Network Engineer Project Manager

I am an accomplished, results-oriented Project Manager with over 25 years experience directing large-scale Information System and Construction projects. I am considered a Subject Matter Expert for Continuity of Operations Planning, I have a Top-Secret clearance and excel at providing sound technical solutions to complex problems. I am also an experienced Leader and Team builder that leads from the front with a diverse technical background in both large and small environments.

Professional Experience

Facility Infrastructure Chief

Project Manager

Change Manager

Configuration Manager

Process Engineer

Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR)

Security Manager

System Architect

Inventory Control Officer

Network Engineer

Production Scheduler

Supervisor

Equipment Installer

Training Coordinator

Professional Certifications Held

Project Management Certification

Cisco Certified Network Engineer

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

Configuration and Data Management

ITIL Managing Professional

Professional Experience

Defense Information Systems Agency

477 Essex St, Honolulu, HI 96818

Core Data Center (CDC) Hawaii, Infrastructure Chief August 2019 to September 2022

As Infrastructure Chief I was on-site project manager for a 12.5-million-dollar construction program.

Established and maintained professional relationships with internal and external teams.

Resolved material delivery delays with schedules to ensure overall project delivery dates did not slip.

Ensure all safety procedures are adhered to while performing construction work.

Direct a multi-discipline staff responsible for providing sound technical advice, excellent administrative support, outstanding program management and logistics support.

Assisted in defining project goals and budgets and managed project completion goals.

Point Of Contact on –site to identify, manage and mitigate potential risks to the project.

Used our Integrated Master Schedule to manage project execution, adjusted tasks as necessary to ensure the project was completed on time, on budget and produced expected results.

Identified risks to project, worked with vendors to analyze, resolve and agree on mitigations.

Worked with all vendors (Engineers, Architects, General Contractor, Furniture Designers, Moving Companies, Supply/Logistic Services etc.) to ensure successful project completion

Coordinated and successfully completed multiple projects in support of the stand-up CDC by coordinating the migration of 30 systems from several off-site locations to the CDC in 3 years.

Managed a 4-phase integrated master schedule to migrate systems with minimal impact.

As an expert in multiple IT systems (network, database, servers, and desk top applications) I leveraged my experience on 22 system migrations into the CDC in less than 4 months.

oTypical system migration/installation in CDC facilities takes 9 to 12 months per system.

oMy team migrated 22 systems in 4 months, 308 PM level meetings (22 meeting per week), relocated 285 devices, installed 1,294 copper and fiber optic cables, and managed 21 service interruptions with minimal impact to operations.

Provide technical analysis on implementation planning, system design, and testing during development of solutions to existing Information Technology projects maintained in the CDC.

Managed all phases of Project Life Cycle projects, collecting user requirements, documenting requirements, formulating specifications, and turning them into functional requirements.

Recommend alternative solutions as necessary, based on design and contractual requirements.

Prepared Statements of Work and reviewed contract proposals on both construction projects and system designs implementation, and sustainment.

Ensured all projects (construction, system migrations and installations) were completed on time and within budget as defined by contract, System Requirements Form or Statement of Work.

Defense Information Systems Agency

3990 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 45314

DISA Chief Defense Collaboration Services Operation Chief October 2018 to August 2019

Section Chief for Defense Collaboration Services and Global Video Services.

Supervised and directed a staff of 15 technical personnel in a virtual environment at four locations and assigned tasks to the team to maintain highly critical systems to support the assigned missions.

As the Program Manager for both programs, we implemented best Project Management practices to ensure deployment and integrations were efficient, integrated, and meet project schedules and goals.

Manage individual deliverables, kept status current, and ensured quality elements were delivered throughout the project lifecycle to include design, development, testing, configuring, implementing, and maintaining systems to support data, voice, and video conferences.

Responsible for following all applicable regulations, policies, and procedures for all aspects of security; for operations security, physical security, information security, and personnel security.

Maintained configuration control and forecasted all maintenance activities to impacted communities.

Represented the team in dealings with supervision or senior management when necessary to obtain resources or to secure information or decisions on major work problems, concerns, or issues.

Managed administrative tasks for both teams in maintaining their respective collaboration systems.

Worked with commercial vendors to ensure we maintained up-to-date system enhancements, security patches and capabilities to ensure all contractual obligations were met.

Expert in technical and process problem solving and very experienced in root cause analysis.

DISA Branch Chief Authorized Service Interruption (ASI) and

Configuration/Change Management (CM) September 2008 – October 2018

Chief for the ASI and CM Branch DISA Columbus supervising 10 personnel.

As the Subject Matter Expert for the ASI processes, I served as the technical source both within and outside of the Command and was consulted by the DISA Command Center to participate in a task force to create policies that were implemented for the DOD Information Network globally.

Responsible for CM for software, hardware, equipment configurations, to include room, floor, and rack locations for inventory for a 64,000 square foot (about 30K devices) raised floor in the CDC.

Trained and certified as Contract Officer Technical Representative for DISA Columbus.

Managed workload, assigned duties, and tasks and reported on a daily/weekly basis, considering leave, teleworking, work schedules, and unscheduled days off to ensure task/workload coverage.

Responsible for internal and external audits, inspections, assessments and requests for information and to the site’s capital asset property accountability.

Conducted continuous team building exercises and events to promote team cohesiveness and encourage team members to participate in defining new processes or procedures.

Performed Technical Lead duties in accordance with the rules and regulations for team members.

P3I Inc., Hopkinton, MA

554th Financial Services Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45431

Project and Configuration Manager April 2008 – September 2008

Implemented System Engineering Processes for ten Air Force Financial Systems (AFFS).

Managed and maintained day-to-day plans, activities, and status of all assigned system modifications and projects, and assisted in resolving issues for all systems.

Coordinated with each system ISSM on system enhancements to ensure accreditations were properly maintained or reaccreditation was implemented to maintain system availability to stake holders.

Ensured all system enhancements and/or implementations were implemented with minimal impact to user operations within established schedules and worked to resolve issues as necessary.

Maintained integration and production schedules, working close with the integration and deployment teams to ensure requirements were satisfied as defined in the functional requirements document.

Information Management Resources, Inc., Santa Monica, CA

Defense Information Systems Agency, 3990 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 45314

Project and Configuration Manager February 2006 to April 2008

Controlled current versions and future releases of application software and maintained detailed documents, drawings, and schedules for all DECC Columbus systems and subsystems.

Conducted project and status meetings with clients, the user community and team members to ensure program goals were clearly defined, the project was on schedule and any issues were resolved.

Maintained integration and production schedules, working close with the integration and/or deployment teams to ensure requirements were satisfied as defined in functional document.

TC Solutions

535 Executive Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45431

Senior Systems Analyst, System Design and Network Engineer May 2002 to February 2006

Adjusted schedules and/or staffing levels to meet operational needs and customer requirements.

Ensured all contract deliverables were completed on time, within budget and managed scope creep.

Utilized the Capability Maturity Model for project governance in order to optimize project success.

Mentored employees in professional skills development, customer requirements and expectations.

Maintained a zero tolerance on safety violations and worked to insure a positive environment.

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