Michael Grimard, Pmp, Lssgb, Csm Email & Phone Number

Massachusetts, United States

Beverly, Ma, Us

Worked with Senior Management to develop a process for work intake, prioritization of projects within the organization, resource allocation, project reviews and project reporting. Mentored and trained project leads in managing projects. Performed internal audit reviews to identify shortcomings in a company's internal controls and ensuring a company is complying with laws and regulations.

Tampa, Florida, Us

Managed cross functional teams across organizational boundaries, both internal and external resources, in delivering on the following corporate strategic initiatives: Datacenter Firewall Appliances upgrades (Checkpoint to Palo Alto), Algosec Firewall software, Zscaler ZPA/ZIA enterprise deployment, and Global Protect VPN deployment.

New York, New York, Us

Managed the Enterprise Project Management Office• Established the organizational methodology for planning, executing, and staffing of projects• Built work intake process for the Enterprise Project Management Office• Designed the justification process as to why or why not to move forward with a project initiative. • Aligned project investments to corporate strategy, ROI, IIR and Payback Period. • Hand-on/working experience and knowledge of EPM systems including Atlassian Jira and Portfolio

Bad Homburg, Frankfurt, De

Aligned the work intake process with business initiatives, communicate up portfolio and project status, manage projects using Agile/Scrum and Waterfall methodologies• Directed cross functional teams across organizational boundaries, both internal and external resources, in delivering strategic initiatives: System patching and upgrades, Database upgrades, Cyber Security projects including: POCs (Email Security (ProofPoint/Cisco), VPN Solution (Cisco vs Palo Alto), FireEye AntiVirus deployment, Venafi Certificate Management Implementation, Secure Messaging (TigerConnect), Spectre Meltdown security vulnerabilities, CyberArk installation (DB2 and Toad),• Optimize the approach for the clinics to input the information needed to satisfy financials and government BI reporting for more frequent dialysis with, medical necessity enhancements to Home Clinicals systems with impacts on financials and government BI reporting, and streamline RN workflow using LSS process.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Manage projects using Agile/Scrum methodology, communicate project objectives and KPI status• Manage a cross functional team in delivering Enhancements to Home Clinicals systems with impacts on financials and government BI reporting, these changes are aimed at getting eCube Clinicals up to current standards for Home Therapies, streamline RN workflow, update outdated practices flows, add reporting functionality, and lay the ground work required for future projects. • Project Managed the deployment of Secure Messaging, TigerConnect, native solution for mobile, tablet, and Web applications to securely communicate with clinicians and affiliated providers

Framingham, Ma, Us

Align project portfolio with strategic objectives, manage changes in priority and adjust portfolio schedules. Communicate and educate PMO processes, policies, and tools across the infrastructure organization• Managed a team of nine (9) internal and external IT program and project managers responsible for delivering a $50M annual portfolio of IT infrastructure and development projects• Communicated and educated ITPMO processes, policies, and tools across the infrastructure organization• Ensured portfolio and project status was clearly reported to the executive team• Developed a standard approach on project engagement, responsibility for building/implementing/enforcing project (Governance, Transparency, Reusability, Delivery support and Traceability), creating and monitoring team allocation reporting, and Over/Under Allocation reporting for portfolio• Partnered with the Infrastructure Senior Management on the work intake for the ITPMO, prioritized and assigned project work to team• Coached Senior Managers in creating the Business Case for their requests, enabling the projects to move forward and launch on time, recovering $1.5M to $3M in over allocation of resources• Led training session with senior management and project management team on Governance, Transparency, Reusability, Delivery support and Traceability. This training improved efficiency in delivering services, enhance customer satisfaction, increased the quality of work and improved a more efficient use of resources

Framingham, Ma, Us

Directed and managed project planning, budget management, schedule and deployment activities for large scale complex projects within the IT organization. • Program managed a $21M multi-year Data Center consolidation effort. Effort included managing: project managers internal and external to Staples, resources across North America and Europe, project scope and budget. Project was successfully delivered on time and on budget • Established and controlled project delivery framework, creating and implementing specialized IT Infrastructure project documentation templates, including Project Charter, Project Approach, Communication Plan, Infrastructure Specification, and Open/Closed Action logs• Project managed the build and automation of multi-site high availability for Staples core systems that resided on the IBM iSeries platform • Project managed the buildout of the new infrastructure for the Retail Point-of-Sale(POS) system. Project was delivered four months early• Demonstrated a proven track record in managing projects with cross-functional teams, establishing standards, processes and procedures, delivering on-time and on-budget to meet requirements • Project Managed: Infrastructure builds/upgrades for StaplesLink, Infrastructure buildout for order entry systems for DotCom and Retail, iSeries Hardware/OS upgrades and consolidations, iSeries High Available build with Multi-Site High Available, implementing disaster recovery for Tier 1 and 2 systems and platforms, Citrix upgrades, Network upgrades, various infrastructure system application installs and upgrades

Bachelor Of Science And Bachelor Of Administration, Management Information Systems

Master'S Certificate In Project Management, Project Management

Associate'S Degree, Data Processing

Certified Scrum Master, Project Management