Robert Evelyn

Louisville, KY [502-***-****] aducxz@r.postjobfree.com

Competent and personable IT Manager with 351.+ years of experience overseeing IT operational support, directing cross-functional teams, and engaging excellent communication to ensure timely infrastructure maintenance and systems delivery. Extensive experience developing and administering mainframe environments for large organizations in public and private sectors by running mainframe apps and Linux containers with high availability, utilization, agility, and security. Poised to transition to the next career phase and return to working in IBM mainframe operating systems and CICS environments.

Professional Experience

Brown-Forman Corporation Louisville, KY

Senior Manager - IT Operational Support June 2022 - Present

●Promoted to Senior Manager to effectively manage company’s network, software, and cloud infrastructure by implementing and driving adoption of key tools and processes to effectively deliver IT projects

●Oversee 150+ high-performing global IT employees and contractors and manage company’s IT operational centers including the network operations center, security operations center, and the global service center

●Facilitate prioritization of discussions between IT and business stakeholders to ensure alignment of technical development and IT projects with company plans and operational goals

●Administer $3.5 Million annual IT operational budget and created a plan to utilize resources efficiently and effectively, resulting an increase in business productivity

●Implement new technologies and made recommendations to improve IT processes by estimating, scheduling, and completing $1 Million+ in IT capital expenditures and $800K+ in IT operational expenses

Brown-Forman Corporation Louisville, KY

Manager 2009 - 2022

●Empowered 100+ global employees and contractors to administer IT support processes for 5000+ global employees, reducing IT support costs by 35% while increasing productivity.

●Oversaw equipment procurement, asset management, and global distribution and logistics of end-user equipment, leading successful overhaul of IT infrastructure to cut data processing times by 75%

●Identified shortcomings in IT and operating budgets, cutting tech expenses by over $100K

●Facilitated in a timely manner approvals of submittals to and from consultants and subcontractors

Brown-Forman Corporation Louisville, KY

Manager - Enterprise Systems 2006 - 2009

●Directed 15 global employees and supported over 100 large enterprise systems, including SAP R/3, SAP APO(SCM), SAP BW, Oracle, Exchange and other systems

Additional Experience

Systems Programmer Brown-Forman Corporation

●Assisted in the design, integration, and deployment of over 50 new systems including the successful preparations for Y2K with a 100% success rate.

●Extended the capabilities of company’s application framework for approximately 4500 users by conducting MVS installation, upgrades, system generation, and patching

●Diagnosed network and production issues, performed root-cause analysis, and developed scripts in TSO/E, ISPF, Assembler and REXX

●Management, administration, upgrades, maintenance and support for the development team for the CICS/ESA, IMS, DB2 and MVS mainframe environments

Systems Programmer Louisville Police Department

●Supervised 8 employees and monitored system performance of 25 systems by identifying outdated technologies and upgrading VM/CMS ESA, MVS/ESA, IMS DB/DC, CICS/1.7-CICS/ESA, and CSP

●Developed computer aided dispatch system using IMS DB/DC and new in-house property management system and auto license tracking systems using CICS and IMS DC to better serve 1000+ users

●Customized CICS sign on/sign off program (DFHSNP) by writing a macro level CICS program to create a customized sign on procedure.

Systems Programmer Palm Beach Junior College

Adjunct Professor Palm Beach Junior College

Led College level courses on the following subjects;

Introduction to computers

Logic in Programming

Cobol I and Cobol II

CICS Command Level Programming

IMS DB Programming

Core Competencies

Mainframe development, Systems administration, Application infrastructure, Global team management, Budgeting, Asset management, Communication, Leadership, Teamwork, Interpersonal skills, Problem-solving

Technical Skills

COBOL, JCL, DB/DC/DB2, VSAM/IMS, CICS/ESA, IBM Mainframe, MVS/ESA, VM/CMS, ISPF/PDF, TSO, Rexx/Procs, JES2

Education/Certifications

HDI Support Center Manager; 2019

Bachelor of Arts – Palm Beach Junior College; 1985

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