BRUCE A. SARTE SR.

* ********* *****, ********* ********, NJ 08535

H: 732-***-****

ac2g9r@r.postjobfree.com

C: 908-***-****

SENIOR IT PROJECT MANAGER

Pro-active Professional partnering with business leaders/colleagues translating business requirements into well-defined plans that have clarity to achieve goals. Strong Financial/Business/Strategic Planning acumen. Credible, assertive communicator operating with a "no surprise" approach. Conscientious, detail oriented keeping scope of big picture in sight at all times. Unflappable, works well under pressure, excellent communication. Unique ability translating business/technical terminology to simple, non-industry specific language. Goal oriented with extensive experience motivating teams developing/mentoring members to succeed. Successful track record of leading high-performing teams utilizing best practices providing high level team performance. Proven expertise with conflict situations re-aligning teams to deliver objectives on-time and within budget.

Broad knowledge of technology with solid technical skills. Record of successful large scale enterprise level implementations with extensive experience architecting/engineering design/building of data center(s) and IT Infrastructure, DB builds, storage, DR, and BCP. Strong Project Manager following formal project management practices utilizing mature, proven methods.

Extensive IT experience in Systems Engineering/Design, Project/Portfolio Management, & Operations Support. Well experienced with Network designs/implementations, building/implementing/migrating LAN/WAN/MAN, DMZ’s/Firewalls (ports/IP’s/DNS), Active project/portfolio management experience providing guidance/leadership for full life cycle (SDLC) initiatives. Extensive exposure to Waterfall/Agile/Scrum project methodologies and IDLC/SDLC lifecycles & processes.

Corporate/Enterprise PMO experience:

Initiate, plan, coordinate & deliver high-visibility technical projects.

Mastery of MS-Office Suite and project management tools/collaboration software (i.e. Clarity, Remedy, RedMine, BaseCamp).

Managed numerous project portfolio’s maintaining clear objective/task prioritization & resource allocation.

Develop/maintain detailed project charters, plans, schedules, resources, budgets, track expenditures, and manage project financials.

Develop/Execute project communication plan(s), set/continually manage project expectations with team members and stakeholders.

Coordinate deliverables with dependent teams, 3rd parties, on and off shore vendors.

Risk evaluation/mitigation, eliminate team hurdles & facilitate issue resolution.

Report on project success metrics, track project status against plan (baseline).

Develop/lead periodic work stream team meetings, meeting minutes, IT Advisory Committee, and Steering Committee(s).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Independent Contract Consultant May 2016 to Present

Technology consulting and Project Management oversight for mission critical implementations, various clients. Assist in assessment, design, architecture, building, installing, and maintaining processes, environments and systems.

Harte Hanks, Trevose, PA Senior Technical Project Manager Jan. 2016 to April 2016

Brought on-board short term engagement to re-align charter client portfolio and resource alignment. Effectively lead project team re-defining roles, responsibilities, defining portfolio schedule dates agreed upon with client. Developed/reset resource planning for Development/QA/Op’s teams, implemented portfolio of initiatives. Defined process setting priority workflow for recovery of client initiatives. Refined ~100 initiatives on Project Server with Master schedule meeting new schedule deadlines.

HomeBridge Financial Services, Iselin, NJ Sr. Infrastructure Consultant Nov. 2014 to Aug. 2015

Manage Infrastructure engineering team with focus on delivering hi profile, strategic initiatives with short, aggressive schedule(s). Refine/develop infrastructure project portfolio initiative(s) inter-dependencies defining schedules, resources, and budgets working closely with business groups and Change Management assuring no impact to environment allowing maximum system availability. Achieved Phase 1 completion of portfolio hi-profile projects on time and within budget (Data Center re-location, Network re-design, Network device upgrade(s) for remote office, and Network Security). Phase 2 deferred due to business and budget constraints.

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Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ Senior Project Manager Sept 2013 to Feb 2014

Brought on board for short term to re-align Scoring Unification project application development implementation & readiness to meet deadlines. Replaced/refined implementation process, interfacing with Statistical & Assessment business group(s) tracking development and IT application teams work effort, schedule, and implementation tasks. Successfully met immediate deadlines and set project schedule for future deliverables.

Walter/GreenTree, Fort Washington, PA Senior Project Manager April – June 2013

Led project teams for Data Center, Network, Security, & Hosting tracks of program. Refined Project scope/charters, schedules, managing technical teams, defined resources & financials/budgets ($9.6m), and regular reporting status to Program Manager/Executives. Brought onboard filling vacant position at a critical juncture in program with aggressive scheduled deadline. Successfully defined and set deadlines meeting Application Migration, End User Computing, Technology Operations, and Telephony schedules meeting enterprise divesture dates.

PharmaNet/I3/Inventive Health, Princeton, NJ Senior Portfolio/Project Manager Sept 2012 – Feb 2013

Provided full project life cycle processes developing project charter(s), scope, financial/budget oversight, team resource management (FTE’s, vendors, offshore), technical design/architecture, implementation scheduling, team meetings, status reporting/leadership presentations, and closure processes. Focal point for all project related activities. Worked closely with Compliance group assuring all regulations met/adhered to as well as fully documented.

Successfully split PharmaNet and UHG Basking Ridge Data Center, relocating to new Co-Location facility meeting aggressive deadline (12 weeks), reverse engineering design, applications, data dissemination, and phased (DEV/TEST/PROD) environment testing QA/UA as well as Compliance documentation requirements.

McGraw- Hill, Hightstown, NJ Senior Project Manager April – Aug 2012

Brought on-board short term engagement to fill vacant seat for infrastructure build-out & cutover support of global ERP financial system initiative (Oracle) replacing existing Lawson environments. Managed interface, schedule dates, and risks between GO&I team applications development, implementation/deployment and business group (GES). Worked closely with EMC Backup Team, Dedup on DD3600 Data Domain.

NICE SYSTEMS, INC., Rutherford, NJ IT Infrastructure Manager – America’s Oct 2010 – March 2012

Senior level IT/Project Manager accountable for daily operations, infrastructure and application stability, regional & global strategic projects, and Tier 2-4 team management. Managed team of 12 (Engineering and Tech Support), successfully developed team mentoring process.

Project leader re-energizing global strategic data center (NEXUS 7000, NetAps ~64Tb, Exchange 2007 cluster, VMware 4.x, Symantec) initiative for design, project oversight, implementation, & migrations to regional collocation center, thus providing a stable, robust environment meeting future growth for organization.

Regional Project Manager for SharePoint Enterprise deployment.

Accountable for infrastructure, capacity planning, servers, networks, resource planning, and data center operations.

MARSH MCLENNAN, Hoboken, NJ Senior Project Manager - MGTI May 2007 – Aug 2009

Provide full life cycle project planning &implementation services. Led establishment of project(s), validation requirements, project scope, SOW development, budget estimates, project activities, deliverables, and success criteria. Developed/maintained plans/charters, resolved conflicts, and staff definition/selection/deployment. Lead engineering design process & oversight implementation ensuring review of all technical/business needs for project execution. Project lead point of contact to Business, Application and Infrastructure groups.

EXCELERANT INC., Piscataway, NJ Business Account Manager/Sr. Project Director Jan 1998 – Apr 2007

Accountable for new & existing client accounts encompassing sales, consulting, design, project management, and customer support related to technology and infrastructure (voice, data, video, LAN/WAN/Web, Trading floors, Data/Communication Centers). Led project team(s) in evaluations, conceptual design, development, and presentations, to produce a final product in conjunction with the work of other architects, engineers, and project staff. Assessed and monitored work force resources, budget and fee estimates, and scheduling. Managed numerous critical client (AT&T, Goldman Sachs, Berdon, Barclays, Dow Jones, Hudson County Court System, Securitas, Guardian Life, American Express) projects in diverse industries successfully delivering on-time, within budget, with minimal impact to environments.

Sherwood Securities, Inc, Jersey City, NJ 1994 - 1998

Director, Technology & Facilities Management:

Columbia University, NY, NY 1991 - 1994

Technical Specialist/Equipment Switch Room Manager

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CURRENT TECHNICAL PLATFORMS

CISCO CATLYST 65XX, 40XX, NEXUS 7000 SWITCHES, VMware 4.X, VSphere

MS Server 2003/2008, MS Exchange 2003/2007/2010, BES/GOOD, UCS Chassis/Blade Servers

EDUCATION

Master’s Degree, Technology Management - 2005

Bachelor’s Degree, Information Technology & Systems Engineering - 2001

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/CERTIFICATIONS

CompTIA A+ Network Security 2017

FIC (Fraternal Insurance Counselor) 2017

Insurance Producer – NJ Licensed (2015)

Accident & Health Producer – NJ Licensed (2015)

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Scrum Alliance (2012)

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Bloomfield College (2011)

Web Master, Rutgers University (2006)

Project Management formal training and certification, Villanova University (2003)

Microsoft Certified Professional, Win2k, (2000)

Numerous other technology and management training certifications (outdated environments)

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