Pete Calas

Malibu, California *****

310-***-**** • adh6ld@r.postjobfree.com

Program/Project Management

Multifaceted technical career with 26-year track record of successfully managing IT and Business projects

Technically sophisticated project management professional with an extensive history of bringing projects from initiation to implementation successfully using multiple project management methodologies including PMBOK, SDLC, Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall, Kanban, and ITIL. Wide-ranging experience managing infrastructure/application projects with budgets up to $60M and teams up to 25 people. Extensive experience and expertise managing projects in multiple sectors including information technology, automotive, insurance, hospitality, banking/finance, pharmaceutical, government, municipal, healthcare, telecommunications, and manufacturing.

Core Competencies:

Full Life Cycle Project Management

Systems Launch / Implementation

Vendor Management

Client Relationship Management

Business Process Analysis/Mgmt

Certified Exchange Migration Mgr

Quality Assurance and Testing

Leadership & Team Building

Business Intelligence

Change/Risk Management

Business Impact Analysis

Certified AD Migration Manager

SDLC

Hardware Refresh/Migration

User Training & Support

Integration

IT Governance

Certified O365 Migration Mgr

Professional Experience

Multiple Employers, Various Locations

Senior Project Manager/Consultant

A Project Manager applies knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to a broad range of activities to meet requirements of the five phases of a project. As a Project Manager/Consultant, all listed projects involved all or a part of these phases.

Conception and Initiation: Assembling leadership team, developing a business case, creation of the project charter, and gathering requirements.

Definition & Planning: Defining Scope & Budget. Creation of Proof of Concept (POC), Data Analysis and Specification, and Business Requirements Analysis documents (BRD). Creation of Functional Specification. Creation of Reporting Requirements, Design, and Specification document, SOW, Work Breakdown Schedule (WBS), Gantt chart, Communication Plan, and Risk Management Plan.

Launch/Execution: Involving deployment, status & tracking, KPIs, Quality, Forecasts, and Communication.

Performance & Control: Defining Objectives, creating Quality Deliverables, tracking project team work, and measuring performance. This phase also includes creation of a test plan, testing, training, and documentation.

Project Close: usually involves scheduling a post-mortem, delivering a Project Punch List, and final reports.

Key Projects

Dell/EMC, Remote, 01/2019 – Present: Global Migration Office Senior Project Manager.

oManaging data migration of 200+ physical servers & 3,000+ VMs for Dell/EMC partner DXC Technology.

oManaging the Bristol Meyers Squibb, Alpharetta Data Center Refresh, CIBC Data Migration, Ingalls Shipbuilding, InterMountain Health, Baker Hughes, and UK Leveraged Data Center Migration Projects.

oManaging US and off-shore teams of at least 10 resources per project.

oTraining PMs and other resources

Walt Disney Technology Solutions, Burbank, CA, 12/2018 – 02/2019: SecureIT Product Owner.

oManaged the retirement of SecureIT Legacy and the implementation of its replacement the “Privileged Access Management System” (“New SecureIT”), for The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) to standardize the administration and control of privileged access to devices and servers.

oMinimized TWDC’s attack surface or exposure to security threats through two-factor verification.

oEnsuring the company’s and TWDC customer’s data is better protected by driving two-factor adoption.

oPublished strategy, reference architectures, and standards for privileged access at TWDC

oConducted status meetings, created and updated project plan, and reported status to management

City of Santa Monica / SMPD, Santa Monica, CA, 12/2018 – 02/2019: Senior Project Manager

oManaged the implementation of multiple projects concurrently for the City and the PD including the Body Worn Video project, a city-wide CCTV camera replacement project, and upgrades of the 911 system, the Parking Citation Issuance System, and Video Storage System.

JAFRA Cosmetics, Westlake Village, CA, 08/2018 – 10/2018: Vorwerk Services USA Formation/Demand Management Services Project Manager and Consultant.

oManaged formation of the Vorwerk Services USA IT Services Company.

oEnsured alignment of Demand, Project, and Portfolio elements of the IT strategy with business strategy

oSupported/implemented Demand, Project, & Portfolio related IT strategy elements and monitored KPIs.

oAssisted in project work order and objective clarification in coordination with business PMs.

oCreated project base documents, e.g., project brief, initiation document, project org chart, and project product description for large, complex projects as well as for programs.

NBC Universal/Fandango, Los Angeles, CA, 01/2018 – 03/2018

oManaged the integration of Cinepapaya, Peru into Fandango’s corporate IT infrastructure. This involved the replacement of 50 workstations, implementing an IDM solution, network infrastructure (domain integration, VPN IPsec, and SSO accounts), redundant end-to-end circuit for VPN access over the Internet to Fandango’s network, and authenticating and migrating email to Fandango servers.

Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles, CA, 11/2015 – 9/2017: Records Management System (RMS)/Body Worn Video (BWV)/Connected Officer Solution (COS) Project Manager and Consultant.

oManaged Procurement, Proof of Concept, and Deployment phases of the Niche RMS COTS project.

oManaged the implementation of the SAAS Evergreen protocol for ongoing support and app upgrades.

oManaged the migration of mainframe data to Microsoft Azure and to an on-premise data center.

oManaged vendor evaluation and selection – because of the research, POC, and presentation of findings, Niche was chosen at a cost savings of $7M over the nearest competitor.

oUsed Trello to track issues and Confluence to provide internal and vendor facing documentation.

oManaged the training of 500 LAPD Traffic Officers in a month to use the Niche RMS Collision Module.

oManaged the training of 400 LAPD Detention Officers to use the Niche RMS Custody Services Module.

oAssisted in deployment of O365 which included rollout, user training, and issues troubleshooting.

oManaged implementation of the Traffic Collision (TC) Reporting Module for electronic entry of 90% of TCs.

oManaged deployment of 7,000+ BWV devices, the development of Field Data Reporting and Field Interview mobile applications to meet DOJ mandates, and the construction of infrastructure at the 25 LAPD Divisions to accommodate the installation of ETM cradles in which the BWV devices were docked for charging.

Secure Channels, Inc. Irvine, CA, 1/2015 – 10/2015: Defined and implemented internal/external operational strategies delivering a successful cybersecurity project to fruition on time and within budget. Maximized resources and profits by creating efficient, re-usable, and cross-functional operational processes.

oCreated a Project Management Office (PMO).

oManaged the only project in 2015 that realized revenue for Secure Channels.

Dell Software Group, Remote, 12/2014 – 1/2015: Managed the consolidation and relocation of multiple data centers and R&D labs to the Quincy, WA data center.

oAssisted in developing a solution to virtualize all server hardware moved to the data center.

EMC, Remote, 3/2014 – 11/2014: Managed multiple VNX/VMAX/Recoverpoint installations and implementations for EMC’s Southern California team.

oManaged multiple implementations of EMC hardware and applications for Corelogic.

oManaged a Datacenter Transitional project which saved a client’s critical data and millions of dollars’ worth of equipment that could have been lost due to a data center power outage.

oManaged a Health Check Refresh Project for Corelogic.

Computer Discount Warehouse (CDW), Remote, 10/2013 – 5/2014: Managed up to 20 infrastructure and data/application migration projects.

oImproved project manager performance by creating a PM Checklist (“Cheat Sheet”) used by PMs and new hires to standardize management of CDW projects.

SecureAuth Corporation, Project Management Officer/Director, Irvine, California, 4/2013 – 12/2013: Implemented a Project Management Office (PMO) for this Access/Identity Management & Authentication company resulting in the realization of significant increases in operational efficiency and reduction of deployment time.

oManaged all implementations of SecureAuth’s SAAS Access/IDM & Authentication solution.

oCreated SOW and Microsoft Project plan templates to capture and track project deliverables efficiently.

oUsed JIRA to track issues and Confluence to provide internal and vendor facing documentation.

oAssisted in the implementation and configuration of Salesforce.com and various other tools to provide increased visibility of projects to sales teams and financial and sales auditing capabilities to the CFO and accounting team.

CoreIP Solutions, Remote, 1/2013 – 3/2013: Implemented a suite of applications for Word & Brown Companies ensuring compliance with the terms of the Florida Health Care Program mandated by the ACA.

oDeveloped MS Visio and MS Project tools and templates to increase efficiencies in tracking of deliverables.

HISNA (Hyundai Information Systems North America), Irvine, California, 9/2012 – 11/2012: Managed the development of the Gen4 Blue Link Telematics Platform.

oCreated project plan, resource allocation plan, risk mitigation plan, monitored budget and costs, and reported status to stakeholders and management.

oUser story/display screen wireframe reviews, consolidated changes & reported to user development team.

oCreated and conducted presentations for management and stakeholders.

AtoS, Remote, 8/2012 – 1/2013: Managed the implementation of the City of San Diego Data Center Transition and Transformation project.

oIncluded data center consolidation and migration, server provision, and decommissioning of applications, hardware, and storage equipment.

oEnsured IT Governance by managing and coordinating internal and external teams in all technical areas of data center operations, focusing on transformation of Wintel, Linux, and UNIX-based cloud technologies.

AT&T, Remote, 4/2012 – 7/2012: Responsible for the migration of AT&T applications from End of Service Life (EOSL) storage to new storage.

oManaged provisioning of new physical servers and decommissioning of infrastructure, network, and storage hardware no longer necessary because of virtualization of physical servers.

oManaged full lifecycle of the project through all phases.

NetApp, Remote, 9/2011 – 3/2012: Managed hardware infrastructure and application/data center migration/consolidation projects for Southern California enterprise clients.

oAccelerated a delayed 28-site data migration project for Toyota Motor Sales to completion on time.

Quest Diagnostics, San Clemente California, 7/2011 – 9/2011: Responsible for managing the creation of applications and reports to meet physician and lab request requirements.

KPMG, Cypress, California, 4/2011 – 7/2011: Managed multiple complex projects including a data center migration/consolidation, storage conservation data mapping, and implementation of SDS server environment

Kaiser, Corona, California, 1/2011 – 4/2011: Managed data center/application migration/consolidation projects within Virtual Server environment using Kaiser’s proprietary Infrastructure Program Delivery process.

AT&T, Remote, 3/2008 – 3/2011: As part of AT&T’s (EOSL) initiative, managed and implemented multiple data center migrations/consolidations and hardware/application upgrade/replacement projects for the Information Technology Office (ITO). Managed up to 15 projects concurrently.

oManaged a Cisco AnyConnect application project, implemented a new SAN environment via VMware, replacing EOSL technology and resulting in sizable reduction in operating costs and increases in efficiency.

oTrained PMs in the use of AT&T’s VPMO and ASAP project management tools.

Prior experience as Project Manager/Consultant at CalaClub (5/2003-2/2008), Betzold Research and Trading (3/2003-5/2003), Blue Cross Blue Shield, Chicago IL, (10/2002-2/2003),Veteran’s Health Administration (10/2001-10/2002), Northern Trust, Abbott Laboratories, and as NT Practice Manager, EMC (4/2001-10/2001), as Regional Project Manager at InSystems Technologies (9/1999-5/2000), as Business Continuity Project Manager/Consultant, at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (2/1998-9/1999), Endura Software Implementation, as Project Manager at WW. Grainger (12/1996-2/1998), Project/Engagement Manager at Computron Software (9/1995-12/1996), and IT Manager at Resource Financial Group, (6/1994-9/1995)

Technical Proficiencies

Platforms:

Wintel, Linux, UNIX

Tools:

MS Office Suite, MS Project & Project Server, MS Visio, MS Dynamics, SharePoint, Migration Manager for Microsoft Active Directory, Migration Manager for Microsoft Exchange, Migration Manager for Office 365, SAP Propel, ServiceNow, Primavera, ABT Project Workbench, Planview, Niku, VMware, PlateSpin, EMC Recoverpoint, NetApp Data ONTAP, SAML & Salesforce, Zoho, Podio, Trello, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, Confluence KB, JIRA, Bugzilla, DocLink, Autonomy, EDI/BI, Quotit, Oracle, DB2k, Java, ColdFusion, BEA Logic Server, ASP.net, C#, Visual SourceSafe, Kanban, WebLogic. SAAS, IAAS, PAAS.

Hardware:

EMC Celerra/Symmetrix/VNX/VPLEX/VMAX, NetApp FAS, Cisco UCS & Switches,

Methodologies:

PMI, Agile, SCRUM, Kanban, Waterfall, XP, RUP, ITIL, PRINCE2

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