Management Project

MARGARET LEVERONE

Lexington, Massachusetts 781-***-**** **************@*****.***

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

COMMITMENT LEADERSHIP INTEGRITY

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Visionary and solutions -oriented Information Technology leader possessing over 20 years of IT management

experience with demonstrated expertise in planning, developing and implementing cutting edge information

solutions to address business needs. Exceptional Technology Executive with proven ability to enhance service

levels, reduce costs and provide the leadership to improve organizations, people and quality.

Dedicated to maintaining a reputation built on Professionalism, Ethics, quality, & service.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Business: Leadership: Delivery:

Business Program Program & Project

Strategy Management

Rescue

Planning/ Large & Small Scope

Process,

Execution Service Delivery

Performance,

Mergers & & Quality Delivery of

Acquisitions Improvement Technologies at a

Vendor Global Level

Team

Management Building at a Technical Solutions

Global Level

Contract to solve business

Negotiation challenges

Effective

Leadership

Budget & Cost

Methodologies:

(large and

Control

small

Six Sigma, C4C,

Transformation,

organizations Agile, & Waterfall

Culture Change,

) Employee

and Start up. Best Practice

Relations Methodologies

Issues

SDLC (Software

Development Life

Cycle)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NORTEK – PROVIDENCE, RI

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICEER (CTO) 1/2014 – Preset

Understand and execute on the goals and objectives of the of the company the running processes that are in

place from top to bottom to define the relevance of new strategic initiatives;

Responsible for the overall leadership of the Global Infrastructure organization consisting of directors,

managers and individuals.

Ownership of the overall company infrastructure, IT vision and provide strategic direction.

Accomplishments:

• Successful Consolidation of WAN MPLS for all 117 sites

• Successful migration of On premise Email and Active Directory to O365 (2.2 Million Dollar

Project)

• Successful Deployment and implementation of several cloud technologies and projects

• Reorganized the Infrastructure teams for efficiencies

• Successful integration of multiple acquired companies

RBS- PROVIDENCE, RI

VICE PRESIDENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE / TECHNICAL SERVICES 4/2011– 1/2014

RBS has embarked on an Enterprise Data Initiative (EDI) Strategy company wide. The implementation of the

EDI strategy is through the delivery of a Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, MDM, and state-of-the-art

SAS analytical tools.

My primary function was to develop and lead the Project Management Office (PMO), Technology, and

Business Analyst organizations driving standards and awareness to the EDI program, while promoting

organizational change to align enterprise wide and cross-functional EDI solutions to solve business problems.

Accomplishments:

• Established a successful Project Management Office (PMO)

• Drove best practices for the project through the implementation of SDLC Life Cycle

• Established a strong working relationship with our sponsors and stakeholders

• Established extensive Project Reporting mechanisms

• Management of Project Financials, change control, and Risk Management

• Management of overall resource planning and demand forecasting

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BLADELOGIC-BMC SOFTWARE – BOSTON, MA / HOUSTON, TX / PUNE INDIA

1/2007 – 4/2011

GLOBAL IT DIRECTOR

Lead a Global Technology team spanning multiple geographically dispersed areas, to develop and blend

technology, management and operations to compliment and realize service management capabilities, within the

ITIL Framework.

Accomplishments & Responsibilities:

• Recruited to lead the re-formation of the IT Organization to remedy internal

organizational issues, and vendor issues carrying negative impact annually.

• Hired and managed geographically dispersed staff of differing cultures and integrate all

into a one team model – removed silos

• Develop best practices and management methodologies for BMCs IT Organizations

• Mentor Line Managers for direction of leadership styles and management practices used

in Information Technology organizations.

• Life Cycle Management to avoid capital and project over spending

• Created information technology task force, which effectively improved relationships

between business and technology areas while delivering improved productivity

• Established Solid IT Change Control Processes, Business Continuity and Disaster

Recovery

• Responsible for Large Data Center Construction Projects/Consolidation and Budget

• Established successful IT Project management office

International Business Machines (IBM) 1996 - 2007

Global IT Director ARMONK, NY/ BOSTON, MA

Promoted multiple times during eleven-year term; held multi-faceted management authority over IT

Operations, Engineering, Project Management and support in addition to client services and post-sales activity.

• Created information technology task force, which effectively improved relationships

between business and technology areas while delivering improved productivity.

• Wrote business plans which included budget, IT development and training programs

• Reorganized Technical Teams for better efficiencies

• Managed multiple large enterprise projects & programs

• Established & Managed Several Successful PMOs within IBM organizations

• Structured policies for best practices

• Lead the Global Services team to return to number 1 in customer satisfaction and loyalty

• Manage Project Budgets on large scale commercial projects for external customers.

• Established successful IT Project Management office

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – Prior to 1996

MTRA Wellesley, MA – 1992-1996

A Clinical Research Organization specializing in Phase I, IIa clinical trials.

Promoted multiple times within a 4 year period o Sr. CRA – Clinical Affairs -

MTRA o Sr. Project Manager, Clinical Affairs – MTRA

IT Manager - MTRA o

System Architect - MTRA

Network Equipment Technologies, Redwood City, CA (1988-1992) – Systems Engineer (PreSales)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology

Boston Information Technology Executives

CIO Forum

EDUCATION

BS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

MS COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

Walden University, Baltimore, MD

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Kellog School of Womens Leadership

Acutae Institute- Six Sigma Black Belt

Project Management Istitute -PMP ITIL Certification

Technology Certifications, and Strong Working Knowledge Of:

• Hardware: SAN (EMC, IBM, SUN), DAS, NAS (NetApp); RS/6000, SUN, IBM BladeCenters,

HP, CISCO

• Software / OS : Linux; Solaris, HPUX, AIX, Wintel VCS Virtualization, TomCat, Apache, SMS

Software Deployment (VMware, LDOM, LPAR, Hyper V, HPVM), Tivoli Product Suite, Veritas

Product Suite

• DataBase/ ERP: SQL., Oracle, Sharepoint 2007, 2010- SAP, Deltek, Peoplesoft, Great Planes

• Networks: MPLS, Cisco Switching, NAC, VPN, Fibre Ethernet,VLAN, LAN, WAN; Cisco VOIP,

TCP/IP

• Languages: Unix Shell, Visual Basic; HTML; PHP; Java; Pearl Tools: SAS BI Tools, Crystal

Reports

• Platforms: Data Warehouse (Technology), Teradata, Bladelogic

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