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Project Manager Service

Location:
7081
Posted:
August 22, 2010

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Michael T. Ryan

973-***-**** ( Springfield, NJ 07081 ( ****.*******@*******.***

Service Delivery / Project Management

Dedicated professional combining over 15 years of operational service

delivery and project management experience including service transitions as

both a supplier and a customer. Possess excellent interpersonal and

communication skills when interacting with superiors, peers, and

subordinates. Assimilate information to analyze situations and make

focused real-time decisions quickly and accurately. Thrive in dynamically

changing, high-pressure environments and adept at conflict resolution

essential to effectively and efficiently manage project resources and

deliverables. Proven ability to solution and staff support engagements and

to create and lead training programs.

Core Competencies

Account Management ? Budget / Cost Control ? Cost-Savings Initiatives ?

Program Management ? Organizational Transformation ? Craft SOWs (In Excess

of $10 Million) ? Vendor Selection & Negotiation ? IT Infrastructure

Analysis (Site Services & Service Desk) ? Risk Management ? Gather

Requirements & Analyze Gaps ? Solution Design & Implementation ? Detailed

Documentation & Reporting ? Performance Management ? Quality Metrics -

Service Excellence ? Continuous Process Improvement ? Root Cause & Trend

Analysis ? Conflict Resolution ? Business Continuity ? Relationship

Management ? Team Building & Leadership ? Retail Management

Professional Experience

Johnson & Johnson Inc., Raritan, New Jersey

Consultant - Strategic Sourcing / Global Service Delivery Manager - (MD&D)

(9/2009 - Current)

Hired to review and consolidate the application support contracts for

Medical Devices and Diagnostics (MD&D) (support portfolio is approx. $10M

in 2009) and to provide on-going operational application support.

Selected Accomplishments:

. MD&D Optimization - Working with other Service Delivery Managers on a

2009 savings optimization project, collected, consolidated, and reported

MD&D operational support data for all MD&D Operating Companies (OpCo) and

support supplier (OpCo support costs as detailed in SOWs / Supplier costs

as detailed in actual invoices) exceeding the $957K targeted savings by

$10K for 2009.

. Application Support - Worked with individual MD&D OpCos to standardize

and consolidate application support for 2010. Additional consolidation is

planned for 2010 to yield additional savings. Gathered requirements and

crafted numerous support solutions for many MD&D OpCos - including

writing and executing the SOWs and staffing the engagements.

Dell Inc., Round Rock, Texas

Consultant - Program Field Services / Transition Project Manager (12/2008 -

8/2009)

Hired as a Subject Matter Expert to establish one Deskside support

structure for the State of Georgia (SoG) across 12 state agencies all at

different levels of maturity (45,000 devices / 1,200 locations) based on 4

Tiers of Service Levels tied to VIPs and Campus / Remote locations.

Developed territories for technicians based on the concentration of assets

and the SLA structure. Solution included 50 secured lockers strategically

placed throughout Georgia to house $300K of loaners and spares using Dell

refurbished /evaluation units to satisfy SLAs. Developed a depot support

strategy for State of Georgia associates who worked out of their homes

utilizing Dell's level 1.5 Service Desk, remote control, and UPS stores for

mail-in.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Field Services Transition - Site visits / surveys - Responsible for

visiting all state agencies (Detention Centers, Prisons, Mental

Hospitals, State Parks / Lodges, Tax & Tag Offices, Drivers Licenses

Facilities, etc.) to understand the complexity and challenges of their

infrastructure.

. Parts Solution - Responsible for establishing a repair or "replace on

fail" strategy for out of warranty devices across all agencies to include

DEX parts ($450K budget) or Dell refurbished and evaluation devices

($300K budget) - If the cost to repair was more the 75% of the

refrub/eval cost, the unit was replaced by a refurb/eval unit.

. Technician & Locker Logistics - Negotiated with each agency to secure

space for 60 technicians and 50 lockers.

. On boarding - Worked with the State of Georgia, Dell HR, and Dell

associates to establish the on boarding process for the Dell program

(Approx. 80 resources). Tracked the status of items such as Drug Tests,

Fingerprinting, Background Checks, State Badges, etc. Procured numerous

items included with on boarding for all steady state resources such as

Cell phones, Laptops, Broadband cards, Car Rentals as necessary, etc.

. Mobile / Remote User Support - Working with Dell, IBM, and the SoG

established a depot support model for individuals who worked for the SoG

from their homes or were travelling.

. PC Installation Logistics - Established an off-site delivery solution

utilizing UPS stores as the SoG refused to accept any PCs and related

hardware. Additionally, established a delivery method with email

notification using Freight Solution Providers (FSP) to get equipment from

Dell's merge center to the UPS stores.

. Reports and Documentation - Created Site Survey reports, Process Flows

(Visio), Process & Procedure Guidelines (Services Management Manual),

Training Guide, Gap Analysis and Risk Assessment Document, Assumption of

Service (AoS) Document and Watch Item Check List.

. Technician Training - Worked with Program Field Services as a SME to help

schedule and deliver Saturday training classes for technicians detailing

the future support model for the State of Georgia.

Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, New York, New York

Service Delivery Manager (06/2003 - 08/2005)

Project Manager (08/2005 - 12/2007)

Site Services Transition Lead (01/2008 - 12/2008)

As a Service Delivery Manager for Pfizer, established many common processes

across all business units. Promoted into a project management role and

helped create the Global Service Operating Model (GSOM) and select a

primary global support supplier from a field of 16. Worked with other

service towers to negotiate to a Master Service Agreement and service

aligned Statements of Work. Once the provider was engaged, was asked to

take a lead role in both the transition of site services in Europe and act

as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to ensure global consistency in the

transition of site services and service delivery.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Site Services Transition Lead - Managed the transition of Site Services

(Deskside Support & Infrastructure Support) in Europe from numerous

incumbent suppliers to Hewlett-Packard (21 Countries, 86 Sites / Markets,

28,000 PCs, 4 different support models) over 8 months with minimal

service degradation.

. Global Site Services Transition SME - Advised all Site Services

transition leads in transition approach and methodologies for Site

Services to ensure consistency in the transition of Site Services to HP

and on-going service deliver.

. Hewlett-Packard RFP Implementation Program - Acted in a program support

role for the RFP Implementation Program spanning 5 service towers.

Project creation, and review of forecasted vs. actual spend. Support Lead

for all Sourced Services Management projects (Cross-Service projects).

. Service Support Manager (SSM) - Served as SSM for 6 Pfizer Sites in the

US encompassing 2 business units, 3,200 PCs, with both on-site and field

force clients.

. Global Service Operating Model - Phase I - Project Manager - (Development

of working practices and processes across organization and sites). Led a

team of 5 contractors and worked with the Service Owners and their

delegates to develop a common global framework (the Global Service

Operating Model) utilizing common, consistent, repeatable processes and

terminology to detail and describe our services offerings down to the

Service Event level reducing year over year spend. Budget of approx. 1

million dollars.

. Global Service Operating Model - Phase II - Project Manager - Led a team

of 10 contractors across several work streams. The goal of this project

was to further prepare for the upcoming transition to the future Supplier

by detailing the "As Is" state of Pfizer's infrastructure at the time of

transition. Deliverables included a High-level project plan to

transition services to the supplier, Gap analysis and prioritization of

existing practices (documentation). Budget of approx. 3 million dollars.

. RFP Participation & Supplier Selection - Operating Requirements Team Lead

/ Site Services SME - Assisted in the creation of a RFP and

recommendation for the transition of commodity based services to a

consolidated group of suppliers or one supplier. Team lead in

representing the Operating Requirements for the RFP during supplier

written and oral submissions and supplier selection (weighted 25% of the

overall RFP). RFP went out to 16 suppliers of which 8 were invited to

present orally.

. Reallocation of work to the Service Desk - Worked with the Service Owners

and their delegates as a SME to assess operational tasks and associated

skill sets transitioning all Level 1 & Level 2 items that are Service

Desk eligible to the Service Desk

. Utility Player / Infrastructure Support - Worked with Service Owners and

their delegates as a SME to identify and transition all Level 1 & Level 2

items that are Utility Player eligible to the Utility Player and

establish the Utility Player / Infrastructure Support Model concept with

the services providing remote support and Site Services providing "Hands

& Eyes" infrastructure support at the site.

. Service Delivery Manager (SDM) - Established and conducted the weekly

Operational Review Meeting, pivotal in bringing pharmaceutical IT

together with corporate IT as one team for the first time in a decade.

Initially the approach and format was considered a corporate IT best

practice, it became the global Service Management Meeting, included all

divisions and is hosted by IT leadership.

. SDM - Supported and provided leadership & management in the

implementation of Client Services strategies, Corporate IT Strategic

Business Framework and Pfizer Values. i.e. ITIL processes, Global

Service Desk, Customer Focus, Teamwork, Quality Control, etc.

. SDM - Worked with IT managers, process owners, and clients to coordinate

and ensure effective, consistent delivery of IT projects and business as

usual services from a local, regional, and strategic perspective as

agreed upon within Service Levels (SLAs). Managed expectations and

communications with clients, stakeholders, and service providers.

. SDM - Liaised with the IT Customer Relationship Manager (CRM), and

assessed client IT requirements; worked with IT operations to ensure

service alignment in support of client requirements and facilitated

response to, and resolution of, client impacting incidents, changes, and

events related to delivery of IT services. Diagnosed, remediated, and

conducted root cause analysis of daily production issues including

customer inquiries, and production outages. Evaluated and recommended

improvements to IT service delivery; worked with IT operations managers

and business IT leaders to implement process improvements resulting in

improved customer service, increased productivity, and improved quality

of value add IT services.

General Electric Information Technology Solutions (GE-ITS), Erlanger,

Kentucky

Service Delivery Leader (02/1994 - 07/1998)

Site Services Transition Lead (08/1998 - 06/2003)

As a Service Delivery Leader for GE, developed best practices to increase

customer satisfaction across accounts as Seagram Beverage, Credit Lyonnais,

US Trust, and Pfizer. SME in the discovery, solutioning, and transition of

services to start-up of US Trust. As a Transition Lead, developed and

managed the transition of a Deskside support structure at Pfizer

encompassing 5 major sites in support of 10,000+ clients w/ approx. 100 GE

associates.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Met with Business Managers to discuss service performance (SLAs) on a

regular basis. Ensured SLA guidelines with clients were met and developed

scorecards for improvement opportunities including trend and root cause

analysis.

. Proactively pursued a client lead and by utilizing quality tools

developed this lead into a $3.4M level 2 deskside support win at a 30%+

margin.

. Recruited Network Support Engineers for Pfizer's MOPs Data Center that

led to over 1M in revenue at 35%+ margin.

. Designed and implemented a swap program for mobile users that made them

operational within two hours for KPMG.

. Instrumental in the development and implementation of Remedy helpdesk

call tracking system at Seagram Beverage.

. Responsible for all Help Desk service, Service Delivery, Desktop support,

and Asset Management for all US Trust locations with a user population of

over 2,000.

. Established and maintained spare parts and whole unit spares for

efficient repair and less down time at each site supported.

. Defined and negotiated Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for both on site

and remote users at each site supported.

. Interviewed, hired, and trained staff as needed, completed Performance

Reviews, Development Plans and on time submission of bi-weekly Payroll

summaries.

. Educated technicians on the proper interpretation of Service Levels and

how to monitored SLAs.

. Hired as a Logistics Coordinator to expedite parts delivery to on-site

technicians and was placed at KPMG to alleviate several logistics

problems

Other Professional Experience

Retail Management (1988 - 1994)

Education & Credentials

Education / Awards:

. Rutgers University - Bachelor of Science - Business Administration -

Finance (1992)

. Black Belt trained in Lean Six Sigma & Green Belt certified in Six Sigma

quality methodology

. Certified in ITIL Foundations version 2 & 3 process methodology

. Attended management seminars in personnel policies & best practices,

change management, interviewing, EEO, and GE & Pfizer leadership training



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