KEVIN P HARTIGAN
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Cypress, Texas 77433
**********@*****.***
Summary
Experienced IT professional; with exceptional skills in supporting business applications, Network
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Operations, HRIS systems, Engineering systems, ERP platforms in a global IT environment; these diverse
skills allow for strong business acumen to provide success to manufacturing companies
Work independently or with little guidance, effective communication skills, ability to perceive unspoken
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expectations, people management, project management, managing costs, multi-tasking and supporting
large scale projects, ability to follow through on
commitments, loyal and maintains confidentiality
Qualified in IT projects, planning and budgeting, Disaster Recovery planning and execution, all areas of IT
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SOX governance, Fostered IT as a relevant service organization within Finance and Operations
communities and a strong ability to lead RIO on all phases within IT services
Have led 24 global acquisitions and integrations in all phases of budgeting, IT governance and Disaster
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Recovery planning, infrastructure and systems design
Have effectively driven costs down while providing value and ROI.
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Value driven results
• Centralized data center services and platform support for 24 acquisition sites utilizing ITIL and COBIT
practices, resulting in 1.5-3M annual OpEx savings through head count stabilization
• Centralized disaster recovery services for 14 facilities, 300 K annual OpEx reduction while establishing a 24
hour recovery window exceeding the business SLA
• Negotiated WAN and telephony platforms resulting in 400K OpEx savings.
• Strategically planned and implemented an HP-UX to Linux platform change, 1M OpEx savings is mission
critical support of Oracle E-Business suite
• Strategically planned, budgeted and implemented 24 facility integrations through acquisitions in a three
year window.
o Improving operational work flow for CMM inspection processes, 35% improvement to Operational
through put.
o Supported local ERP and finance systems
o Implemented SOX governance and IT policy and procedures utilizing COBIT standards.
o Centralized common domain, Exchange services and Engineering development platforms.
o Upgraded WAN/LAN infrastructure
o Upgraded local system platforms; SAN to server host Virtual environments utilizing
o Various replication methods to improve business continuity and disaster recovery processes.
o Installed and upgraded voice systems utilizing Avaya IP Office VOIP systems
o Centralized security and video surveillance systems utilizing an Active Directory integrated
system.
Project Management
• Strategically planned a centralized divisional platform for ADP HRIS and Kronos time keeper systems,
providing a stable support and services model utilizing an internally hosted cloud platform, resulting in
35% reduction in PSE expenses and 250K annual OpEx savings.
• Managed to completion a 1.9M custom quality application Oracle development team replacing four
ancillary systems utilizing Oracle RICE components and best practice cemli development guidelines.
• Project managed implementations of Visual Manufacturing ERP migrating from actual to standard financial
cost based systems, implementing Easy Lean DBR scheduling reducing 12M of raw material inventory and
increasing on time deliveries by 24%.
Applications & Technical
Windows Server and Active Directory, Exchange 2010, SQL Server, VMware infrastructure, Linux, HP-UX,
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Veeam, Document
management systems, Oracle, Hyperion, Visual Manufacturing (ERP), Lean Manufacturing, Business Intelligence
software, HR,
Payroll, Time & Attendance (Kronos), ISO 9001, SOX and Project management
Experienced with HP EVA, Dell Compellent and Equallogic SAN storage arrays along with Dell PowerVault
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NAS devices,
RiverBed Steelhead WAN acceleration and remote office Granite/core products.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Precision Castparts Corp., Multiple locations October 1997 – August
2014
Wyman Gordon a PCC Company
Division - IT Technical Manager, Houston, TX January 2011 – August
2014
• I exceled in a fast past environment achieving 24 facility integrations through acquisitions in a three year
window and providing managerial global oversight for 38 Wyman Gordon production facilities.
Management of seven employees while mentoring various IT roles within the organization
• Oversee a technical team that supports 3500+ users, 15 facility based data centers and 1 large divisional
data center with more than 550 servers utilizing VMware and Dell Server to SAN hosting systems
• Adherence to all IT Policies and procedures utilizing COBIT practices
o As a whole developed the IT management outlines for SOX governance and internal policy
compliance and localized quarterly testing steps for all locations.
• Adherence to PCC Network and Firewall scopes and schemas
• Strategic planning for all the Capital Asset Requests and annual IT Budgeting
o Presented business cases for all IT spending projects and site IT needs resulting from acquisitions
to achieve maximum efficiency of the manufacturing operations through technology upgrades.
o Managed the software Enterprise License Agreement for 38 facilities equating to a $ 3.5M in
annual software renewals and software assurance for Microsoft systems, Oracle E-Business suite
modules and Hyperion BI reporting products.
• Supporting all PCC Security measures and processes using products such as;
o FireAmp, Lumension (server white listing), Invincea, Dell DDPE to provide intellectual property
constraints and governance.
• Supported PCC WAN team by managing the Wyman WAN segment
o Utilizing SolarWinds to fully monitor WAN circuits, 38 global firewalls and WAM/LAN circuit and
systems up time metrics for monthly business reporting
Facility - IT Manager, Rockaway, NJ October 1997 – December
2010
• 13 years as the IT Manager for a medium sized facility 140 employees, 85 computers and 30 servers
• As Project Manager I resurrected a Custom Quality Oracle project from listless to go live in 5 1/2 months all
while travelling from NJ to Houston weekly while also supporting WG Rockaway from remote Planning and
completing domain migration from McWilliams to Wyman domain remotely
• Houston IT manager (direct and interim) along with supporting acquisition growth of Wyman Forgings
• Reduced IT spending by $800,000 year one
• Managed a $2M annual department budget
• Managed 15 employees, five contractors and provided OD development opportunities to three IT Co-Op's
• Provided excellent IT SOX compliance for the organization
• Managed day to day IT operations of a $1B manufacturing facility supporting all facets of;
o WAN/LAN infrastructure teams
o Server administration and hardware platforms both physical and virtual servers running Wintel,
HP-UX Unix and Oracle/RedHat Linux
o Acted as IT Manager for WG SPS and PCC Klad Integrated divisionally the CAD applications used
within the division returning $100K annually in cost savings
• Implemented ERP Visual Manufacturing (order to cash based ERP)
o Implemented ERP Visual Manufacturing under PCC Standard cost guidelines
o Providing ALL functional BI reporting requirements using SRSS and Crystal Reports
Implemented Easy Lean DBR scheduling and planning package successfully reduced raw material
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inventory to PCC targets, improved through put and on time delivery to 93% and taking 25% off
production lead times
Implemented an Enterprise Document Management Smart Search system for the control all product
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certification and quality documents.
Implemented ITAR-Export & NOFORN Compliance systems and processes
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EDUCATION
AAS, Mechanical Engineering Technology, The New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
CERTIFICATION/TRAINING
MCSE -Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer program, Berkeley College, West Paterson, NJ
Microsoft – Implementing and Maintaining SQL Server, New Horizons, Parsippany, NJ
Microsoft – Configuring, Managing and Troubleshooting Exchange 2010, New Horizons, Parsippany, NJ
Microsoft – Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008, New Horizons, Parsippany, NJ
Microsoft – Access report writing and Development, New Horizons, Parsippany, NJ
Business Objects – Crystal Report writing and Development, New Horizons, Parsippany, NJ
Juniper – Junos O/S, Enterprise Routing, Switching and Security, Juniper Networks, Irving, TX
Engineering Science Program, County College of Morris, Randolph, New Jersey
Plaza School of Drafting and Design, Paramus, NJ