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Norfolk, Virginia, United States

• Supported the PMO by managing the technical and non-technical aspects of IT centric projects, throughout the project lifecycle.
• Acted as a high-level specialist who regularly interacted with senior management. Delivered projects on time, within budget, and with appropriate resources.
• Lead and managed project teams, to ensure plans were realistic and consistent with business objectives, removed impediments, and facilitated teamwork to achieve iterative deliverables.
• Interfaced with product owners, scrum masters, engineers, developers, architects, and other IT personnel to drive technical solutions within project constraints and communicate solutions in business terms to non-IT.
• Developed repeatable reporting artifacts and routinely communicated project status, resource utilization, and high-level project schedule to PMO leadership, project stakeholders, and project team members, promoting.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Administered all aspects of the Production environment with a focus on analysis, performance improvement, and optimization. Conducted Certification and Accreditation tasks on systems, environments, and sites, and create/update all documentation associated with the C&A process.Lead the migration for PRA Corporate’s move to the Microsoft Exchange Online mail.

Chesapeake, VA

Provided support in high-availability, production, development, and test environments for various Cegedim Group clients in one of the largest data centers in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Cegedim’s data center houses and supports close to one thousand servers for global clientele that require high-percentage of up-time and availability. Member of a team that.

Instructor for Microsoft Exchange 2000. Trained to install, maintain, and administer Exchange 2000.

Administered Windows 2000 Active Directory Network for the Mid-Atlantic Region. Administered Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000 servers for the Mid-Atlantic Region. Performed systems administration for all key regional and file server technologies. Maintained system availability for all critical systems and applications. Oversaw capacity, security, disaster.