals and requirements are met. Functions as the primary liaison between the business line, operations and the technical areas throughout the project cycle. Develops project schedules, work assignments, target dates and other aspects of assigned projects. Prepares and presents proposals, status reports and other information to senior management and/or end-users.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Project Team Lead and Business Analyst for various large scale and enterprise-wide web software development projects. Implemented Agile methodologies (Scrum, Extreme/Pair Programming, Test Driven Development) in software development projects. Project manager, lead and analyst for multi-year $500K web application development which partnered with Provost and Registrar's offices to track and manage university curriculum.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Led project to identify and convert all Y2K references in software systems. Provided leadership and analysis for custom software development projects.

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Provided Accounting/ERP and CRM software implementation and support. Converted data from customer's previous system.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Installed, implemented and maintained over 100+ workstations on new Novell Local Area Network. Responsible for the management and development of the network and all applications. Managed staff members and students who supported the computer lab. Provided training to staff, faculty and students. Led project to create student information tracking system.

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Provided financial analysis of Aircraft Engine Assembly department for Marine Engines. Managed Novell Network.

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Provided desktop and local area network (Novell) support. Created financial reports for Aircraft Engine Assembly departments.

Alexandria, Virginia, Us

Worked on defense industry projects, creating project management documents (Gantt charts, presentations). Assisted in the writing and editing of responses to RFPs in order to win contracts with defense agencies.