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West Virginia, United States

Strategy Program Planning and Execution, supporting the modernization of the financial healthcare experience for all.- Provider- Payer- Member

West Virginia, United States

Applying Lean Management/Lean Six Sigma principles to operations optimization/efficiency/process improvement programs, and post-merger integration projects within the Enterprise Print and Distribution group. Product Owner of the Enterprise Print Data Repository.

Charleston, West Virginia Area

Managed budget performance for a >$100M 2-year client engagement (the eligibility systems integration project for the State of West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources). Managed budget risk and designed/implemented budget governance process and controls and supported the development of a full suite of PMO processes to support the multi-year delivery of the integration effort.

Charleston, West Virginia Area

Directed full-spectrum operations of 5 energy efficiency programs for AEP in KY, WV, and VA; delivering value by generating demand reduction/energy savings while providing end-customers with quality educational and energy savings services. Programs include the Appalachian Power HomeSMART, Peak Reduction, and Home Performance programs; and the Kentucky Power Whole House Efficiency Program. Client-engagement and account management responsibilities; routinely employed program/vendor/safety risk management; value-stream mapping/analysis, and Lean Management.

Charleston, West Virginia Area

Supporting the HUD datacenter management contract for HP Enterprise Services in South Charleston, WV; applying project, program, and portfolio management best-practices that help ensure customer satisfaction and positive outcomes which build trust and brand equity in HP's solutions and products. Executing mission critical and value-added technology projects with a consultative approach to solutions development and value maximization.

Proudly served the prestigious University of Denver as they prepared for the 2012 Presidential Debate, by managing a number of work-streams to support the logistics, temporary datacenter and IT infrastructure build-out, and technical readiness for the swarm of thousands of media personnel, dignitaries, VIPs, and students to the campus for the high-visibility event. Charged with road-mapping the organizational transformation to a PMO-centric and ITIL based University IT services division; creating and engaging management committees to develop consensus and document best-practices and governance programs for the IT Operations and Project Management disciplines. Led the vendor selection and requirements gathering for the cloud-based ServiceNow (SaaS) integration.

In partnership with Bluefish Technology, worked with a wide range of enterprise customers and start-ups to create value through a diversified portfolio of skilled project management, professional consulting services, and affordable integrated marketing campaign management that leveraged social media, search engine marketing and optimization, and offline/print strategies. Conceptualized and directed the marketing campaign strategy, positioning, segmentation, and resource planning efforts for a diverse set of start-up concerns (retail apparel, managed services, energy drink, career services). Major Project Summary (see the LinkedIn "Projects" section at the bottom of the page for more detail)::: Texas Heath and Human Services Commission Local Office Infrastructure Modernization Project, including the migration from Novell to Win2008, the VMware infrastructure deployment, a WAN capacity assessment and upgrade, the datacenter expansion and capacity planning effot, the SAN installation and disaster recovery planning, and the integrated architecture design and roll-out across 700+ remote and central offices across the state. Also supported the migration of locally hosted Exchange servers to O365 cloud platform.:: Launched Network512, a community networking and business support organization in Austin, and created/executed an event marketing strategy to rapidly develop membership in a competitive market.:: Managed web-site launch and social media/integrated market strategy execution for Up The Ladder (career services) and other start-ups/small businesses.:: ASMMI strategic planning and project execution (non-profit marketing industry organization).:: Xcel Energy Data Center relocation project.:: Led the Washington Mutual (Boulder, CO branch) conversion to the new Chase Bank format.:: Chase Bank branch hardware refresh (Boulder/Denver area branches).:: Regional market analysis and strategic action summary development for CPG manufacturers in NY/NJwv

Greater New York City Area

Led a portfolio of services delivery projects for the global market leader in SAN/Storage solutions while contributing services delivery management and operational excellence expertise to the internal re-organization and process improvement initiatives; helping to re-establish customer trust and a positive brand image while reducing overhead and sales-to-delivery turn-around time. - Successfully managed the largest project portfolio in the region -- up to 30 concurrent projects- Hand-picked to represent the services delivery team as one of two PMs supporting the New Jersey office -- the highest grossing sales group in the US.- Coordinated SAN, Data Warehouse, Backup/Archival Solutions, NAS, DR services, and datacenter relocation and migration services; including the negotiations and arrangement of transportation and logistics for large VMX systems

Greater New York City Area

Consultant/Contractor for::: Clerity Solutions, leading SAN integrations for NYC customers:: Start-ups, creating business plans and marketing strategies:: Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), managing a portfolio of SAN implementations in coordination with services partners

Nyc

Led project management and consulting efforts in complex technology integration and migration engagements for clients in the Healthcare industry, uncovering new revenue opportunities and developing partner programs to offer new value add services to our mutual customer base. Designed and integrated the project management framework for this rapidly growing world-class services delivery organization. Led the migration from IBM Mainframe to Open Systems for the clearing systems of the New York Stock Exchange at SIAC. Led numerous datacenter expansion and hardware integration planning efforts, including HVAC, electrical, cabling, rack design, and systems installation.

New York, New York, United States

Acquired/merged with Clerity in 2005I took the helm of the organization after a major re-organization/departure of founding CEO; guiding the distressed organization to a soft landing through a spin-off of the brand identity and merger of operations with Clerity Solutions.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Acquired/merged with Clerity in 2005Led the full life cycle product development and marketing programs for new MSP offerings and devised effective field and cloud-based delivery strategies. Drove hardware, software, and white label services sales through channel and built a blended solutions team consisting of account managers, sales engineers, and channel partner sales executives to facilitate conversion rate of partner identified sales opportunities through team selling model. Led team of 14 project managers and technical staff.

Manager of data center operations and IT infrastructure support. Significant projects: Novell NDS to Windows Active Directory migration; Network Security Infrastructure Re-design with PIX solution.

>Contract: Systems Security Consultant at Bankers Insurance>Contract: Y2K Remediation Consultant at Insurance Management Solutions Group >Contract: Infrastructure Conversion/Migration Lead at Insurance Management Solutions Group>Contract: 10,000 User ID Conversion Project Lead at Chase Manhattan Financial >Contract: Project Lead/Sys Admin for "New Branch Office Novell NDS Merger" at Chase Manhattan Mortgage>Contract: Y2K Remediation Specialist at Monroe County Hospital>Contract: Consultant/Y2K Systems Analyst and Remediation Project Lead at Case Corp. >Small Business Financial Systems and Investment Consultant (Independent Consulting)>Diversified Financial Concepts: Fortis Investors Insurance and Mutual Funds Sales Representative>Owner/Founder: Campus Rentals (appliance and electronics rental enterprise at University of Illinois)>AVP of Lending (head of collections/acting VP for 3 months over summer) at Illini Student Federal Credit Union>Contract: AF Services Security GuardKey Highlights:*Integrated new systems and led a variety of conversion projects and work-flow re-engineering efforts for Banking and Insurance customers*Led the Y2K risk assessment study at Case Corp., documenting exposure and drafting recommendations for remediation procedures *Financial Product Sales and Management/Organizational Consultant to small businesses and organizations

Board Membership, directing and guiding the following:=======================================Director At Large: WV/OH PMI Chapter (2014-2015) Covalant Executive Think-Tank (chair, 2009 - 2011)American Social Media Marketing Institute (chair, 2010 - 2012)AB Corporate Housing (interim board member, 2007-2008)Other Ventures/Partnerships:=======Managing Partner at Fondue Lounge, NYC 2006President at Wine Lover Events Club, 2006 - 2008Jahnke Technologies, 1996 - 1997Organizations/Affiliations:==================Charleston, West Virginia PMI Chapter Member

Ba, Finance

Activities and Societies: Intramural Volleyball, Goshin-Jitsu Club, Kempo Ju-Jitsu Club, Wing-Chun Club, Nin-Jitsu Club, Dean's list twice.

Certificate, Lan/Wan Network Infrastructure Design And Configuration, A

CCNA Certifcation MCP Certifications Novell Certification A+ Certification IBM Bladecenter Certification (2006) IBM p-series.