YINKA OLANIYAN
Brambleton, VA 20148
Cell 571-***-**** ( *****@****.***
Directing Infrastructure Solutions, Design and Implementation
Highly experienced in providing strategic IT leadership, vision and
direction for infrastructure design and systems support; Conversant with
innovations in the industry and impact to future projects; Program, Project
and Account Management experience for accountability to the Executive
Level.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
. LAN/WAN Architecture and Design - Perimeter Security, Internet access
provisioning, VPN, Site-to-site connectivity, Voice and Data networks
. Server Technology - Virtualization, Co-Location, Managed Hosting,
Cloud, SaaS
. Desktop Support Management - Remote support, Asset Management
. Vendor Management - Pre-selection, Vetting, Defining and Directing
engagement
. Project Management to PMI PMBOK Standards
. Strategic Management, Organizational Behavior
. Financial Management - Budgeting, Amortization, Depreciation and
understanding financial statements
. Active Directory, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, MS Office, MS SQL,
MS Exchange, VMWare, Web Filtering, Messaging Gateway
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AGUSTAWESTLAND NORTH AMERICA Inc, IT Manager Dec 09 - Date
. Rationalized the IT architecture and infrastructure during a period of
significant organizational change, restructuring the Help Desk team
and saving $500k in annual operating costs
. Redefined in-house IT contracting support to a hosted solution
reducing IT costs by 30%
. Devised and implemented an IT consolidation plan in support of a
significant acquisition and merger activity, maximizing operational
synergies and eliminating duplication.
. Daily responsibilities include the management of 4 -6 staff to support
core business, vendor partnerships and management to ensure right
solutions for business needs at the most competitive pricing
. Achieved federal government security and FOCI compliance audit of
company every year
OTO MELARA NORTH AMERICA Inc, IT Manager
May 12 - Date
. Provided a shared-services solution for IT in this dual role held
alongside IT Manager at AgustaWestland NA Inc.
. Designed and segregated both networks in accordance with DSS, FOCI and
SSA stipulations. This facilitated federal government audit sessions
and kept the company in compliance
SELEX ES, IT Manager
APR 07 - Dec 09
. Achieved the implementation of one support model in terms of Help
Desk, standardized technology, communication links and infrastructure
equipment. This resulted in one unified Wide Area Network spanning 6
locations in 5 states
. Defining and monitoring budget to produce an IT department that was
run within budget and without compromise to the level of support
required by core business
. Defined short and long term IT strategy for the company's expected
growth thus helping the finance team with quarterly reports and
figures to parent company that were more accurate
. Ensured the smooth running of all Enterprise Applications by managing
the relationships with vendors. Time to fix errors decreased, staff
were less interrupted by IT issues
CSC, Project Manager on BAE Systems
Account APR 06 - APR 07
. Successfully managed multiple projects in two organizations within
the business
o Budgets of approx. $100K per project, handling 6-9 projects
simultaneously
o Resource scheduling to keep all staff billable and avoid large
overhead costs
o Managing and producing metrics on budget, costs (ETC, EAC, VAC)
and scheduling producing 98% of projects on time and within
budget
o Keeping client relationship intact by constant communication,
thereby ensuring client satisfaction and their repeat business.
MARS Inc., Corporate Systems Support Analyst
OCT 02 - APR 06
. Maintained full responsibility for uninterrupted IT support to C-level
Executives
. 99% infrastructure uptime every year
. 15% year-on-year savings
. Projects implemented include
- Centralized Backup Solution where data storage capacity was
increased by 300%, backup time was reduced by 20% and savings of
30% were realized by eliminating outdated media supplies.
- Electronic document management solution where the cost of off-site
paper storage was eliminated while making archived documents 50%
more accessible to users. The net result was an increase in the
efficiency in storing and retrieving documents needed at corporate
headquarters.
VERITAS Corp., Technical
Support Engineer JAN 02 -
MAY 02
INTEL ONLINE SERVICES, Sr. Operations Analyst
APR 00 - JUL 01
ACHILLES INFORMATION LTD, Network Manager MAY
98 - APR 00
OXFORD UNIVERSITY, Systems
Administrator MAY 95 - MAY 98
BMRB INTERNATIONAL, Network Systems Administrator FEB
94 - MAY 95
FREELANCE
TRAINER
APR 91 - FEB 94
VISTA COMPUTER SYSTEMS, Technical Librarian
OCT 89 - APR 91
EDUCATION/TRAINING
MBA, University of Wales (United Kingdom) Sept 2010 - May 2013
PMI PMP - April 2006
MCSE - December 2000
BS Computer Science, University of Westminster (London, England) - June
1989