Thomas A. Huffman

703-***-**** ad42ws@r.postjobfree.com 19375 Cypress Ridge Terr. # 116 Leesburg, Va. 20176

Introduction:

An experienced technical IT project leader, organizational process specialist, and creative solutions expert providing innovative, and cross-platform solutions for Agile Software Application Development and Infrastructure implementations for various cloud environment migrations/initiatives. My goal is to utilize my analytical and organizational skills in leading diverse Dev/Ops and QA teams in the processes to successfully implement highly visible projects, while managing competing demands.

Technical Project Management Skills and Knowledge:

Dynamic technical PM lead that drives improved outcomes for strategic program initiatives by applying the latest cloud platform technologies/functionality to reduce costs, and drive operation efficiencies for clients.

Drives/Monitors projects to completion that focuses on the setup of new cloud environments, migration of existing legacy applications, COTS products and data migrations, and cyber security principles to enable cloud transformations to occur with a Zero Trust mind set.

While leading Scrum projects, accurately defined and lead the interpretation and capture of user stories for the product backlog, lead Sprint planning process, reduced impediments/risks, and ensured highest levels of client and stakeholder satisfaction.

Utilizes various PM tools (JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Excel, Power Point, Share Point) to deliver accurate project status/communication to stakeholders and project teams during Scrum/Waterfall program initiatives.

Developed in depth expertise on Service Now platform modules of ITSM, ITOM, ITBM, GRC, ITAM, CMDB, and HRSD to strategically align product services based on end user and client organizations needs by utilizing the modules to manage corporate technical processes and functionality.

Experienced/knowledgeable technical project lead on cloud infrastructures (AWS/Azure ADO, Oracle) type migrations for COTS products and Legacy systems applications. Full understanding of preparing cloud environments for migration with Dev Ops teams through (Docker) containers, code review, storage, assessment to produce automation processes that support the transition to a cloud infrastructure utilizing Scrum/SAFE Agile practices for managing migration projects to ensure project success.

Ensure the adherence of Identity and Access management (IAM) guidelines/principals to capture/define Cyber Security requirements, identity credentials, and user permissions to improve access management monitoring and tracking for SEC Ops teams. This helped to protect corporate data, equipment, and vital systems assets and reduced network intrusions by constant monitoring of access and vulnerability testing.

Increased my knowledge on the Virtualization process to create virtual versions of physical computing components for hardware software, storage and network components and the use of virtual machines (Hypervisor and VM’s) that support hosted applications, and guest hosts creation to enhance Cyber Security monitoring for physical assets running in cloud environments.

Implements team lead skills to manage the process to support development operations activities and improve the automation process for building, testing, and tracking version controls for code changes. This has improved the coordination/alignment of work assignments within my development and QA teams.

Experience:

Technical Project Manager: IT Infrastructure Consultant: 03/2020 to Current:

Through various Certification/On-line courses and In-Depth Research for Technological Advancements:

Successfully managed the implementation/deployment/migration of numerous projects using agile processes (Scrum, Waterfall, and SDLC) to deliver the strategic roadmap from executive leadership teams.

As a skilled agile process practitioner, I managed projects using a combined approach of Scrum and Waterfall that has increased my team lead skills to better support any type of software development, and cloud infrastructure migration/implementations for clients and stakeholders.

Monitors and controls scope/cost management, identified WBS artifacts for detailed project plan management, captured risks/impediments to enable risk management contingency/mitigation planning.

Utilizes my technical expertise to manage Dev/Ops teams that work within Scrum, Scaled Agile (SAFE), Kanban, and Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) processes.

Manage projects in JIRA and Confluence for the Scrum/Agile process, set up projects in both products, created dashboards for product backlog tracking of User stories, Sprint planning, assigning Dev/Ops and QA tasks, and capturing the vital project performance data to produce Velocity metrics. Objective is to produce highly effective daily stand-up meetings to ensure project communication to product owners for successful delivery of project/product backlog initiatives.

Technical expertise on Cloud Platforms to project manage/support cloud vendor products ((SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS), and process for creating application (Docker) containers to improve Cyber Security against cloud environment intrusions.

Developed in depth knowledge on Cloud Platforms (AWS, Service Now, Azure, Oracle) to understand how multiple cloud platforms can be utilized to perform data governance, identify controls and procedures to manage the flow of data content from various legacy system data sources.

Developed in depth expertise on Service Now platform modules of ITSM, ITOM, ITBM, GRC, ITAM, CMDB, and HRSD to strategically align product services based on end user and client organizations needs by utilizing the modules to manage corporate technical processes and functionality.

Followed the guidelines for the Identity and Access management (IAM) process to capture/define security requirements, identity credentials, and user permissions to improve access management monitoring and tracking for SEC Ops teams.

Advanced my knowledge for the delivery of IT products and services utilizing the IT Service Management (ITSM) and ITIL for DevOps team’s activities to design, create, deliver, and support IT services.

Stars N Bars: Events Director/Coordinator: 02/2015 to 03/2020:

As a Director for Stars N Bars weekly gaming events manage the business processes to support adherence to rules and control standards to ensure gaming activities follow the guidelines set forth by the gaming commission.

Led efforts to drive new business opportunity to expand external client base. Identified staffing requirements and drive communication efforts by identifying areas for process improvements on strategic core business functions. Manage daily business operations to ensure all employees operate gaming activities in a professional manner. Provided analytics in order to capture financial tracking artifacts/metrics to manage day-to-day business operations, and to develop new revenue streams.

Harvard Risk Management Corp.: Risk Management Consultant: 10/ 2013 to 04/2014:

As a Virginia Licensed and Certified Risk Management consultant, my role focused on developing sales marketing strategies and creating a business portfolio that targeted prospective clients to offer pre-paid legal services (Legal Shield) and Identity theft (Kroll) product solutions to expand and identify gaps in corporate employee benefits.

Verizon Communications: Senior Project Manager: 01/ 2013 to 02/2013:

As a client engagement consultant with MODIS Consulting Inc., I managed Verizon’s Technology Upgrade Initiative (TUI) program strategy that migrated existing customer telecom product lines to the new Private IP (PIP) Network. This enable clients to utilize Cloud Base applications and network security products. Implemented the process for the validation, capturing and reporting of progress on Sales Force.com (SFDC) closed disqualified (DQ) opportunities for enterprise account sales executive teams.

Self Employed Entrepreneur: Project Manager: 04/2009 to 10/2012:

Utilized my project management experience to create special projects for residential clients. Created marketing strategy for time and material projects to create a book of business to generate income. Produced project scope, budget, material cost estimates, and technical design drawings to get work approved by home owners. Successfully completed projects on-time and within proposed budget parameters.

Computer Associates: Functional Consultant: 04/2008 to 02/2009:

As an employee performed a lead role for product orientations, configuration management, and implementation of CA Clarity Project and Portfolio Management IT Governance software solutions. Agile Process (Scrum, and SDLC).

Managed customer expectations for infrastructure integrations/upgrades and enterprise wide Rapid and Solution Implementation offerings for Clarity Enterprise Project and Portfolio Management Tool and ITIL software modules whose product suite functionality enables real-time visibility into IT financial costs, asset management, risk management, information security management, while ensuring IT services and investments are aligned with client’s corporate strategy.

Configured technical design specifications, built workflow processes, and Identity and Access management (IAM) processes to capture/define security requirements, identity credentials, and user permissions to customize web-based user interfaces (Single Sign on/Multifactor authentication).

Lead development teams in identifying application user interface tailoring that utilized Java and Java 2EE scripting for application development teams.

Integral team player for client engagement team that installed the Clarity PPM tool at Capital One.

Fannie Mae: Senior Project Manager: 11/ 2006 to 08/2007:

As a consultant with Digital Intelligence Systems (DISYS), project managed the government mandated Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Restatement strategy for infrastructure, enterprise systems and mortgage applications to ensure compliance with Risk Management controls, and federal regulatory strategy. Agile Processes (Waterfall and SDLC).

Utilized Excel Dashboards to provide weekly Restatement Program status to executive management team.

Created detailed project plans in MS Project to identify financial controls testing steps procedures and captured dependencies on timely delivery of testing evidence criteria to validate risk controls.

Successfully delivered infrastructure and application development projects on time and within budget. Team lead for the risks/vulnerabilities remediation strategy that supported corporate wide infrastructure, applications, and COTS products.

Project managed multiple mortgage application products (Single/ Multi Family) and infrastructure enhancements and OS conversions for the corporate enterprise systems.

Project Manager for the consolidation program initiative for server retirement, data center server relocation, and cost cutting measures to trim organizational budgets for managing infrastructure hardware across the entire corporate environments.

Management team lead for entire infrastructure vulnerability management testing that identified resource assignments to fix high priority Cyber Security severity risks for systems and applications. This involved creating project plans for installations of versioning patches to ensure versioning control standards remained in compliance to prevent network intrusions.

Captured Identity and Access management (IAM) process security requirements, identity credentials, and user permissions to improve access management monitoring and tracking for SEC Ops teams (Single Sign on/Multifactor authentication).

Lead development teams in identifying application user interface tailoring that utilized Java and Java 2EE scripting for application development teams.

America Online, Inc.: Project Manager: 03/2003 to 03/2006:

As an employee, project management lead for the entire product suite of AOL Web based applications using the software development life cycle (SDLC) and Agile Water fall processes.

Managed financial tracking of programs for MapQuest, AOL Web Publishing channels for Client/Host applications through MS Project and Primavera to support the capitalization program strategy.

Presented quarterly power point presentations that captured technical overviews, financial budget projections, resource allocation, project schedule milestones, and risk and issues.

Managed the release management activities for systems engineering teams, and Database Operations production pushes for successful product deployments and infrastructure related improvements.

Managed program deliverables utilizing Primavera and MS Project EPPMO tools to establish real time visibility into projects health to ensure on time delivery and successful implementation of strategic initiatives.

Used the Remedy tool to track bug defects and coordinate future change management projects and processes to enable application enhancements. Reviewed and critiqued technical requirements with organizational software engineering teams, and client stakeholders.

Utilized Excel, and Power Point tools to create executive level presentations, monitor and control scope/cost management, identified WBS artifacts for detailed project plan management, developed risk management plan to manage risk response, contingency planning, and provide superior communication to manage projects.

Followed the guidelines for the Identity and Access management (IAM) process to capture/define security requirements, identity credentials, and user permissions (Single Sign on/Multifactor authentication).

Self Employed Entrepreneur: Project Manager: 09/2001 to 02/2003:

While pursuing my Bachelor’s degree from Strayer University, used my project management skills to create special projects for residential clients. Devised marketing strategy and wrote proposals to build project portfolio book of business to generate income. Produced project scope, budget, material cost estimates, and technical design drawings to get work approved by various home owners. Successfully completed projects on-time and within proposed budget parameters.

Winstar Wireless Communications: Manager/ Project Manager: 08/1998 to 07/2001:

As an employee, I was the Manager/ Technical Project Manager for the development of an enterprise data warehouse environment running Oracle 8i.

Successfully managed a Data Warehouse environment operations team of 10 to 12 Analysts, DB Architects, Testers, Data Modelers, and Developers to build/create corporate dashboard reporting, and produce end user content for applications across the entire enterprise environment.

My team enabled periodic mission critical data refreshes for all on-line transaction processing systems, and provided real time visibility on network infrastructure clients, COTS software application products data content, and executive level reporting capability to measure company performance.

I provided direction and functional management for matrix team leads in the planning, design, development, and implementation of multiple source system interfaces for the corporate reporting database. Ensured that requirements documentation matched SOWs and SLAs and was in compliance with corporate wide organizations.

Certifications:

Completed PMP Certification program from Simplilearn on 08/2020: PMI Member 09/2020: PMI Certification target completion date 2024.

Agile Practitioner (ACP), MS Project/Server Certifications 2024.

Completed Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certification program on 04/2020.

Completed Altassian online courses for JIRA/Confluence on 11/2020.

CA Clarity 300 level: Project and Portfolio Management Product Certified

Harvard Risk Management Certified Risk Management Consultant.

Education:

Strayer University: Bachelor of Science Degree/Business Administration

President List: Graduated Summa Cum Laude: Graduated 12/2006.

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