Caleb Kuijpers 720-***-****
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Longmont, CO 80503 linkedin.com/in/ckuijpers
Senior IT Project Manager
Project Management professional with extensive experience managing complex, high level, business critical IT projects across a range of global industries. Persuasive negotiator and expert communicator with a talent for bridging the gap between business and IT, leveraging diplomacy and a focus on relationships to obtain buy-in and move projects forward. KEY SKILLS
Infrastructure Project Management
Requirement specification, Solutions Design
Process Control, Risk, Change Management
Diplomacy, Negotiation, Communication
Stakeholder Management, Expectation Management
Project Planning, Budget Control, Reporting
Team Coaching, Development, Motivation
License Management, Contract Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INVISION CONSULTANCY (Shell Corp. Contractor) – The Hague, Netherlands Project Manager UI Cost Performance Improvement (CPI) Program May 2014 – Dec. 2015 Managed multiple teams across 22 sites, three regions (EU, Middle East, Asia), and 35+ people ranging from technical project managers to site operations managers for international replacement of enterprise legacy telecom infrastructure.
Generated over $6.8M in savings and improved global collaboration by leading efforts to replace analog telecommunications infrastructure with fully integrated VoIP (Lync 2013) telephony solutions.
Boosted IT Leadership confidence and reversed inaccurate forecasting by developing detailed tracking and reporting tool that correctly captured all project functions and respective savings to support strategic planning.
Received high praise from executive leadership for completing full PBX removal at 8 sites in only six weeks, over 75% faster than internal client projections.
Project Lead Global Functions CPI Program Jan. 2014 – May 2014 Led Source Data System Rationalization project, working with 8 Application Portfolio Managers and 35+ other business operations IT staff including ITBM work stream team members from Central CPI Program.
Drove overall data quality from 50% to 98% in just 5 months by initiating and leading all data quality validation and alignment of 101 applications across 13 portfolios.
Provided clean, reliable, current data in client’s 3 trusted data sources including insight into EOL exposure, cost- saving opportunities and remediation priorities; achieved enhanced cost transparency across entire IT function. Planning and Remediation Lead Global Functions Cold Fusion Program Jan. 2013 – Dec. 2013 Managed identification, validation, remediation planning for $40M in Oracle license and other application exposures.
Revamped asset and configuration management practices by creating holistic portfolio overview & remediation plans for EOL/license exposures; this innovative approach was later utilized by all IT delivery verticals. Project Manager Global Functions EOL Project Oct. 2012 – Jan. 2013 Focal Point across 6 businesses, reporting directly to IT leadership and managing several migration teams and business application specialists (20+). Led pilot project migrating 20 acceptance/test Oracle databases to Exadata platform.
Identified tens of $MMs in potential Oracle license exposures; project success became integral part of Central Program’s design and approach for remediation of overall corporate exposures in the hundreds of $MMs. Migration Manager Global Functions Non-SAP Transformation Program May 2011 – Oct. 2012 Oversaw $5M budget, coordinated multiple virtual teams (50+ people), projects, businesses, and global suppliers.
Transformed IT infrastructure by leading successful end-to-end migration of 17 applications to new virtual data center including business critical applications requiring added solutions such as Disaster Recovery environments. Page 2 of 2
Caleb Kuijpers *****.********@*****.***
ATOS – Utrecht, Netherlands
Team Lead ING Internet Security, VIP Program Oct. 2010 – Feb. 2011
Resolved internet security gap representing millions of € including managing E2E process, identifying vulnerabilities, and designing and implementing 4 “hot fix” solutions, taking just 4 weeks per deployment.
Led teams of Business Analysts, Architects, Testers; collaborated with IT change management to negotiate fast- track approvals, dramatically reducing time to implement and averting profit loss, security risk, negative PR. Senior Project Support ING Casmere (3C) Program Mar. 2010 – Sept. 2010
Setup and managed IT Project Office, planning, resourcing, risk/issue administration, reporting, and budgeting for highly confidential, high-stakes security program for a €1.1T multinational financial services corporation. Project Manager BPM Delivery Capability and Competence Development Oct. 2009 – Feb. 2010 Project Coordinator Business Process Management (BPM) Masterclass Jul. 2009 – Sept. 2009 Senior Project Support Redevelopment SBF Models Program Dec. 2008 – Jun. 2009 Project Manager UVW Kill and Migrate Program Nov. 2007 – Nov. 2008
Led >€ 3M migration of 13 internet/intranet applications in 12 mos., navigating highly volatile political climate of Dutch Social Security Agency. Secured €1.2M in new savings (contract cancellations, license consolidations).
Migrated one of most high profile, business critical content management systems despite low commitment, high complexity, massive data, and narrow migration window by building trusted relationships to keep momentum. READERS DIGEST – Amsterdam, Netherlands Product Manager Jul. 2006 – Jun. 2007
Managed € 5M budget, 15 people, promotion planning, and Int’l Board presentations. Pioneered production, testing, and redevelopment of 2 promotions for Dutch market with 2x higher response rate and lower costs. CERTIFICATION & TRAINING
Project Management Professional (PMP) PMI (Fall 2016) PRINCE2 (Foundation & Practitioner) ISES International Professional Project Management Atos, Utrecht
HSSE Risk Management Shell, The Hague
Business Process Management (BPM) Masterclass Atos, Utrecht IBM Cognos 8 BI Author Computrain, Amsterdam A
EDUCATION
Master of Science, Economics Vrije Universiteit – Amsterdam, Netherlands. Bachelor of Science, Economics & Marketing Amsterdam School of Business (HES) – Amsterdam, Netherlands. TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS Office MS Project Clarity Visio SharePoint Lync 2013 Oracle Exadata VoIP Solutions VMware
Data Center Migration QlickView Cognos BI Video Conferencing Voice recording SAP R3 SAP CRM AWS Microsoft Azure Citrix Xenapp Anywhere 365 Landscape Decommissioning Disaster Recovery COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Startup Longmont – Longmont, CO 2015 – Present
Mentor/Coach – Invision Education 2014 – Present
Foster Parenting – Longmont, CO 2014 – Present