MICHAEL P. RYAN Houston, TX

cell 832-***-****, Email: hn08bn@r.postjobfree.com

 

Summary: A global IT management executive with extensive experience in the Information Technology, Energy and Finance industries. A highly recognized Leader, Expertise in strategy creation, developing executive relationships, complex project management and applying technology to business opportunities through a solid understanding of financial analysis, compliance, capital budgeting and technology applications. Excellent public speaking and presentation skills with extensive experience in the deployment of international Enterprise IT application projects. An innovative and creative executive who communicates effectively to architect practical solutions, build collaborative teams and manage people and projects to accomplish business goals. Targeting global firms with multiple technologies requiring upgrades and efficiency improvements. Profile and recommendations on http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-ryan/0/6a9/6ba

 

A few recommendations:

“Over the years that I have known Mike Ryan, he has consistently demonstrated superior skills in management consultancy. His knowledge and experience in advanced management topics across multiple industries and multiple job disciplines is recognized and respect by his peers. Mike is one of the few individuals who can take an idea from a brainstorming status to real world results.” February 21, 2006

Earl Harvey - was with another company when working with Mike at RPM Capital

 

CIO at PCS-CTS

“I don't recall who said the following, but it is the definition of the leadership qualities I found in Mike Ryan when we worked together. "A leader's job is to create a sense of community via a shared vision to which his colleagues can become passionately committed and to create conditions that bring out the extraordinary abilities that live in ordinary people." Mike is not only a man of integrity, but also is extremely knowledgeable in his field. He is the one CIO I worked with who would stand on principle in the best interest of the company and his department. Seek him out; after your first meeting with him, you will know what a great leader looks like!” June 26, 2009

Mary Rogan , Manager, Oracle Applications , PCS-CTS - reported to Mike at PCS-CTS

 

“Mike Ryan is a high energy CIO Talent! His strategic ability to identify & prioritize critical IT issues will keep a company running daily and scalable for the next phase of the company’s growth. Mike’s experience and skills are highly valuable as they are deep and broad; from strategically ensuring a company has the right network in place to re-tooling a large previously failed ERP Implementation he is the CIO a company needs to get it to the next stage! He hires talent and values the talent he hires. He trusts that his team knows their space and he trusts his team to execute. Mike has genuine passion for strategic problem solving and getting an IT division to the next stage. Mike's integrity is above reproach- I am honored to have worked with him daily and look forward to doing so again. He is an asset to any team and as a CIO, any company will be exceptionally well-served with his skills and service.” May 5, 2009

 

Anna Prata JD , Dir. Global IT PMO - CIO -Interim when needed , ReEngineering Capitalism - worked directly with Mike at PCS-CTS

 

________________PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS__________________________

Interim Chief Technology Officer Kelman Technologies, Houston, TX

Report to CEO, responsible for 5 global IT datacenters, seismic processing and data management software, storage systems, “I-Glass” mapping software. Provide overall vision and leadership, Oversee best practices implementations high performance computing and storage, Lead staff, P&L responsibility, strategic planning, technology roadmap, R&D, configuration, change management, compliance, security, application development, budgeting, DR/BCP. Design 20 Petabyte IBM 3592 and LTO4 tape libraries Locations in TX, OK, CO, Calgary, Mexico, 20 staff plus contractors. C++, Servoy 4GL, Java, Oracle 12, IBM Tivoli Storage manager, Geodepth, Paradigm, Cadzow and Reverse Time Migration software development.

 

RPM Consulting 2001-2010 -Interim CIO consultant - IT Security, Risk, Governance, EA, SDLC, PMO, SOX, SAS70. Executive management consulting- international, configuration, change management, SAP, ERP, CRM, ERM, ETRM, SOX, SAS70 , PCI, FAS 133, Business Intelligence, NERC CIP IT compliance ,Program Management Office planning and implementation expert - Enterprise Architect, SOA. Clients include Energy, Insurance, and Healthcare firms. Agile, RUP, Waterfall software development methodologies. Projects include:

 

CIO, Computer Technology Solutions, Inc. Houston, TX, 2008 - April 2009

Lead Global implementation of Oracle 12 EBS, Red Hat Linux, Oracle forms, manufacturing, financials, Demantra, Enterprise VMware, Java and MS software applications. Provide overall vision and leadership, Oversee best practices implementations, set up Global PMO, Lead staff, P&L responsibility, strategic planning, configuration, change management, compliance, security, application development, budgeting, DR/BCP. Locations include TX, NH, CA, Singapore, China, 1700 employees, 36 staff.

 

Achievements: Complete hardware and software design reviews and upgrades to improve enterprise architecture, Negotiate new supplier contracts, redesign global MPLS network, save over $120,000 in international conference calls alone, Launch Server Consolidation project, Save $500,000 with new inventory reduction system, Review security policies and procedures, Re-organize staff, establish Global PMO with performance metrics, Perform annual reviews, Redesign Enterprise Architecture. Implement Oracle AIM Methodology, formalize software process flow documentation, training plan, design and implement Oracle multi-site architecture. Increase network capacity 300%, Decrease server downtime over 50%, Achieve 98% weekly close rate help desk response, complete comprehensive asset inventory, install corporate wide anti-virus, secure over $1.7 million new credit line.

 

Led teams of technologists and analysts in support of multiple software projects covering a wide variety of businesses and product lines as well as computing platforms and architectures. Understand business drivers, manage vendor, consultant and staff relationships to create maximum efficiency and productivity. Develop, plan, and schedule applications programming projects, working closely with client departments in the development, testing and implementation of applications. Coordinate team activities with project managers, direct staff assignments, and evaluate their work.

 

Other Projects include:

 

•          Global PMO office, Chevron. Manager/Team lead for JDE to SAP BI BW application conversion. Manage staff, local and offshore, 12 direct reports, planning, budgets, strategy, implementation, DR/BCP, SOX compliance, provide support and monthly closing reports, P&L responsibility, 15% under budget.

•          Noble Energy - E&P, work for CIO - plan PMO office strategy, operations, manage selection of PMO tools integrated with AS400 and Notes. Consulted in design of enterprise feasibility study for new ERP systems - Oracle vs. SAP.

•          Sequent Energy Trading, consultant to VP of IT ETRM and controller, - energy trading firm, reviewed software migration efforts to OpenLink financials from custom developed SQL systems, trading compliance applications, mark-to-market, risk analysis, ICE execution.

•          Ernst and Young - Senior IT consultant/auditor- client - CIO of TEPPCO -pipeline transportation, streamlined system designs for MAS90 ERP, Oracle and SQL , PeopleSoft financials and accounting reconciliations, royalty accounting, FERC, etc. Made SOX and security process improvement recommendations. Review Oracle security policies and procedures, Oracle interface to PeopleSoft.

•          Senior IT Audit Manager, Mir Fox Rodriguez (audit firm), client- CTO Stewart Title Global datacenter - SDLC (software development lifecycle) using Waterfall, RUP and AGILE Methodologies; SOX and SAS 70 (IT risk compliance and security) projects for Global Datacenter security, reliability, etc.. Recently migrated product line to third party datacenter.

•          McDermott International - Senior IT Consultant, International Sarbanes Oxley IT auditor, based in Global Datacenter Dubai, UAE. Planning and performing comprehensive documentation of internal controls to support compliance with section 303/404. Document COSO, COBIT, processes and controls within the environment, report findings, make recommendations to management, improving controls and compliance. Reviewed configurations for Oracle, SQL, Hyperion, custom applications, project management and tracking. Consulted with finance divisions and CIO level for IT Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and risk management projects. Reviewed IT consolidation strategy, financial, risk management and reporting systems.

•          The Pantry - 2000 retail gas stations, consult with CIO, review IT operational issues for national datacenter, monitoring and operational metrics for retail software applications, design policies and procedures, help desk monitoring, risk analysis and mitigation.

•          Conoco-Phillips - Global Marine division, project manager, Create EA architectural models using prescribed methods and tools, analyze business challenges with an architectural and compliance perspective. Integration and coordination of models, task estimation, continuous process improvement. New product rollout to global operations, merchant marine logistics and crude oil marketing.

•         Acudata - sold seismic computer systems and sensors to Houston Oil and Gas firms - PC, Sun Sparc, Motorola VME UNIX and high res graphics, fiber, telco and power, instrumentation equipment. Applications included Data acquisition, field and rig systems, wireline trucks, downhole tools, multi-head visualization stations. Customers included: Western Atlas, Western Geo, Anadril Schlumberger, Geco, PGS Tensor, Landmark Graphics, Input/Output, Exxon production research, Shell research, Chevron, Texaco.

 

•          Applied Dynamics Int'l, Inc. , MI and Wellingborough UK, European Business Manager Supercomputers

Extensive international technical sales travel, responsibilities for ALL European countries, Sold supercomputers to aerospace defense market. Work with numerous European companies, airframe/missile designs, flight simulation.

 

Other accomplishments:

•          COMPAQ , TX National Practice Manager , Healthcare/Retail USA, Canada - manage $200 million line of business, consolidate 8 datacenters into 2 for major client, internal advisor to Office of CTO, Private equity.

•          Real-Time Rx.com, Founder, CIO/COO , design web based mission critical supply chain systems

•          Data General, National Business Development Manager, Clinical Imaging/ Large Storage systems

•          Unisys, Inc. Atlanta, GA- Project/Bid Manager, Sr. Architecture Specialist , manage over 24 projects.

•          Radiology Data Systems, Inc., TX   Founder and CTO, web based medical imaging records management.

•          Acudata, Inc., TX     Account Manager Energy Sales division LWD, MWD seismic acquisition systems

•          General Motors Corp. Flint, MI      Project Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer

 

Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering, General Motors Institute, Flint, MI, 1983

Thesis on computer simulation. Product Engineer 1978-1987 Production and manufacturing engineering, SCADA control systems, plant engineering, design, test engineering, QC, etc.

 

Professional Training Summary

•          Sun Microsystems Executive Presentations

•          Oracle, SAP

•          Financial Accounting, Compliance/Audit Independence and Integrity Regulations

•          Microsoft all technologies, SDLC and PMP, multiple methodologies, agile, RUP, waterfall, etc.

•          IBM, Network Security systems, CISA and CISSP training

•          IPIMS (International Petroleum Institute Management Systems) - Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Petroleum and Production Engineering, Reservoir Engineering and Management, Oil and Gas Transportation, Energy Economics and Risk Analysis

 

Professional Training details

Sun Microsystems Executive Presentations; Life Insurance, NASD Series 6 and 63 Securities, Oracle DB 10g Admin and MS SQL DBA, Oracle AIM methodology, Oracle AIA - Application Integration Architecture, JavaScript, J2EE, Crystal Reports, Macromedia, Cold Fusion, Windows NT System Admin, MS Office, Outlook, Access, Advanced Project 2000, Primavera, AS400, Lotus Notes, HIPAA Certified Professional, SAS 70 (level I and II) CISA training, CISSP training, PKI, PCI, Intrusion detection and PCI compliance, NERC CIP, ITIL, NIST/CSRC, PMP training, PeopleSoft financials, PGAS, Focus, MAS 90/200(ERP oil/gas NT), OpenLink Financials, PDI RMS (ERP retail Unix). CPE - Audit Independence and Integrity Regulations, Certified Fraud examiner training, Fundamentals of Network Security, Operating System security, Internet security and Security + training.

 

SAP training : FI, CO, MM, IS, JV, PS, PM, AM, BI, BW

Chevron Upstream training 2008: IPIMS (International Petroleum Institute Management Systems) - Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Petroleum Engineering, Formation Evaluation, Drilling and Well completion, Production Engineering and Well Operations, Reservoir Engineering and Management, Oil and Gas Transportation, Energy Economics and Risk Analysis, Chevron PMO training: CPDEP methodology, IP training, RCTS (risk control and tracking system)

 

 

Dual citizen; USA and Ireland (EU).

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