Project Manager
Resume:
Senior Information Technology Infratructure Manager. Expert in the design
and delivery of cost-effective, high-performance technology solutions in IT
Infrastructure area with budget responsibility of $1 million annually.
Skilled in all phases of the project life cycle, from initial feasibility
analysis and conceptual design through implementation and enhancement.
Effective at building culturally diverse, team-centered project teams, with
excellent strategy development and leadership skills.
Key core qualifications include:
. Strategic & Operational . IT Infrastructure Design &
Technology Planning Implementation
. Global IT Delivery & Data Center . Project Management Coaching and
Operations Mentoring
. ITIL Process implementation . IT Operations Maturity assessment
Business Continuity and Disaster Management Collaboration
Recovery
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
. MSc. Statistics, University of Pune.
. Master Certificate in Business Management - Tulane University
. PMP ( Project Management Professional)
. ITIL.
. Six Sigma Green Belt
ACHIEVEMENTS
. Project Manager: Successfully directed over 10 major projects
representing an investment in excess of $15 million. Completed more than
95% of all projects within time, resources, and capital budgets including
those requiring multi-year commitments.
. Planner/ Goal Oriented: Developed information systems substantially
reducing operating costs by $1 million annually. Developed Change control
and quality assurance functions.
. Empowering Coach/Leader: Fashioned confident, highly productive Project
Design teams by creating a vision they could trust and empowering each to
reach their full potential.
. Problem Solver: Conceived and implemented many time and money saving
ideas using strong analytical and problem solving skills. Proficient at
resolving unforeseen problems quickly and cost effectively.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Hilton Hotels Corp. July 2000 -
Present
Sr. Manager Data Center UNIX Infrastructure
Leading a Team of Nine UNIX Infrastructure Administrators, Project Managers
and Application Support personnel. Hilton's Global Data Center hosts 1200+
high end and mid range servers (SUN, HP-UX, IBM-AIX, Linux, Windows) with
320 TB of EMC SAN Storage. Infrastructure supports Hilton's Reservations
and E-Commerce systems and hosts Mission Critical applications running
ORACLE, Sybase, Informix, MySQL, Apache, Weblogic, J2EE, Tomcat, ATG Dynamo
and Iplanet environments, Security Firewalls, DNS, VMWARE and Citrix Load
Balancers. Serving as a technical liaison for all operating groups and
partnering with key business stakeholders to identify new business
requirements and IT enabled operational efficiencies.
. Managed 2.5 Million Dollars Hilton UK (London) Data Center migration
project. Delivered the project on Budget and on Schedule. Migration
achieved a Cost Savings of $4 Million annually.
. Achieved cost savings of 1.2 Million dollars by consolidating
Enterprise Monitoring.
. Spearheaded ITIL Compliance initiative and implemented ITIL standards
for Service Level Management, Change Management, Configuration
Management, Business Continuity and Information Security.
. Designed and Implemented Security Policies for UNIX Infrastructure
which includes Access control policies such as Single Sign On, Secure
File Transfer Protocols, Password regulations and Change Management
Policy.
. Developed and implemented Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
plans for mission critical applications.
. In Project Lead Capacity, led the Data Center Migration from
California to Memphis, TN after Hilton's takeover of Promus Hotels.
Starter Corporation May 1995
- June 2000
Manager Information Systems
Management of Two IT groups with the responsibility of leading the teams of
4 Unix Administrators, 4 Oracle Programmers and 6 Contractors. Managed
the Infrastructure that supported Starter's Warehouse Management, Order
Processing, Shipping and Billing applications. Recommended strategies to
implement business process improvements, Business Continuity and Disaster
Recovery processes through automation solutions, while maintaining
serviceable, cost-effective infrastructure.
Project Management for 6 Million Dollars Business Process
Reengineering / Warehouse Management Automation Project.
. Designed the system which resulted in Improved Order processing
performance.
(Achieved the goal of 1 Million Dollars worth of shipments per day - a
40% improvement.)
. Cost Analysis, Capacity Planning of UNIX Servers for Oracle / SAP
applications.
. Implemented Project Management Methodology using PMI Standards which
includes specific processes for project initiation, prioritization,
project planning, and status reporting and change management.
Indusa Technical Corp (Client Starter Corp) June 1994
- April 1995
Sr. Systems Analyst
Recruited as a Primary Consultant (Contract to Hire) with Project
Management responsibilities. Served as lead developer and principle liaison
between technical analysts, developers, business personnel and the
company's non-technical client base.
Project Management for WMS System.
. Data Modeling using Oracle Designer 2000 for WMS modules -
Distribution, shipping and Manifest Mailing Systems.
. Integration Testing and implementation of WMS modules.
Silverline Industries LTD. (Client - Altrista Metal Corp, Chicago) Aug
1993 - June 1994
Project Leader
Main responsibilities included Design of MRP II package (Equivalent to SAP)
for Altrista Metal Corporation. Provided Leadership for 4 million dollars
MRP II project. Served as a Team Leader for ISO 9000 certification
initiative.
National Informatics Center June
1989 - Aug 1993
Programmer Analyst
The NIC is a part of the Indian Ministry of Communications & Department of
Information Technology. Designed, developed and implemented applications in
the governmental departments at national, state and district levels,
enabling the improvement in, and a wider transparency of, government
services.
Digicomp Software Services (Client - Bajaj Auto)
June 1988 - May 1989
Programmer
Developed software package to manage Human Resources Database for Bajaj
Auto.
REFERENCES
Greg Bernard Kenneth Gillespie Vu Dang
Systems Services Lead Systems Analyst Lead Unix Administrator
Representative Hilton Hotels Corp. Hilton Hotels Corp.
IBM Kenneth.gillespie@hilton abhzdz@r.postjobfree.com
abhzdz@r.postjobfree.com .com 901-***-****
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