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Reston, Va, Us

Tower Manager, As a member of the infrastructure management team I am responsible for supporting the planning, development, implementation and maintenance of Commonwealth of Virginia IT voice, video and telecommunication services. I oversee the ordering, provisioning and maintenance of hosted and on-premises VoIP services and systems, audio and video conferencing services and traditional telecommunications services for Commonwealth state agencies as the Commonwealth transitions to a multisupplier model. In this capacity I manage the tier-2 and tier-3 operations teams and the telecommunications customer support team.Project Manager, Technical component lead responsible for developing and delivering Department of Justice and law enforcement information sharing solutions using a service-oriented architecture, Web 2.0 technologies and interoperable data sharing services among CAD, RMS, incident management and other systems utilizing NIEM and GJXDM data standards.Technical communications lead between technical staff, management, customer and other stakeholder communities including participating vendors, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.Lead program testing manager, network and security SME for data interoperability and information sharing programs in Somerset County, NJ, City of Philadelphia Police Department and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Responsible for development and implementation of all functional and acceptance testing, network and security compliance to support programs.Program federal government compliance regulations subject matter expert.Program component PM lead for largest of-its-kind $1B research testing small city scale facility planning effort. SAIC was the program management prime contractor.Project planning and coordination of technical development, implementation and deployment of project systems; requirements acquisition, vendor relations, stakeholder planning, deliverables management and quality assurance.

Program test, integration data analysis consultant and subject matter expert during pilot and deployment phases of a managed access cellular system for state law enforcement agencies utilizing the entire spectrum of cellular technologies. Responsible for aspects of data acquisition and analysis required for carrier compliance and operational targets, quality assurance and performance goals. The system is currently operational in facilities across a number of states.

Lead PM/SME, produced strategic and tactical IT network and security assessments that assisted the City of Philadelphia's information technology modernization efforts. Additionally, I provided the city with project management and quality assurance consulting services, managed and facilitated technical project related meetings, delegated, scheduled and resolved conflicts.as part of the same effort.

Deputy QA Program manager responsible for day to day Gartner Team engagement activities with the City of New York's Emergency Communications Transformation Program (ECTP). The Gartner team provided objective program oversight of:* Program strategies and tactics and strategic alignment with the overall program.* Project scope, cost validation and budget compliance* Requirements definition and management* Risk reporting and delivery assurance

Planned and coordinated the technical development and implementation of the State of NJ 's OIT disaster recovery facility, infrastructure and supporting services.Provided strategic and tactical guidance to the State of NJ Chief Technology Officer (CTO), management and staff in all areas of project development including project planning, agency interactions, infrastructure and stakeholder planning, security strategies, enhanced interoperability and service offerings.Provided OIT consulting management assistance in the areas of emergency management, homeland security, information assurance, systems interoperability and communications including interactions with external partners and other governmental agencies.Managed and facilitated technical project related meetings, delegated, scheduled and resolved conflicts.Developed and implemented project management best practices for the State of NJ 's centrally managed wide area network (WAN) organization.

Responsible for managing all technology development, integration and deployment aspects of Solutions Group's IP Telephony projects. Primary role was to plan, coordinate and ensure that all product issues, resource issues and client expectations are addressed and managed.· Successfully managed the installation, migration and continued operation of a complete IP Telephony forklift for a large national retail client.· Successfully managed the installation of an IP Telephony system for a startup medical device-manufacturing client.· Developed business line service-management architecture for VoIP and data network service offerings.

Responsible for all production computer based assets for a Contract Research Organization (CRO), specializing as part of phase III and IV clinical trials in the analysis of radiological images, which sometimes became part of client/sponsor FDA new drug submissions. Directed the efforts of a staff of eight including contractors.· Successfully managed the installation, migration and continued operation of a reliable and high performance multi-Terabyte image repository system maintaining regulatory validation requirements.· Successfully managed development of corporate business continuity and disaster recovery plan· Successfully managed the procurement, installation and continued operation of the company's biometric security system.· Implemented processes and strategies to ensure systems validation compliance with FDA and international regulations, including GxP and 21CFR Part 11.· Successfully maintained 99.5% systems availability standard over two years

Bridgewater, New Jersey, Us

Performed as hands-on project manager, technical administrator, and developer for the consulting services unit within Telcordia. · Successfully built and managed the ANX® network operations, helpdesk and secure disaster recovery systems, all of which adhered to required mandatory SLA requirements. The ANX® has a 100% uptime history. The ANX network is the global managed secure, reliable and high performance IP based extranet built by Telcordia for the automotive industry and has been in production for 3 years.· Developed as lead programmer a Web accessible, global service (BHaRK®) which monitors compliance with customer system SLAs using open source, Telcordia patented technologies and COTS tools· Project managed the commercialization of the Telcordia DSL Loop Qualification Software system, which validates service quality for customer DSL deployments.· Managed and administrated the ANX® Y2K program with zero defects.

Performed as a senior network developer and network/systems administrator for this IT consulting service provider. Projects included:Contractor/Consultant - TINA-C (Telecommunication Information Network Architecture Consortium) [1993-1998]. · Performed as the Senior Systems and Network Administrator supporting an international team of researchers (from member companies) developing a futuristic network architecture using distributed object-oriented technologies for the telecommunications industry.· Designed and implemented the project's public/private Web structure in 1994, which served as the consortium's primary communication and development framework· Responsible for systems administration of all equipment/software/applications accessible globally by employees of member companies and the core team located in NJ.· Responsibilities included software development and training.· Traveled internationally demonstrating consortium products/prototypes.

Served as a validation junior engineer/programmer in the FACS (Facilities Assignment and Control) project.

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