Management Manager

ANDREW J JOHNSON

Sugar Land, TX ***** • 713-***-**** • ************@*****.*** • www.linkedin.com/in/andyjjohn

SUMMARY

Information technology executive who transforms and optimizes local and global organizations through innovative technology and strategic corporate objectives. Proven track record for reducing costs, improving service and enabling rapid growth. Successfully managed turnarounds and transformations, and created high performance teams in complex organizations.

Turnarounds: Continually transformed the corporate IT Infrastructure organization over a period of 14 years. Started with broken, isolated pockets of Infrastructure support and transformed them into a single, global support organization operating at a higher level, with greater client satisfaction and at a lower cost.

Innovation: Drove the implementation of technology strategies (Cloud, virtualization, automation) and process improvement (Lean, Managing for Daily Improvement) as recent examples.

Leadership: Maintain a high level of both client and staff satisfaction and engagement as determined by annual corporate surveys.

Creative Compliance: Successfully maintained a compliant and secure architecture keeping pace with increasing cyber security threats and increasing regulatory challenges.

Cost Savings Solutions: Saved millions in P&L expense through process improvement, cost-saving technology investments, vendor management, and delivery strategies. In last 5 years, maintained a budget which was almost flat while doubling the managed services being delivered.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Catholic Archdioceses of Galveston Dec, 2017 – present

Independent Consultant

Provide consulting services assisting the Archdioceses in IT and IT Infrastructure initiatives, transformations, and improvements

Cutter Associates LLC, Houston, Tx. April 2016 - present

Serving the operational and technology needs of the global asset management industry, providing clients the tools and services they need to be successful

Independent Consultant April 2016 - present

Provide consulting services assisting companies in IT and IT Infrastructure turnarounds, transformations, or improvement initiatives

Invesco, Houston, TX 1999 – 2016

Independent investment management company managing over $800B in assets worldwide. Invesco has a global footprint with over 6500 staff located in 20 different countries around the world.

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Managing Director and Global Head, IT Infrastructure 2001- March, 2016

Directed the building, maintenance, and transformation of Invesco’s IT infrastructure technologies, people, and processes over the last 14 years. Managed global staffs of up to 430 people located in over 30 different cities delivering the required systems and services to the different Invesco businesses worldwide.

Initially migrated Invesco infrastructure from a construct of multiple independent Infrastructure organizations into a single department and single management team reducing costs while improving services at the same time.

Optimized performance by consolidating functions and standardizing processes and technologies allowing the company to leverage a globally shared workforce.

Re-architected Infrastructure to better align with corporate vision and the need for more flexible, more mobile solutions delivered more quickly.

Head of IT Project/ Program Management and Reporting 1999-2001

Established a project management governance process for Invesco /AIM as well as a budget management and tracking.

Restructured and implemented Project Management, Change Management, and Configuration Management processes.

Restructured and implemented a metrics reporting process.

Restructured and implemented a budget request and tracking process.

NASA, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 1982 – 1999

USA’s Space Program. The Johnson Space Center’s primary mission is to support all manned space flight initiatives. During the ’82-’99 timeframe the focus was primarily Space Shuttle Operations and the build-up of the International Space Station.

United Space Alliance Operations Center Director

Modified, maintained, and certified NASA’s Mission Control Center (MCC), Integrated Planning Systems (IPS), and Software Avionics Lab (SAIL) for each shuttle mission.

Directed work efforts of approximately 900 solid or dotted line staff. Through efficiencies and improvements, this number was reduced to 630 by 1999.

Reconfigured or upgraded MCC, IPS, and SAIL systems to accommodate shuttle mission needs and objectives.

Providing trained and certified ground control team to operate mission control systems during space shuttle and station missions.

United Space Alliance Deputy Operations Center Director

Supported the MCC Ops Center Director as his/ her backup as well as managing budgets and engineering change to the facility.

United Space Alliance MCC Manager, Project Management Coordination

Supported the MCC Operations with project management coordination, budgeting, and metrics analysis and reporting.

NASA, Project Manager

Supported the MCC Operations with project management coordination, contractor oversight, budgeting, and metrics analysis and reporting.

Ford Aerospace/ Rockwell International, Project Coordinator/ Flight Controller

Supported the MCC Operations with project management coordination and, during select shuttle missions, supported real-time missions as a flight controller (Operations Integration Officer).

EDUCATION

BS Electrical Engineering

University of Houston

MBA

University of Houston – Clear Lake

APPLICABLE SKILLS

Project and Program Management, IT Engineering and Architecture, IT Operations, IT Security, IT Optimization and Transformation, IT Strategy and Vision, Crisis Management and Disaster Recovery, Risk and Change Management, Process Improvement, Customer Service, Vendor Management, and High performance Team Building

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