Manager Project

C arl K eusseyan

Houston, Texas Email

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Citizenship: American Tel 832-***-****

P rofile Summa ry

E nergetic, results-driven strategic business executive focused on strengthening business performance,

p roductivity, and profitability by pragmatically aligning technology with business requirements to create value

and growth.

• Accomplished strategic and tactical planner with an excellent t rack-record in conceptualizing and

d irecting the development and implementation of advanced technology solutions that create competitive

advantage.

• Superior operations leader with strong business acumen who transformed IT operations from cost drains

to sources of internal and external customer satisfaction, value, and savings.

• Change agent who has built high-performing project teams and organizations to achieve bottom line

results.

• Self-motivated, results-oriented individual with excellent organizational skills and strong attention to

detail.

• Proven ability to learn quickly and contribute significantly in organizations of varying sizes – a t rusted

advisor.

• Full responsibility and accountability for multi-million dollar budgets, and leadership of global teams

6 years VP / CIO / CTO / Director of Information Technology experience

15 years Project Management experience with P M P certification

10 years Oil/ Gas industry experience

Strategic & Tactical Planning PMP with PMO experience Technology Operations Management

IT Financial Management Offshore / Global team management Decision and Risk Analysis

Change Management Organization & Staff Development IT Application Management

Significant Accomplishments

C reated Competitive Advantage for several companies over two technology cycles by identifying and

capitalizing on emerging technology t rends to streamline and improve operations.

• Created a SharePoint Knowledge Management System by rapidly developing, and deploying

SharePoint Enterprise to capture and manage the company’s Intellectual Property. By leveraging

lessons learned, and deliverables from past projects, efficiency and success of projects increased

resulting in a 10% increase in revenue generation .

Reduced Annual Technology Operating Costs for several companies by reengineering, streamlining and

consolidating technology operations. Negotiated contracts and managed vendor relationships Created budgets,

established and enforced policies on IT expenditures. Carefully planned IT expansions. Managed legacy-

computing environments while implementing the industry leading technology strategies. DSI experienced a 25%

cost reduction .

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Aligned Corporate Business and I T Strategy . Guided business in the use of technology to maximize

p rofits, productivity, quality, and service. Established IT governance and operating policies, processes, and

p rocedures to meet Sarbanes-Oxley regulations. Established IT Council and Customer user groups.

I mplemented new organization structure to ensure customer requirements were well understood and the focal

point of IT planning. Ensured proper allocation of IT resources

O ptimized P roductivity and I mp roved P roject Completions. C reated a P MO (P roject M anagement

O ffice) and implemented standardized project management processes and policies. Established “centers of

excellence” for common projects.

Education Certification Recent Formal Training

MBA, University of Phoenix PMI Certified PMP 2010- Microsoft Project Server

BA, Mathematics Cornell (Project Management 2010- Microsoft Project

University Professional) Professional

M ultilingual

English: Fluent Armenian: Fluent

French: Fluent Arabic: Fluent. Intimately knowledgeable with the Middle Eastern culture.

P rofessional Experience

C IO Sep 2008 - Sep 2010

N EXT Houston, TX

Responsible for all Information Technology strategic planning, architecture, personnel, budgets, implementation

of all IT initiatives and the restructuring of all associated services.

Reduced Risk

• Conceived, created and directed the Disaster Recovery / Business Continuation plans, and quarterly

executed a simulated disaster to continuously optimize the plan to various types of disasters.

• Int roduced, architected and implemented Clustering and Data Replication technologies

• Architected applications to have less dependencies and robust error recovery with centralized error

logging.

• Reengineered the Network infrastructure for improved robustness and disaster recovery

• Conceived and created Information Security governance and policies.

• Managed all compliance and regulatory commitments for Regulation S-P, H IPAA / H ITECH, SOX.

I mproved Efficiency and Reliability

• Created robust IT governance, business, project management policies and procedures that improved

efficiency, effectiveness, and customer satisfaction by 21% in one year, and project completions by 15%

• Improved the alignment of IT with business unit requirements by revising and developing project

definition, assessment, and delivery methods.

Reduced Cost

• Reduced IT costs by streamlining processes, eliminating redundant and duplicative applications, and

renegotiating contracts. Consolidated Datacenters saving hardware/ software / connectivity costs

• Reduced IT headcount by automating processes normally done by personnel, and redistributing

workloads.

• Developed alliances and outsourcing relationships that reduced costs by more than 50%.

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Optimized P roductivity and I mp roved P roject Completions.

• Created a P MO (Project Management Office) and implemented standardized project management

p rocesses and policies

• Established “centers of excellence” for common projects.

• Standardized and coordinated projects and programs across the enterprise.

• Used Microsoft Project Server to centrally manage all projects and programs.

P roject Manager

• SharePoint : Automated the business processes of a sister company with K2 BlackPearl.

• SharePoint : Replaced legacy Documentum with SharePoint. Rewrote all Documentum workflows in K2

BalckPearl.

• Surveillance : Implemented the Sungard Protegent Surveillance system.

• E-Discovery : Implemented the Syamtec Enterprise Vault / e-Discovery / Compliance Accelerator project

Jan 2007 Aug 2008

I T Di rector/Project Manager

Decision Strategies, I nc. Houston, TX

Decision Strategies is a small management consulting fi rm specializing in strategic consulting.

As I T D i rector

• SharePoint Administrator – Architected and administered company’s SharePoint Intranet / Extranet site

• SharePoint Developer

o Built a SharePoint Knowledge Management System with SharePoint Designer.

o Built Management Dashboards for executives by visually surfacing the KPIs with SharePoint

Designer.

o Automated various departmental Business Processes with InfoPath and SharePoint Designer.

• Project Manager for the internal ERP project – Gathered requirements, led the team to evaluate various

ERP packages, obtained board approval to procure and install the Unanet ERP platform.

P roject Manager

• Chevron : Managed a global project at Chevron that involved consultants in Atlanta, Georgia and

offshore programmers in India. Created a Business Intelligence system for the PMO office, to enable

monitoring and analysis of project / program performance in their Portfolios.

• Shell : Managed Decision Strategies and Shell resources for a BPM (Business Process Management)

p roject to identify coordinate and streamline all the processes within the R&D departments involved in

p roprietary downhole heaters for oil shale and heavy oil recovery. The project provided insight to

executives to facilitate their decision on which heater technology to choose if and when deployment to

exploit Shale oil was made.

May 2006 Jan 2007

Vice P resident

ERGOS Houston, TX

C reated the Consulting Practice of Ergos. Job Responsibilities:

• Achieved a substantial component of Ergos’s annual business plan including practice bookings, revenue,

new account growth, profitability and quality goals.

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• Managed all necessary activities for successfully developing and managing client relationships for

existing and prospective accounts.

• Responsible for proposal preparation, pricing, scope review, support and QA/QC

• Recruited, hired, mentored and t rained Practice Leads, Project Managers and Developers

• Responsible for management of staff including monthly project and staffing reviews (workload

balancing), financial performance reviews and sales efforts reviews

• Responsible for executing consulting projects within budget, schedule, and quality expectations

P roject Manager

• Sage Refined P roducts: Architected and managed the creation of a fuel t rading system.

• Sovereign Oil & Gas: Architected and managed an Engineering Information Portal utilizing

SharePoint.

• Hamilton Custom Shi rts : Architected and managed the creation of the e-commerce site

• Houston Online Defensive D r iving company : Architected and managed the SEO offering

Sep 1997 May 2006

Owner

Compuforce Houston, TX

As owner of a consulting and executive placement fi rm - Responsible for all strategic planning, architecture,

personnel, budgets, and implementation of initiatives. Successfully oversaw all development efforts, schedules,

and overall direction for the various development teams. This included new technology analysis, examination of

competing products, and overall strategies for feature/functionality inclusion.

P roject Manager

• Staffing Management System : Conceived, created and managed the Staffing Management System

p roject, a 3 year project that allowed the company to go paperless, and automate most business

p rocesses.

• Applicant T racking : Conceived, created and managed an Applicant t racking / CRM (Customer

Relationship Management) system

• Ascential Software : Managed a project to implement DataStage to manage SAP 4.6 data.

• Enron Capital and T rade : Managed a project to implement SAP FICO (Financial and Control)

modules.

1993 1997

P roject Manager

Schlumberger Wireline Houston, TX

M anaged several projects including:

P roject Manager

• Well T racking project a G IS (Geographic I nformation Systems) global project : Conceived and

a rchitected a Well Tracking GIS solution. Recruited and led multiple development teams The project

i ntegrated well data from disparate databases including lease information / well historic and current

performance / location (to view the well on an interactive map). .

• Wi reline Tools Configuration and P roposal Generation System global project : Conceived and

a rchitected the solution, then recruited and led a development team for a global project that involved

personnel in Scotland and England. Wireline sales force was able to (a) Generate comprehensive

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proposals to clients that included the proper pricing and configuration of Wireline tools, (b) Management

was able to review and approve all proposals.

1991 1993

P roject Manager

Lyondell Petrochemical Channelview, TX

M anaged several projects including:

P roject Manager

• P & I D drawings management system : Conceived, created and directed an ECM (Electronic Content

M anagement) project to manage the P&ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams) AutoCAD drawings.

Led a team of ~30 individuals to redraw the plant according to the new AutoCad standards that I helped

establish. Then created a custom AutoCad drawing management system

• MSDS management system : Conceived, created and directed an ECM (Electronic Content

M anagement) project to manage the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) documents

1986 1991

Senior Consultant

Digital Equipment Corporation Pa rsippany, NJ

Responsible for the Network Infrastructure design of PathWorks for the Advanced Technology Center in

M anhattan New York. This center was used to showcase the company’s latest technology to executives f lown in

f rom around the world.

Lead presenter for Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE), client server computing, and wide area

networking seminars. Lead senior consultant for network design in mixed environments (Novell, Windows,

M acintosh and Unix)

1984 1986

P roject Manager

Capital Credit Corporation Fai rfield NJ

Managed several projects including:

P roject Manager

• American Express E D I system : Interfaced with American Express to design and implement an

automated system by which up-to-date debtor information can be maintained and exchanged between

both parties via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange).

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