Victor R. Vela
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281-***-**** Mobile ****.****@*****.***
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems Internet/Network Platforms Software Miscellaneous
Windows, UBUNTU Printer Servers HP / Dell Slack/Base Camp SQL
CentOS 7 / Red Hat Telnet/ FTP/ TCP/IP MAC’s Azure Factory Data Lake / Power BI
VMS/ Cloud Services Google (GCP) Azure Jira/Jenkins AWS Sage Maker
Windows Servers Azure /AWS AWS MS Project/SSRS IOT Data Streams
SOFT SKILLS:
Communication Teaming Budgets Projects Miscellaneous
Facilitions Empowerment Effective budgets System Rollouts Analytics
Communication for Coaching Projects and Costs Application rollouts Kanban
Leaders Shared leadership Operational Hardware upgrades Agile PO / SCRUM Master
EDUCATION
University of Houston 2021
Executive MBA – Completed with Honors
University of Phoenix 2004
Bachelor of Science in Business w/ concentration in E-Business - Completed
Professional Courses
Agile SCRUM Master – (CSM) Completed
Agile Product Owner – (CSPO) Completed
ITIL Training
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Specforce (Contractor) Starbucks - WFH - Seattle, WA Aug 2022 to Present
IoT Dev -Project Manager / SCRUM Master
As a Starbucks senior project manager, I assimilate business strategy into executable initiatives and identify resources to complete the work Deliver enhanced strategic portfolio decision support tools & processes in service of renovation & store growth targets utilizing newly developed IoT initiatives to enhance partner efficiency and customer interaction. My role is both PM and SCRUM master leading the development teams in addressing the stories for the requirements.
Leading Japan IoT deployment
Leading UX/UI deployment for US and Canada
SCRUM master for 10 developers and running ceremonies
Cross functional team direction 6 Product Managers
Vendor selection for Compute Hardware
Review SOW from vendor for UI development 3rd party
Tracking Project Financials (Capex & Opex)
CSAT SOLUTIONS - Houston, TX Mar 2022 to Aug 2022
IT Business Partner - Contractor
The IT Business Partner (ITBP) has the overall responsibility to serve as the strategic interface with assigned business units or functional areas for the purpose of business technology strategy development, solution discovery, service management, risk management, and relationship management.
INT.com Mar 2018 – Mar 2022
Senior Project Manager, Houston TX
As senior Project Manager my focus has been to roll out to new customers the platform called IVAAP. Projects require interacting with several different vendors. I assist in support of the technical application, capturing new features, deployment, and training for the customers.
oSuccessfully Interact with (NOC’s & IOC’s) clients to successfully close projects and utilize IVAAP
oPerform contract reviews on task and estimations of project timelines and high-level task
oReview completed requirements and definition of done for successful deployments
oCaptured features and workflows to establish an MVP
oFacilitate and coordinate with different teams with deployments (Cloud Vendor, Client IT, INT)
oPlatform ranged from Exploration, Drilling, Completions, Production and did demos for each type of segment.
Weatherford International Ltd., Houston TX
Software Manager - Managed 35-10 developers Aug 2014 – Mar 2018
oSuccessfully managed team to keep on pace and deliver IOT software with limited resources.
oProvided module approach to allow for options for integration with other software systems.
oMaintained positive focus and completing objectives in volatile work environment.
oProvided vision and understanding to bridge current software and new software to limit cost
oEstablish project utilizing VMware and utilizing cloud technology for testing and sprint demos
Weatherford International Ltd., Houston TX
Product Owner – Lead the vision for Real Time Drilling for Weatherford Aug 2012 – Aug 2014
oDefined the vision of the real time system to entire Weatherford leadership.
oBuild versus buy and several performances test.
oCaptured features and workflows to establish an MVP.
oManaged the product backlog with each sprint showing successful sprint demo to stakeholders.
oSuccessfully oversee development stages keeping development on target
Weatherford International Ltd., Houston TX
Enterprise Lab Manager – Managed 5 system engineers Aug 2011 – Aug 2012
oSuccessfully served as an escalation point for software integration related issues.
oManaged successful executions of the Integration function within the IT department.
oEnsures a project task and timeline for a productive execution and increased revenue.
oEstablish project utilizing VMware and utilizing cloud technology.
Weatherford International Ltd., Houston TX
Real Time Global Operations Manager Aug 2006 – Aug 2011
oCreated new operational processes, workflows to focus and ensure customer satisfaction
oSuccessfully provided excellent support to external clients that lead to return customers
oBuilt a strong knowledge sharing culture focused on quick decision-making skills to assist clients
oSuccessfully increased sales and kept pace with staff strategy to meet demand
oEstablished Standard Operational Equipment for rig deployments
oCreated department and team objectives that were in line with company goals and objectives
oSAAS environment for external Clients; Operation 24/7 utilizing cloud technology
Baker Hughes Inc., Houston TX
Global Data Center, IT Team Coordinator Nov 2005 – Jul 2006
oSuccessfully aligned tasks and projects with Server Engineers
oSuccessfully scheduled server upgrades and OS updates without impacting production
oDecreased metric in no impact and business continuality
oSuccessfully showed server environment metric meeting conformity to latest security patches
Baker Hughes Inc., Houston TX
Latin America Help Desk, IT Team Coordinator Dec 2003 – Nov 2005
oEstablished a knowledge share team culture that interacted closer with Global teams
oTeam focused on skills training, client interaction, and resolutions
oTechnical escalation for issue closure and customer satisfaction
oSuccessfully showed increase in first call resolutions, lowered call waiting, for Latin America
Baker Hughes Inc., Houston TX
On Site Manager Feb 2001 – Dec 2003
oEstablished a business priority customer focused culture that interacted with onsite customers
oSuccessfully decreased resolution times on customer business impacting issues
oMade an impact as a solid technical team getting involved with product line technical meetings
oIncreased efficiencies with new laptop deployments and received Star award for documentation
Baker Hughes Inc., Houston TX
Solution Center (Help Desk), IT Team Coordinator Jul 1999 – Feb 2001
oEstablished a knowledge share team culture that interacted closer functional teams
oSuccessfully lead team in documenting hard issues to assist with first call for entire center
oTeam leads in metrics leading to first call resolution and client satisfaction survey
oTeam recognized for keeping pace with new division integrations and increasing customers globally
United Parcel Services, Houston TX Dec 1998 – Jul 1999
Information Technology Tier 2 Support Analyst
Kinetic Concepts Inc, San Antonio TX May 1997 – Dec 1998
Information Technology Lead Process Coordinator
Solo Serve Corporation, San Antonio TX Jul 1995 – May 1997
MIS Operations, Computer Operator III
United States Marine Corp Jul 1991 – Jul 1995
NCO Non-commissioned Officer (Honorably Discharged)