Richard McGinity

919-***-**** acxc87@r.postjobfree.com

Skilled IT Professional with a passion for making sure end-users have an excellent experience with technology, and transforming error-prone business processes into controlled automated systems. Career long focus on IT building blocks starting with roadmap planning based on standards, research and analysis to make sure that proposed system users actually get what they need from a technical environment that meets ever increasing compliance requirements. Balanced approach to selecting and implementing highly usable solutions, and technology selection to meet requirements at the optimal economics. A proven track record of balancing technology and business needs for continuity, training when change is warranted, reducing costs and error levels. Proven ability to overcome complex business and IT challenges with Project Management best practices performance. From vision to design and development to completion, completing each project within budget and to support growing needs. I am a focused on improved efficiency, and delivering cost and human performance value with unyielding drive to improve the individual/technology experience.

Proven track record of creating infrastructure systems and processes that are reliable, and designed for stable change and growth. Maintain and monitor mission-critical network components platforms while meeting infrastructure deployments and enhancements on time with minimal production impacts. Large scale experience with disaster recovery during and subsequent to Hurricane Katrina.

Hands-on operating success driven by leadership skill, partnering approach, and deep technical knowledge to secure mission-critical network platforms while meeting infrastructure deployments and enhancements on time with no unplanned impacts on production.

I have a strong track record of a solid process management discipline across the IT project lifecycle establishing Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Career History

Northrop Grumman Raleigh, NC July 2013-Present

Infrastructure Project Manager (July 2013-Present)

Provide information technology project and program management support.

Lead, manage, and coordinate services required to deliver projects.

Creates accurate Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimates that can use to baseline project financial projections

Lead a team of experienced Service Providers and vendors to acquire, build, and install each environment

Resolve all issues and action items

Ensure that projects are completed on-time

Delivery of project results that are within the defined budget

Daily support of projects and programs, weekly status report

Create detailed project plans, schedules, risk logs, issue logs, communication plans, change control processes, schedule and lead meetings, escalate issues, and others

Team building with Service Providers, Vendors, and Postal

Manage team on a day-to-day basis

Manage multiple projects on a daily basis

Louis Folse Enterprises May 2012 – June 2013

Senior IT Enterprise Infrastructure Consultant (May 2012 – June 2013)

Provide technical expertise/guidance and technical project leadership for multi-tiered application solutions.

Experience in drafting, developing, and finalizing formal technical architecture designs for new and/or existing application efforts encompassing performance, RTO and RPO business goals.

Define and set architecture standards across an organization, and addressing approaches for existing and emerging technologies

Experience initiating, coordinating, and architecting the design, maintenance, enhancement, communication and governance of enterprise applications.

ACS, a Xerox Company New Orleans, LA (Relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina) June 2011-April 2012

System Development Specialist (June 2011-April 2012)

Design and implement system requirements for existing systems. Install and maintain mainframe and Intel operating systems and related software to ensure stable performance.

Determined, test, install, and modify computer software for operating systems, compilers, utilities and telecommunications systems.

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CAREER HISTORY (CONTINUED)

Install programs for large-scale or high volume transactions requiring IBM/MVS mainframe processing. Develop and install programs to support general business applications.

Plan databases, including base definition, structure, documentation, long-range requirements, operational guidelines and protection.

Tulane University New Orleans, LA May 1990–January 2011

DIRECTOR, Operating Systems and Database Services (July 1999–January 2011)

Project managed diverse IT initiatives simultaneously under varied degrees of complexity while planning, overseeing an operating budget of $2M per year.

Recruited, supervised, and directed activities for direct reports consisting of DBAs, System Administrators, Data Center Personnel onsite, offsite and offshore, and technically supported/consulted 40+ developers onsite, offsite and offshore.

Responsible for managing, training and providing leadership to the technical staff, continuously striving to enhance services provided to external and internal users. I manage the day-to-day activities of the staff in providing efficient, secure, and properly maintained systems which meet end user needs, ensuring adherence to departmental policies, procedures, and developmental methodologies.

Perform evaluations of technical solutions, including commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) vendor alternatives.

Perform backup and recovery using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX and Intel systems.

Specialized in contract negotiation and spearheaded development methods to automate monitoring and notifications.

Define, implement, and enforce IT governance policies to conform to auditing requirements and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX).

Managed the main Data Center involving migrations and aligned system management per project.

Assistant Director, Administrative Computing (June 1996–July 1999)

Assisted Director in formulating projects to upgrade the university ERP systems compliant to Y2K.

Provide project management and technical support for all Administrative Computing hardware/software for upgrades, evaluations, tuning of system software, and oversight of the Technical Services group.

Directly supervised System Programmers, Database Administrators, and System Technicians (onsite, offsite and offshore).

Supported OS/390 V25 mainframe, MS servers, and AIX systems.

Lead Systems Programmer (May 1990–June 1996)

Accountable for technical services of System Programmers, Database Administrators, and System Technicians.

Conducted research of hardware/software installation requirements, evaluation, and tuning of the system software.

Maintained network connectivity, system software, and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products.

Worked cross-functionally with application programmers, operations staff, and end-users to handle and resolve all system issues.

Supported OS/390 V1R1, Oracle 10.7, 7, Top Secret, MS NT workstations, MS 95 workstations, and AIX UNIX systems.

Education

Tulane University New Orleans, LA

B.S., Computer Information Systems

B.A., Social Sciences

Training & Certifications

ITIL Foundations, PEOPLECERT, License GR750099249RM

Project Management Certificate, currently pursuing

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HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS

SunGard’s Banner Student ERP System (2008-2011)

Provide project management and technical support for the install and upgrades of SunGard Banner Student applications: WebTailor, Web General, faculty/advisors self-service, student self-service, financial aid and financial aid self-service, general, integration components, students, A/R, translation manager, and LCBVERS.

Installation, configuration and support of UC4/Appworx software.

Directly supervised Database Administrators (Oracle and Microsoft), System Administrators, and technically supported 35+ development staff onsite, offsite and offshore.

Define, implement, and enforce IT governance with HP PPM Change Management System to conform to auditing.

Implemented IBM Cognos business intelligence (BI) software along with Oracle

Oracle Financials E-Business (1997-2011)

Architected, installed, upgraded, and provided project management and technical support to ensure effective performance and growing needs of E-Business applications involving G/L, A/P and A/R, grants accounting (built over project accounting), purchasing, cash management, workflow, and alerts.

Directly supervised Database Administrators (Oracle and Microsoft), System Administrators, and technically supported 35+ development staff onsite, offsite and offshore.

Define, implement, and enforce IT governance with HP PPM Change Management System to conform to auditing requirements.

Embarked on upgrade of Oracle E-Business to R12 and DBMS to 11g with change to chart of accounts.

Mainframe Support (1990-2012)

Perform the installation and maintenance of current z/OS systems on an IBM 9672 R35 mainframe including CICS/TS, JES2, VTAM, TSO/E, ISPF, SMP/E, TCP/IP, DFDSS, VSAM, IBM COBOL, JCL, Oracle Applications, BMC AutoOperator, CA-TLMS and CA Top Secret.

Analyze system dumps, work with vendors to correct system errors and monitor performance.

Perform the installation and maintenance of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products from various vendors (CA, BMC, Oracle).

Management of the storage configuration and the SAN (DS6800); Scheduled backups for the system.

Manage access and security for users.

Setup quality control procedures for all changes to the system to conform to auditing requirements.

Technically supported the operators, application programmers and the database administrators.

Payroll/HR System (1990-2011)

Installed, upgraded, and provided technical support for payroll/HR system on a Windows platform.

Supervised one Database Administrators, System Administrators, and technically supported Development staff.

Define, implement, and enforce IT governance with HP PPM Change Management System to conform to auditing requirements.

Business Continuity Site (2010)

Architected a Business Continuity Site at remote location, allowing for a “no interruption” feature in systems processing.

Planned and managed an additional budget of $1M and met project under budget by $200K

Replicated 16 AIX servers and running virtually on an IBM P770, 18 Intel servers under VMware on an IBM blade center with 36 terabytes of IBM DS5300 SAN storage array.

Installed IBM P770, SVC node, IBM DS5300, 2 CISCO 9134s, CISCO 9222i SAN router, and blade center.

Data Center Management (2005-2011)

Management responsibilities for the University’s Tier 3 Data Center which included the development and administering of an annual budget, planning the installation and removal of equipment within the Data Center and negotiated contracts for preventative maintenance services for all of the data center equipment.

Manage all aspects of mechanical and electrical capacity and supporting plumbing and fire infrastructure for the data center

Develop and implement infrastructure capacity management & reporting

Provide a backup location for other sites

Developed and implemented the plan for the move of the Data Center from the main campus to its current location.

Virtualization of Enterprise Systems (2010)

Migrated 70 Intel servers from standalone systems to VMware running on an IBM blade center consisting of 20 AIX servers to several IBM P7 servers, and running AIX PowerVM Enterprise Edition, allowing server mobility options from one physical server to another with no downtime.

Katrina Disaster Recovery (2005)

Recovered enterprise systems (Mainframe: Student Information System and payroll/HR system, AIX: Oracle Financials E-Business) at SunGard site due to impact of Hurricane Katrina (3-month project September to December).

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