Manager Project

Angelo T. Casciato

IT Senior Technical Project Manager

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Coraopolis, Pa. 15108

724-***-**** (Mobile)

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

Professional Summation:

IT Professional with experience managing technical teams in the opens systems arena and across six (6) market industries. Lead technical teams in the areas of Software Application

Development, Data Center Operations, Data Network Operations, Enterprise Systems Management Applications, Backup & Recovery, Storage Management, Hardware/ Software/ Professional Services and Global Storage Architect.

•Over 25 years Information Technology practical experience coupled with 25 years Project Management experience.

•Provides vision and leadership for developing new projects and initiatives with a focus on cost savings initiatives, service delivery as outlined in requirements documents and project plans, and high-level customer service.

•Ability to communicate both written and verbal to all levels of the organization including CIO level.

•Experienced with budgeting and financial analysis to ensure positive operating results.

•Embraces new and emerging technologies to enable teams to perform more effectively and efficiently.

•Fosters teamwork in multifaceted cross-functional environments.

•Managed a $20M project which consisted of a refreshing and migration to a new Storage and SAN Infrastructure technology at multiple locations.

•Defined project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management, stakeholders, and vendor consultants/ contractors.

•Developed full-scale project plans and associated communications documents for project teams and consultant/ contractor activities.

•Delegated tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.

•Identified and resolved issues and conflicts within the project team.

•Identified and managed project dependencies and critical path.

•Tracked project milestones and deliverables.

•Work closely with PMO to ensure adherence to project management processes and proactively managed changes in project scope, identified potential crises, and devised contingency plans.

•Defined project success criteria and disseminated them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.

•Coached, mentored, motivated and supervised project team members and contractors, and influenced them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.

•Conducted project post mortems and created recommendations reports in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.

Certifications/ Accreditations:

•NetApp VMware Server Virtualization Accredited Professional

•Nimble Technical Sales Professional (NTSP)

•Nimble Storage Accreditation

•ITIL v3 Best Practices - Service, Change and Configuration Management

•Cisco MDS 9513/ 9509/ 9506/ 9124 Fabric Switch - QLM

•Veeam Backup & Replication Technical Certification

•VMware Technical Sales Professional (VSP & VTSP) - VML-275715; VML-2335915;

STORAGE, SAN INFRASTRUCTURE and DATA CENTER NETWORK HARDWARE:

•NetApp FAS & V-series Storage Arrays - Hands-on experience.

•EMC Symmetric VMAX/ 3000/ 2000/ 1000/ DMX-4/ Celerra/ Centera/ Clariion CX240/ 480/ 960

•HP EVA/ XP 24K/ 12K

•IBM SVC, XIV/ DS4700/ DS5100/ DS8000/ DS8300

•Cisco Nexus 7010, 7018, 5010, 5020, 2148T - Hands-on experience.

•Cisco MDS Directors & Switches - 9506, 9509, 9513, 9124, 9134, 9222i - Hands-on experience.

•Cisco WAAS Appliances - 274, 474, 574, 674, 7331 - Hands-on experience.

•Cisco Ironport Email and Web Appliances - c150, 360, s160, s360 - Hands-on experience.

•McData Directors - MD16, MD32, MD64 - Hands-on experience.

SAP, MS SQL and Oracle Database Architectural Design:

•SAP ERP Application Architectural design for failover and storage - Bayer Corporation

•Oracle and MS SQL Databases Architectural design for storage - Bayer and PNC Corporations

•Oracle Database administration - Duquesne Light Company

LKQ & Pittsburgh Glass Works August 2016 - Present

Senior Technical Infrastructure Project/ Program Manager – Pomeroy IT Sales Solutions

Senior Technical Infrastructure Project Manager/Program Manager responsible for the on time, within budget and scope, end to end delivery of infrastructure (HW/SW) projects, such as, AD and Exchange migrations, Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 Remediation, Citrix and application migrations. Focused on meeting project commitments, including communications with sponsors, stakeholders, and vendors, remain current with all procedures and provide input to client and senior management. Lead project life cycle, from architecture design, project management, requirements gathering, gap analysis, configuration, testing and training through to post go-live support. Organize and lead project teams (functional and technical consultants) through the various phases of the project from planning to transition to operations and motivated the teams to achieve the delivery objectives. Observe / evaluate existing practices to recommend future and core business requirements to improve efficiency, effectiveness or competitive advantage. Develop and maintain detailed project plans to execute various systems projects. Strategically positioned the projects within overall short and long-term goals of the business.

Pittsburgh Glass Works June 2016 – August 2016

Senior Technical Infrastructure Project Manager - Contractor - Johnson Service Group, Inc.

Senior Technical Infrastructure Project Manager responsible for managing various IT Infrastructure and application development projects. Coordinates and participates on projects, including scheduling, planning, communication, change control management and implementation. Ensuring project management best practices, technical reference, project management backup and overall customer satisfaction.

Thermo Fisher Scientific January 2016 – May 2016

Senior Technical Infrastructure Project Manager

Senior Technical Infrastructure Project Manager responsible for managing various IT Infrastructure and application development projects. Coordinates and participates on projects, including scheduling, planning, communication, change control management and implementation. Ensuring project management best practices, technical reference, project management backup and overall customer satisfaction.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh Feb 2014 – December 2015

IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Infrastructure Project Manager responsible for managing various IT Infrastructure and application development projects. Coordinates and participates on projects, including scheduling, planning, communication, change control management and implementation. Ensuring project management best practices, technical reference, project management backup and overall customer satisfaction.

E-Safe Technologies, Inc. February 2013 - January 2014

Senior Solutions Architect

Data Center Senior Solution Architect responsible for pre-sales and post-sales engineering of solutions and implementation. Sr. Solutions Architect works closely with the local sales/ system engineering teams and peer organizations across the Pittsburgh and surrounding regions to drive Virtualization and Storage sales, services and business. Additionally, develop presentation material and present to Enterprise and Small/ Medium Business Commercial customers the value proposition to acquire various solutions, Professional Services consulting services, and on-site implementation services. Responsible for development of the scope of work and/ or services required to support the business needs of customers. Liaison between customer and suppliers to insure successful implementation of products and services.

Accipiter Systems, Inc. July 2012 – November 2012

Solutions Architect

Data Center Consultant/ Solution Architect responsible for pre-sales network engineering solutions and implementation. Solutions Architect is responsible for preparing and meeting with ‘C’ level executive management to present the value proposition of various IT Services solutions and provide a ‘C’ level business discussions. Additional, works closely with the local sales and engineering teams and peer organizations across the Pittsburgh and surrounding regions to drive Network solutions, sales, services and business. Additionally, develop presentation material and present to Enterprise and Small/ Medium Business Commercial customers the value proposition to acquire various network solutions, Professional Services consulting services, and on-site implementation services. Responsible for development of the scope of work and/ or services required to support the business needs of enterprise customers.

PNC Bank Corporation Nov 1992 - May 2012

Global Distributed Storage Manager for US

Manage a team of twelve reports located across four data center locations in different geographic locations. Includes all aspects to hiring, firing, career development, performance objectives and reviews. Responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations of SAN, storage and Disaster Recovery. Maintain technical awareness to effectively manage IT Storage personnel. Evaluate customer’s needs, and recommend SAN, storage technologies and D/ R solutions. Demonstrate Information Lifecycle Management to customers, and show the ROI and TCO related to HP, EMC, and IBM suite of products. Provide project management and planning for related SAN, storage and DR technologies. Influence the success of projects within the storage domain by providing resources and recommending alternatives. Oversee key strategic projects that cross areas of responsibility. In-depth understanding of Clients’ needs and provides guidance on strategic direction and ensures the group’s efforts toward meeting objectives for the client. Responsible for managing the capital and operating budget for this group. Other positions: Senior Systems Programmer I & II/Data Processing Officer & Operations Officer, Mini Systems Technical Liaison.

Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc. March 2008 - August 2009

Data Center Consultant & Solutions Engineer

Data Center Consultant/ Solution Engineer responsible for pre-sales and post-sales engineering of solutions and implementation. DC Consultant works closely with the local sales/ system engineering teams and peer organizations across the Pittsburgh and surrounding regions to drive Storage sales, services and business. Additionally, develop presentation material and present to Enterprise and Small/ Medium Business Commercial customers the value proposition to acquire various storage solutions, Professional Services consulting services, and on-site implementation services. Responsible for development of the scope of work and/ or services required to support the business needs of enterprise customers. Liaison between customer and storage suppliers to insure successful implementation of products and services.

Network Appliance Inc. July 2006 - February 2008

Professional Services Engagement Manager

Professional Services Engagement Manager responsible for pre-sales of consulting services and on-site residences for the North Central region of the US encompassing fourteen (14) states. The Engagement Manager works closely with the local sales/ system engineering teams and peer organizations across the North Central region to drive professional services sales and business. Additionally, develop presentation material and present to Enterprise customers the value proposition to acquire Network Appliance PS consulting services, and on-site residency. Responsible for developing scope of work and/ or services required to support the business needs of enterprise customers. Liaison between customers and Network Appliance PS organization to insure successful implementation of products and services.

Bayer Corporation May 1998 - July 2006

Global Storage Change Lead & Architect

Global Storage Change Lead responsible for design, processes, and architecture for Bayer Corporation’s Strategic Storage and Backup and Recovery solutions. Manage a team of eleven reports located across two data center locations in different geographic locations. Includes all aspects to hiring, firing, career development, performance objectives and reviews. Responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations of NAS, SAN, storage, Backup/ Recovery and Disaster Recovery.

Evaluate customer’s needs, and recommend NAS, SAN, tape library, backup/ recovery and D/ R solutions. Demonstrate Information Lifecycle Management to customers, and show the ROI and TCO related to Network Appliance, EMC, and StorageTEK suite of products. Provide project management and planning for related SAN, storage and DR technologies. Influence the success of projects within the storage and backup domains by providing resources and recommending alternatives. Oversee key strategic projects that cross areas of responsibility. In-depth understanding of Clients’ needs and provides guidance on strategic direction and ensures the group’s efforts toward meeting objectives for the client. Responsible for managing the capital and operating budget for this group.

Other Positions: IS Storage/Backup Recovery Team Lead, IS Enterprise Systems Management/Project Manager, IS Project Leader/Senior Technical Consultant, IS Staff Analyst

Other Employment:

Duquesne Light Company June 1996 – Aug 1997

AIX System Administrator and Oracle database administrator

DATA TASK CORPORATION June 1992 – Nov 1992 Programming Development Manager for Manufacturing & Pharmaceutical

JOSEPH B. DAHLKEMPER COMPANY, INC. July 1986 – May 1992

Director of Computer Operations/ Telecommunications

MAGEE-WOMENS HOSPITAL Aug 1979 - July 1986 Computer Operations Manager

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Hands-on experience.

•MS Windows Server 2008/2012

•IBM UNIX-AIX

•UNIX-S5R4

COMPUTER HARDWARE: Hands-on experience.

•IBM RS6000 Systems, SP Nodes, PSeries,

•Dell, IBM and HP Blades Servers

•Various models of Dell/ HP/ IBM desktop and laptop computers

Software Packages: Hands-on experience.

•Microsoft Office, Project, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Word.

Networking:

SONET (DS0, DS1, DS3, OC3), DWDM, DMVPN, MPLS/IP, Ethernet (routers/higher-layer protocols), TCP/ IP, LAN/ WAN/ VPN, DAS, Wifi, FC, FCoE, Ethernet, iSCSI, NFS

StorageTEK Libraries:

oStorageTEK 9310 and SL8500 Enterprise Class Libraries

oSTK L180, L700 Library

oSTK Tape Drives 9840A, 9840B, 9840C, 9940B, LT02, LT03, LT04

SYSTEM LANGUAGES/ MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS: Hands-on experience.

•IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

•IBM UNIX-AIX Basic Administration

•IBM Tivoli Senior System Admin.

•IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console

•IBM Tivoli Distributed Monitoring

•IBM Tivoli Software Distribution

•IBM Tivoli Inventory

•IBM Tivoli Remote Control

•IBM MQSeries Messaging

•IBM AIX SysBack/ 6000

•IBM AIX Performance Toolbox

•CommVault Backup/ Recovery

EDUCATION:

University of Pittsburgh

BS in Business Administration - Major: Accounting Minor: Computer Science

CONTINUING EDUCATION: Hands-on experience - Successfully completed the following courses:

ITIL Certification v3

VMware Technical Sales Professional

Cisco Nexus and MDS

Cisco WAAS

Veeam Backup & Replication

CommVault Backup & Archive

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

IBM/ Tivoli Senior System Administration

IBM/ Tivoli Enterprise Console

IBM MQSeries Technical Workshop

IBM AIX RS/ 6000 System Administration

IBM Systems Monitor

IBM Performance Toolbox

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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