Jose A. Roman
787-***-**** http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jose-roman/4/a76/705/
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Executive
IT Enterprise / Executive Leader ~ CIO ~ CTO ~ VP of IT
Experienced Information Technology Executive with proven experience
developing and executing IT
strategies in alignment with corporate objectives. Successful in
manufacturing environments
during all cycles of business, including high growth, downturns and
acquisition integration. An
established record as a leader & business partner who collaborates with
other executives to use
technology to transform and simplify business processes while delivering
bottom line measurable benefit.
An energetic leader with a passion for people development, a track record
of recruiting and retaining top
talent and a demonstrated ability to effectively lead and work in a highly
matrixed, global environment. Fluent in English and Spanish. Strong
capabilities in:
? Regional Projects Portfolio ? DRP/BCP Management ?
IT Governance
? Operational Excellence ? Systems Life Cycle ?
Risk Management
? Cloud / Office 365 ? Organization Transformation ?
Business Case Methodology
? Diverse/Virtual/Matrix Teams ? Enterprise Architecture
? Change Management
1 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Eduk Group (Jul 2011 - Present)
1 Education Industry Leader in Puerto Rico/USA with more the 40 campuses,
3,800 employees and 26K+ Students in the network.
Executive Director, Corporate Infrastructure and Technology Operations:
. Provided strategic and operational direction to support EduK Group
Corporate IT Infrastructure and Technology Operations (ITO) organization.
Drive and implement strategies that leverage technology and will partner
closely with senior management leaders to align information technology
with organizational goals.
. Improved systems availability from 96.0% up to 99%+.
. Successfully drove key enterprise level process improvement initiatives
following a risk management approach: Employee Account Provisioning and
Termination Process, Password Reset, Procurement Process, and Manage
Services Metrics optimizations.
. Defined and ensure effective implementation of IT solutions and services
by developing impacting business case justification, financial impact
assessment and ROI analysis on key enterprise level decisions saving the
corporation more than $325k in operating expenses (AT&T Master
Agreements, Data Backup Circuits Pay Per Use Technology, Mobile Devices,
Office 365, Private Cloud, IPBX, and Preferred Vendor selections).
. Improved 50%+ on Incident, Access and Service Request Management
operations and Projects Portfolio performance.
. Prioritized, and managed IT Projects Portfolio in support of business
goals. Ensured delivery of projects within determined time and budgetary
constraints by fostering and adopting "Think out of the Box" philosophy.
. Transitioned the IT Corporate Organization (People, Process and
Technology) from a premises infrastructure and operations model into a
Cloud driven/managed solution (Office 365 / Private Cloud / AVPN).
. Led Information Technology Governance transition model using industry
leader's frameworks like COBIT, ITIL, PMI, ISO and ISACA.
IT GOVERNANCE ADVISERS, Puerto Rico (Aug 2010 - Jul 2011)
2 IT Consultants
Managing Partner
. Provided general consulting in the IT governance space which includes the
areas of strategic/tactical planning, project portfolio methodology,
project management, enterprise asset management, process improvements,
ITIL (service delivery) and Cobit (Internal Controls).
. Drove the execution of large complex internal technology projects
. Engaged company leaders and peers to build vision by aligning People,
Processes and Technology towards a common business goal.
PFIZER (FORMERLY WYETH) PHARMACEUTICAL CO., US and Puerto Rico:
3 A diversified global healthcare product and service innovator with over
67 billion in annual sale and 100K+ employees.
IT Senior Director (Jan 2006- Jul 2010):
. Managed the US regional IT shared service operations which included
infrastructure, data centers, operations, networks and service desks with
a staff of 125 employees, 8 direct reports and a consolidated budget of
$20 million.
. Implemented, tracked and improved regional portfolio programs by
directing over 40 projects yearly.
. Developed, tracked and improved Business/IT Service Level
Agreement/Objectives (SLA, SLO) by 25% by implementing quarterly vendor
management performance review meeting with stakeholder's participation.
Key member of Pfizer's Global Service Management Steering Committee.
. Proactively monitored IT staff performance in alignment with career path,
development plans and regional cross training opportunities.
. Acted as key IT business partner by aligning corporate, operations and
remote sites with a cohesive business strategy (from bottom to top).
. Developed and managed corporate self-assessments and audit
protocols/processes with outstanding audit results.
. Contributed to $10 million cost savings by designing and deploying a
global, regional and site share services model in United States.
. Led the Corporate IT Assets Management Policy Optimization Team which
resulted in the improvement of 30% inventory accuracy and annual savings
over $6 million dollars.
. Key corporate member of the Wyeth-Pfizer Information Technology
transition/integration team.
2 IT Director (Nov 1997- Jan 2006):
. Managed and provided oversight for IT lifecycle operations with two vital
manufacturing plants with a staff of 75 employees, 5direct report, and a
consolidated budget of over $7 million.
. Planned, directed and designed all IT department operational activities
(Infrastructure, Operations, Applications, Service Desk, Compliance and
Business Process Management)
. Key project team member for the construction, commissioning and
validation of the first Manufacturing Cells for the corporation (Effexor
and Pristiq products) buy implementing IT / Automation grey area design.
. Facilitated the integration of engineering, automation and manufacturing
systems and new technologies (PLCs, SCADA, DCS, and Data Historian) into
a unified IT governance structure.
. Achieved over 90% first time call resolution, 3% abandon rate and $1.5
million in operating expense savings by optimizing the IT Service Desk
operations.
. Reduced $25 million of expenses by implementing the Corporate Enterprise
Architecture Standard using SAP, Labware (LIMS), Documentum (DMS), MES
as core ERP and manufacturing execution systems platforms.
. Led the design, construction, commissioning and qualification of a $4
million leading edge regional data center in order to meet the 99.98% IT
service availability required by the businesses.
. Proven leader managing third party organizations like contractors
recognized engineering firms and consultants from around the world.
. Ensured compliance with SOX and FDA guidelines.
3 IT Manager: Commercial Business Unit (Jun 1987- Nov 1997):
. Managed the Client Systems Support (desktop hardware, software, and help-
desk) area. Oversaw the infrastructure architecture and operation for all
IT activities.
. Key leader in the construction and commissioning of the first state of
the art / automated distribution and warehouse management system.
. Led the migration from a manual process to the first automated sales and
distribution system in the company using the BPCS enterprise system
package based on an AS400 platform. Realized $1.5 million operating
expense savings and a revenue increase of $75 million per year.
. Generated a sales increase of 15% by implementing the first corporate
Sales Force Automation System.
EDUCATION/Certifications:
>Masters in Information Systems Management (Cum Laude)
>BS in Computer Science and Business Administration (Magna cum Laude)
>Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)-ISACA: 0972872
>Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)-ISACA: 0912259
>Certified Internal Controls Auditor (CICA)
>ITIL v3 Fundamentals Certification
>Six Sigma Fundamentals