SCOTT L. ZONIS

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Bartlett, Illinois 60103 Mobile: 847-***-****

E-mail: acq2f3@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: Pursue a Challenging, High Profile Management or Program/Project Management Position within a Leading Edge Technical Organization. Results Driven, Excellent Communication and Management Skills, Accomplished Strategist, and 30 Years Proven Leadership.

CERTIFICATIONS: Active PMP (#228381) and Novell Netware 3/5/6 CNE (#6513475); in-active Cisco CCNA (#CSCO10583994); Dale Carnegie Course; JP Morgan Chase Technology University Program and Project Management, and Applications Development Lead graduate; and numerous US Army technical and leadership courses (i.e., Signal and Teleprocessing Operations Officer Courses, Command and General Staff College, etc.). Former US Government Top Secret SBI Security Clearance.

MANAGEMENT SKILLS: Data center management, program / project management, negotiating with and managing clients / vendors, mentoring staff, managing meetings, P&L planning and management, teaching classes, public speaking, Lean Six Sigma, and report / proposal writing.

TECHNICAL SKILLS: LAN (10/100/1000MB Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, wireless 802.11b and ATM), WAN (frame relay, IP VPN, MPLS, T-1, ISDN, ATM and PPP), TCP/IP, IPX, Network General, media (UTP, STP, fiber optic, wireless and coax), commercial telecom systems, satellite communications, MS Project/Word/EXCEL/PowerPoint, PM.com, Windows, Cisco Catalyst switches, WAPs and routers (sw / IOS 12.1 and earlier), and switches, and CSU/DSUs.

EXPERIENCE

Senior Technical Project Manager and Cloud PMO Manager Kantar ITP and IBM, Lisle, IL – 11/2013 to 3/2015

Solution development and program/project management of the technical, P&L, 3rd party vendors and business aspects of desktop support, clustered SANs, backup systems, Oracle and SQL databases, middleware applications (Weblogic, Websphere, Web Methods, etc.), Solaris, Linux and Windows servers, firewall rules and virtual machine deployment projects. Also, holds the role as senior PMO cloud manager responsible for managing the process re-organization and the day-to-day operations of the corporate cloud migration program. Samples of successful efforts:

- Manage the AWS cloud program for the PMO reorganizing and documenting all processes, leading the “gap-analysis” which lead to the successful planned changes to six processes using Agile methods. Also, restructured organization to be more efficient and prioritize fixing challenged projects.

- In less then 11-months with the company, successfully restructured / completed seven stagnant medium complex project, three newly started projects, have been placed in the role as initial cloud project program manager, and took charge of the North America program team developing / establishing its new successful processes.

Technical Project Manager JP Morgan Chase (VP), Chicago, IL – 6/2005 to11/2013

Solution development and project management of the technical, P&L, 3rd party vendors and business aspects of desktop support, applications, clustered SANs, backup systems, Oracle and SQL databases, middleware applications (Weblogic, Websphere, Web Methods, etc.), Solaris, Linux and Windows servers, firewall rules and virtual machine deployment projects. Samples of successful project implementations include:

- A highly-successful110 Windows and LINUX servers 3-tier solution’s data migration from a 3rd party vendor’s data centers to JPMC’s, and tech-refresh full-infrastructure solution managing the implementation of Oracle 11g, over 100 firewall changes, DR testing and numerous other items implemented in 66% of the required time.

- Six (6) quarterly 170 seat US, EMEA and Asia-Pacific trading floor application deployed over 2-day periods on-time and under budget.

- The successful deployment of six multiple 3-tier virtual system applications PROD, DR, QA and DEV environments to include several critical financial systems, on-time and on-budget.

- Numerous other successful projects’ histories can be provided upon request.

Traveling Professor Keller Graduate School, Schaumburg, IL – 10/2012 to Present

Part-time graduate and undergraduate school traveling professor, having taught classes in: Network Design, Windows Server 2008, Network Security, and New Technology R&D and Fielding.

Army Reserves Voice Communications and IT Officer (Captain thru Full Colonel), NYC, Tampa, Chicago, Milwaukee, Ft Knox, Ft McCoy, Kuwait and Afghanistan – 9/1992 to 7/2012

Numerous leadership and technical positions, to include:

-Colonel staff and CIO positions responsible for all the telecommunications and IT systems, and their associated $1,000,000+ budget for a 3,500 person school-house organization located throughout the continental US. This position consisted of managing a staff of 45 management, technical and administrative personnel with the development / life-cycle support of numerous applications / systems.

-Communication systems program manager and engineering director for the Southwest Asia forward deployed communications and IT command managing a budget of over $400 million, 45 projects (and their engineering support) in six countries (Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan). Managing a staff of 31 military and civilian SMEs.

Technical Team Leader (Advantis, IBM Networking Services and ATT) and Outsourcing Solution Architect/Solution Development Manager/Capture Manager (ATT Solutions and ATT Business Services), Schaumburg, IL – 8/1997 to 11/2004

Solution development and project management of the technical, P&L and business aspects of new client non-standard pre-sales outsourcing design opportunities for networking, content hosting and international projects. Supported over $46M in winning proposals in 2004, and winner of numerous support and incentive awards. Samples of the successful solution designs managed on-time and based on the client's criteria include:

- A major software company’s US based ATM and global frame relay network solution.

- A major automotive company’s international MPLS network (won bronze award for superior support).

- A major investment company’s DSL over frame relay backup network (won silver award for superior support).

Network Manager / Project Manager / Corporate Facilities Manager, ROMAC International, Tampa, FL – 1/1996 to 5/1997

Managed the corporate LAN, WAN, cabling, computer and facilities procurement, P&L, new facility build out/setup projects throughout the United States, designing network solutions, managing and testing new network technology and managing the project management department. Last position consisted of being a corporate level manager reporting directly to the COO of a $100 million public corporation. Managed project management and facilities team. Managed a budget of $ 1.5 million.

- Researched, designed, planned, documented and managed all aspects of the turn-key implementation of the Louisville, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Boston-area and Pittsburgh offices.

Active Duty Voice Communications and IT Officer (Lieutenant thru Captain), U.S. Army – 6/1982 to 9/1992, career high-lights include:

-Planned and managed state-of-the-art communications and automation systems tests ensuring eight successful equipment tests. Managed the development of numerous organization programs using the Total Quality Management system.

-While commanding 60 personnel, increased by 10x the efficiency of a 320-person organization by automating, training, developing junior leaders and ensuring the highest standards during an 18-month period. Managed the repair of a logistics property accountability center, resulting in the discovery and repair of $300k of property mismanagement.

EDUCATION

-Keller Graduate School (Schaumburg Center), Graduated with Distinction, MBA Telecommunications, (GPA of 3.89), 1998-2002

-U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Graduate, Military Leadership, Fort Leavenworth, 1989-90

-University of Virginia, Graduate Studies in Computer Science (12 Credits), 1983-84

-Brooklyn College, Graduate, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science with minor in Chinese, 1978-82

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