Project Manager Management

Mary Ellen Amundson

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East Northport, NY 11731

Home: 631-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Project Manager professional with expertise in managing and deploying strategic and tactical solutions,

aligning IT and business objectives promoting growth and improvements within corporate technology.

Expertise in facilitating data center migrations, large scale application implementations/migrations,

facilitation of systems and network infrastructure designs/enhancements, establishing and maintaining

IT policies and procedures including disaster recovery/business continuity programs.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Project and Program Management Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Management

Technical Infrastructure Management Performance and Capacity Planning

Data Center Operations/Migrations Leadership and Relationship Management

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Coordinated and managed the relocation of Investments Data Center from New York to North Carolina.

Participated in the divestiture of AIG Investments to Pine Bridge Investments; identified and facilitated the

isolation of systems and the transfer of data and users.

Spearheaded the asset management project as part of audit compliance; performing the data gathering; data

scrubbing and uploading into corporate database. Documented and implemented the Asset Management Process.

Completed the project uploading over 3200 assets at 93% of project budget.

Implemented a disaster recovery/business continuity plan, established vendor relations, contract

negotiations, an offsite recovery facility, and managed offsite recovery testing.

Completed PMI Project Manager Professional (PMP) Certification Program at Stony Brook University.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Manager Consultant/Information Technology Services

New York University, New York, NY 05/13-09/13

• Led and managed department-wide objective of implementing high availability/resiliency for .EDU

services

• Interacted with cross functional teams in organizing, analyzing and documenting current state of .EDU

services

• Worked with technical staff in implementing new hardware and expanded storage to solidify resiliency

at multiple locations.

• Completed coordination and implementation of content management system upgrades within .EDU

• Created and maintained project plans and schedules; identified and managed risks, communicated to

stakeholders on project progress

• Initiated the research on Two-Factor Authentication possibilities in providing layered security for

faculty, staff, and students

Project Manager, Information Technology

AIG Investments/Global Services, New York, NY 2006-2012

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Directed and managed corporate IT initiatives and strategies, aligning and leveraging technology teams

and business groups in meeting goals and objectives

Promoted and facilitated multiple scaled projects adhering to corporate policy and standards

Developed scope of work; maintained and monitored project plans; reported on project status

Established communication plans, resource requirements, project costs, timeframes and milestones

Identified critical path; tracked issues and problems until resolution

Coordinated technical resources; incorporated quality assurance and change control processes in executing

and leading projects simultaneously

Engaged and liaised with AIG entities to successfully execute project tasks and objectives

Collaborated and maintained working relationships with all departments and stakeholders

Incorporated technology recovery methods in supporting business functions; identified and remediated

gaps when deficiencies exist

Incorporated strategies in addressing business requirements and RTO; assess and identify resiliency risks

Managed and maintained budget for projects; controlled and monitored cost and resource allocations

Established, managed, and leveraged relationships with business and technical areas

Collaborated with vendors; maintained vendor contracts and business relations

Project Manager /Disaster Recovery Manager

2004-2006

American Home Mortgage, Melville, NY

Coordinated and managed initiatives in building and maintaining the systems and network infrastructure

within the IT Division

Liaised with business units, define requirements, identified resources, and oversee the development, testing

and implementation phases of project

Evaluated scope of work, created project workflow, and facilitated the execution of project tasks and

deliverables

Prioritized and managed projects throughout life cycle analyzing progress, milestones and target dates

Managed day to day project activities, maintained project schedule, analyzed and resolved issues and

barriers

Led and managed the corporate initiative to develop, implement, and manage a disaster recovery and

business continuity plan

Interacted with lines of business in performing business impact analysis and risk assessments; ascertained

criteria and critical path of business applications and systems

Identified core business areas; determine severity levels, course of action, and personnel for recovery process

Developed and coordinated user acceptance and recovery testing for IT and user community

Documented test results, procedures, timelines, successes and failures

Implemented escalation plans and procedures, establish and test call trees for emergency notification

Maintained and updated corporate disaster recovery manual; coordinated semi-annual meeting with business

and IT to review plans

Information Technology Manager

Comforce Corporation, Woodbury, NY 1999-2004

Planned, managed and monitored day to day IT staff and operations

Developed and directed strategic plans and methodologies to meet corporate IT objectives

Provided TCO and ROI of hardware/software solutions for system and network infrastructure

Defined, managed and directed new implementations and upgrades within the IT division

Established standard operating policies and procedures and corporate IT security policies

Researched emerging technologies, participated in hardware/software evaluations and proposed

recommendations to executive management

Managed administration of department personnel including job responsibilities, training, performance

evaluation and compensation

Established vendor relations; negotiated, updated and maintained contracts

Architect and developed disaster recovery/business continuity plan

Researched recovery options and strategies; implemented cost effective solutions

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Designed system and network configurations efficiently and effectively providing optimal performance,

security, reliability, and redundancy

Implemented new technologies (SAN, Clustering, high availability solutions) improving manageability,

scalability and recovery

Assisted in identifying, isolating and troubleshooting system and network problems; provide and direct

strategic solutions to maintain availability to the user community

EDUCATION

Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Masters of Science, Management of Technology

GPA 4.0 – January 2009

State University of New York Old Westbury

Bachelors of Science Degree, Management Information Systems

GPA 4.0 – December 1989

Awarded Outstanding Academic Achievement and Outstanding Academic Excellence

Stony Brook University

PMI PMP Certification Program May 2013

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