Project Management Manager

Rick Darby, PMP, LBBP

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Summary:

Over 20 years of management experience in Information Technology

PMP Certified Project Management Professional.

LBBP Six Sigma Lean Black Belt Professional

Extensive experience in the following:

Managing portfolio of SDLC Development, Data Center, IT Infrastructure, PCI, Fraud Prevention, Security and Disaster Recovery projects in Finance, Health, Services, Retail and High Tech sectors.

Creating project plans, charts and WBS using MS Project, PlanView, Clarity and Office.

Managing budgets up to $15 M.

Managing global project teams up to 30 directly, 100 indirectly as well as dozens of vendors.

Managing large technical projects on time and within budget.

Business analysis skills such as JAD, information diagramming and process documentation

Creating and responding to RFPs and SONs.

Education & Certifications:

BA Psychology / Computer Science / Business. University of Rochester, Rochester. NY

PMP Project Management Professional: Certified PMP by Project Management Institute.

Six Sigma Lean Black Belt Professional: Certified LBBP by Management and Strategy Institute

Performance DNA: Analysis and Design: Certified in Performance DNA methodology.

Flawless Consulting: produced by Designed Learning and created by Peter Block.

Public Facilitation: Managing Conflict in Agenda-Based Meetings.

Consultative Selling: by The Sandler Sales Institute

Approved by PCI Council for PCIP certification

Studying for CISSP

Professional Associations

ISSA: Information Systems Security Association

AMA: American Management Association

PMI: Project Management Institute – certified PMP, Project Management Professional

ACP: Association of Contingency Planners: (Disaster Planning Professional Society)

BCI: Business Continuity Institute

ACM: Association of Computing Machinery

IEEE: International Electrical and Electronic Engineers

ATD: Association for Talent Development (formerly ASTD)

ISPI: International Society of Performance Improvement

Technical Skills:

PCI & Security Assessment, Mobile Platform Delivery, IT & Cloud Architecture, Business Leader, Full SDLC Experience, System Migrations, Fraud Prevention & Detection, Financial & HCM systems, SAAS delivery

Professional Experience:

SEDATA, Atlanta GA Feb 11 – Present

Program Manager: Clients include Globecomm Systems, JC Penney’s, Home Depot, Rollins and T-System

Managed development and deployment of hospital emergency department training system for emergency department operations

Managed development of ICD-9 to ICD-10 conversion support tools

Apex. Managed Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance program for Manheim division of Cox Enterprises' Cox Automotive. Dramatically reduced PCI scope and risk by implementing an entirely new PCI compliant IT infrastructure to handle 72 payment channels. Implemented cloud services, virtual desktop infrastucture (VDI), point-to-point encryption (P2PE), Cisco I3 Secure Pause telephony process, iFrame web technology, Avaya Verint DPA and Semafone filtering. Managed the archival card holder data purges across 37 business units. Instituted new manual and automated data flows to reduce PCI scope. Centralized payment methods across 72 locations.

Managed a successful deployment program of a new IT infrastructure touching all aspects of data center operations including network, storage, Vmware, IBM Blade Center, AV, IDS, VDI and Active Directory. This infrastructure upgrade was to support PCI compliance and included more than forty individual workstreams/projects.

Managed a PCI compliance program across multiple divisions affecting nearly 10,000 employees

Primus. Managed FISERV new client intake process, moving new financial clients to new payment card industry PCI compliant and FFEIC compliant platform. Moved 25 clients across twelve months. Managed the implementation of new cloud-based code sharing system. Managed the implementation of new security audit and fraud prevention technology. Managed multiple disaster recovery and business continuity simulations.

Set up new nearly two dozen customers on state-of-the-art PCI compliant financial cloud platform

Managed PCI, Fraud Prevention and Security development projects

Managed multiple Disaster Recovery exercises and projects

Technology focus on cloud managed, video-centric, mobile delivery systems.

Mobile platforms include iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone and Android tablets and phones.

Managed multiple development, system infrastructure and data migration projects

Product consultant to hybrid digital and satellite systems platform vendor

Rollins, Atlanta GA May 06 – Feb 11

Director of Technology

Managed enterprise application, enterprise application operations, migration data network and satellite infrastructure migration, managed network quality assurance, web development and e-learning projects.

Also managed a web-based development team for desktop and mobile applications. Performed disaster recovery assessment and created risk mitigation plan.

Had budget and infrastructure management responsibilities.

Transitioned operations from 80% manual to 80% technology-based operation on time and within budget resulting in 300% increase in availability and a nine month ROI.

Migrated the enterprise system resulting in increased system stability and functionality while lowering total cost of ownership by 66%.

Negotiated and implemented new enterprise virtual platform agreement which increased functionality and ease of use while reducing costs by more than 50%.

Recognized as a key contributor to the success of the organization consistently named one of the world’s “Top 125 “organizations by a national journal for NINE consecutive years.

Managed a $15 million budget for optimal operational results

Rollins, Atlanta GA Dec 05 – May 06

Project Manager

Managed Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and PCI compliance projects including merger acquisition issues and federal regulation compliance issues.

Managed financial accounting projects including accounts payable, identity management, payroll, risk management and database access.

Managed nation-wide hybrid Cisco data network / Hughes satellite network infrastructure implementation project.

SEDATA, Atlanta GA 2002 – 2005

Consulting Manager

Managed the design, development, and implementation of client’s projects.

Project phases include strategy, requirements gathering, design, build, implementation, quality assurance, resource scheduling, budgeting, cost-justification, and return on investment.

Clients include Cisco Systems, General Electric, Cognitive Arts, JP Morgan, Chase, Creative Digital Group, and Cendian.

Application areas include eCommerce, eLearning, Knowledge and Document Management, Intranet Services, and Human Resources.

Industries include high tech, health care, financial services, automotive, and logistics.

IXL and Scient, Atlanta GA Mar 99 – Jan 02

VP of Technology

Served as Project manager and Development Manager for multiple design-build projects in a client consulting environment. Project phases included design, build, implementation, resource scheduling, budgeting, cost-justification, and return on investment.

Selected technologies and designed architecture for a core Human Capital Management offering in the business to employee practice (B2E).

Managed $1.8 million dollar (12 member team for 14 months) state-of-the-art knowledge and document management system.

Managed Cisco System's eLearning Ecosystem Alliance Project. This multi-vendor team consisted of more than 50 members across seven corporations. It integrated technologies from all seven companies to provide word-wide virtual training capabilities, sales demonstrations, and feasibility prototypes.

Member of the turnaround team to resuscitate high-risk projects and provide risk mitigation strategies for large projects.

Participated in the redesign of the iXL client engagement methodology.

Clients included Perdue Pharmaceuticals, Mutual of Omaha (Medicare), Cisco Systems, Cemex, and Avnet.

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