Project Manager Management

An innovation-driven IT strategist and program/project manager with 15+ years of excellence in leading global, multimillion-dollar enterprise IT architecture initiatives to enable digital transformation and delivery of best-in-class products and services.

A collaborative leader and effective communicator who leads cross-functional teams to success and cultivates robust relationships with C-Suite leaders and key stakeholders to align IT project strategy and deliverables with corporate goals.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Organizational Leadership PMO Development Strategic Planning Key Systems Implementation Technical Management Project Management Budget Control Datacenter Operations Cloud Computing Project Planning Process Optimization Systems Development Data Migrations Project Life Cycle Development Emerging Technologies Customer Needs Assessment Enterprise Architecture Change Management Vendor Management IT Strategy Disaster Recovery Resource Management

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Led the migration and on-boarding of datacenter consisting of 550+ servers to new Kings Mountain, NC at Ensono – with the migration being a combination of V2V and Greenfield builds with production/non-production servers being split across the two locations.

Oversaw the relocation of an 80+ person office in Panama City, Panama, in less than six months by directing all construction efforts, including IT- related activities, purchasing/installing servers, and networking at Robert Half Technologies.

Generated over $1.5B in productivity savings over five years at Citigroup by leading multiple global Datacenter projects focused on reducing operational and technology costs via productivity enhancements.

Delivered over $350M savings in one year for Citigroup’s North American PMO Organization by supporting multiple Datacenter projects, consolidating servers/storage of 30K servers within North American Operations at RCG Information Technology.

Led multiple multi-million-dollar projects at Citigroup, including Virtualization of Wintel environment thru VMware clusters, Migration of San storage to Thin Provisioned Storage, Backup Technology changes, and migration of Telephony to VOIP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SPEARHEAD STAFFING, Bridgewater, NJ

Senior Project Manager − Consultant Jun 2021 to Jun 2023

Project managed efforts between IT Departments and Medical Teams for various buildouts of office and hospital space for St. Joseph’s Hospital. This included enlisting and managing Doctors, Nursing Staff, Hospital Administrators, and outside Construction Teams for these efforts.

Projects included implementation of IT Infrastructure, Network, Desktop, Telephony and Medical Equipment for 70,000 sq. ft. new office space housing Urgent Care, Primary Care, Specialty Care, Radiology, and Rehab for SJH.

Managed the buildout of Cerner’s Millennium software product to support the new Medical Facility in Totowa.

Managed the implementation of ACD call tree to support the Registration and scheduling at Totowa.

Other Projects ranged in size from small Doctors offices to large scale hospital floors.

Utilized project management tools, including a combination of MS Project, RAID logs, Weekly Status Reports, and SharePoint to manage shared documentation.

VIVA-IT, Rolling Meadows, Il.

Senior Project Manager − Consultant Jan 2021 to May 2021

Senior Project Manager remotely supporting migration and transformation efforts of customers (Fiserv) Vendor managed datacenter located in Chicago, Il. into a Fiserv managed datacenter located in Johns Creek, GA .

Efforts included the initial full scope and design planning of the migration of the datacenter before the start of migration efforts, including all network, initial server, storage, backup, database, and monitoring tools.

Scope includes some 275+ VM’s supporting the Web and App tier and 30 Physical servers supporting the Data tier. The servers are running several versions of Windows that will be bought current as part of the migration effort.

ENSONO, Short Hills, NJ

Senior Project Manager − Consultant Aug 2019 to Nov 2020

Spearheads the cloud migration and transformation efforts of customer (Dun & Bradstreet) datacenters into Ensono managed datacenters and AWS, ranging from a few hundred servers to the largest containing over 2K servers and mainframe.

Coordinated efforts that included the initial ground-up private cloud buildout of the Kings Mountain datacenter before the start of migration efforts, including all network, initial server, storage, backup, and monitoring tools.

Administered the migration and decommission efforts, including both new V2V and Greenfield builds, as well as OS and database upgrades within the migration of IBM Mainframe and approximately 3500 servers (physical and VM’s) from 5 US locations into a new datacenter.

Directed the migration, transformation, and on-boarding of small Datacenter consisting of ~200 VM’s via greenfield build to Kings Mountain, NC Datacenter, including a complete upgrade of Linux OS prior to migration of applications to a new environment.

Utilized project management tools, including a combination of MS Project, RAID logs, Weekly Status Reports, and SharePoint to manage shared documentation.

MITSUI O.S.K. LINES, Woodbridge, NJ

Manager − Project Management Office and General Affairs Sep 2014 to May 2019

Drove forward-thinking development and governance of a new Project Management Office (PMO) to oversee key projects, including the new formulation of standardized PM documentation and methods (Waterfall, Agile) that support all MOL Projects.

Examined, selected, and utilized several PM tools (Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, MS Project, and SharePoint) to supervise and monitor all project efforts within the MOL organization, resulting in improved timelines and high-quality delivery results.

Headed MOL’s General Affairs department for North America, Canada, Mexico, and Panama, including leased property management, contracts management, purchasing, corporate vehicle fleets management, and corporate insurance.

Served as the PM North American Lead of Global Enterprise Management Office (EPMO) and a key contributor to a global SDLC implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365. This included development of a BCP (Business Continuity Plan) for North America.

Oversaw new office buildouts and reconfigurations, including a new office in Canada, a new Shipment Management Center, a relocation of a sales office in the US, and reconfiguration and development of facilities in five US cities.

Coordinated the wind-down of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines offices and assets, supporting the containerized shipping business transition to an eventual merger and establishment of ONE (Ocean Network Express).

ROBERT HALF TECHNOLOGIES, Woodbridge, NJ

Senior Project Manager Sep 2013 to Sep 2014

Steered global-based project initiatives at MOL Americas to institute a dynamic project management presence while devising standardized PM documentation and methodologies supporting all MOL current and future projects.

Created and supported comprehensive documentation of department-based SOPs for use in diverse departments, such as accounts payable/receivable and human resources to consistently surpass operational goals.

CITIGROUP, Warren, NJ/New York, NY

Program Manager Mar 2007 to Jul 2013

Partnered with Citigroup’s Business Office to advance strategic global projects that supported the financial datacenter operations and monitored key programs, including server, storage, software, mainframe, datacenter, network data, and labor engineering.

Achieved targeted financial services goals with a program focused approach on further consolidating the datacenter footprint, encompassing virtualization, consolidation, decommissioning, and sunsetting through end-of-life remediation within projects.

Formulated Project Status and Metrics Reports, Project Dashboards, Issue/Risk/Action Item Reports, Process Flow Diagrams, and various analytics to monitor projects.

Produced weekly and monthly reporting to Global Operation Heads (GOH) and Senior Management on program progress, including forecast/actual spending and actual productivity savings against targets and risks.

Developed volume and dollar-based metrics reporting to track the progress of initiatives, such as the utilization of server/storage platforms against targets, planned versus actual consolidation, and virtualization targets.

Enhanced input and further developed standardization rules and governance to rationalize datacenter efforts with GOH Organizations while focusing on delivering the largest financial savings opportunities against business operational risk.

Delivered targeted budgetary and productivity savings over the last 5+ years by serving as a key member of the Global Datacenter Project team.

RCG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Warren, NJ

Senior Executive Information Technology Consultant/Project Manager Apr 2006 to Mar 2007

Led strategic projects, supporting datacenter operations within Citigroup's' North American PMO Organization, and managed multiple datacenter projects designed to consolidate servers/storage within high-volume North American operations.

Offered Project Management support on several proofs of concept projects, such as VMware clusters and printer server consolidations – which were later utilized as standards within global datacenters.

INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS, Montvale, NJ

Executive Information Technology Consultant Oct 2004 to Apr 2006

Performed a dual role of IT Consultant and VP of Information Services for 60-staff, not-for-profit association, and spearheaded governance development and execution for the entire organization while providing Information Technology expertise.

Established project governance and directed the core project team charged with selecting a new Association Management System (AMS) application and delivered WebEx virtual seminars and training sessions nationally while upgrading the IMA website.

Developed and strengthened IT standards, such as Servers, Desktops, Network Switches, and wiring backbone while monitoring any critical hardware redundancy to prevent downtime.

VEGA CONSULTING, Summit, NJ/Dallas, TX/Florence, KY

Executive Information Technology Consultant/Project Manager 2003 to 2004

Delivered excellence in IT Services and accelerated the development of industry-leading information systems for multi-platform environments to include client-server and mainframe processes.

Collaborated with multi-disciplinary clients for an initial needs assessment to identify appropriate solutions and created initiatives for help desk, network communications, scheduling, computer system operations, troubleshooting, and project management.

Planned and project managed a consolidated transition from the original plant facilities to a Centralized datacenter in Allen, TX while successfully supporting project management and relocation of IT-related items for two Celanese divisions.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Public Administration • Kean University • Union, NJ

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member • Project Management Institute (PMI)

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

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Project Management Professional (PMP) • ITILV3 Foundations Certified

Scott Weiss, PMP

PROGRAM/PROJECT MANAGER

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