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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

I handle proposal preparation for government bids, and program management for related contract-based data center managed services and professional services engagements.

Wake County, Nc

Teaching after-school activities, focusing on Chess.

Wake Forest, Nc

Professional Growth Activitieso Project Management Training (refresh)o Excel Webinarso Career Webinarso Professional ReadingPersonal Growth Activitieso DIY Household Remodel projectso Communications Refinement Workshopso Mindfulness Studyo Volunteer editor/proofreader for aspiring writers

Morrisville, Nc

I enabled name-brand networking and storage hardware for building complex clustered solutions (Lenovo Scalable Infrastructure). Key responsibilities include establishing and ensuring continued regulatory and environmental compliance for all third party hardware; and collaborating with suppliers to demonstrate compliance through extensive due diligence data collection and analysis. I advise management of potential compliance issues; distribution concerns; compliance audit readiness; backing-up the lead Program Manager. During 2014-2017, I enabled more than $5M sales revenue involving special-order products.I was responsible for our supercomputing lab's test hardware budget, typically $3.5M/yr. This included preparing estimates for hardware necessary to interoperability and scalability testing (a very wide range of Lenovo and 3rd-party products); coordinate hardware purchase orders and delivery logistics with ongoing simultaneous project schedules; track and report readiness status. When appropriate I advised management of potential ways to conserve funds. I also worked within the Lenovo DCG Information Security Incident Response (PSIRT) process: researching (CVE) vulnerabilities; coordinating responses with 3rd party suppliers; and communicating advisories when appropriate.

Rtp, Nc

I enabled name-brand networking and storage hardware for resale by IBM in clustered solution environments. Key responsibilities include ensuring continued regulatory and environmental compliance for all non-IBM-logo hardware; collaborating with suppliers to demonstrate compliance; developing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets for accurate status tracking; coordinating tactical corrective action responses; and supporting field sales' special bid projects. I coordinated the tactical response at a high-profile $10M cluster installation during 2007-2008. During 2010-2014, I enabled more than $5M sales revenue involving special-order products. My role and responsibilities moved to Lenovo when IBM divested its x86 product line. During this period, I cultivated strong working relationships with outside suppliers by helping make them, and IBM peers, more productive. Our suppliers claimed that working with IBM was 'draining' because many IBM teams would request the same information and/or documents during a short period. I solved the issue by making myself a focal point: securely archiving supplier data & documents within IBM; and making myself visible to other IBM teams as a more expedient resource.

Poughkeepsie, Ny

Initially I defined the IT tooling requirements needed to maintain the product from customer complaint to periodic maintenance releases; and defined a maintenance-and-distribution strategy, for our Java codebase. Moving forward, I project managed fix-pack bundles for an open source, cross-platform software product (Grid Toolbox). The project included coordinating efforts by cross-functional, and platform-specific, development teams located remotely, including: Stuttgart, Germany; Poughkeepsie, NY; Rochester, MN; Austin, TX; and Taiwan. Key skills included: planning/scheduling; maintaining and presenting project status; driving problem issues to closure; open source contribution; creating certifications of originality; and managing the product security plan.

Poughkeepsie, Ny

Java development for IBM Grid Toolbox. Our team produced the platform-independent classes for the basis of a grid enablement library intended for: job management across a multi-system environment; performance management; and diagnostic tooling of the same. Development skills primarily included: Java; XML; SOAP; WSDL. The project was intended for open source distribution & participation, and all team members were educated and aware of open source licensing concerns.

Hawthorne, Ny

Developed Java classes to implement various functionality for the WebSphere Commerce Auctions product. Key skills included: Java; JavaBeans; XML; and role-based access control / user management.

Norwalk, Ct

Development for in-store grocery coupon kiosk network. Revised & maintained point-of-sale transaction data acquisition task Revised & maintained customer incentive creation (targeted marketing) task On-call for remote after-hours support, including troubleshooting, customer service, and conflict resolution.

Elmsford, Ny

Implemented & maintained UI (embedded C/C++) for stock/commodity trading turrets (niche market telecom/telephony used on trading floors).

Darien, Ct

Implemented and maintained the LCD user interface of a nurse call system.

Ridgefield, Ct

Lifecycle responsibility for a real-time display and storage subsystem for ultrasonic rail testing vehicle* Revised UI and functionality to customer requirements* Maintained display code (C, inline assembly) based on a custom-built display card* Maintained data acquisition (C, inline assembly) based on a custom-built I/O cardReduced system building costs 15% after re-engineering using OTS cards* Redesigned data acquisition for off-shelf interrupt-driven card* Redesigned display functions for off-shelf first-generation GPU card (PC and embedded C/C++).

Norwalk, Ct

Designed & implemented automated Acceptance Test software for airborne radar systems* Designs based on engineering documentation and performance specifications* Involved device control for radar system components and test instruments, data acquisition, parsing, post-processing, report generation* Held Secret Clearance (DoD, Navy).