I.T. Project Management

DIO NTE M . ALLEY

PROJECT MANAGER

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PROFESSIONAL SU M MARY

● 20 years of Information Technology experience, 5 years Project Management and 7 years leading Start-

Ups.

● Professional offering expertise in successfully leading all phases of diverse technology projects; Windows

2008, BYOD, Cloud Technology and Biometrics Science credentials;

● Business strategist; planned and managed projects aligning bus iness goals with technology solutions to

d rive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains.

● Excellent communicator; leveraged t echnical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively

w ith client executives and their respective teams.

● Manage small and large project teams with a reputation for ensuring high-quality deliverables that meet

or exceed time-lines and budgetary targets.

● Project Management experience includes:

o Coordinated, led, and managed software selection engagements for design and multinational roll out of

robust, scalable and secure electronic medical records (EMR) systems for clients and clinics.

o Drove the high-quality completion of systems engineering, software/database development and enterprise

w ide implementation projects for Fortune 500 and government departments.

o Defined and streamlined new and existing business processes and provided management and wri t ten

reports of recommended business needs with detailed analysis.

o Responsibili ties included coordinating with project staff; harvesting of data and system requirements;

i nt roducing quality procedures and providing direction from inception through implementation.

o Managed scope creep control, resource management; changed management procedures, as well as the

development and testing of data conversions, interfaces, reports, and cut-over/deployment plans.

o Performed client engagement management, r isk management reviews, readiness assessments and change

management procedures.

o Launched Business-to-Business for Cisco layer 3-switches and implementation of Cisco ASA.

o Worked with and managed vendors on projects to include: C it r ix, Cisco, VMware, Kaspersky and

A bsolute Software.

● Superior communication skills, both wr it ten and verbal.

SK I L LS

P roject Management: I T Project Life Value-Added Leadership:

H ardware/Software Cycle: S tart-Ups & Cross-Functional Supervision

I n tegration Requirements Team Building & Mentoring

Business Continuity A nalysis C lient Relations & Presentations

Network Engineering ROI Analysis B usiness & IT Planning

System Costing & Vendor Management

M igrations/Integrations B udgeting

Enterprise wide P roject Scheduling

I mplementations D isaster Recovery

WORK EXPER I E NCE

Total Control Business Solutions, Chicago, I L

P roject Manager, September 2013 to Present

● Client Relations: research corrective measures for client concerns, present IT solutions in a clear, concise

manner,

H ighlighting benefits of the recommended solution.

● Vendor Management: Research technology products and their prospective cost: recommends

software/hardware

solutions, and supervises the vendor’s implementation of the systems.

● Project Planning: Evaluate clients’ IT needs, develops solutions to programmatic issues to ensure goals

a re met by targeted deadlines and within their budget.

● Network Assessment: Collect and interpret data on an enterprise level to identity problems that result in

t he loss of Internet connectivity and network device communication.

● Loss of interoperability due to software/hardware issues, functionality due to computer viruses, and other

technical issues.

● Identify viruses, fi rewall vulnerability, Network Security Assessments and vulnerability using tools for

testing PC device incompatibility, and the need for systems upgrades. In terpret data analysis, install new

systems, and imp lement corrective measures to faulty systems.

● Project Staffing: Conduct interviews and hire qualified C-level professionals.

● Team Management: Delegate work assignments, act as liaison between engineers and management on all

levels, and coordinate the activities of vendors and suppliers.

P rojects Led - Details and H ighlights:

● Established and maintained relationships with C-Suite executives.

● Provided daily support of 15 practices relating to Centricity and Cit rix; successfully migrated the Cit r ix

server and application published for Dell Servers.

● Success in winning new clients, building repeat business, managing high-level clients and identifying

t heir

Requirements.

● Organized management teams for production in 3 states (IL, MD, and VA); responsible for E MR practice

M anagement upgrade.

● Managed varying team sizes of personnel and end-users on an ongoing basis in efforts to provide

governance of assigned portfolios.

● Successfully refines scope and approach to change executive status reporting.

● Provide leadership and coaching for project managers and advises on project delivery methodology and

p roject governance processes.

● Performs follow up with business partners following governance review meetings.

● Ini tiates governance audits on all projects assigned within assigned portfolios.

● Owns and manages the project gate review meetings, maintaining projects calendars.

● Analyzes and prioritizes the t ransformational business requirements within a fast growing technology

environment.

● Defined and streamlined new and existing business processes to assist in mentoring clients’ project

management teams.

P roject M anagement Experience:

Healthcare Consortium of I l l inois, Chicago, I L January 2013 to September 2013

● Infrastructure integration; this engagement included identifying the i nfrastructure and what was

required to support the implementation.

● Delivered enterprise solution and met the client’s objectives to provide increasing productivity.

● Constructed and presented business development and business t ransformation proposals for existing and

p rospective clients.

● Project Management for the upgrade all HCI existing Cisco Switches Layer-3 and ASA-Firewalls and V-

LAN integration for all 4 locations.

● MDM integration for USB and Mobile devices, Deployed and project manager Enterprise upgrade to

K aspersky-Labs Enterprise Anti-Virus.

● H IPPA Security network assessment for Enterprise compliance for EMR and EHR integration.

Family Christian Medical Centers, H arvey, I L July 2011 to July 2012

● Successfully met client objectives for a regional medical center by managing an HRMS program

i mplementation involving enterprise software modules.

● Engagement activities included, client engagement, project planning, project board presentations, r isk

management reviews, and change management procedures.

● Established and maintained relationships with C-Suite executives.

● Responsible for a budget of 225k

Exelon, Chicago, I L January 2010 to April 2011

● PMO activities included, gating projects, schedules, assessing r isks, issues, changes and mentoring

portfolio

D irectors as to the r isk of their projects.

● Reviewed project schedules and made recommendations for best practices.

● Presented recommended business t ransformation requirements, detailed analysis and software

specifications, functional and technical, and prioritization to prospective clients.

● Responsible for a budget of 500K.

Federal Government Broadcasting Agency, Voice of America (VOA), Washington, DC January 2005 to April

2010

● Project Implementation: I nstallation of required systems, improving or restoring network operations, and

coordination of the team’s daily activities.

● Systems Recommendations: Suggested methods for business continuity (DR), improving systems security

( Firewalls), and log-in protection, and improving productivity with software/hardware updates.

● Devised and presented business development and implementation proposals for both existing and

potential clients.

● Responsible for a budget of 1M.

U nited States Senate-Capital Hil l, Washington, DC, Senior PM-Senator Jim De Mint, August 2004 to April

2005

● Technological environment assessment for offices on the U.S. Senate networks.

● Biometric Science Network integration using digital persona software and hardware biometric science

technology.

● Scoped and directed the business t ransformation focused on deploying Blackberry E nterprise Solutions

and Windows based client server systems.

● Managed and coordinated the project team to complete assigned deliverables by deadlines.

Projects Lead - Details and H ighlights:

● Network Integrator deploying network servers and software/hardware integration for the network

enterprises for former US Senators Barrack Obama, Robert Kennedy, and John McCain.

● Provided management and wri t ten r eports of recommended business needs, provided detailed analysis

and prepared comprehensive project schedules for presentations to the U.S. Commit tees.

● Participated in client project scoping, engagement management, project planning, resourcing and

scheduling.

● Project board presentations, r isk management reviews, readiness assessments and change management

p rocedures.

S.C. Myers & Associates, Washington, DC, Sales Engineer, September 2001 to November 2004

● Team Leader serving as p rimary liaison to clients, throughout sales cycle and software project

i mplementations.

● Managed and delivered successful software implementation solutions and custom software

i mplementation engagements to Fortune 500 companies.

● Responsible for overall sales production and performance through recruitment, conducting motivational

meetings and assessing departmental needs.

● Assisted in sales presentations, presented the consulting proposal, managed and delivered the projects by

clients’ t ime-lines.

Key Accomplishments:

● Created marketing strategies and developed management teams for new market start-up programs and

t he

I mplementation of the products.

● Business developer, overseeing the daily operations of all in-house sales programs and technological

i ntegration for various companies throughout the United States.

● Managed the deployment of Windows 2003 Server Development and testing for integration.

Consulting P rojects:

U nited States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Beltsville, MD, Network Engineer, September 2000 to

December 2000

● Administration of NT 4.0 DHCP and WINS; reconciliation for TCP/IP connectivity and LAN/WAN issues.

● Supported WIN/NT 4.0 Servers p rimary and backup domains controls for various sites throughout the

U.S.

● Integration of Ghost Image applications for DR initiative; testing and evaluation of server support.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Washington, DC, D isaster Recovery, A pril 2005 to September 2005

● Researched and tested products for future integration of DR on the Blackberry enterprise level.

● Provided solutions and documented the results of the deployment.

● Presented DR for business continuity solutions to executives.

Johnson Controls, Atlanta, GA, Software Integration, April 1999 to September 1999

● Ghost i ma ging, re-imaging process, customization and upgrade from Win/95 to WIN/98.

● Lotus Notes, Domino set-up, integration and database customization.

● TCP/IP support and reconciled configuration issues for LAN and WAN infrastructures.

Chicago Board of Education, Chicago, I L, Network Engineer, January 1997 to July 1997

● M igration of 200 existing Novell 3.12 servers to NT 4.0 servers; designed and implemented N T and NDS

p rinter servers; supported NT and NDS in a cross-platform LAN/WAN environment; resolved DHCP,

W INS and TCP/IP related issues for 150 NT 4.0 servers.

● Integration of E xchange 5.5 servers and configuration for deployment; LAN/WAN network support in

client/server environment.

● Installation and configuration for Switches, Hubs and Patch Panel.

Bank of America, Chicago, I L, Network Analysis, September 1996 to January 1997

● Audited 3.12 servers via Bind-view adhering to standards.

● Remote configuration support of Lotus Notes 4.6 users and database issues.

● Reconfigured and up-graded LAN/WAN environment; supported TCP/IP and IPX issues and

L AN/WAN connectivity issues.

E rnst & Young, Chicago, I L Management Consultant, December 1995 to September 1996

● Maintained Novell 3.12 servers and reconciled remote access issues for network connectivity.

● Customized design for software integration and imaging of servers and desktops.

● Team Leader of an 8 week project for designing configurations to 650 laptops; administration and

configuration of MS Mail Server and Lotus Notes 4.6; development, assisted with the overall

engagement planning, management and delivery of project processes; t raining for technical staff

members and software integration for management consultant.

GD Searle, Skokie, I L, Network Analyst, April 1994 Dec 1995

● Network support for Novell servers and VAX/VMS platform.

● Account lockout management for Novell 3.12 servers and VAX/VMS system.

● Troubleshooting, LAN and Desktop Support; configuration for Novell 3.12 servers and IPX environment.

Everen Securities, Chicago, I L, Technological Research & Development, March 1998 to Sept 1998

● Tested cases and connectivity for Novell 3.12 and NDS servers; tested and evaluated various applications

for WIN/NT 4.0 servers.

● Performed test configurations on IPX and TCP/IP to determine network t raffic speed for application

testing for LAN/WAN environment.

● Re-imaging for NT workstation for lab testing and development.

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