Ted Saxman Mba, Ms, Erp (Retired Air Force) Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

- Managing the IT portion of the casino construction project in Norfolk, Virginia, overseeing IT infrastructure, application integration, and cross-functional team coordination, while also managing a $3M IT project for Cadence Crossing Casino, ensuring seamless implementation and alignment with business goals. - Currently managing an enterprise-wide WiFi enhancement project, along with a hotel digital key roll-out, and a KeyWatcher upgrade project.- Spearheaded IT operations project for the $200M Treasure Chest Casino in Louisiana, delivering 37 critical applications within a $2.7M budget.- Created the foundation for 6 new portfolios in the PMO office to organize programs and projects. - Spearheaded an IT Growth Leadership Committee to identify areas of improvement or efficiencies from all disciplines in IT. - Created an IT Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed (RACI) to guide leadership in IT on the Lifecycle of a Project. - Created and trained Project and Product managers the different between each skillset and how they complement each other when delivering products to the customer. - Facilitated and collaborated on the establishment of the IDEA, Demand, Project process and identified areas of improvement for cross-team communication. - Won a 2022 Salute Our Veterans Award from Channel 3 News, The Folded Flag Foundation, and Subaru Las Vegas.

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

- Remotely worked as the acting PMO Director for 2+ years supporting 48 revolving projects. - Requested by C-Suit leadership to spearhead the IT engagement for the new construction of the land-based Treasure Chest property along with the acquisition of Pala Interactive iGaming. - Consistently engaged with the Chief Information Officer, and other C-Level leaders to create standards, procedures, and policies that enhance operations and customer services across the organization. - Interprets & evaluates new technology, applications, contracts, and governing documents to ensure the successful delivery of product in the organization. - Serves as a senior expert for new work efforts, capacity management, mergers and acquisitions, new programs, projects, and assists in product selection. - Collaborates with the product team to train Product Owners on product ownership, customer service, brand management, and success follow-up via KPIs to ensure customer satisfaction. - Facilitated the creation of an online PMO training handbook to standardize practices for the Project Team, creating synergies between product delivery and project delivery. - Organized an automated project intake process with the PMO leadership team to capture new projects, identify ROI, and prioritize them based on the companies need for efficiencies, competitive advantage, and additional review.- Created a project completion survey to enhance the way the PMO delivers projects to its customers. - Streamlined PMs with business verticals, creating experts in their business specialties while collaborating with consistent product and operational team members.- Managed a $50M dollar portfolio with an 83% on time delivery rate based on a solid estimations and attention to detail.

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

- Integrated previously purchased property with the Boyd network by collaborating with Information Security, Infrastructure, Systems, &provisioning teams enhancing supportability and cybersecurity posture. - Selected as the acting Director of Marketing Initiatives due to customer service and collaboration capabilities. Worked with the Marketing team to create a 3-year roadmap and rolling out Salesforce for Boyd Gaming. Attention to detail was focused on new contracts saving Boyd $1.3M in costs. - Facilitated Race and Sports steering committee meetings between IGT and Boyd to curb project delivery deficiencies bringing the project back on track for quicker and accurate delivery. - Managed the Cloud Infrastructure team by organizing priorities, creating a support process, and hiring more resources to support cloud projects in flight. Also, was part of Boyd’s first-ever Cloud Committee Meeting to establish Cloud policies and procedures providing enhanced customer service to internal customers. - Engaged Salesforce project team to identify scope creep issues, solidified path forward and brought project back on track. Mentored PM and now PM is a leader in the organization managing enterprise-wide projects. - Led Project Delivery for 8 PMs overseeing 7 different business verticals with an 85% on time delivery rate.

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

- Created OPERATION Paperless reducing the amount of paper being used by 50%. This was accomplished through automating processes with finance and human resources departments. - Led the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software suite information gathering exercise. Gathered requirements, diagramed business processes, and created information for a Request for Proposal (RFP). - Obtained ERP certification to assist with driving efforts successfully. - Established a Records Compliance Committee by bringing 13 departments together to ensure compliance with Nevada Revised Statues and Nevada Administrative Code. - Led an employee automated termination and hire processes in the financial applications. I enhanced IT security policies while I established a new best practice for the LVCVA.- Established and acted as Chair of the LVCVA Veterans Network Group. - Attend the Military Affairs Committee meetings at the Chamber of Commerce and created a focal point for veterans. - Received 4 Customer Service Excellence awards by the City of Las Vegas for outstanding customer service to convention center attendees and organizers of convention activities such as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

I was the Senior Information Technology project manager that led the IT project for the Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena, The Park Holdings LLC (Which includes Sake Rok, Bruxie, California Pizza Kitchen and the Beerhaus), the Monte Carlo Concert Hall (Now the Park Theater), Circus Circus Reno, KeyWatcher, and Top Golf; which will be located behind the MGM Grand/Signature! I was part of the Employee Engagement Committee, Employee Emergency Grant Committee, Work-Life Balance Committee, Green Advantage Program, the Co-Chair for the Veterans Network Group, and the IT Softball Coach.

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

I was the Information Technology project manager that worked on the Las Vegas Arena, The Park (Between NYNY and Monte Carlo), and Top Golf; which will be located behind the MGM Grand! I've also completed: - The Festival Lot to support Rock in Rio for the first time in Las Vegas behind Circus Circus. - A consolidated Print Server Hub for MGM Resorts International (MGMRI) - An IBM Strategic project to pave the way for MGMRIs newest property in National Harbor - Led the upgrade to the TANDEM quality assurance environment to meet GCB standards- Led the upgrade for the Title31 application - Led a Reskin project for Mlife Insider - A SAS Analytics project for three remote MGMRI properties - Facilitated ADA enhancements for booking engine - Led the installation of Venafi Certificate Manager - Facilitated a Spotfire Application Upgraded - Led the installation of SailPoints Access Management System I was part of the Toastmasters, Employee Engagement Committee, Employee Emergency Grant Committee, Work-Life Balance Committee, Green Advantage Program, and the IT Softball Coach.

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

I started my journey with MGMRI as an IT Security Project Manager and then morphed into the Manager of IT Security Programs. In this role I not only acted as a project manager, but also filled the role as an IT Security Business Technology Partner while managing three employees for a short period of time. I led the SailPoint project, a Sing Sign-on project, an Enterprise Directory project, while also leading a user access clean-up effort. As a program manager, I led the efforts for Disaster Recovery and tools such as Lieberman, Sapphire, and performed PCI Compliance inspections. I created an IT Security SharePoint site to track internal audit findings, projects, and provide training to MGMRI employees. I also led IT Security Town Hall events, meetings, and leadership training sessions. I assisted in creating an internal cross-training program, awards program, as a mentorship program.

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- Built and managed the Plans & Programs PMO to support the RPA Reaper and Predator program for all aircraft technology upgrades. - Built and managed the Network Operations Center supporting 24/7 global RPA operations for all military services. - Managed a staff of civilians and military team members supporting Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) operations with a global reach. - Managed 23 higher headquarters projects and delivered $22M in new global Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) combat capabilities to the Air Force. - Tracked projects in SharePoint, Microsoft Project, Visio, and PowerPoint.RPA Flight Superintendent:o Managed 24/7 Operations Center 100% uptime rate for the RPA program at Creech AFB. o Managed 3 shifts of Airman supporting global operations via Solar Winds network monitoring. o Installed Network Access Control (NAC) solution to secure RPA network. o Installed RiperNet to ensure ground communications via RPAs were seamless. o Created support center policies and procedures to ensure 24/7 support. o Secured Computer Security (COMSEC) encrypted material was safely secured and destroyed. o Ensured Ground Control Stations (GCSs) had the latest maps provided by the Geospatial Center. o Deployed assets and resources to classified locations in support of the War on Terrorism (WoT).

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I supervised a large number of Airmen and contractors in a military environment while providing mentorship, leadership, and an ethical work environment.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

o Led the first Air Force Network Operations Center (NOC) in support of global combat and training RPAs. o Supervised 21 military and 12 civilian network engineers to install and upgrade 26 local Ground Control Stations (GCSs), 2 mobile & 4 Fixed Site Satellite Terminals (FSSTs). o Created and validated work schedules, budgets, contracts, and support agreements for flight. o Oversaw 53 world-wide GCSs and 6 satellite terminals worth $152M to support continental United States RPA test, evaluation and training requirements. o Orchestrated higher headquarters network systems upgrades and standardized 18 sites and 11 Department of Defense organizations. o Maintained RPA remote split operations to ensure global information technology support for 118 MQ-1 Predators and MQ-9 Reaper aircrafts and 120 GCSs worth $950M.o Managed network system upgrades along with satellite transponder organization for a large number of Air Combat Command, and Joint Special Operations Command RPA missions.o Provided presentations using PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, and SharePoint.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

I performed Ground Control Station repair for MQ-9 and MQ-1 operations, repaired WS3 security systems, MILSTAR satellite systems, and circuit card maintenance, troubleshooting and repair.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

o Built the Plans & Programs and Network Operations Center from the ground up to support Air Force RPA missions, upgrades, and test/evaluation. o Managed 6 military and 7 network engineers. o Managed 23 higher headquarters projects and delivered $22M in new global Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) combat capabilities to the Air Force. o Managed an Operations Enduring Freedom (OEF) network install for six Air National Guard units which integrated RPAs into 11 nations for situational awareness. o Managed Video Distribution Hub (VDH) project by coordinating an $11M system upgrade while collaborating accreditation requirements, crypto requirements, and IP configuration requirements with higher headquarters. o Managed a $2M system install with Air National Guard (ANG) to merge RPA and C-130 sensor operation requirements to enable counter-narcotics exploitation capabilities. o Led a $175K Military Construction (MILCON) facility build while working with local communications and civil engineering squadrons complete a maintenance/dispatch facility for 68 technicians. o Tracked projects in SharePoint, Microsoft Project, Visio, and PowerPoint.

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- Work Center Supervisor o supervised a 7-person element while steering maintenance and repair of a $44K Companion Ultra High Frequency System (CUTS), $12M Weapons Storage and Security System (WS3) securing a $500M U.S. stockpile. Also, maintenance and repair on a $446K Secure Mobile Anti-Jam Reliable Tactical Terminal (SMART-T) while ensuring around-the-clock communications and Emergency Action Messaging (EAM) with the European theater. In this position I acted as: - Program Manager o Employed technical and commercial manuals, tools, and test equipment for installation, modification and testing of assigned systems impacting over 130 personnel. o Electrostatic Discharge Program Manager: Create program to protect $534K in electronic logistic support. o Selected to sit on Nuclear Enterprise Improvement Panel to brief Air Force officials on best practice techniques.o Maintained the public address system, personal wireless communications systems, and the American Forces Network (AFN) equipment. o Test equipment and tool program manager: Created visual computerized inventory procedures that lead to benchmarking program for USAFE. o Grounding and Electrostatic Discharge program manager. Benchmarked program for USAFE. o Quality Assurance Program Manager. Conducted quarterly inspections, equipment acceptance, and equipment inspections. Created training program for three Benchmarked program for USAFE. o Section Budget Manager: Managed $50K budget for two years.o Civil Engineering Project Managed: Worked with Dutch civil engineering squadron to enhance the mission and quality of life at Volkel AB:- Designed/installed extra parking.- Designed/installed protective roof for SMART-T.- Designed/installed softball field - Designed/installed parking lot safety lights. - Researched/installed back-up power for facilities - Designed/installed parking and traffic - Designed and tracked projects in Visio, PowerPoint and Excel.

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- Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA) program. In this program I performed back-shop maintenance along with utilizing instrumentation equipment to track the telemetry off of cruise missiles, satellite launches, and other research and development items. We would also execute telemetry missions for NASA and many other companies as well. - Antenna Instrumentation System Apprenticeo Conducted intermediate, depot, and organizational-level maintenance on all components of Prime Mission Electronic Equipment (PMEE) antenna system installed on an EC-135E and EC-18B ARIA.o Gathered and recorded telemetry data for DoD, NASA, commercial and foreign aerospace vehicle launches and/or flight tests, Air Launched Cruise Missiles (ALCM) flight tests. o Datum Timing Systems Team Lead.o Designed and constructed tracking system monitor test station by fabricating test set at no-cost production by Air Force which expanded software test and development capabilities. o Facilitated transfer of aircraft and $5M+ in equipment to support Joint Starts, Big Crow, and the Airborne Laser Lab programs.

Master'S Degree, Industrial And Organizational Psychology

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Project Management Specialization

Ba, Psychology

Aa, Associate Of Arts In General Studies

Aa, Associate In Applied Science Electronic Systems Technology

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

Architecture

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