Michael Breaz

Sr. Information Technology Project Manager

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PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW

Mr. Breaz is a Sr. IT Project Manager Consultant who has the experience and expertise to deliver results for positive organizational change in Enterprise IT Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and application deployment initiatives. He is a proactive, value-added, creative thinker and problem solver who partners with technical and business people to plan and implement projects using Project Management best practices.

With a Master's degree in Project Management and a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and Mathematics, he possesses a strong educational background to support his career goals. Based on his skills and experience, this professional would be interested in job titles such as Senior IT Project Manager, Infrastructure Project Manager, or Security Technologies Project Manager. With his expertise in project management, team leadership, and technical skills, he would be a valuable asset to any organization looking to successfully execute complex projects and initiatives.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. IT Project Manager Consultant

Pactiv Evergreen Company, Lake Forest, IL 2023- Current

Hired by LaSalle Network to deliver the Corporate Application Restricted Model to harden Azure firewall rules for cloud-based applications. The project significantly reduced cloud application-based security risks by standardizing and modernizing firewall rules, restricting unauthorized users, and preventing access to malicious actors.

Led a team of Network Services SMEs and critical IT application owners to plan and implement restricted firewall rules for 160 applications on 670 servers across the enterprise. The project was completed early in under 9 months and within budget of $350,000.

Additional parallel workstreams included planning and executing the migration of (32) Citrix servers, (88) WIN 365 PCs, and (198) Azure Virtual Desktops to separate secure VNETs to reduce the end-user security exposure.

Sr. IT Project Manager Consultant

The Pokémon Company International, Belleview, WA March 2022- Nov. 2022

Hired by Conduent for the Pokémon International IT Client Services team to drive cybersecurity organizational change. I provided complete project management life cycle services to manage and deliver end-user projects including Azure app SSO migration and DUO MFA

As the Project Manager on a large multi-floor, multi-location office expansion and conference room audio-visual upgrade project, I implemented common-sense PM practices to document and manage the project, improving the efficiencies for the organization that reduced delays and rework.

Sr. IT Project Manager Consultant

Conduent for Apple Computer, Remote Oct. 2021- Feb. 2022

Co-managed a Bitglass DLP implementation for 12,000 users, with multiple PMs and a Program Manager. Managed and resolved network connectivity, VPN, and firewall configuration issues to prepare for SCCM pushes to (7) global sites.

Vulnerability Remediation- Part of a team of PMs, Vulnerability SMEs, and Infrastructure engineers assigned to reduce the backlog of zero-day and critical remediation issues in the Windows server environment through upgrades and patching and developed their Vulnerability Management BAU governance processes and SOPs.

Security Project Manager Consultant

AJ Gallagher, Libertyville, IL May 2021- Sept. 2021

Security Project Manager assigned to drive the Vulnerability remediation project using the Qualys Vulnerability Management tool and worked with Security and Infrastructure resources to apply patches and remediate.

Security Project Manager for a McAfee CASB MVISION implementation project with Cloud IaaS, Shadow IT, M365, Exchange Online, and Cloud Data Lake.

Sr. IT Project Manager FTE

HERE Technology, Chicago, IL May 2018- Dec. 2020

Sr. IT Project Manager in the IT PMO, I managed teams to drive requirements, design, planning, and execution of IT service implementations to provide new internal enterprise IT services for improved operational efficiencies and to reduce costs.

Built the Microsoft Azure and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure enabling global resources to work remotely without company-provided laptops due to COVID-19 lockdowns.

Oracle Exadata platform migrations to AWS or Postgres, reduced license costs by $2M/year

AWS & Azure cloud app migrations, preparing for data center shutdowns.

Migration to leased equipment with Dell and Apple, saving the company approx. $2M/year.

Beyond Trust Vulnerability Mgt. upgrade.

Business Continuity, ISO and SOC2 audits, Qualtrics implementation, Tango Mobile Management global implementation, Office 365 Email Phishing implementation, and security-related changes to Office 365.

IT Project Manager Consultant

United Airlines, Chicago, IL Oct. 2017- March 2018

Managed a team of consultants for the RSA Key Management Replacement Project to implement Thales Vormetric Management solution for application and database encryption and tokenization for the PCI system. Coordinated new environment infrastructure build-out with the infrastructure team.

Coordinated with the Quality Assurance team and application owners to test.

Managed the $4.4 M budget and provided timely status and financial management reporting. Approx. 50 project team people onshore and offshore.

IT Delivery Manager Consultant

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Chicago, IL, Jan. 2017- July 2017

Project Manager for a new Federal Employee Program Health Care Fraud Detection system with internal resources and an outside vendor. CyberArk EPV service account implementation, SailPoint and Workday Identity Management (AIM), Polite Mail upgrade, LifeRay portal upgrade, and BHI SAS upgrade.

Sr. IT Project Manager Consultant

Northern Trust Company, Chicago, IL July 2015- July 2016

Application Development PM on the InfoSec Team managing upgrade projects including new infrastructure and application upgrade and testing for CyberArk EPV, Symantec DLP, and the video surveillance systems.

Used the SDLC process to identify requirements, design, use cases, and test cases and managed projects from inception to closure.

Sr. IT Project Manager Consultant

NiSource, Merrillville, IN Aug. 2012- July 2015

As a PM, managed teams of technical resources to plan and implement 30+ IT projects with global technical teams including infrastructure build-outs, application implementations and upgrades, storage system installations, mainframe optimization, data separation, and disaster recovery platform build-outs.

Sr. Project Manager FTE

GlenMount Global Solutions, Portage, IN April 2011- July 2012

As the Project Manager, successfully managed engineers and electricians involved in designing, developing, and implementing heavy industrial electrical automation control projects to replace legacy steel mill plant drive and control systems. I managed in-house engineering, managed client relationships, and managed on-site engineers during the deployment of new equipment and startup.

Completed $3.2 M in projects for US Steel in Ecourse, MI for the continuous caster, coke ovens, and temper mill.

Sr. IT Project Manager FTE

Northern Trust Company, Chicago, IL., March 2005- April 2011

As a Sr. IT Project Manager for the Tech Services PMO, I managed project planning and coordinated infrastructure engineers and business application teams. Completed 60+ infrastructure projects working on 5-10 projects concurrently with various technical teams and platforms in a global enterprise IT environment.

MANAGEMENT ATTRIBUTES

Builds relationships through collaboration with leadership, business, and technical people.

Manages the complete project lifecycle from inception, planning, execution, and closure.

Leads distributed teams and vendors: technical, business; remote, and offshore resources.

Provides business analysis: requirements, process/system reviews, gap analysis, solution design, and testing.

Financial management: Develop capital and expense budgets, forecasts, and reporting.

Manages Communications: Executive and stakeholder presentations, OCM, and status reporting.

Ensures compliance: Adheres to ITIL/Change Management and Cyber Security policies.

Enforces quality standards and goals: PMI methodology, Quality Assurance, and due diligence.

Creative and inquisitive to ask the right questions to help the team succeed as a partner in the process.

Problem solver: coordinate resources to resolve issues and remove roadblocks.

TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Enterprise IT & Infrastructure: Azure cloud, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Active Directory, Firewall rules, data center implementations, physical and virtual servers, SQL and Oracle databases, Storage, Networks, and software deployments. performance testing, quality assurance, asset management, disaster recovery, and operational turnover.

Cybersecurity Technology: Corporate Application Restricted Trust Model firewall rules, Azure SSO, Active Directory, Duo MFA. Beyond Trust, Rapid 7 and Qualys Vulnerability Mgt. and remediation, Bitglass Data Loss Prevention, McAfee Cloud Access Security Broker, Symantec Data Loss Prevention, Agari email security, Vormetric PCI Encryption and Tokenization, CyberArk Enterprise Password Vaults, SPLUNK monitoring and reporting. Security, privacy, and compliance reviews, ISO27001 and SOC2 audits, Third Party Vendor security evaluations.

Productivity software: Office 365 suite, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Microsoft Project, Confluence, JIRA, Clarity, Slack, Zoom.

Project Management Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid, right fit best practices

EDUCATION

Master’s Degree, Project Management- Keller Graduate School of Business Mgt., Orland Park, IL

Bachelor of Science Degree, Engineering- Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

CERTIFICATIONS

PMP- Project Management Institute

TRAINING

Six Sigma White Belt training – HERE Technology

Agile Way of Working – HERE Technology

Azure Fundamentals – HERE Technology

Various PMI classes- Scope, Risks, Financials, Quality Management, MS Project

PMO methodologies and process

Portfolio Management

Cybersecurity- Vulnerability Management

Microtrain – courses in MS Active Directory, MS Server, Networks, SQL Server

AI- currently self-study of AI

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