Kelley Watson Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

*Responsible for the Architecture, Engineering and 3rd Level Support associated with Southern Company’s End User Environment. *Responsibilities include oversight of PCs, Virtualization, Mobility, Print Services, Messaging, Collaboration, SCCM and Asset Management. Additionally, Workplace Solutions oversees 3rd Party Wireless Carriers for end user devices and manages Technology Invoice Processing.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

•Manage creation of vision and strategy for virtual infrastructure and associated technologies including initial implementation of Hyper Converge Technology, Automation to achieve Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud Management, Enhanced Operational Reporting, and Capacity Management.•Own and manage a multimillion dollar annual budget.•Select and implement Hyper Converge Technologies to achieve significant savings, consolidation and efficiency.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

•Serve as member of the Senior Leadership Team, charged with building and maintaining a reliable, robust technology infrastructure and driving high-impact initiatives to develop the technology vision.•Drive high-visibility enterprise-level programs to design and manage robust IT infrastructure across Intel, UNIX and Citrix platforms, with 40,000+ end-user devices, impacting up to 40,000+ end users.•Define a vendor development strategy for selection and strategic utilization of vendor resources to maintain lean, scalable teams.Select Projects & Accomplishments•Spearheading a high impact Windows 7.0 conversion project that has resulted in regaining 15 minutes per day for over 20,000 devices, and is projected to achieve resource cost savings worth $2 million and support cost savings in excess of $25 million.•Saved over $2.23 million per year based on the number of page reduced per month.•Delivered Core Collaboration Infrastructure including Active Directory, SharePoint and Exchange.•Responsible for Citrix/VDI Services supporting all project implementation and break/fix services including the conversions to Citrix 6.5 and VDI.•Led 2nd and 3rd Level Break/Fix Services and associated maintenance activities for Intel driven solutions.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

•Drove high-visibility enterprise-level programs to design and manage robust IT infrastructure across Intel, UNIX and Citrix platforms, with 40,000+ end-user devices, impacting up to 40,000+ end users.•Closely collaborated with top management to strategize technology roadmaps, outsourcing and organizational redesign including enterprise-level SDLC redesign to streamline project methodology.•Defined a vendor development strategy for selection and strategic utilization of vendor resources to maintain lean, scalable teams.•Defined systems and procedures for project execution and oversaw refresh teams and integration teams comprising of 24 full-time employees and 50 contractors.Major Projects•Managed a technology refresh program across 1800 locations that led to $19 million increase in productivity, $16.4 million in expense reduction and $21 million in risk reduction, with a $56 million benefit to Sun Trust.•Achieved savings worth $35 million over five years by reducing printers and implementation of multi-function print implementation.•Led the implementation of SharePoint 2007 and Office 2007/2010 conversion.•Planned and oversaw a project for Real Estate Initiative Technology Coordination that entailed opening, closing and moving of branches and large offices, with right sizing of technology.•Oversaw all activities from planning through execution, for moving a corporate facility with 1600 people to a new facility.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

•Formulated and implemented plans to provide distributed computing support across 1,800 bank locations serving 21,000 clients in 12 states, with a budget of $11+ million.•Anchored all activities and led the retail branch implementation team for integration/migration of 420 branches during the NCF acquisition.•Directed the activities of a team of eight managers, spread across multiple locations with 120 indirect reports.•Achieved annual savings worth $2 million through in-sourced voice and connectivity support.•Set up systems, procedures and processes to manage the depot facility responsible for hardware distribution, imaging services and asset disposal that led to annual savings of $100 million.•Managed Depot facility responsible for hardware distribution, imaging services and asset disposal and ensured availability of material and equipment required for maintenance of hardware as well as software environment.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

•Managed a comprehensive workload that entailed support for 300 bank departments across Georgia.•Drove an asset refresh project across 1,200 branches within Georgia.•Harnessed the talents of support teams into a cohesive work group and managed a team of 14.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

•Developed new business, managed client relationships, and performed credit analysis and account monitoring for commercial relationships, besides training new hires.•Achieved top sales award.