Management Manager
Resume:
Peter G. Calcanis
Cellular: 407-***-**** Email: *********@*****.***
Experience summary:
. 15+ years of IT Procurement and vendor management. Including capacity,
hardware and facilities implementation planning, as well as vendor
risk management experience.
. Author of statements of work (SOWs) required to integrate outsourcing
and associated service level agreements (SLAs).
Single point of contact for specific contracts, change orders,
including:
. Vendor Management selection and for defining key performance
indicators & reviews.
. Knowledge in outsourcing agreement methodologies/contracts, offshore
and domestic.
. Extensive experience in asset and services due diligence pre-
outsourcing requirements.
. Expertise in cost control best practices, change controls and change
management.
Extensive knowledge regarding time & materials vs fixed price and how
it relates to RFI/ RFQ/ RFP procedures. High proficiency with IBM
Lotus Notes mail facitity.
. Experience with annual financial planning of leased IT components re-
negotiations of existing maintenance agreements with in house and 3rd
party service providers.
. Project managed plans and provided direction to multiple vendors &
cross-functional teams to author Proof of Concept (POCs) and
Statements of Work (SOW) with follow up metrics analysis, diagnosis
and/or purchase recommendations. Experience in contract creation,
analysis and negotiations during outsourcing engagements with
suppliers and vendors to solution and/or procure required components
or services, including the management of associated SLAs related to
system and application availabilities.
. Ability to exploit utilization of IT procurement (i.e. marketing
trends & acquisition) and management procedures based on architectural
design of infrastructure via understanding of capacity and operational
concepts for implementation of industry best practices.
. Knowledge of Extended Remote Copy (XRC/global mirror) used for DR
processes.
. Adept at creating and presenting executive level technical capital
spend business cases for approvals to procure new technologies or for
existing component technical refreshes.
. Possess expert PM skill set in organizational and verbal /written
communications.
November, 2012 - Present:
IT Consultant - Most recent: IBM Global Services (April, 2013 - Feb, 2014)
Consulting in support of IBM Global Services'(IGS) global and domestic
accounts, including Federal Government and other large commercial accounts
(i.e. AT&T, Avaya, Sysco, Healthnet, large banking institutions and others
residing across six separate data centers and associated outsourced
agreements.
March, 2012 - October, 2012:
VF Corporation - Performance & Capacity Planning Mgt Analyst
Mainframe Performance & Capacity Planning - Performed server hardware
capacity planning and performance analysis and solution recommendations for
the mainframe and other operating system platforms and associated
infrastructure. Teamed with provided direction to contractors and
outsourced service providers during special projects. Interfaced with
application development teams to more effectively manage component
performance. Authored proofs of concept for validation testing of new
technologies. Collaborated with the IBM India outsourced team to ensure
high efficiencies that is consistent with the SLAs of record. Partnered
with architects and application development teams to solution new
requirements and assisted with the creation of justification documentation
for governance / finance organization approvals.
Calcanis - cont'd.
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June, 1999 - July, 2011
IBM Global Services -Capacity Planner & Contract Sourcing Specialist
Systems Management Integration Professional/Advanced - IBM & OEM capacity
planner and sourcing contract specialist in support of large mainframe and
midrange OS platforms of IT electronic components, hardware, associated
software and infrastructure. Lead planner and vendor manager for
reviewing/recommending implementation of 3rd party long term lease and
maintenance agreements for technology refreshes and business growth
initiatives. Provide inventory control processes, due diligence related to
new outsourcing agreements and capacity planning direction to cross
functional teams for discerning most cost effective solutions. Key
strategist, acquisition manager and vendor liaison for the successful
technical refresh initiative to upgrade all conventional tape and DASD
subsystems (STK & Memorex) to IBM's new Virtual Engine (TS7700) technology
and DASD models 2105 to 2107 DS8100 technology. Performed cost / benefit
analysis by scrutinizing customer requests and forecasts, application
growth trends, and component specific utilization trends to validate, plan
for and recommend the most cost effective solutions, based on market
trending and analysis of hardware for best new or used market price points.
Sustained contractual service level agreements (SLAs) and all contract
deliverables. Consistently provided SME input to the IBM Global Services'
Project Office regarding new directives and cost compliance initiatives.
Participated in the strategic planning of new technological upgrades and
related financial impacts or return on investments (ROIs). Provide
technical direction during sourcing negotiations with OEM and /or 3rd party
vendors and suppliers. Successfully project managed multiple technical
refresh teams related to outsourcing agreements per client requests.
April, 1998 - May, 1999:
AT&T Corporation - System 390 Capacity Planning & Purchasing
Senior Technical Capacity Planner - Capacity planned, analyzed and procured
IT mainframe sub systems based on customer application's forecasted growth
trends with current and historical utilization. Compiled the preceding data
to plan for and recommend cost effective hardware solutions at the best
market price through component specific research, availability and current
market trends. Participated in and provided directional input to contract
compilation and component specific steering committees or cost reduction
teams. Project managed capacity growth projects to ensure all application
service and product deliverable commitments were achieved. Instrumental in
the implementation of a new Tape Capacity Planning Process that resulted in
increased accuracy and efficiency of procurement processes including
enhanced communication between the multiple business partners and
suppliers. Lead S/390 planner for AT&T contract proposals of providing IT
data processing services for external customers.
September, 1991 - April, 1998:
AT&T Corporation - Storage Administration Management
Storage Management Administrator - for planning, support and problem
resolution of all MVS storage media data processing services scenarios,
utilizing DFHSM/DFSMS and other z/OS utilities and tools. Lead planner for
revising and stream lining desk procedures in support of day to day
procedures. Provide rotational 7x24 support for large AT&T internal client
base for all DASD, tape and media residing in multiple AT&T Data Centers
from a central Control Center. Provided Storage Management SME support
during DR testing.
Calcanis - cont'd.
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August, 1983 - September, 1991:
AT&T Corporation - Operations, Hardware Planning & Procurement
Mainframe Operations / Site Hardware Installation Planner for the data
center operations and planning, installation, purchasing and implementation
of large MVS Mainframe Central Processing Units, associated peripheral
devices, including site facility planning. Performed calculations of
electrical power (KVA) and environmentals (BTU) as part of the planning
process required for same. Interfaced and negotiated with all
internal/external teams/ suppliers, to plan for and assist with BETA
testing of all new hardware and associated software to implement proposed
installation plans of new technologies. Planned for and executed physical
hardware migrations, consolidations and upgrades of various complex
hardware configurations supporting MVS, VM, UNIX and other OS platforms.
Designed and maintained all channel configurations and implementation
process documentation, including contingency plans. Acted as primary vendor
liaison interface during project negotiation, planning, implementation and
testing phases. Managed on site vendors and coached the Hardware
Installation Planning team members.
Education:
> Barry University, Miami, Florida / Bachelor Degree (BPS) - Business
major.
> Graduated Magna cum Laude - Alpha Chi Honor Society
Additional Information:
. Possess a strong knowledge and experience of contract / vendor management
and procurement supply chain methodologies for new IT components and
preliminary testing requirements, related to hardware and facilities
planning.
. Real Estate professional currently licensed in the states of Florida and
New Mexico.
. High level experience in SOW creation, negotiation and T&M contract
understanding.
. Advanced PC skills in MS Office: PowerPoint, Excel, Word & Visio and
AutoCad..
. Natural ability to successfully win in negotiations by communicating via
a pragmatic and diplomatic approach, while concurrently and continuously
building, maintaining and enhancing business rapport with all external
and internal business contacts.
. 5 years experience in the [Highway infrastructure and housing]
construction industries.
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