Project Manager Management

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Craig Nickel

Craig Nickel

Address: ***** ******** *****,

Woodstock, MD,21163

Office: 410-***-****

Email:

***************@*****.***

● Facility Security Officer (FSO) Certified/NISPOM policies and procedures

● Secret Security Clearance

● Nearly 20 years of Information Technology Professional Experience

● Full range of Information Technology Services

● Expertise in Business Analysis and Application Development

● Wide range of Experience in Network Management and Communications Services

Consulting ServIces

● Information Technology (IT) Strategic Planning

● Application Design and Development

● Workflow Analysis and Design

● Application Testing and Documentation

● Network Management Services

● Internet/Intranet Services

● Programming and Support Services for

Windows NT/2000/2003/2008 .NET Technology Visual Basic

Active Server Pages SQL*Server 6.5/7.0/8.0 Oracle

MSAccess Stored Procedures/MTS PowerBuilder

Technical Experience

● Hardware: IBM PC’s, High-end Servers, PC compatibles, Networks, HP and other scanning/imaging hardware

● Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/2003/2008, MSDOS, Apple DOS, UNIX, Linux, XP, NT4.0, DOS

● Imaging Systems: Accent Capture, Zylabs, OCR, CD-R

● Network Systems: NT 4.0, Novell, Windows 2003, Windows NT for Work Groups, Windows 3.xx, TCP/IP, TCP, VPN,

UDP, HTML, XML, Apache, Citrix, VMWare

● Development Tools/Languages: SQL*Server 6.5/7.0/2000/2005, .Net Framework, Visual Basic 3.0-6.0, VB Script,

JAVA, KDE, HTML, VB.net Macromedia Director, Lingo and Dreamweaver, FrontPage, PHP, Imaging Language,

Windows GDI, Qbasic, Active X, OLE, Network DDE, Oracle 6 & 7, PL/SQL, Sybase, Access, C, COBOL, Pascal,

FORTRAN, Active Server Pages, Jabber, Astericks, xBASE, MS-Projects, MS-Office, Web Browsers, Fiddler,

CodeWarrior, VisualStudio.

● Other Software: Word, Access and desktop databases

Professional Experience

Mobilegovt April 1 - now

Elected to national conference on mobile security.

Working with mobile security issues for large government customers..

Working with Cloud computing.

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Insight/ United Health Care - Sept 2012 - april 1

Ran part of the TRICARE West project .

Managed the install of the software.

Conducted daily status meetings.

Helped control project costs.

Worked with PMO troubling shooting issues.

Worked with the development team in troubling shooting issues.

1.5 million file transfer for E-Commerce site,

Taking PMP certification class in April.

Maintained project plan.

Technical Project Manager

2009 -Sept 2012

Dynamix Corporation

Manages installments of technical projects for an Air force Contract. The duties include purchasing of assets,

approval of software and hardware through the change control process, Scheduling of resources and other related

duties.

Won award for saving government 250,000 for reusing equipment

Work on large scale storage issues on regular basis

Work on Wireless installs for top leadership

Work with the Hospital on HIPA issues

Work on the data at rest solution

Worked towards getting my PMP.

Worked with customer building custom solutions can describe due security concerns.

Worked with government PMO on building cost effective.

Worked on End of the year purchase schedule .

Helped the government more cost effective purchase of IT needs.

Worked with technical team on VmWare issues.

Technical Project Manager

2000-2009

CTI, Virginia

Management and support in any and all matters related to computer-based information technologies. Oversees the

activities of the technical services and systems services staff. Coordinates software development and is responsible

for the planning and coordination of data communications networks. Supervises a staff of 6 employees including

overseas outsourced development staff. Plans and directs the hiring, training and development, and/or dismissal of

technical personnel. Coordinates the development of long-range plans in systems including data communications.

Prepares budgets, related financial and systems documents. Assists in the development, acquisition, and

implementation of computer systems, programs and the data communications network equipment necessary to

support enterprise operations systems projects located at the main office and remotely to include over 75 PC’s and

over 20 servers. Accomplishments at this position include:

Conceptualized, developed, and implemented a corporate-wide system that automated the company at the point of

the initial order taking to final invoicing, creating a paperless environment. (development environment: VS.Net 2005)

Increased job volume 50% per day per user through system automation.

Performed system integration on hardware and software, customer support and project management. (development

environment includes: Visual Basic 6.0 (original); VS.Net 2003 (migration); VS.Net 2005 (current))

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Custom integration based on customer specs including data integrations.

Migrated VB6. app to .net

Migrated backend mission critical services from VB.6 to .Net Windows services.

Developed customer interface website

Planned and coordinated corporate “Marketing” website.

Upgraded infrastructure to accommodate growth of staff and operations.

Developed various work control applications to track projects and assignments.

Developed and implemented reporting system for sales and marketing.

Extensive knowledge in network cabling and nationwide rollouts.

Extensive knowledge of GIS and Google Mapping applications

Systems administration on Microsoft Windows servers.

Developed and implemented IT security systems, policies, and procedures.

Participated in strategic corporate plans and decisions regarding customer products and services.

Planned, developed and implemented corporate web transaction sites.

Built and maintained large scale file storage system with high volume retrievals

Worked with technical team on VmWare issues.

Worked with technical team on Citrix issues.

Ran 24/7/365 website that was the E-Commerce for the business.

Managed website that interacted with 30,000 techs worldwide.

Agile was used on the .NET conversion. I was person that controlled the schedule.

Project Manager/Programmer

1999-2000

ITA – Annapolis, Maryland

Managed a team that designed and developed a data synchronization system. Designed schematic for process flows

system design. Worked on gathering system requirements for software enhancements. Performed system integration

of hardware and software, customer support, and project management.

Work on file management systems for large customer like John Deere

Computer Systems Programmer

1998 - 1999

VINNET – Annapolis, Maryland

Responsible for the implementation of the main revenue generating applications for the organization. Planned,

designed, programmed, and implemented a Titling and Registration Software which integrated automotive dealerships

with the Motor Vehicle Administration nationwide. Performed system integration both hardware and software, project

Manager, provided IT customer support. Migrated code from an external software vendor to an internal developed IT

department. Advised management of new applications to improve operation workflow and increase efficiency by

utilizing existing infrastructure and latest technology.

Computer Systems Programmer

1993 - 1998

MSI (Micrographic Specialists, Inc.) - Beltsville, Maryland

Worked in a high security environment including the Pentagon, the White House, Department of Veteran Affairs, as

well as large Fortune 500 companies to build custom add-on applications to better utilize their imaging systems. This

includes the development of an image system application to store electronic documents intergraded with their

internal system based on their unique hardware and software requirements. Provided application and customer

support in a highly visible team environment.

Education

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Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Management, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

Oracle SQL Certification

Ascent Capture Certification

SecurItyClearance

-Facility Security Officer (FSO) Certified and cleared

- Secret Security Clearance obtained and maintained since 1998.

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