Project Manager Information Technology

Robert Tabick

Consultant / Project Manager

Livingston, NJ

*******@*****.*** - 917-***-****

Senior Project Manager and goal oriented technology executive with a consistent history of leadership and effectiveness. Ability to be successful in delivery of business and technology partnerships. Acknowledged as a mentor with the ability to motivate and develop global teams to be highly productive and efficient. A cross- functional team player with proven negotiation, interpersonal and communication skills. Customer and results oriented, possessing strong analytical and problem solving skills. Consistently manages on-time and on-budget delivery of complex highly visible projects ranging in budgets from $1M to $50M. WORK EXPERIENCE

Consultant / Project Manager

Vertex Solutions - 2016-10 - 2016-11

TSG Integration - Phase 1

Fully onboard all TSG sites and colleagues to utilize MGTI standard tools and processes, eliminate known security risks and identify opportunities improve to TSG security posture. Phase 1 scope includes:

• Remediate all severity 4 & 5 security vulnerabilities

• Deploy standard office architecture solutions and leverage MGTI support processes for all TSG sites and colleagues

• Provision new colleague network IDs under standard MGTI AD domain

• Upgrade or replace all colleague PCs and desk phones to MGTI standard

• Seamlessly integrate TSG infrastructure support staff w/ MGTI staff

• Transfer responsibility of TSG server rooms and associated infrastructure to MGTI

• Windows 2003 Remediation Project

Client has approximately 1,184 Windows 2003 servers that will no longer be supported as of July 2015, due to Microsoft discontinuation of the Windows 2003 server product. MS CSA extended to July14, 2017. The project will remediate client servers to a supported operating system over a three-year period. Corporate Vice President - Senior Project Manager

New York Life Insurance Company - 2000 - 2016-07

Recognized by management and peers as a top performer. Directed and tactically managed infrastructure projects, budgets and schedules which focused on the following critical operational challenges:

• E-Mail Consolidation - managed the consolidation of disparate business unit email platforms onto an enterprise-wide Lotus Notes infrastructure.

• Migrate AARP Call Center from existing Nortel platform to Cisco UCCE technology. Migrate existing Nortel Contact Center to Cisco IPCC platform. Replace/Enhance business applications with IPCC capabilities where appropriate (IVRs, CTI, etc.) Integrate IPCC with existing business applications where required (e.g. Verint) Improve platform stability and resiliency through platform consolidation, while retaining business autonomy.

• NetApp Migrations - Migrate file shares from multiple physical and virtual Windows File Servers to NetApp arrays. Build out new NetApp infrastructure providing sufficient capacity for all migrated Windows Server File Shares. Helped develop migration strategy that transparently copied file shares to the NetApp arrays.

• Data Network Upgrade - Provided an upgrade to the existing Wide Area Network that supports 177 Agency Field Offices by providing the 22 largest offices with DUAL Ethernet access (varying bandwidth of 100/50 and 20) and the remaining 155 offices with single 20 Mbps Ethernet access. Implemented Anira backup for all locations.

• SharePoint Consolidation - Migrated off SharePoint 2007 to provide for infrastructure consolidation and to move off the Windows Server 2003 R2 32-bit platform. Reduction of IT Run Rate obtained by reducing the number servers supporting the SharePoint 2007 environment. There were multiple applications on the SharePoint 2007 platform that were migrated to the SharePoint 2010 environments at NYL. The decommissioning of Windows 2003 servers that supported the SharePoint 2007 environment completed in July 2015.

• IT Transformation - Offshore Call Center Implementation - as part of the IT Transformation team implemented data and voice infrastructure for locations in Chennai India and Saguaro Mexico. Worked closely with offshore teams from both locations.

• Gartner Benchmarking Initiative - created a baseline benchmark comparing New York Life's costs, staffing and service levels to peer organizations in the insurance industry. Met with all Subject Matter Experts from various technology domains to obtain and validate metrics for their areas. Presented and reviewed findings with senior leadership team from Technology and Finance. Vice President - Delivery Consultant

Computer Horizons Corp - Mountain Lakes, NJ - 1998 - 2000 Project Manager - Liz Claiborne Inc. Information Technology Y2K Project Managed and directed the Year 2000 Project for all information technology systems and infrastructure components including: HP/UNIX systems, LAN Administration, Telecommunications, Data communications, AS/400 Support, Desktop Support, Retail Systems Support, MAC systems, CAD systems and Facilities.

• Built and actively managed multiple project plans including: Primary Year 2000 Project Plan

Millennium Weekend Rollover Plan B This plan consisted of over 1300 individual tasks from 25 (twenty-five) business units within the organization, both domestic and international. Year 2000 Command Center Plan

• Established standards and policies for inventory assessment, remediation, and testing. Project Manager - PaineWebber Year 2000 Desktop Remediation Project

• Remediated non-compliant desktop hardware, operating systems and software for approximately 4,500 Intel desktops at New York, New Jersey and remote locations, including updating the desktops BIOS, applying appropriate operating system patches and upgrading MS Office products with compliant Service Releases. EDUCATION

Certification in ITIL Service Level Management and ITIL Service Change Management Staten Island College

Program Management Preparation

International Institute for Learning

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