Project Manager Management

SUMMARY

IT Professional with ** years of experience, international exposure

and proven ability to develop and implement IT solutions that support

business needs and financial objectives.

* Innovative and resourceful, with the capacity to create and

convert strategic plans into real world tactical solutions which

contribute to the bottom line.

* Expert in the design and process re-engineering of cost

effective, high-performance applications and IT infrastructures.

* Consistently provide new and groundbreaking ideas / processes,

with focus on business needs to drive operational cost down and

at the same time improve functionality, performance and most

importantly IT infrastructure reliability.

* Experience managing platforms that includes: Virtual server

farms (VmWare and Microsoft), AS/400, WinTel servers, HP Unix

Clusters, IBM Unix Clusters, Linux Clusters, CISCO, VoIP Systems

(CISCO, Mitel), IBM SAN, phone systems (Alcatel, EON),

Microsoft's Terminal Server farms.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Goodman Manufacturing Co.

. Managed IT infrastructure functions in the US including 24x7 data

center operations, systems and network engineering,

network/telecommunications operations, information security, IT

Governance, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

. Applied ITIL processes for the improvement of Service Level

Management, Incident Management and Release Management.

. Reduce network maintenance contracts by 50% by establishing new

equipment replacement policies.

. Implemented VoIP solution for the three critical locations,

including Corporate offices.

. Managed the renegotiation of a $3M telecommunications contract

using reverse biding services.

. Implemented of Network/Servers monitoring tools and processes

. Zero down time accomplished for all critical infrastructure during

hurricane IKE.

CEMEX, Inc.

. Managed IT Operations functions in the US, including 24x7 data

center operations, systems and network engineering,

network/telecommunications operations, change management,

information security, IT Governance, and compliance including

Sarbanes-Oxley.

. Managed an organization of 58 persons and annual budgets of $13MM

OpX and $10MM CapX.

. Successfully applied ITIL processes for improvement of incident

management, problem management, change management, configuration

management, and service level management.

. Implementation of Network/Services monitoring tools and processes.

. Implemented failover/testing processes and procedures to disaster

recovery sites in Mexico and US.

. Responsible for the post-merger integration of IT Infrastructure

after several large and complex acquisitions which effectively

doubled CEMEX operations in the US:

. RMC US: Integration of more than 300 locations in the US

including the implementation of networks, communication lines,

servers, phone systems, personal computers and consolidation of

3 data centers.

. Ready Mix USA - CEMEX Joint Venture: IT Infrastructure

divesture of 20 locations in Georgia and Florida Panhandle.

. MRT Acquisition: Integration of 20 locations across the US

including the implementation of networks, communication lines,

servers, phone systems and personal computers.

. Sale of Great Lakes Cement Plants: Divesture of IT

infrastructures for 2 cement plants in the Great Lakes region.

. Dixon Cement Plant Acquisition: IT Infrastructure deployment

according to CEMEX Standards.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007 ? 2009

GOODMAN MANUFACTURING CO. Houston, Texas USA

Director of Computing Systems

. Managed a team of 19 members supporting IT infrastructure for 160

locations in the US with 24x7 Data Center Operations.

. Implemented of IT infrastructure Service Level Agreements.

. Re-designed primary data center network to enhance service

reliability and reduce cabling complexity.

. Re-designed network of Houston's cooling manufacturing plant.

. Implemented network/servers monitoring tools and processes using

OpManager.

. Managed platform for two data centers: Microsoft's virtual server

farm (30 servers), 40 physical WinTel servers, 2 AS/400 (520 and

550), Exchange email cluster system, Linux cluster, 5 Mitel VoIP

systems.

1993 ? 2007

CEMEX, INC. Monterrey, NL M xico & Houston, Texas USA

IT Director of Operations Houston, Texas 2002 ? 2007

. Manage a team of 58 members supporting the network and computing

needs of 500+ locations and 13,000 US employees with 24x7 Data

Center Operations.

. Led US IT Operations through multiple post-merger integrations

which effectively doubled domestic operations.

. Average of 5% reduction on operational expenses during the last 4

years while effectively doubling the level of support provided.

. Implementation of second generation of data network (MPLS) across

the US.

. Consolidation of first level support services in Mexico, reducing

US headcount and support desk expenses in 15%.

. Implementation of processes/procedures for quarterly failover

testing to DR remote site in Monterrey, Mexico and then to DR site

in Alpharetta, GA.

. Implementation network/servers monitoring tools and processes using

HP Openview.

. Managed platform for two data centers: VmWare virtual server farm

(75 servers), 70 Physical WinTel Servers, 2 AS/400 (550). Lotus

Notes cluster farm, 3 CISCO VoIP servers, IBM SAN, IBM/Tivuli

backup system, HP/UX cluster system, IBM RS/6000 cluster system.

Sr. IT Consultant Monterrey, NL 1998 ? 2002

. 2001-2002: Implementation Coordinator of GINCO (In House built

application for Ready Mix) in Spain and Venezuela, including design

and implementation of support services.

. 2000-2002: Implementation Leader of GINCO in Mexico (220

locations).

. 1999-2000: Coordinator of Y2K Certification for CEMEX Mexico.

. 1998-2000: DB Design Leader and Development of GINCO.

Project Manager CEMEX Neoris; Monterrey, NL 1993 ? 1998

. 1998: Development Manager for the Executive Information Systems

Area. Coordinating 5 developers.

. 1997-1998: Development and implementation of first Data ware House

in CEMEX. Implemented in Mexico and Venezuela.

. 1996-1997: CEMEX Neoris Data center Manager. Managed a small data

center with 20 servers and 2 AS/400s.

. 1993-1996: Sr. Developer for second generation of Executive

Information Systems for Cement and Ready Mix.

1991 ? 1993

ADATECH Monterrey, NL M xico & Houston, Texas USA

Senior Application Developer Adatech Monterrey, NL 1991 ? 1993

. Development of production management applications (Inventory Mgmt,

Bill of Materials, POS)

EDUCATION

Master in Business Administration (MBA), 2002

I.T.E.S.M. (Monterrey Tech); Monterrey, Mexico

Awarded CEMEX Scholarship; part time student

Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, 1991

I.T.E.S.M. (Monterrey Tech); Monterrey, Mexico

AFFILIATIONS

Executive Member, National Society of Hispanic MBAs

I.T.E.S.M. Alumni - Houston Chapter

LANGUAGES

Bi-lingual English/Spanish

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