Project Manager Management

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Miami, Florida *3183

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CORE COMPETENCIES

The successful completion of the following business system and technology projects highlights noteworthy accomplishments:

Directed a team of local and offshore developers designing and programming a revenue booking and tracking application for the entertainment industry.

Completed the implementation of cloud hosted applications for the following applications: EDI, business intelligence and worldwide email with a total savings in excess of $1 million.

Managed a PMO for an online international reservation development project staffed by 300 professional resources from seven countries with a budget of $60 million. Responsible for staffing 90 sub-projects. All phases were delivered on time and on budget over the four year term of the project.

Implemented an EDI transaction processing application resulting in an annual savings of $250,000.

Implemented a transportation management application resulting in an annual savings exceeding $2,000,000.

Managed teams of application designers and web developers working on the following applications: ERP, web based order entry, web based asset management, cruise and airline reservations, call center and health benefits administration.

IT Department Director responsible for all aspects of IT management including: application development, web application design and development, network design, systems analysis and design, telecommunications analysis, office equipment, help desk and data base administration.

Designed, implemented and maintained high availability processing infrastructures for international and domestic logistics and financial services businesses using Sun high availability clustered servers and IBM virtualized blade servers interfaced to a SAN operating under VMware.

Managed the setup and management of data centers at various colocations including selection and installation of hardware and telecommunications circuits and the installation of application software.

Using MS SQL and DB/2, developed data warehouses for logistics and financial services companies to extract and model data, from production applications using data mining tools for reporting with a combined budget in excess of $3 million.

Budget and project management responsibility for an international based web development team from the U.S., Europe and Asia, to design and develop the application infrastructure for a personal banking asset management application for 30,000 domestic and international clients with a budget exceeding $5 million.

Directed a team of developers in the design, programming, testing and implementation of a reservation and pricing application for logistics services provided to international clients located throughout the world. Responsibility for web portal design, project management, infrastructure design and implementation and budget control. With a budget exceeding $2 million over a three year period, this project was completed on schedule and on budget.

Delivery of IT level 2 support services to multiple domestic and international locations.

Participated in the merger of acquired companies into an existing systems environment with emphasis on rapid user access and populating the data warehouse with key production data.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VIACOM MEDIA NETWORKS, Miami Beach, Florida (02/2014 to present)

Director, Application Development

Manage a team of application developers working on custom applications for the entertainment industry with responsibility for:

Management of all application development projects using project management tools.

Leading code walkthroughs and code testing

Participation in development of requirements definition specifications

Tracking of quality issues including identification of solutions

Project status reporting to stakeholders

Developing new project plans as required for new projects

DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE, Coral Gables, Florida (10/2012 to 01/2014)

Director, Information Technology

Manage the IT department for the North American division with responsibility for:

Implementation of cloud based solutions for ERP, business intelligence and email applications.

Development and enhancement of custom ERP application including implementation of application system modules used at 32 locations in North America.

Management of all telecommunications circuits and wide area network design

Delivery of hardware and software services to 32 locations in North America.

Identification and setup of hardware and software infrastructure for new site acquisitions

Acquisition and implementation of all personal computers, and telecommunications circuits and devices

Acquisition and configuration of VoIP telephone systems

Installation, configuration and management of hardware and software at colocation data center.

EMC CORPORATION, Miami, Florida (01/2012 to 10/2012)

Program Manager

Met Life Insurance Company (client)

Manage a team of project managers working on the conversion of 65,000 email clients from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange at a colocation site.

Creation, updating and ongoing management of Workstream project plans using MS Project.

Tracking and reporting of budget ($6,000,000) versus actual.

Daily status reporting to executive management.

Development of technical implementation documentation required to satisfy deliverable requirements.

Definition and testing of all Group Policy settings.

Definition and testing of deployment strategy.

Work with client on change requests and billing issue resolution.

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, Miami, Florida (2010 to 2011)

Senior Project Manager/Consultant

Emerson Electric (07/2011 – 12/2011)

Management of all aspects of an office suite build out for Latin American division,

Acquisition of all required hardware, software and telecommunications equipment and services, and

Installation of all computer hardware, telephone system and audio/visual equipment. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. (09/2010 to 06/2011)

Redesign, programming and implementation of a call center application in support of the cruise reservation system at three call center locations for over 600 agents,

Made use of the systems development life cycle methodology in the deployment of web based applications.

Roll out of Windows 7 operating system and MS Office 2010 to over 3,000 work stations and laptop computers,

Redesign, recoding and implementation of web based reservation system application for Celebrity cruise line;

Design, configuration and build out of a data center at a secure colocation (Terremark NAP of the Americas);

Remediation of credit card security issues (PCI Compliance) for a computer reservation system, and

Installation of an Avaya telephone system servicing over 500 call center users.Consumer Health Technologies (03/2010 to 08/2010)

Configuration and support of IBM blade servers running Linux, WebSphere, DB/2 and WTX;

Implementation of cloud based Lotus collaboration suite, and

Configuration and setup of all hardware, application software and telecommunications at a secure colocation.

Using Project Workbench, Clarity, MS Project and SCRUM applications/methodology.

AMERIJET INTERNATIONAL, INC., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (02/2002-02/2010)

Sr. Director, Information Technology

Responsibility for managing the information technology group as well as an annual expense budget exceeding $2 million and an annual capital budget averaging $500,000. Featured accomplishments follow:

Populated and configured all hardware, software and telecommunications at a colocation site.

Implemented and enhanced in-house developed ERP application following a strict systems development life cycle approach,

Designed, programmed and implemented the web based front end to an in house developed ERP application.

Implemented Great Plains accounting application;

Participated in the acquisition and systems integration of three logistics companies, an ocean freight forwarder, a trucking company and an international airline.

Implemented IBM blade virtualized servers using MS Windows and Linux operating systems interfaced to a virtualized SAN.

Installed a 3 TB corporate SAN to house the data warehouse including the use of data mining tools.

Designed the disaster recovery plan and populated a combined data center and disaster recovery site at a colocation.

Redesigned the wide area network to be high availability and fault tolerant with full security measures to the desktop work stations utilizing latest Cisco technology.

Converted 40 remote satellite connected locations to fractional T1 and DSL technology to increase bandwidth, improve performance and reliability while reducing costs.

Ongoing roll out of Windows Vista, Windows 7 and MS Office upgrades to over 600 work stations and laptop computers,

Replaced all domestic telephone systems with IP based technology to reduce costs and improve quality of service. IP phones were also installed at all international locations to reduce costs.

Planned, designed and implemented IBM’s WebSphere portal application including integration of all corporate applications using RAD, Java, C++, MS SQL Server and DB/2 data base management.

JP MORGAN CHASE & CO., Miami, Florida (05/2000-01/2002)

Vice President, Technology

Planned, designed, implemented, supported and controlled a $3 million budget for the hardware infrastructure and software application support for a worldwide Ecommerce private banking asset management application. Directed up to 20 resources located in major data centers in Miami, New York, London, Hong Kong and Geneva. Responsible for all application configuration management processes at the international development sites. Featured accomplishments included:

Directed the infrastructure implementation supporting the worldwide asset management application including network and telecommunications planning and design, equipment procurement, installation, testing and support.

Managed the process of delivering Java based Ecommerce application releases to worldwide locations throughout the development stages.

Employed the detailed systems development life cycle approach in all application implementations,

Managed a configuration management function including documentation control, software releases, build processes for application software, specifications and design documents in the US, Europe and Asia.

Directed day-to-day operations of the production support process for domestic and international ECommerce website operations with responsibility for 24 X 7 coverage and maintenance of strict SLA guidelines.

Implemented a real-time process notification system using a scheduling master application (Tivoli) with agents located at critical data centers.

Directed the team responsible for monitoring security access and user authorization to Internet-based enterprise applications and datamarts populated with legacy system data.

OTHER EMPLOYERS

Cerner Corporation, Technical Project Manager

PKS Systems, Senior Engagement Manager

Ryder System, Inc., Project Manager

System One/EDS, PMO Manager

Accenture, Senior Consulting Manager

KPMG, Senior Consulting Manager

EDUCATION

MS, Computer Science, University of Miami

BS, Industrial Engineering / Mathematics, University of Miami

AAS, Industrial Technology, Erie Community College

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Biscayne College – Introduction to Information Systems

Brown Mackie College – Data Base Applications Development, Introduction to Microcomputers, Professional Presentation Techniques

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Data Base Management Systems, Management Information Systems, Operations Research

Florida Institute of Technology – Business Process Modeling, Data Base Design, Programming Languages, Systems Development Methodology

Florida International University – Business Systems Design, Systems Analysis & Design, Statistics

ITT Technical Institute – Project Management Systems

Jones College – MS Word, MS Excel (beginning, intermediate, advances), MS Powerpoint

St. Thomas University – Differential Calculus, Information Technology Processes

University of Maryland – Introduction to Information Systems, Principles of Project Management

University of Miami – Accounting Systems Implementation, Business Systems Design

University of Phoenix – Project Management, Systems Analysis and Design, Quality Assurance and Testing Methodologies

TRAINING

Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and Project proficiency, Introduction to the Capability Maturity Model (Carnegie Mellon University), Client / Server Design Strategy: Application and Data Placement (IBM), PMP Certification, Client / Server Technology Workshop (IBM), DQL / SQL Workshops (Dataease International), Estimating Job Size (System One), Financial Accounting For Non-Financial Leaders (EDS), Lotus Notes: End User Basics (Executrain), Management Leadership Training (EDS), Managing a Data Processing Installation (IBM), Method I SDLC Methodology (Andersen Consulting), Microsoft Windows Technical Workshop (Microsoft), Operating System Implementation (IBM), OS/2 Installation Workshop (IBM), Presentation Skills (Ryder System), Programmer Productivity (IBM), Project Management Concepts (KPMG Peat Marwick), Project Workbench (University of Miami), Small Business Accounting Systems (KPMG Peat Marwick), Standard Time Estimation (New York Hospital Association), Structured Programming (IBM), Successful Project P&L Management (EDS), System 2000 Data Base Design and Management (MRI Corporation), Technical Writing (Ryder System), VIASOFT Year 2000 Assessment and Planning (VIASOFT Corporation).

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