Project Manager Management

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Glendale, AZ

Posted:

September 17, 2017

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David Grant Cavena...

Phoenix, AZ • 626-***-**** • ac2ceq@r.postjobfree.com • linkedin.com/in/DaveCavena

Visionary Sr. IT Project/Program/Portfolio Manager/Director and Strategic Solutions Provider with excellent written and oral presentation skills, experienced in building successful domestic and international team partnerships with peers, subordinates and executives. A proven ability to apply problem solving skills to plan, execute, and deliver multiple concurrent, visible, large-scale IT development projects and programs across organization boundaries. Talent for identifying business-technology opportunities, aligning technical initiatives with business goals, and translating complex business solutions into project specifications. IBM-Global Services-Certified domestic/international Project and Portfolio Manager.

Project Highlights Include:

Sr Project Manager, application development (Agile, Jira) for IBM future Cloud Security offerings. Sr Project Manager, application development (Agile, RUP), automated middleware installation/configuration. Sr Project Manager, in-flight migration of acquired Cloud Security system & customers to IBM cloud (Softlayer). International teams.

Managed gathering of requirements, RFP process, development of content acquisition, management, distribution systems for major Los Angeles newspaper company, and for Hollywood studios, including fiber distribution systems for gigabyte content workflows, content encryption, order entry, content tagging and storage in digital library systems. Managed independent (contracted) Test teams (in-house and vendor) for QA of developed systems.

Managed the gathering of requirements and the creation of the model and digital media product/service for commercial content distribution, including acquisition, ingest, storage, management, encryption and distribution. Coordinated 16 concurrent projects and diverse international teams in content security, subscriber management, content distribution, embedded software, user interface, billing, product development.

Diverse Experience: 20+ years developing market-driven technology solutions, managing PMOs, overseeing Professional Services teams, and delivery of contracted and in-house systems, and transforming the project management landscape across the entire enterprise. 10 years in IBM Professional Services delivery project / portfolio management of $MM large team projects.

Deep Technical Expertise: Placed first in IBM’s Systems School. Designed, programmed, and executed the world’s first mainframe to 5110, and mainframe to minicomputer (S/34) datacomm applications. Awarded multiple IBM Systems Engineering Symposiums as a national top 3% Systems Engineer. Taught programming to IBM customers. Awarded AT&T SE Symposium as a national top 1% Systems Engineer.

Expertise across Business and Technology Domains

Project Management

Program Management

Portfolio Management

PMO

Waterfall + Agile + Jira

Critical Path Management

Strategic Planning

Team Building

Vendor Management

Contract Management

Project P&L

Project Budgeting

Risk Management

Change Management

Start-ups

Executive Presentations

RFP, RFI

Multi-location Project Mgt

Multi-Location Team Mgt

SDLC development

Software Development

Systems Automation

Systems Integration

MS Project, MS Office

Financial Trading Systems

IT Architecture

LAN design

A Career Leading Highly Visible, Large-Scale IT Development Projects

CDI, Inc., Phoenix, AZ April 2015 – June 2017

IT Contracting firm

SR. PROJECT MANAGER, IBM SECURITY SYSTEMS

Application Development: Selected by VP Development, IBM Security, to manage (Agile, RUP) team developing systems to automate the installation and configuration of software components on VMs, including LDAP, MQ, postgres, redis, QRadar, Tivoli Federation Manager, WebSEAL, others, to improve stability and productivity of Cloud security offering. International DevOps SW development team. System used to migrate (below) F50 customers, on time, on budget. System now being used for all migrating customers. Domestic and international development, test teams.

Application Development: Selected by IBM Development to manage (Agile, Jira) project developing future Cloud-based security applications for IBM Cloud Security (CIS) systems in 1Q17. This is a development of the Feature Roadmap applications for IBM Cloud Security offerings. Application areas include Mobile, Enhanced Authentication, Enhanced Provisioning, Identity Proofing, Subscription Management and Reporting/Dashboards. International project with domestic IBM developers, vendor developers in India, contracted development shop in NYC, test team in Australia.

Data Center / Cloud Migration: Selected by IBM Security Systems CTO to manage large, visible, overdue internal project of migrating the systems and customers of an acquired IT cloud services provider to IBM’s cloud, “Softlayer.” Managed team of multiple architects (FL, UK, Belgium), Operations (GA, UT, FL) and Services personnel (national) to create, schedule and manage to completion this large internal project. 17 subprojects (individual customer, IBM Operations, Test, etc.) cohered into large consolidated / master project. 2500-WBS.

IMAGE TRENDS, INC., Los Angeles, CA 2008 – 2014

SR. PROJECT MANAGER

Systems Development/Delivery: Recruited by content management / quality assurance start-up to develop requirements for and manage the delivery of new digital imaging technology for multiple projects in high-value content management for Hollywood studios and post-production companies. Content acquisition, management, QA. Created and managed system requirements with customers, and internal teams for technology development, test, demonstration and delivery. Implemented advanced content acquisition and QA solutions. Delivered technical content management, content archiving and content security presentations at multiple Industry technical conferences. Met regularly with F50 Executives for requirements development, project reviews, strategy.

ESPRE SOLUTIONS, Los Angeles, CA 2007 – 2008

SR. PROJECT MANAGER

Systems Development/Delivery: Recruited by Java-based start-up to manage customer test and deployment, based on gathered requirements, of content distribution system for high-value content, including ingest, tagging, storage and security. Created and managed to completion technology test & demonstration projects, and custom solutions for selected customers. Met regularly with F50 Executives for requirements development, project reviews, strategy.

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, Los Angeles, CA 2006 – 2007

SR. ENGAGEMENT ARCHITECT

Systems Development & Delivery: Recruited to spearhead Sun Microsystem’s high-value content management expansion. Partnered with digital content providers to identify and capture new market opportunities in high-value content acquisition, security, distribution, storage and archiving. Working with studios and Sun labs, defined and built high-volume (petabyte) content storage systems. Working with studio executives and technical teams, built digital model for the long-term retention and archiving of high-value content, secured and delivered demonstration projects with major studios, and worked with technical experts to define and execute project requirements. Presented at major technical conferences including SMPTE, HPA Tech Retreat (twice), JTS2007 (UNESCO archiving overarching body), and AMIA/REEL Thing (Hollywood content archiving), as well as with presidents of technical operations and the major studios.

Created a cost-effective, reliable, secure digital archiving model as a revenue-generating alternative to traditional content archives and IT back-office applications.

Wrote and published “Archiving Movies in a Digital World,” increasing awareness and industry acceptance of digital archiving for terabyte objects as an efficient, long-term retention solution for irreplaceable unstructured digital content.

SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, Los Angeles, CA 2004 – 2006

PROJECT DIRECTOR

System Development: Led team of direct and matrix reports, contractors and subcontracting vendor, for technically new digital content storage, distribution and delivery system for high-value content. Directed the full project lifecycle overseeing project planning, requirements gathering and documentation, design and testing, multi-phase development, change control, and delivery. Wrote formalized requirements document, RFI, RFP, system definition documents. Recruited and managed five internal developers, managed vendor contract (IBM, $5M) of 48 offshore development professionals. Managed formal 2-step Change Control process to successfully prevent /manage scope creep. Delivered project on-time, on-budget.

BUENA VISTA DATACASTING / WALT DISNEY, Los Angeles, CA 2002 – 2004

PROGRAM MANAGER

Product / System Development: Led the development and implementation of Disney’s $50M+ consumer content delivery system. Project begun at IBM, then hired by Disney to create staffing model, subsystem relationships and needed component systems. Directed project planning and execution, led application development and systems integration, drove prototyping and testing, facilitated training for developers and steered product and service hardware and software offering. Managed 16 concurrent subprojects (4,500+ WBS). Directed international vendors, subcontractors, project managers, engineers, and programmers across the US, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Contracted with outside Test vendor for systems test. Trained subproject (Samsung, Dotcast, internal) Project Managers on MS Project, Change Management and waterfall project management. Met regularly with international team, and with Disney Strategic Planning executives.

Delivered project on time and within budget by creating cohesive work flows across teams in three countries and four States, and enforcing strict documentation and requirement guidelines to deter scope and schedule creep.

Established cross-functional standards ensuring clear requirements and interoperability for adjacent subsystems and compatible delivery across all project teams.

Established formal, 2-step Change Control process to successfully prevent / manage scope creep.

IBM, Los Angeles, CA 1996 – 2001

PROJECT EXECUTIVE / PORTFOLIO MANAGER

Application Development / Delivery: IBM Global Services Sr. Project Manager / Industry Delivery Executive. Orchestrated and managed a portfolio of concurrent application development projects and subordinate Project 0Managers, local and remote. Oversaw IT strategy, project planning, RFP, system development, requirement analysis, road mapping, implementation, and support. Partnered with clients to design and test encryption, watermarking and complex content encryption technologies for content security. Directed multiple teams of up to 20 direct + matrix reports, plus internal (SOW) and external contracts. Managed PMO, project managers (including hire/fire), and project budgets up to $30M.

Led systems development and prototype deployment of major content distribution systems.

Rescued highly visible F50 content management, workflow project that was 200 days past its delivery date, architected digital archive/delivery system for unstructured, high-value, time-sensitive content/data for F50 company.

Led team that designed and delivered front-end automation architecture for major theme park; included all park back office and customer-facing systems: Ticketing, messaging, reservations, customer management, travel & hospitality, etc.

Previous Technical and Project Leadership Experience

PROJECT MANAGER, IBM, Los Angeles, CA 1992 - 1996

Hand-selected to lead a $30M, high-visibility IT development project for the LA Times.

Selected to manage and deliver a time-sensitive replacement and software upgrade for all remote workstations for major Savings & Loan, driven by federal S&L law changes and deadlines.

Managed the facilitated (manual and automated) gathering of system requirements on multiple $MM application development projects.

SYSTEMS ENGINEER, IBM, Los Angeles, CA 1978 - 1981, 1988 - 1992

Led high-visibility multimillion-dollar projects for Citibank/Quotron and Los Angeles Unified Schools.

Designed, coded, documented, trained users and managed full SDLC delivery cycle for the first US implementations of IBM S/34 – IBM 5510 and IBM S/370 – IBM 5110 Bisync data communications application systems.

Awarded multiple IBM Systems Engineering Symposiums as a national top 3% Systems Engineer.

NATIONAL ACCOUNTS DATA SALES / TECHNICAL MANAGER 1982-1988

AREA SUPPORT MANAGER SYSTEMS ENGINEER, AT&T

Awarded AT&T SE Symposium as a national top 1% Systems Engineer.

Education

BA, California State University, Los Angeles, CA

USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, CO

Professional Development:

IBM Project Management Certification

IBM Project Management curricula – domestic and international

FDDI, Token Ring, Ethernet design-certified

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