Charles Rivet
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PROFILE SUMMARY
Season IT Professional with In-depth knowledge of planning, executing, and completing projects within budget and on schedule. Managed many IT application development and hardware projects utilizing SAFe 5, Agile, Waterfall, and Phase Gate methodologies. Experience and understanding of best practices for optimizing IT infrastructure, tracing, and troubleshooting, addressing recovery and back up, aligning with standards, policy, and IT information security controls. Experience with Containerization and deploying and configuring microservices, DevOps and Continuous Integration/ Continuous Design (CI/CD). Good knowledge and experience with securing cloud networking, disaster recovery and integration with Azure, AWS, GCP or OCI cloud SaaS/IaaS/PaaS services. Current with ADO, Planner, Teams, Confluence, and Jira, MS-Project, Clarity, Rally and Smart sheets.
WORK EXPERIENCE
ADT Solar
Senior IT Project Manager
June 2022 to September 2023
Managed Aurora Solar and Salesforce Integration mapping secured Mule API’S connectors to Oracle and NetSuite’s customer records and data. This project allow sales teams to have a better customer experience and close deals faster within budget and timelines
Managed new feature development for lead sharing using Mule API’s for Salesforce U/I endpoints. Plan and refine backlog with product owners and development team. Facilitate creation of user stories in Jira while managing and running daily scrum meetings, sprint reviews and planning. Retrospectives after every two week sprints with demos for stakeholder’s approval.
Managed a New Referral User Interface (U/I) for mobile IOS and Android devices with web application portal access. This easy-to-use and effective referral tool for 1200 Sales Agents utilizing Salesforce Integration sync allows for efficiency and deal closing rather than cold calling
Met with CCB weekly to approve all change management releases for ongoing two week implementations for referral application while supporting 15 stakeholder expectations and keep a three month timeline from PI planning and budget on track under 1 Mil
DXC HPE
IT Program Manager
November 2021 to April 2022
Managed SAP HANA S4 Accounting Anaplan Financial Upgrade for HPE. Utilizing HaDoop, Hive, Sqoop, Spark, Scala were some of the programing models
Nine work streams were developed and stood up on this HANA S4P Platform as a Service and approve all change management releases for this 2 Mil software rewrite for a six month release
The Agile mindset with SDLC processes aligned 30 stakeholders with the MVP and encouraged team to stay focus on a superior product
Ingalls Information Security
IT Project Manager/Scrum Master
January 2021 to October 2021
Managing a Department of Defense Cybersecurity Assurance Readiness (CSAR) project to speed up operations while ensuring cybersecurity requirements are being met. The (CSAR) process enables critical task of Implementing Risk Management Framework (RMF) activities during the development phase of SDLC. The RMF with DevSecOps processes provides security Improvements over the traditional software lifecycle and promotes a rapid path to continuous authorization by one month
Created Development Plan, Roadmap and Detailed Software Architectural Diagrams for Infrastructure and Security
Manage two Software Development teams to write UI/UX for the CSAR application while supporting 25 stakeholders
IT Project Manager II
Chevron Belle Chasse, LA
June 2019 to May 2020
Managed a Successful Logistic Implementation utilizing Cloud Virtualize API’s, SAP source to target mappings for a JSON gateway script to communicate secured request and response calls on all infrastructure edges cases
Oracle EBS r12 was the platform SAP accessed SO/PO/STO modules or workflows for the 3PL project
Loftware Labeling On-Prem to Cloud Platform as a Service implementation utilizing Salesforce for data loads
Workflow creation with global printing integrated with SAP,PeopleSoft, and NetSuite ERP business processes
Sale Order, Purchase Order and Stock Transfer Orders are the modules that were developed by the Architect team to ensure alignment for end to end designs between Chevron and Ryder while change management approved releases
Manage SAP and Solution Architects, ABAP Developers and collaborated with Product Owner and BRM to ensure complete features and user stories
Manage and Facilitated Agile and Scrum meetings, with included Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums or Standups, Sprint and Retrospective reviews with 20 stakeholders
Wrote User Stories based on requirements gathered from stakeholders and developers
Delivered project needs on time and budget of $500k within agreed acceptance criteria in a hybrid methodology environment as Chevron transitions to an Agile Methodology
Developed knowledge transfer plans, cut over plans, raci charts, Issue logs and process flows for operational readiness
Manage PDF stores on SAP then pushed to remote locations for printing utilizing SQL queries to capture, manage and retrieve data to be analyzed with Power BI
IT Manager Consultant
Conduent Baton Rouge, LA
August 2018 to June 2019
Manage day to day support for LADPC Imaging center
Manage all new project software and Infrastructure implementations
Manage testing of interfaces configure with Dell Boomi API’s for the Integrated Eligibility project to be implemented at the State of Louisiana (Hybrid Cloud Solution)
Manage setup and configuration for secured VPN connectivity from Conduent to the State of Louisiana
Manage teams between the State and Vendors to create data encryption and decryption keys to protect sensitive data across public and private connections
Managed Liebert alarm system for power outages. ADT for security and Solar winds for new network outages.
IT PMO Project Manager Consultant
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
March 2018 –July 2018
Create and manage cross functional schedules
Identify, track, manage, and resolve project issues
Create and analyze project KPI’s in line with PMO strategy in order to drive continuous Improvement
Oracle E-Business Suite was the platform we interfaced T2 cloud parking module with custom workflows. Inventory, production and procurement management were the features we utilized from Oracle EBS. Dell Boomi were the software we use to setup a local machine to interface with the cloud
Managed projects in compliance with established business practices ITIL
Managed cloud implementation from legacy mainframe applications to MS-Azure
Facilitate discussions to stand up VM’s, MS-Azure, AD and Data Lake with SQL
Managed legacy T2 mainframe parking system upgrade to Oracle EBS T2 cloud
Facilitate process mapping meetings utilizing standard SDLC processes
Facilitate and attend daily scrum meetings for software and infrastructure projects
IT Project / Operations Manager Consultant
Deepwater Horizon Economic Claims Center New Orleans, LA
November 2013 – January 2018
Managed support and scheduled operation projects with in MS Project that consists of help desk, assets and change management workflow modules in Salesforce. We used data loader to upload CSV files and used Tableau for ETL Data
Managed Salesforce SaaS and PaaS implementation for Infrastructure build out
Managed and Migrated SharePoint to Box. (All Cloud Base) Cost saving of $5k per month
Managed Cloud Base Infrastructure installation for the LMS Sum Total Training Application
Evaluated vendors to see if they were complying with Deepwater Horizon’s policies, procedures and track status of changes according to our CM lifecycle and service delivery SLA’s
Ran weekly Tableau reports to analyze cost KPI’s for upper management
Managed all change request to meet CM processes and SLA policies for Box implementation
Managed SMS Texting System migration
Admin support for Office 365 adding users and licensing, SharePoint sharing folders adding users and granting permissions, exchange setup for distribution group’s calendars and resources for conference rooms. Jira and Pega CMS are new applications being supported
Assisted DBA’s to run correct schedule SQL queries and Tableau reports for internal audit finance and business processing
Created user documentation for synchronizing and sharing files, SharePoint uploads and Salesforce training
Interview and assist in hiring personal for the Salesforce help desk team
Managed and facilitated asset uploads to Salesforce
Managed service agreements for Liebert and ADT alarm systems. Power, temperature and security were the modules utilized for the data center and access control badges.
Created work flows, services catalogs and configuration version control processes with architect and development teams to be stored in the Salesforce CMDB and Sandbox
Scheduled and chaired meetings to resolve claim issues between transition support and software vendors
Assisted the backlog owner in creating use cases for sprint planning meeting, prioritize sprints with the team and schedule two week sprints. Chaired the review and retrospective meetings to validate Agile and Scrum processes were followed by management, development team and all KPI’s were achieved
Senior Project Manager
Friendly Fred’s Pearl River, LA
June 2005 – November 2013
Managed daily operations and supervised 4 employees
Managed inventory between vendors, manufactures and documented cost variances for all supplies to be profitable
Manage all POS software Scrum Backlogs, Sprints with Chase payment tech. Installed new cabling backbone for computers and gas pumps to communicate from CONOCO to access the credit card PIN pad
Setup and configured V-Sat communications to Chase Payment Tech for credit card database access. Scheduled alarm system installation and setup VLAN to secure services
Tested SQL client server applications for Chase Payment Tech desktop platform and reported on deployment strategies
Managed and schedule VPN to V-Sat access for security to all Louisiana Lottery transactions
Senior Project Manager
American Airlines Fort Worth, TX
March 2001 – June 2006
Managed Corporate Infrastructure upgrade at DFW Airport and AMR Headquarters for over 14,000 users, 42,000 data drops and 300 Cisco switches from data centers to main equipment rooms. Switches range from 7500’s to 2948’s Layer2/3. Installed six 7200 series routers at these locations for the new data center core IP network. This IT deployment was one of Americans largest project in history, building a new IT Infrastructure to support all business-driven Web applications total budget of 300 Mil. All projects were managed with MS Project utilizing PMI, ITIL and Agile Scrum standards to meet KPI best practices, guidelines and processes
Installed new Cat 5E cabling to replace legacy token ring type 1 at HDQ and DFW Airport
Decommission and schedule 1500, X.25 ALC gateway circuits that were predominantly via 300 to 9.6 low speed access
Managed the Agile Scrum process for the new software rewrite and hardware upgrade to replace 250 legacy gateways
Managed new implementation of remote access for AA Reservation agents to work from home
Managed Reservation office upgrades with Cisco switches then assigned new IP’s to existing devices
Managed the build-out of two data centers to host all new server farms supported by EDS
Managed multiple teams with 50 contractors to upgrade Routers, Switches, and PC’s
Created Change Management Documents to turn up and transition new hardware and software applications daily
Created Pad’s, RFP’s, Power Point, MS Project plans, and Forecast, for Executives and DFW Airport management
Update all Projects under our Program tracking system to validate SLA’s for the transition and service delivery support
Manage service delivery and training for all data center implementations
Senior Project Manager
First American Dallas, TX
June 1999 – March 2001
Upgraded LAN/WAN connectivity utilizing Cisco Routers, Nortel Switches, and NT running on Compaq Servers
Scheduled desktop rollout for 7 ASC service centers totaling 300 Compaq computers
Outlook Web Access installation at Corporate Headquarters (Internet Email)
Call Center installation (Lucent Call Master Phones, Symon Boards, Seibel CTS system)
Managed the SUN upgrades for (Tape Drives, Processors, and Software)
Managed Sun E10 Hardware Installation and migrated all Oracle Applications
Managed Compaq server farm Installation and installed Server 2000, IIS and SQL
EDUCATION.
Electronics, DeVry University, 1992 Associates of Applied Science
Industrial Technology USL, 1984
Petroleum Technology, Nicholls State University, 1982
CERTIFICATIONS
AZ 900 Azure Fundamentals
Project Management for IT Professionals
Crosswinds PMI 35 hours
AA SDLC
CISCO CCNA
CNE Novell Engineer
ITIL Foundation v.3
Certified Scrum Master CSM
Scrum Product Owner SPOC
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
SAFe 5 Certified DevOps Practitioner
CompTIA Security + 501-601
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Business System Development
Agile, Scrum, SDLC, SAFe 5 and Waterfall Methodologies
Enterprise Office 365
SharePoint Excel Access Word Outlook MS-Project Visio Salesforce Workday Exchange Server 2012 Citrix VMware Solaris SQL Oracle EBS Jira Box Pega ADO Teams and Tableau
Firewalls:
Cisco Meraki ASA5505 Pix 515
Dell Sonicwall Barracuda