Governed IT Infrastructure Program in excess of 4.5 million dollars• Created and implemented IT program; responsible for meeting project performance targets to ensure overall program success• Develop high-level delivery & cost strategies for all projects within portfolio by performing high-level forecasting techniques• Prioritized & scheduled appropriate resources; managed the demand pipeline • Maintained budget alignment across all projects • Established program “Steering committee” and managed executive level stakeholders • Lead teams in investigating, analyzing, and resolving routine and complex problems • Managed change in IT program/project direction • Established appropriate governance for clear accountabilities and responsibilities • Performed recruitment & selection actions • Effective vendor relationship management • Oversight of procurement management• Promoted a professional project management culture and high quality project planning principles • Instrumental in setting realistic but challenging performance standards • Responsible for assisting in developing training and interventions that maximize professional project capability to support ethical values in-line with “Technology Strategy” • Ensured staff appraisal, staff development and regular feedback to direct reports took place• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills

Governed IT Program in excess of 5.5 million dollars• Ensured the entire project lifecycle delivery and portfolio management was carried out in accordance with standards• Oversight of multiple projects, project teams, activities, scopes, and timelines within the program• Worked with senior management to develop strategy for IT Infrastructure projects, provided high-level schedule/cost forecasting and defined project preliminary scopes• Responsible for ensuring project costs aligned with budgeted costs• Responsible for recruitment, selection and supervision of contract staff to augment full-time staff and matrix existing staff as required • Established and maintained vendor relationships by recruiting new vendors, generated “State of Work” for vendor solicitations and led project teams thru the vendor selection process • Lead teams in investigating, analyzing, and resolving routine and complex problems during implementation/functional testing/cutover & normalization to alleviate project show stoppers• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills by overseeing/preparing requirements documents and briefs; oversight of weekly executive level status reporting, conducted program steering committee meetings and presentation content; conducted formal and informal meetings with internal/external stakeholders, vendors/partners, and team members. Provided administrative, organizational and coordination support through the use of Microsoft Project Server, MS Project, MS Office Suite

Lead a small team of consultants and analysts in the development of Enterprise software upgrade strategy to allow for forecasting of new upgrades with consideration for impacts to critical applications, federal compliance, implementation planning & testing and funding for new upgrades. • Responsible for refining scope at a granular level to allow for the development of milestones and deliverables• Facilitate team meetings• Define tasks and durations to meet milestones• Develop plan for capturing existing software • Develop roadmap strategy for upgrade forecasting• Prepare and deliver executive level project status reports

Senior IT Project Manager – Successfully led teams ranging from 4 to 35 in achieving various Core Infrastructure efforts on behalf of the Army Reserve Enterprise Datacenter. These efforts were multi-million dollar efforts each with a duration of 1 year+.Projects include but not limited to:• Enterprise Server Farm Migration• Enterprise Operating System Refresh and Virtualization implementation • Site Consolidation and Enterprise Alignment Project• Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Transition Planning • Enterprise Desktop Deployment and Management System Implementation • Enterprise ITIL Problem Manager

Established Cisco Networking Academies, High School Partnerships and Local Business Partnerships• Provided Cisco Networking training to college students that focused on designing, building, and maintaining Cisco routed and switched networks resulting in a 90% graduation and 75% CCNA certification pass rate• Instrumental in establishing additional Cisco Networking academies through partnerships• Supported “From the classroom to the Workplace” initiative by developing business relationships with local business owners to place colleges graduates in the work place

Responsible for maintaining a Novell network and Point of Sell systems • Facilitated the implementation of a computer based Point of Sell system replacement consisting of both hardware and software that significantly improve overall customer service• Developed a computer training program outlining guidance on how to perform point of sale operational functionalities and report generation• Implemented a helpdesk system that tracked user issues for dispatching technical support to reduce the negative impact on sells due to system/user malfunction • Established system specification regarding standardization and compatibility across the division

Responsible for implementing agency’s first formal computer training center and the first formal computer user group • Developed a computer training program and facilitated computer training to more that 300 agency employees which increased employee morale by more than 75%• Established a computer user group which supported two standard state government applications and one proprietary system that remained sustainable for more than 6 years