Management Project

SAMIR KUMAR

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586-***-**** acvj8k@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Experienced Information Technology strategist with specialization in IT Infrastructure Design, Implementation, Management and Strategic planning. Result driven professional with PMP and ITIL certifications. Experienced in managing large scales IT projects and developing short and long term growth strategy. Proven record in improving and streamlining Datacenter operations. Expert in handling End-to-End cycle of Multi-Million dollar IT Projects. Have an Entrepreneurial approach and great leadership skills.

Specialties: Strategic planning, P&L, Budgeting, Team building, Business valuation, Program management, Process improvement, Change management, Growth strategy, Leadership

Technical Specialties: Virtualization, Cloud computing, Datacenter Management, Server and Network Administration, Disaster recovery, High Availability, DevOps, Performance monitoring and enhancement, Security

Industry Experience: Automotive, Financial, Consulting, Education, Utility

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Strategy and Operations

Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, USA Ann Arbor, USA

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Communication Engineering

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology Itanagar, India

EXPERIENCE_

CONSUMERS ENERGY Jackson, MI

Delivery Manager/Infrastructure Project Manager, IT Infrastructure services June 2014 – Current

Consumers energy is a Utility firm supplying valuable energy to households and businesses in Michigan.

Define IT strategy and roadmap to implement private cloud infrastructure that will streamline and speedup infrastructure provisioning process; estimated saving is 20%

Managing multiple projects simultaneously. Prepare and manage IT budget, resources, timeline for projects and ensure on-time delivery with high quality

Gathering requirements from business sponsors and stakeholders

Managing an initiative to setup private cloud lab environment using VMWare vRealize product line

Lead quarterly meetings with leadership team, Senior executives and business stakeholders to ensure alignment between business strategy and IT strategy

Plan and implement several COTS applications (Snow, ServiceNow, Clarity etc.) in coordination with vendors

Architect and manage project to migrate several applications to VCE vBlock converged infrastructure

Work with finance and procurement division to procure hardware and software from vendor selected through RFP process

Develop migration plan and guide project team to implement “platform refresh” project for the corporation involving 1100 servers and 130 applications ($12 Million project)

Managing multiple IT Upgrade projects. Leading the team to accomplish technical and strategic milestones and complete multi-million (10 - 15Million) dollar upgrade project in time. Platform sizing and architecture design for enterprise wide Oracle upgrade, SQL upgrade and Microsoft modernization projects

Experienced with various project management methodologies like PMI, Waterfall, Agile

Project timeline planning and tracking using MS Project

Evaluate possibility of migrating semi-critical applications to EnterpriseDB PostgreSQL to potentially reduce cost

Developed framework to fit with the organization structure to manage future projects efficiently. Implemented ITIL practices to manage projects more efficiently and effectively. Client is able to cut down on timeline and thus saving 10 – 12% on resource costs.

Engaging vendors to assess and redesign user security roles and policies is SAP environment.

Evaluate and benchmark latest technology and provide recommendation to higher management.

Guiding team in process improvement to preparing accurate budget. Setting up clear demarcation between Capital and OEM cost categories.

Managing Microsoft modernization program to upgrade enterprise wide Microsoft products.

Analyzed Cloud based solution for internally hosted applications and guided the team to implement cloud based solution (SAAS). Effort resulted in cost reduction of 25%

Successfully executed and delivered projects to upgrade Microsoft products (SQL, Windows, IE etc.) to the latest and desired version.

Managing infrastructure projects using Agile methodology

Perform cost analysis and come up with TCO (Total cost of ownership), ROI (return on

Investment) and report P&L to justify long term viability of project

Participate in program management meetings to finalize IT projects for coming years

Strong hands-on exposure to infrastructure hardware from market leaders like HP, CISCO, DELL, EMC, VCE

Understanding of standards and compliance followed in Utility industry (NERC CIP) for Critical infrastructure protection

Organizing leadership trainings and workshops for the team

LOCHBRIDGE (FORMERLY COMPUWARE) Detroit, MI

Infrastructure Architect, Detroit Public School. Detroit. Feb 2014 – May 2014

Lochbridge is an IT consulting and staffing firm focused on IoT. Formerly a part of Compuware corporation.

Managed and provided strategic direction to the team of Architects and Engineers for Datacenter Operations

Managed benchmarking of multiple performance monitoring tools. Recommended “Manage Engine” being the most suitable tool based on Client needs. Implemented the product and completed its certification program. This generated a saving of 25% of work hours for the development team.

Planned and managed ERP upgrade program for Detroit Public School District. Lead the project team to accomplish completion of project successfully within the defined timeline. Achieved target of Zero unplanned downtime. Was awarded “IT Strategist award” by the DPS IT Management.

Managed Server upgrade and Migration, Datacenter consolidation, Virtualization, Cloud Computing resulting into reduced datacenter management cost by approx. 1 Million (20% saving).

Designed and implemented enterprise solution for Data backup and recovery using NetBackup. Implemented ITIL practices for Continuous Service Improvement.

Designed and implemented Datacenter infrastructure (Server, Network components) with VMware virtualization solution. Reduced hardware footprint by 75%

Engaged in Vendor management, Infrastructure procurement and financial planning and budgeting

Manage project timeline planning and tracking using MS Project

Used Changepoint to manage multiple projects and provide visibility to higher management about resource utilization, project budgeting and financial status

Lead negotiations and RFP/RFI evaluations with vendors on behalf of the clients for hardware and solution procurement

Managing budget and Ordering hardware for datacenter to support datacenter consolidation and migration effort

AAR CORPORATION Ann Arbor, MI

Consultant for AT Kearney at Ross School of Business Fall Semester 2014

Analyzed AAR (an aggregator in Aircraft MRO industry) supply chain and procurement process, identified required improvement and recommended efficient sourcing strategy with potential saving of $2M a year

COMPUWARE CORPORATION Detroit, MI

Infrastructure Architect, Oiles America, Chrysler, GM March 2002 – January 2014

Compuware corporation is an IT consulting company known to be a pillar for Downtown Detroit’s comeback effort.

Key Responsibilities: Infrastructure management, Vendor management, Negotiations, Budgeting, Project management, Team development, Crisis management, Conflict management, Growth strategy, Process improvement, Certification program at major clients like Oiles, Chrysler, GM.

Managed multiple projects as technical lead at different clients for Compuware.

Managed IT operations team to support critical applications and IT infrastructure. Prepared forecasting and status reports for executive meetings

Managed IT operations for Oiles America Corp. Worked with IT Head to formulate 5 year roadmap. Reviewed their current IT business processes recommended and implemented improvements.

Completed Server refresh program at Chrysler in record time to meet the deadline against all odds by overcoming many challenges like resource crunch, lack of support from vendors and team conflicts.

Managed DevOps team for multiple clients; focused on operational efficiency and excellence

Lead a team to perform DataCenter consolidation, implement virtualization and cloud computing resulting in reduction of datacenter management costs by 15%

Prepare ROI and TCO docs to help corporations make an informed decision on any project

Managed infrastructure for Compuware’s Detroit Development Center. Infrastructure had total of 25 physical servers including ESX hosts with multiple Virtual machines (approx 90) with different operating systems (RedHat Linux, Windows 2008, Windows 2012).

Planned and managed windows server migration project. Created pilot environment to test out the migration plan. Identified risks and developed risk mitigation plan.

Provided support to in-house development team doing projects for GM, City of Detroit and other clients.

Managed project timeline planning and tracking using MS Project

Performed resource management and planning using Changepoint for multiple projects

Installed and configured ESX hosts. Performed migration of ESX hosts from VMware vSphere 4 to vSphere5.

Configured vMotion and High Availability and DR solution

Designed and developed the network infrastructure. Coordinated the installation of network services. Coordinated installation and management of Firewall. Designed and implemented networking solutions and provided support for the servers.

Technical Skills: Server Administration and management, Networking, Cyber security, Data Center management, Virtualization, VMware, Cloud Computing, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, Iaas/Paas/Saas, MS Project, Visio, Excel, Clarity, PowerPoint

ADDITIONAL

Certifications : PMP (Project Management Professional), ITIL v3, MCP, SUN certification ‘Unix’

Trainings : VMware VCP training, Cisco CCNA

Work Permit Status : US Citizen

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