Adrian D. Harris
609-***-**** *************@*******.***
Professional Experience
New York City Health + Hospitals – Brooklyn, NY June 2015 – Present
Senior Director / IT Site Director
Acts as a local point of contact and feedback for the EITS Service Line.
Oversee the daily day-to-day IT operations and services, applications, infrastructure, analytical tools and techniques utilized at the local sites.
Successfully interact with IT service providers to facilitate the delivery of services in accordance with the needs of the business and IT, while being cognizant of the business resources and financial constraints.
Serves as the liaison with business stakeholders and technology partners regarding production outages, major incidents, and service level agreement issues. Oversees and communicates situational information to the Enterprise Operations Center and to other support teams during an outage or service disruption.
Monitor all local IT tickets for the timeliness of resolution. Assist with requests from EITS service line leads to investigate specific ticket on their behalf.
Serves on various leadership committees at the local sites, as well as, at Central Office.
Integral leadership role in the local Hospital Incident Command Center (HICS)
Assists with the local EITS budget as requested by the EITS leadership.
Supports a positive work environment that promotes exemplary service to the business.
Escalation point for any issues not addressed via normal channels including helpdesk tickets, systemwide outages, etc.
Manage optimization tracking which includes prioritization and execution at the local level
Facilitate local governance and communication efforts
Ensure ongoing training efforts continue as appropriate (e.g. new hire-training, refresher training for difficult or changing workflows)
Addressing Reactivation of access, particular impact for rotating Residents
Managing issues and communication related to planned and unplanned downtime and restoration
Manage communication for service restoration or requests (eg bulletins)
Regional Support Director, Workplace Computing
Assist with the deployment of territory projects as dictated by covered facilities
Participates in the development and implementation of local initiatives involving disease management programs, facility contracting initiatives, payment policies, vendor changes and product design changes
Coordinates all activities to ensure successful Workplace Computing Group (WCG) Service Level Objectives (SLO’s)
Acting as a change agent for all IT initiatives
Works with the other members of the WCG team to ensure enterprise wide adherence to standard operating procedures (SOP’s)
Develops relationships with facility management with and through Business Relationship Management (BRM) engagement.
Communicates effectively, collaborates to execute on performance assessment, creation of meaningful conclusions and development of recommendations that can be delivered to achieve continual improvement.
Obtains and demonstrates an understanding of the pertinent facilities, the healthcare industry, and the critical needs required to effectively support the assigned territory
Takes a broad approach to problem solving.
Continually performs thorough current state analysis and effectively summarize critical findings/drivers to Senior Director
Develops pertinent and insightful recommendations and build feasible, value-added solutions.
Performs retrospective and prospective assessments of cost drivers including personnel cost, technician utilization, and any other required analyses.
Defines historic Incident trends and projects expected staffing level requirements
Assess components of both Desktop Support and Desktop Engineering to define areas of opportunity for improvement
Analyzes other key data that influence service quality and integrate results of analysis into comprehensive presentation for the AVP and Senior Director
Defines in an integrated fashion the business value provided by WCG, and translates the data into a format that is ready to present to executive management.
Consults with the appropriate resource/enabler to identify potential requirements for pooled technical resources in advance of actual need
Responds to the customers with a sense of urgency, practicality, accountability, integrity and respect
Proactively identifies and assists, as appropriate, in the timely resolution of any strategic, technical or service issues
Coordinates and communicates activities with upper management
Delivers exceptional performance; while striving to achieve stretch objectives; focusing on results, not efforts
Drives initiatives to achieve organizational targets and performs other duties as required
Focuses on execution, removing obstacles and distractions, develops new standard processes, as required, that enhance efficiency and performance
Logic Planet, Inc. – Princeton, NJ March 2014 – June 2015
Project Management Volunteer
Assist project leads with management of small to large infrastructure projects
Daily, weekly and monthly management reporting on status of tasks in flight as well as the overall projects
Organization of daily team meetings to discuss in-flight statuses’
Updating of all associated project plans
Reviews of weekly resource needs compared to project needs
Xerox Corporation – Bridgewater, NJ July 2013 - February 2014
Senior IT Service Delivery Manager
Accountable for all IT service delivery and its associated support processes for day-to-day operations on the Valeant Pharmaceuticals account
Responsible for relationship management with the outsourced vendor as it pertains to Service Desk, hardware and software, procurement, gold disk imaging, LAN/WAN connectivity, VoIP telephony, server hosting, change management, and problem management
Tasked with managing stakeholder communications, budget planning, execution, and reporting for all contractually supported sites
Established and maintained clearly defined SLA’s and was responsible for their attainment and for ongoing metric reporting
Accountable for change management for all contracted services
Responsible for incident management for the global account
Responsible for oversight of M&A transitions
Irvine Technologies (Temp to Perm with Xerox) – Bridgewater, NJ December 2012 - July 2013
IT Service Delivery Manager
Responsible for ensuring the highest level of operational IT service delivery, including all support processes and their corresponding contractual service levels
Tasked with collaborating with senior management on client account management strategies and growth opportunities
Managed customer relationships via formal and informal stakeholder communications at all supported facilities
Lead all activities around governance across all areas of service, including service management, incident and change management, continual service improvement and customer satisfaction
ConvaTec Incorporated – Skillman, NJ May 2009 - July 2012
IT Service Delivery Manager, Americas
Coordinated the delivery of services and support processes for ConvaTec facilities in Canada, the U.S., the Dominican Republic, and Latin America
Lead the team that provided professional and timely VIP/executive support for the company’s top executives
Responsible for vendor relationship management with outsourcing partner as it pertained to the Service Desk, hardware and software, procurement, LAN/WAN connectivity, and telephony technologies
Essential participant in all IT activities related to mergers and acquisitions and as requested by senior leadership
Affiliated Computer Services – Celebration, FL May 2006 - May 2009
Director, Infrastructure Management
Fully accountable for all first and second tier Service Desk support for call centers in Orlando, FL and Dallas, TX which collectively received 75,000 to 80,000 calls per month
Direct oversight for all User ID provisioning for all domestic applications, systems, and devices
Accountable for IT problem management for all vendors providing IT services to the Walt Disney Corporation client community (ACS, IBM, Disney, etc.)
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company – Skillman, NJ November 1994 - May 2006
Associate Director, Global SAP Service Center February 2004 – May 2006
Direct management oversight for the SAP Service Desk at all company offices in North America.
Accountable for all SAP Service Desk support processes at call centers world-wide (New Jersey, Chester UK, Melbourne AU, Tokyo JP).
Technical support liaison for business clients and 2nd / 3rd tier support groups on changes and additions to the support model
Participated in initiating, planning, execution, controlling and closing phases of projects to deploy SAP and SAP bolt-on products across the organization
Service Deliver Manager March 2000 – February 2004
Led team and provided IM support for the top executives of the company and their administrators
Often interfaced with highest level executives to provide and improve service
Managed the team that provided IM support for the New York Corporate office, the Washington DC Government Affairs office, the Garden City manufacturing facility, and the Westchester Airport
Drove the timely development of the Client Services Quality Manual for validated environments
Manager, Information Management March 1998 – March 2000
Managed team and provided IM support for 12 Sales offices and 3 Distribution Centers throughout the U.S.
Oversaw testing and evaluation of all applications that were introduced to desktop clients in the Worldwide Medicines Group
Managed team that installed and deployed Windows NT and Windows 95 to 6153 clients
Coordinated the E -mail upgrade for all remote offices and distribution centers
Manager, Desktop and Office Service Center February 1996 – March 1998
Managed day-to-day operations of the 2nd level support group at the Service Desk
Led the development and execution of documentation and training for Service Desk analysts
Oversaw change control processes within the Corporate IM group
Acted as a client liaison, conducting client meetings and translating business needs into technical requirements
Fostered strong interactions between the Service Desk and other internal IM groups throughout the company
Managed the implementation and rollout of new technologies to the Service Desk
Senior Service Desk Analyst November 1994 – February 1996
Handled to completion complex computing problems
Acted as mentor for Service Desk colleagues
Evaluated new technologies to be rolled out to the Service Desk
Developed training programs for 1st level analysts
Installed, maintained and trained analysts on the Service Desk problem tracking system
Comrise Technologies Incorporated, Consultant/Network Engineer 1992 - 1994
Logical Computer Service, Regional Service Manager 1990 - 1992
Computer Sciences Corporation, Telecommunications Manager 1986 - 1990
Edison Electric Institute, Computer Operations Manager 1982 - 1986
Education
ICS-0100 ICS Certification, FEMA Emergency Management Institute, 2018
IS-0200 HCA Certification, FEMA Emergency Management Institute, 2018
IS-0700 NIMS Certification, FEMA Emergency Management Institute, 2018
IS-0800 NRF Certification, FEMA Emergency Management Institute, 2018
Lean Sig Sigma Green Certified, NYC Health and Hospitals, Brooklyn NY, 2016
Bachelor of Science in Business Management, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AR, 2004
Associate of Applied Science, University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC, 1984
Certificate in Computer Operations
References Are Available Upon Request