Project Manager Management
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Dale Brimer
Email: abqsfl@r.postjobfree.com
Address: **** ***** ******
City: frisco
State: TX
Zip: 75035
Country: USA
Phone: 214-***-****
Skill Level: Director
Salary Range: $120,000
Primary Skills/Experience:
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Educational Background:
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Job History / Details:
FROM SOFTWARE ENGINEER TO IT DIRECTOR:
Leverages entrepreneurial vision, pragmatic leadership, and dynamic change management to advance business objectives such as business expansion, optimizing cash flow, decreasing total cost of IT ownership and market dominance in startup and established environments. Excels in leading large-scale IT programs and operations, offering proven success at building and directing IT services for internal and external clients. Proactively initiates, develops and manages business strategy and technology integration/alignment/synergy/partnerships for high-performance IT organizations to successfully design, build, support and operate a business enterprise. Dale P. Brimer is a proven proactive leader for multinational efforts, international business initiatives, and transparent impactful communications with worldwide stakeholders and strategic partners.
Technical Experience
* 14 years: Director-level strategic turnaround and start-up experience; change agent by leveraging IT for competitive advantage
* 18 years: Program Director directing successful multimillion-dollar multiphase international full-life-cycle projects
* 22 years: Project Management (SDLC/Waterfall, PMI, Agile/Scrum) achieving and exceeding ROI targets
* 18 years: Infrastructure design (hardware, software, firmware, cloud services, SOA systems), build (implementation, integration, transition, migration), and operate (outsourcing, in-sourcing, smart-sourcing) includes 6 years ITIL (v1, v2, v3) operations
* 22 years: Information systems security, information CIA and irrefutability, corporate compliance and governance
Major Accomplishments (from 1999 to Present)
* Established and then directed Project Management Offices (SDLC, PMI, Agile/Scrum), reducing project costs and increasing percentage of successful projects, as defined by "on time, on budget, and on ROI" for three companies
* Established and then directed the IT Security, Governance and Compliance Office for two companies
* Global Medical Resorts: (1) Established and directs the IT and Supply Chain Operations services groups, from company start-up to high growth stage, for Oncology ambulatory medical clinics and co-located hotels/resorts; (2) established and manages the information security infrastructure for corporate Common Compliance Standards, CCS. CCS is minimum standards required to comply with all corporate financial (CCS.F), medical (CCS.M) and information technology (CCS.IT) security requirements
* Systemes d'Entreprise Logique: Hands-on turnaround of Information Technology consulting division; propelling a net income increase from $6M to $87M on revenue growth from $74 million to $233 million with increase in profit margins from 8% to 37%
Certifications
* Scrum Alliance: Certified ScrumMaster, CSM #000214806 (2012)
* PMI: Project Management Professional, PMP #1446854 (2011), #0067217 (2001)
* (ISC)2: Certified Information Systems Security Professional, CISSP #0026504 (2011, 2001)
Professional Experience
Director, Information Technology & Supply Chain Operations GLOBAL MEDICAL RESORTS: June 2008 - Present
Business model combines Oncology ambulatory surgical centers and 5-star boutique hotels/resort for medical tourism. Established from scratch and then directed IT & Supply Chain "as-a-service" hybrid-cloud infrastructure for multiple business lines; GMR's hybrid-cloud services support operations, planning, and cash flow optimization for Oncology radiosurgery and radiotherapy, radiology, hospitality, retail operations, food service, and casino operations. Manage 5 direct reports and 62 personnel overall, $22M yearly OPEX/CAPEX budget; key to successfully accomplish the responsibility and goals of the division is ability to "wear multiple hats"
* Duties of Departmental Director: Managed, monitored, measured, controlled and reported departmental costs, cash flow, major projects' status, operational issues, opportunities, development plans and achievements to C-level Executives
o Designed, implemented, and then directed the IT & supply chain infrastructure for a radio-surgery, radio-therapy, and diagnostic imaging Oncology ambulatory medical clinic and a co-location hotel. Designed, implemented, and then directed quality control policies, procedures, and personnel to manage and verify vendor SLAs and deliverables.
o Developed and implemented strategy for operational management and development to meet performance targets; established and maintained performance metrics' systems for measuring operational management and development
o Bottom line cost savings of more than 60% of initial 3-year $32 million CAPEX budget for Operations and IT; GMR's new business model doubled industry averages for ROI and utilization rates of standalone surgical centers and hotels
o Work with C-level executives to identify, fund and coordinate training needs to improve IT infrastructure, PCI/POS, Information Security, Corporate Governance & Compliance, Supply Chain Operations, and PMO function and delivery
* Duties of Program Director (ScrumMaster of ScrumMasters): Established and directs Project Management Office (SDLC, PMI, Agile/Scrum); financial and strategic analysis for large IT projects; established and maintains best practices, PM tools, and documentation; hands-on PM for projects exceeding $10 million and/or of key business strategic impact
o Direct staff of engineering team leads, ScrumMasters, system administrators, QA, and application developers
o Direct reviews of all project packages for quality, scope, operational feasibility, and business strategic alignment
o Direct formal code reviews to ensure corporate quality/security requirements; collaborate with Product Owners and ScrumMasters to address any products and/or services issues
* Duties of IS-Compliance Director: Directs IT Security, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity processes, procedures, and training; implemented & directs Cisco's Medical Grade Network 2.0 Security Architecture with RSA AA and BYOD integration
o Designed, implementation, and directs corporate IT security infrastructure for business continuity, incorporating ITIL v3 and HITRUST's CSF framework, and disaster recovery for EMR/EHR/HIE and HIS/RIS.
o Compliance infrastructure for HIPAA, Joint Commission International, PCI DSS, and National Health Service privacy standards for Colombia, Mexico, and Taiwan; GMR best practices adhere to Sarbanes-Oxley, GLBA, FISMA, and COBIT
* Duties of Chief Infrastructure Architect: Cisco Containerized Data Centers with Cisco Unified Computing System and Zero Client; Cisco IronPort with RSA AA; RedHat Enterprise Linux OS; OpenEMR and OpenERP; Oblong Mezzanine for physician collaboration
General Manager, USA Southwest Division SYSTEMES D'ENTREPRISE LOGIQUE: September 2001 - May 2008
Directed IT consulting and business development, propelling net income increase from $6M to $87M on revenue growth from $74 million to $233 million with increase in profit margins from 8% to 37%; established and directed the Program Management Office; Agile/Scrum project management for client services delivery of Cisco AVVID network infrastructure technology, information security infrastructure, business continuity, disaster recovery systems, and regulatory compliance with HIPAA, SOX, ISO-1779/BS 779, and FIPS 199-201; managed 8 direct reports and a division of 100+ engineering consultants (full-time & contract) and 20+ support staff
* Duties of Departmental Director: Managed, monitored, measured, controlled and reported departmental costs, cash flow, major projects' status, operational issues, opportunities, development plans and achievements to C-level Executives. Directed staff of engineering team leads, project managers, system administrators, QA, and application developers
o Developed and implemented strategy for operational management and development to meet performance targets; established and maintained performance metrics' systems for measuring operational management and development
o Directed the design, implementation, and operation of an Information System Security (ISS) Infrastructure, overseeing initial benchmarking, gap analysis, regulatory assessments, forensics, and policy reviews.
o Created and managed policies and procedures for business continuity and disaster recovery operations and directed the creation of a proactive computer security incident response team to provide added protection and preparation in case of threats, problems, or events; headed initial compliance testing, vulnerability scanning, and testing/solutions.
* Duties of Program Director (ScrumMaster of ScrumMasters): Established and directed divisional Project Management Office (SDLC, PMI, Agile/Scrum); direct hands-on for all projects exceeding $10 million in business impact and/or of key business strategic significance. Established and maintains best practices, tools, and documentation as well as policies and procedures for direct accountability of deliverables; directed formal code reviews to ensure corporate quality/security requirements. Led senior staff in addressing products and/or services issues and in identifying training needs to improve PMO function and delivery. Directed new business reviews for quality, scope, operational feasibility, and business strategic alignment. Key Projects:
o Internal customer: Corporate-wide implementation of MS Great Plains ERP and MS Project Server, utilizing MS SQL
o Oil/Gas customer: Design, build, implement, and integrate High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Big Data cloud facility for SaaS applications, such as 3D seismic imaging and Kirchhoff Time Migration
o Healthcare customers: (1) $22M Healthcare information system and radiology information system modernization multiphase multi-year project for Hospicio Cabaas (Guadalajara, Mexico); (2) $10M Costa Rican Social Security Fund (San Jose, Costa Rica) public/private healthcare information exchange
o Telecom customer: $111M/3-years datacenters expansion, modernization and ISS implementation to include national ATM network rollout. Directed the design and implementation multi-site MPLS WAN architecture for high availability and QoS for AVVID/IPT infrastructure. Directed common template SIP backbone architecture and configuration. Adapted call admission control mechanisms to perform on central site independently of branch links. Directed MPLS configuration for direct inter-cluster calls amongst nodes, bypassing cluster's central site combining centralized and distributed call processing.
Senior Engineering Manager, Professional Services & Consulting Division ERICSSON: April 1995 - March 2001
Engineering lead and architect, managed services and operations, delivery project management (utilizing dynamic systems development method (DSDM) that evolved to be part of the Agile alliance methodology, with Scrum), strategic planning, business development, account management, and P&L of $40 million yearly net income obligation as part of an $800M yearly net income division; managed 6 direct reports and 75 personnel overall for client services delivery of network consulting, security information systems consulting, performance base lining, implementation and integration, configuration and staging, and maintenance.
* Duties of Engineering Manager: Directed the architecture and implementation of LAN/WAN environments, capacity planning, load balancing, large-scale infrastructure operations/management, administration/support, distributed environments, disaster recovery, database development; IT security management, policies, processes, reporting, technologies, councils, and standards
o Managed, monitored, measured, controlled and reported departmental costs, cash flow, major projects' status, operational issues, opportunities, development plans and achievements to C-level Executives
o Worked with senior staff to identify, fund and coordinate training needs to improve IT infrastructure and PMO function and delivery; to assist in identifying and promoting tools that can assist the project teams and the support and maintenance teams
o Developed and implemented strategy for operational management and development to meet performance targets; established and maintained performance metrics' systems for measuring operational management and development
* Duties of Program Manager: established and then managed the IT Infrastructure Project Management Group; hands-on Project Manager for projects exceeding $25 million in revenue
o Methodologies Utilized (dependent on client requirements): PMI PMBOK, Capability Maturity Model (CMM), Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM), Systems Development Life-Cycle (SDLC/Waterfall) and/or Agile/Scrum
o Directed staff of engineering team leads, project managers, system administrators, QA, and application developers
o Directed reviews of all project packages for quality, scope, operational feasibility, and business strategic alignment
o Directed informal walkthroughs code review to ensure quality/security requirements
o Teamed with project managers and technical managers to address issues before delivering service packages
* Major Project (largest & most complex): Ericsson's Latin America Enhanced Internet Services (EIS) for Mobile Providers
o Designed and implemented a carrier-class fiber backbone and IPT over wireless broadband infrastructure; including, where applicable, migration from legacy circuit-based to next-gen packet-based telecom infrastructure
o Design, build and transition of VoIP infrastructure and operations (includes organizational implementation of ITIL v1), with network access points for both domestic and international VoIP wired and wireless infrastructure
o AVVID/IPT development, architecture and performance base lining, integration, configuration and staging, upgrade and migration, problem resolution, program/project management, operations, management and support for both corporate and 3rd party operators
o Telecom/Internet data centers, network operation centers, and call centers; establishing AVVID/IPT centers for co-location, hosting, IP storage, ASP/AaaS services, and ISP services
Engineering Manager, Health Imaging Division EASTMAN KODAK: January 1991 - March 1995
Engineering lead and delivery project management (utilizing dynamic systems development method (DSDM), which evolved to be part of the Agile alliance methodology, plus Scrum) of network architecture, hardware/software configuration, implementation, problem resolution, and technical support for radiology information systems; managed 3 direct reports and 12 personnel overall
* Engineering Project Manager and Software Engineering Lead for healthcare radiology digital products: film digitizer (FD), physician display system (PDS), and quality control (QC) workstation
* Project management for RIS projects for University of Pittsburgh Medical System, MD Anderson in Houston, Baylor Medical in Dallas, SUNY Medical System, University of Tokyo Medical System (via Kodak-Canon partnership), and 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway (via Kodak-Siemens partnership)
Engineering Team Lead, Consumer Products Division TEXAS INSTRUMENTS: January 1985 - December 1990
Started as a work-study employee while at Texas A&M University; upon graduation, was promoted to team lead of a five-person software engineering development team. Designed, programmed, tested, implemented, and documented mobile NASDAQ financial stock tracking system; TI memory modules resource management for Motorola digital switch controllers; well drilling automation system for ARCO Oil & Gas architecture processing/approval process; remote ticketing system for American Airlines; and digital imaging/video control subsystem for TI TravelMate laptops and mobile terminals.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS (DALLAS, TEXAS)
* MS, Healthcare Management (2010)
* MS, Supply Chain (2009)
* MS, Accounting (2009)
* MS, Finance (2009) * MS, Information Technology Management (2008)
* MA, International Management (2008)
* MS, Management & Administration Sciences (2007)
* MBA (Cohort Honors, 2006)
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS)
* BS, Computer Science (1988) * BS, Economics (1988)
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