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New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Implemented strategic-based demand planning process and generated massive cost-savings through alternative licensing methods.• Demand Management: Worked closely with IT VPs, the Corporate IT CFO, and the Business Unit CIOs to perform necessary planning and analysis creating game-changing strategies to move the business forward. These strategies, in turn, helped direct a portfolio of projects with an associated $100M in spend planned over 5 years.• Cost Saving: Created business case and action plan to regain control of spend on Oracle Software resulting in $5M savings over 3 years.

New York, Ny, Us

Rebuilt foundering DBA Team from the bottom-up through the implementation of best practices, team restructuring and automation.• Operational Improvement: Successfully implemented an offshore resource model by moving routine and predictable operations to achieve 24/7 support and $2M cost savings over multiple years. • Management: Restructured team by creating self-sufficient management layer to oversee daily operations and facilitate longer-term strategic planning and execution. Effectively managed distributed team including offshore resources.Technologies Used: MS SQL Server, Oracle DB, MongoDB, MySQL, Sybase, Oracle ERP

New York, Ny, Us

As Business Relationship Manager (BRM), was the key senior executive responsible for coordinating priorities and strategies between the business and IT. Directly managed technical and non-technical teams of up to 75 professionals in the design, development, integration, and deployment of company applications and systems. Performed duties as business unit CIO responsible for all IT strategy and computer systems for the division.• Program Management: Oversaw all project management staff across a wide portfolio of projects including software development and implementation as well as Infrastructure projects. Worked closely with key groups including PMO, business executives, and other key stakeholders and ensured delivery on time and within budget.• Software Architect: Drove architecture of all company products through oversight of technical design and creation of a design review process to better educate/inform team members. Created strategic roadmaps based on technical capabilities and business needs. • Software Leadership: Continuously improved processes within development team and applied best practices/standards within rapidly changing business and market environment. Transformed efforts from chaos to an efficient, reliable process with high-quality output and metrics-based accountability.• IT Operations: Migrated systems and applications from Paramount to CBS hosts, improving performance, scalability, and security. Developed operational runbooks resulting in significant reduction of outages and downtime.• Budgeting: Accountable for $35M overall made up of $20M OpEx budget for application development, fulltime resources, contract resources (foreign and domestic), as well as $15M CapEx budget. Technologies Used: ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#, Salesforce, Linux, MySQL, PHP, MS Project, MS Office

New York, Ny, Us

Acted as Business Relationship Manager interfacing with VP, SVP and C-Level executives within supported business units. Implemented matrixed organization with client services group, development pool, data management and integration services. Improved software productivity and quality by consolidating tool sets into Microsoft .NET. Managed operational expense budget of $15M and capital budget of $8M.• Relationship Management: Worked with business executives to establish priorities, evaluate proposals, manage steering committees and develop strategic roadmaps.• Executive Leadership: Initiated and transformed staff from silo-based organizations (developers, database engineers and analysts) into single service-oriented team, increasing productivity and serving as a model for future technical reorganizations. • Software Engineering: Standardized and refined development stack, improving quality and productivity. Drove architecture of company products, creating consolidated technology strategy. • Mentoring and Coaching: Initiated training and mentoring programs that provided pathways for high-performance developers to transition to management positions. Technologies Used: .NET, Silverlight, Javascript, Powerbuilder, Mainframe, DB2, Crystal Reports

New York, Ny, Us

• Successfully managed team designing and developing large portfolio of enterprise-class business applications that fulfilled business needs including: > Company-wide global inventory system to track physical production assets > Content digitizing system, allowing station affiliates to access CBS materials via the internet• Managed multi-million dollar project budgets with full fiscal responsibility

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Led full life cycle application development, deployment, maintenance and support for Paramount domestic and international television• Executive in charge of all technical planning, implementation and support for Paramount Television consisting of the studio, all regional offices and warehouses worldwide• Managed call center and external support staff

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Developed architecture, design and implementation of inventory management system for TV Division assets. Managed call center and external support staff. Directed all aspects of installation and service for new and existing infrastructure, cabling, video conferencing, LAN, WAN and other network assets.