Project Manager Management

Location:

Cincinnati, OH, 45255

Posted:

July 22, 2010

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Michael Langley

Tel: 513-***-****

Email: abl95y@r.postjobfree.com

Relocation Expenses Not Required

PROFESSIONAL Profile

I am an accomplished IT manager with proven ability to lead multiple projects, manage Data

Centers, and handle employees, contractors and vendors. Years of IT experience have made me

well suited for a position as an IT manager with your company. My experience has enabled me to

develop cost saving strategies to improve on business cost and as a respected leader I have

been able to build a motivated staff so as to achieve company goals.

Areas of Expertise

Ÿ IT Management/ Supervision

Ÿ Data Center Relocations

Ÿ Data Center Security and Backup/Disaster Recover

Ÿ Problem Solving Data Center/ system Failures

Ÿ Vendor Management

Ÿ Built Heating and Cooling systems

Ÿ Artificial Intelligence/Robotics/ Automated Machine technology Experience

Ÿ Electrical /Electronic training and Experience

Ÿ Construction /Millwright Experience

Ÿ Auto/Diesel training and Experience.

Ÿ Project Management

Ÿ IT Consulting

Ÿ Unix /NT Administrator

Ÿ ECNE, Master Novell/Cisco, MCSE

Cost saving Accomplishments

Saved $50,000 by eliminating outsource provider for Data Storage

Saved $150,000 by eliminating second and third shift clerks with Enterprise backup system

Saved $20,000/yr by lowering Data Center office lights and raising cooling level

Saved $10,000/yr by moving to IP KVM switches.

Saved $10,000/yr by installing PDUs in cabinets

Saved $20,000/yr secured Data Center with our own equipment.

Saved $20,000/yr by installing server patches remotely

WORK EXPERIENCE

Cincinnati Bell Telephone Cincinnati, Ohio 1999 to Present

Senior Data Center Operations Manager

Managed 24/7 operations of two Corporate Data Centers holding 1000 servers along with

communication equipment. Had 14 Direct reports and associated offices; over $30 M in

computer hardware assets and $2-3 M in capital budget annually.

Responsible for yearly Data Center budget

Problem solving of Data Center and System Failures

Facilitated management of data center operations of over 1000 Windows 2003, Sun

Solaris, IBM AS400, and HP 9000 servers

Managed Brocade SAN switches along with SUN Solaris Enterprise backup systems

Managed data centers with Cisco 6000, 6500 and Nexus switches

Managed data centers with several HPC server clusters along with Microsoft /UNIX

Hybrid cluster platforms.

Planned, directed, coordinated, and oversaw the development and management of my

direct reports

Manager of IP addresses with WINS and DNS servers

Managed two IT offices with 45 employees, ordered supplies, handled employee moves

and took care of repairs

Managed office relocation project moving 45 employees and all office hardware

Excellent communicator both orally and written enabling me to accomplish all my

assigned tasks

Managed Data Center Upgrade, Consolidation and Relocation

Managed security systems of both Corporate Data Centers – cameras, security servers,

card reading devices, NOC monitoring 24/7, installed sensors on all HVAC, etc.

Managed removal and disposal of numerous Legacy hardware systems

Managed 14 direct reports along with contractors and vendors

Responsible for managing data center personnel and office supply resources

Knowledge and application of ITIL change management principles there by reducing the

adverse impact of changes on services

Used SDLC model in project management. Methodologies used were RAD, Waterfall and

Spiral

Used EVM project management technique for measuring project progress and for early

warning of performance problems

Used Data Center Energy Management

Johnson Control systems installed to better control temperature and humidity

Upgraded Data Centers to Tier III level providing 99.982% availability

Cross site backup of all server data

Use of dark fiber to move data from remote sites

Firewalls along with Proxy servers

EMC and SUN Storage Arrays to support large SQL and Oracle clients

Eliminated second and third shifts with automation. Virtualized many servers and

eliminated old legacy hardware

Reduced cost by eliminating outsource provider for data storage

Project manager during upgrade of Enterprise backup systems

Created and enforced security policies and procedures

All Web servers put on segmented network and used Citrix remote dial in and secure ID

Administrator/Manager for 3 Unix Legato Enterprise network backup systems and

Disaster recovery.

Supported Microsoft SQL and UNIX Oracle administrators for resources

UNIX administrator for Sun and HP systems

Upgraded the Data Center power generators, UPS systems and HVAC units

Led installation of grounding grids in both data centers, cable management under the

floor, along with new server cabinets with cable management. Had network routers and

network cabling upgraded

Made improvements by the use of IP KVM switching as well as the installation of new

security servers with cameras, and the consolidation of numerous servers with

virtualization.

Origin Technology Cincinnati, Ohio 1997 to 1999

Consultant, Senior Network Specialist

Second level consulting and troubleshooting; escalation resolution for clients

Project manager for Procter & Gamble during system migrations and upgrade of

hundreds of clients from Windows 95 to Windows NT

Administrator of UNIX/NT systems

Used HP Open View and Network Analyzer to monitor network

Designed and documented system procedures.

Applied project management methodologies during projects.

Alternative Resources Corp. Cincinnati, Ohio 1996 to 1997

Senior Systems Manager / Network Engineer

Project Manager: migration and integration of IT systems and hw/sw moves after Nine

West Shoe Company purchased US Shoe. After consolidation and move, the US Shoe

Company was disbanded.

Managed vendors and operation through completion of project

Managed IT, hardware and desktop moves to new facility in Kentucky.

First Level support of local routers and bridges

Setup Cisco routers and bridges

Keane Inc Cincinnati, Ohio 1993 to 1996

Consultant, Account Manager and Network Engineer

Account Manager overseeing company interest during assignments at Proctor &Gamble

Part of Network Design Committee

Manage Projects to implement workstation standards

Managed help desk and software development support teams for sales

Received experience and training applying project management methodologies during

projects.

O/E Systems Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio 1991 to 1993

Consultant, System Engineer,

Part of network design committee for various installations

Project Manager for network projects at Blue Cross/Blue Shield

Did router setup and configuration with firewall

Installed servers for local/wide area networking

Setup LAN Analyzer software to troubleshoot network

Configure and setup Backup procedures for servers

Position required me to be an excellent communicator so tasks could get accomplished.

Served as key liaison with internal and external projects

American Computer Solutions Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio 1988 to 1991

Consultant, Customer Service Engineer/LAN Administrator

Project manager for network projects at Proctor & Gamble’s first networks and desktop

Setup data communications equipment

LAN and system Administrator

Support of LAN and email issues

Used project management principles

Procter & Gamble wrote letter of reference for my project work

Stanley Vidmar Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio 1986 to 1988

Electronic Technician

Built tested and debugged Robotic material handling systems

Traveled nationwide for service and installation of new equipment

Worked with cutting edge technologies to implement designs.

Boeing Aircraft wrote a letter of reference for the work I did for them.

Job Related Skills

MCSE, MCP, MCP+ Internet, Not Current 1997

Novell CNA, CNE, CNE 3, CNE 4, ECNE, Master ECNE

(Covering Network Design and Implementation)

Data Center Operations Manager

Account Manager Training 1995

Project Manager Training 1994

& SDLC training

Management Essentials 2005

ITIL Change Management 2005

Project Management /EVM training 2007

Virtualization Training with VMware 2006

EMC Storage management training 2003

Intro & Advanced Cisco Training 1999

UNIX I & II Administration Training 2002

Management of Enterprise Backup Operations

EDUCATION

Southern Ohio College Cincinnati, Ohio 1983 to 1986

Associate Degree, Robotics and Automated Machine Technology

Graduated 4.0/4.0 Summa Cum Laude

Rets Technical School, Dayton Ohio 1982 to 1983

Electronic Engineering and Computer Programming

Graduated 4.0 /4.0 Summa Cum Laude

Knowledge Development Centers ( CISCO TRAINING ) Cincinnati, Ohio

Intro & Advanced Cisco Router Configuration

Unix Administration I & II

Management Essentials

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