Summary

o A career leading and providing identification and implementation of

process based efficiency and effectiveness recommendations spanning

retail, financial services and healthcare companies resulting in

optimization of information technology service delivery.

o Provided leadership in 20+ mainframe, midrange and client server data

center consolidations and relocations with focus on infrastructure

operational effectiveness and efficiency and Information Security for

Federated Department Stores (10), IBM Consulting Group (6) and other

organizations (4).

o Provided cost saving recommendations based on systematic forecasting

and capacity modeling for major financial institutions in the US and

Europe like The Federal Reserve Bank, Chase Manhattan Bank and

Chemical Bank.

o Provided and lead implementation of process based recommendations

resulting in online system availability improvement from 98% to

99.999% of The Federal Reserve mainframe based funds transfer system.

o Provided proven results utilizing the skill, technology and business

management perspective needed by companies to grow their competitive

advantage.

o Established professional reputation as results oriented, effective and

efficient leader with proven skill in keeping people focused, doing

the right thing the right way.

2003 - Present - The Project Group, Practice Leader/consultant

o Provided leadership and direction in closing information security and

process effectiveness and efficiency consulting sales, defining work

products, and ensuring quality deliverables.

o Lead and directed HIPAA Security Assessments combined with

infrastructure effectiveness and efficiency consulting for 40+

healthcare organizations utilizing Microsoft Project to manage and

track project progress and provide effective work plans..

o Provided infrastructure oriented effectiveness, efficiency based

process and technology recommendations for confidential payments

system firm improving service delivery in a combined open source and

Windows delivery environment significantly improving the "meantime-to-

failure"..

o Provided experience based "trusted advisor" recommendations for a

financial services Internet start-up company contributing to "go to

market" strategy and deployment plan with focus on Information

Security protocols, network and data center infrastructure, and

operational processes.

September 2000 - 2003, ePlaced.com, Internet Start-up, Chief Operating

Officer

o Demonstrated ability to motivate and organize staff to keep focused

and centered on relevant priorities and to drive the positive results

required to meet the demands of a start-up company.

o Led proof of concept process for human capital management system

utilizing transaction simulation tools and volume mapped to projected

sales volume.

o Established Project Management Office (PMO) utilizing Microsoft

Project to track delivery of results critical to successful completion

of start-up company projects.

o Leveraged previous skills and experience in Information Technology

management to provide leadership and direction for software product

development, go-to-market strategy, technology selection and

development of client company adoption strategy while optimizing the

deployment of start-up company resources

o Lead product development utilizing DB2/ SQL/ASP/.Net Web technologies

paired with a combination of in-house developers and two concurrent

outside development companies to build 1st and 2nd generation Web

based product recognized in Gartner Group assessment as "upper right"

(leading edge) quadrant.

o Worked with company board members to develop financial projections and

sales strategies to aid in generating $6MM in product investment

capital.

o Established internal operating processes to facilitate quick

assessment of issues and fast responses to deliver flexible, effective

decisions and efficiently manage high growth and change to meet the

requirements of a startup based Web based business.

o Led the software product "proof of concept" process, functional design

and application development process encompassing proven supply chain

management principles and fast moving industry trends in Human Capital

Management necessary to accelerate the delivery to market of this

software product.

1995 - 2000, IBM Consulting Group, Consultant/Practice Leader

o Provided "trusted advisor" based effectiveness and efficiency

recommendations for mainframe and mid-range computing environments in

four greater New York City locations and Bournemouth, United Kingdom

providing a series of cost avoidance and cost saving opportunities

resulting in $150 million cost saving.

o Developed requirements and recommendations to transform a billion

dollar service delivery organization to "market ready" capability by

improving availability of infrastructure systems through enhanced

change, problem management, utilization forecasting and improved

service delivery processes.

o Developed and established Year 2000 Program Management Office (PMO)

for a major financial services firm providing leadership for software

and hardware remediation utilizing complex integrated implementation

of Microsoft Project to track progress.

o Provided technology and process recommendations (proof of concept

process) to simplify ongoing maintenance for 50,000 desktops and

servers resulting in saving the corporation multi-million dollar

upgrades.

o Provided thought leadership and "trusted advisor" recommendations to

improve service delivery while working closely with the infrastructure

senior management team identifying strategic and tactical service

delivery improvement objectives and projects during the largest merger

in financial services industry (Chemical Bank and Chase Manhattan

Bank).

o Provided recommendations encompassing resource deployment, hardware

and software purchasing strategy, defined efficiency and effectiveness

programs, and performed process assessments resulting in significant

cost reductions.

1991 - 1995 - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Director of Automation and

Security

o Led development of the Federal Reserve Bank Information Technology

infrastructure consolidation strategy by providing experience based

recommendations resulting in error free and on-time transition.

o Provided recommendations resulting in $5 million cost avoidance

enabling the bank to transition according to the Federal Reserve

established timetable and saving the bank real dollars.

o Provided leadership in definition of foundation Information Technology

policies during the Federal Reserve Automation Services (FRAS) system

consolidation as the Secretary of the system wide Security Steering

Group.

o Provided and lead the implementation of process based recommendations

resulting in system availability improvement from 98% to 99.999% of

The Federal Reserve mainframe based funds transfer application

system.

o Contributed significantly to the Federal Reserve Bank's leadership

posture within the Federal Reserve System by providing relevant

content to workgroups focused on encryption key management, security

policy definition and risk assessment process definition.

Education, Training and Associations

o Bachelor of Science degree Mathematics from the University of Georgia.

o Numerous seminars and self study courses in management, leadership and

effectiveness including facilitation, strategy development, security

policy definition and current WEB and network technologies

o Help Desk Consultant - IBM

o Information Technology Process Model - IBM

o Information Technology Infrastructure Library

o Project Management Book of Knowledge

o Systems Management Consultant - IBM

o Information Systems Security Professional

o Member of Computer Security Institute (CSI)

o Project Management Professional

o The North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance,

Inc (NCHICA)

o Information System Security Association (ISSA) Atlanta Chapter

o Atlanta CEO High Tech Council

o Technology Association of Georgia (TAG)

o TAG Security Special Interest Group (SIG)

o TAG Outsourcing Special Interest Group (SIG)

o Microsoft Project

o Microsoft SharePoint Services

o ACT V10

o Microsoft Server 2003

o Microsoft SQL V5

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