Manager Management

Steve Z. Rudkowski

**** ********** ****, ***** *******, Ohio 44130

440-***-**** (cell), 440-***-**** (home)

abnnox@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Senior IT Manager/Director – Technology Solution Architect with a proven record of success and

extensive experience in providing strategic vision, leadership, management, implementation and support

of IT solutions. Recognized as a value added business partner who is effective in aligning IT initiatives

with business strategy and supporting company guidelines, policies, and procedures.

SKILLS HIGHLIGHTS

- Strategic, Tactical & Operational Planning - Agile Project Delivery Methodology

- IT Governance, Policy and Procedure - Multi-Project Management

- Budget Planning and Management - Vendor/Contractor Sourcing and Negotiations

- Hire, Train, Mentor and Develop IT Staff - Establish & Maintain Partnering Relationships

- Leadership, Management and Team Building - Corporate-Wide IT Solution Provider

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MTD Products, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. 1987 – 2008

Awarded promotions through progressively responsible IT leadership positions throughout career with

global manufacturer of outdoor power equipment.

Director of IT Infrastructure, Web Services and Engineering Systems 2002 – 2008

Responsible to the CIO for development, implementation and support of new and existing distributed

application, resilient and secure IT infrastructure systems and IT help desk.

Accomplishments:

• Directed design and implementation of IBM WebSphere e-Commerce and Portal solution with High

Availability, fully redundant and secure server and network systems architecture.

• Directed consolidation of 8 remote IBM iSeries ERP systems in to centrally clustered systems with

High Availability, Disaster Recovery solutions resulting in $564K yearly savings.

• Directed redesign and implementation of local, campus, and wide area network topology and

infrastructure with high security, availability and fail over systems to support more than 20 remote

business locations (U.S. and globally).

• Implemented email spam & virus filtering system resulting in $317K monthly savings.

• Managed design and implementation of the consolidated corporate Data Center that simplified and

optimized existing systems and provided higher level of systems performance, availability, capacity and

security in a cost-effective way (reduced server count by 30%).

• Restructured IT support organization (Helpdesk) and implemented escalation process, procedures and

systems to enable 24/7 monitoring and support for business critical application, systems and users.

• Managed acquisition and production rollout of SAN data storage systems with no production systems

downtime while doubling capacity of the old system.

• Managed complete design and rollout of new HA/DR backup data center including site selection,

contractor negotiations, construction, environmental buildup with backup power generator.

• Developed and implemented process to monitor application and systems efficiencies and responsiveness

in order to identify potential areas for improvement.

• Managed technology vendor relationships; IBM, HP, Cisco, Oracle, Siemens PLM and others to

develop and implement resilient, standard and secure technology solutions to support global business.

• Directed implementation of new Avaya telephone systems with VoIP for all MTD locations.

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IT Division Manager, Infrastructure and Engineering Systems 1995 – 2002

Responsible to VP of Product Development and Manufacturing for all IT systems and support.

Accomplishments:

• Managed entire product development, manufacturing and quality IT project portfolio aligning them with

business strategy and quantifying return on investments, they include:

- Migrating to new version of Teamcenter Enterprise and Engineering PLM solutions.

- Implemented new streamlined design release and change control process.

- Designed and implemented secure electronic drawing distribution methodology to address global

manufacturing needs and supplier community.

• Transitioned Product Development and Quality Control process to a paperless system and implemented

IT applications, secure systems and network support infrastructure.

• Developed and implemented resilient and secure distributed computer environment to support product

development engineering, manufacturing, sales and marketing, and automotive business.

• Proposed and obtained executive approvals and funding to consolidate 3 separate data centers into

single corporate data center (completed in 2003).

Corporate CAD/CAM System Manager 1987 – 1995

Recruited initially in ’87 by President and VP of Engineering and Manufacturing, Automotive Group, to

resolve significant concerns with a newly implemented CAD/CAM system.

Accomplishments:

• Grew product development group from 6 to over 350 CAD/CAM and users globally and secured

business opportunities with Ford, Chrysler, GM, and Mazda.

• Transitioned automotive component design, tool and die manufacturing process to paperless system and

implemented IT applications, systems and network support infrastructure.

TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE

• Ability to translate IT technology terms and concepts into meaningful business oriented language.

• Strong technical expertise in secure technology architecture, implementation, services, acquisition and

consolidation:

- Server Systems: IBM iSeries, pSeries, HP Midrange and Blade Systems, Data Storage; SAN, NAS,

iSCSI, Operating systems; UNIX, AIX, Linux, MS Windows, clustering, Citrix, VMWare.

- Network Systems: Cisco 6500 and 4500 switches, routers, T1, MPLS, SONET, TCP/IP, FTP, voIP,

DNS, DHCP, VPN, Firewall, Antivirus, Email and Web filtering and monitoring.

- Database Systems: Oracle, DB2 and MS SQL supporting OLTP and OLAP

- Web Systems Architecture, SOA, security, and services in clustered multi-tiered environments.

• Data Center operations management, support services, consolidation and acquisitions including High

Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) solutions.

• Engineering systems management: Teamcenter –NX UG CAD/CAM from Siemens PLM software.

• Thorough knowledge with hands-on experience in business process improvements across their entire

product lifecycle, from concept to end-of-life.

• Expert in MS Office products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, and Access.

EDUCATION

B.S., Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic of Koszalin, Poland

Completed Project Management and ITIL course work required for certification in 2002.

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