Bob Stuart Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

Senior identity systems analyst and engineer on team of ~50 IAM staff. Responsible for delivery of enhancements and fixes in the very robust IBM ISIM/SDI software stack. Contributor on ~$10M implementation of SailPoint Identity IQ. Supporting Active Directory integrations, tier-3 user identity support, and extensive non-Production integration and identity maintenance• Delivered and maintained provisioning policies and both static and role-based (dynamic) roles for the enterprise, with primary focus being on SAP and SOX systems• Azure provisioning via Terraform & Github. Built multiple SailPoint environments, including subnets, resource groups, NSGs and multiple server types. • Supported SAP transition of GRC to HANA platform across entire SAP technology landscape, including all system integrations, provisioning policy (design and implementation), and role development • Responsible for data integrity and maintenance within ISIM and Active Directory• SailPoint project work includes developing and implementing LDAP sync, federation for SSO logon with PingFederate, as well as securing logon URLs• Primary coding: mostly JavaScript, minimal powershell, Windows, PGP and WinSCP command line shell scripts

Seattle, Us

Managed test tracks for all projects in the REI InfoSec program. Responsible for all test designs, requirement and architecture design reviews, test plans, resource forecasting and time management, reporting, and test case management. Included Security Analyst work especially in IAM. • Established full-cycle software quality practices in a portfolio with no history of testing, resulting in very few production defects in 7 projects• Drove vendor-driven testing effort, including scope and vendor performance

Seattle, Us

Managed QA system engineering practices and established ITSM-like services for test environments, available to the QA team and REI enterprise testing ecosystem. • I proactively helped projects design, map and prioritize architectural and software testing needs, which increased test environment flexibility and project timeline compliance, while reducing stalls and re-work• Developed and maintained QA domain technology roadmap, including development of detailed budget models, project dependencies, balancing technical integrity and overlap with resource forecasting• Researched, advocated for, and implemented database virtualization, which reduced company exposure to data security risks, and enabled the SAP team to provision new systems in hours versus days, and save ~$75K in storage

Seattle, Us

Original member of newly formed QA/Release/Change management team. Formative time at REI when those IT disciplines were formalized and made part of the IT culture. Included orchestrating project events and foundational changes in the test environments• Orchestrated project schedules and releases in Test , which significantly reduced project delays due to unplanned environment collisions• I created and facilitated Enterprise Environment Governance as an adjunct of enterprise architecture, and eliminated unexpected system impacts between projects

Seattle, Us

Conducted an IT-wide assessment of IT control and quality practices, including touchpoints with PMO practice, then designed and implemented release management principles and practices for all teams.• Led a three-month assessment of QA & Release Management practices, and convinced VP of IT to invest in IT control & quality disciplines• Established enterprise release process for all IT, and operated and improved of the Enterprise Change Advisory Board (CAB) --all of which greatly increased visibility and quality of Production change plans

Seattle, Us

First SAP Release Manager following a new implementation of Retail-IS, as part of a newly formed COE. Included developing and managing an SAP-specific version of ITSM processes within the COE, as well as multiple ‘bonus’ assignments• Managed SAP PCI audit findings and risks, reducing company exposure to sanctions/penalties• Developed and operated an SAP COE Architecture Review Board and Change Review Board including reporting and KPI's, which considerably reduced project collisions and system incidents• I planned and managed multiple SAP upgrades, reduced the notable overhead of upgrades and all but eliminated production defects

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Managed dedicated project resources, unblock project issues, conducted all SAP recruiting for projects and otherwise, and transitioned projects into operational support, and improved the team backlog process. Project manager for tier-2 custom SAP development project• Planned and executed multiple SAP upgrades, including major version upgrades, which reduced project overhead and greatly reduced Production defects• Developed "Value Delivery" KPI's and criteria, which increased customer visibility and enabled the SAP COE to streamline backlog delivery

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Manage a team of 15 SAP functional consultants and developers. Managed portfolio included Corporate HR (Payroll, benefits, training), Procurement, and Product Quality, and a manufacturing division. • Salvaged a team that was traumatized by bad projects and was able to provide leadership and convinced several team members to return to the company• Managed global license allocation and license audits for the SAP platform, saved the company over $1M in license true-up costs in multiple audits

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Managed a team of 8 system administrators, including server admins, web admins and email admins. Responsible for issue management and escalations with Help Desk and vendors. Led all internal control, security and asset audits for the team, including mitigations and resolution

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Service of problem tickets and service requests, event management, maintenance and troubleshooting of Windows servers and related apps. Filled in for manager in most aspects of team management. Included functioning as Domain Admin for the corporation.