Program Manager It Project

ERIC MATTHEW FOWLER

**** ******* ***., *** *******, CA 90045

Cell: 310-***-**** Email: **********@***.*** LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericfowler/ Execu2ve Summary

Senior IT leader and change agent with 15+ years of experience transforming technology organizations across high-tech, video/new media, and other industries. Passionate about modernizing technology teams to thrive in today’s AI-driven, Agile business landscape. Experience in AI enablement, Six Sigma (DMAIC, SIPOC), and Agile transformation, with a proven track record of driving value growth through strategic organizational change. Skilled in nurturing people, systems & cultures of innovation creating SAFe environments for cross-functional experimentation and growth, ensuring long-term organizational success.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• Generative Ai enablement trainer & change champion for DIRECTV

• IT Project _inancial system lead business analyst integration & automation lead for AT&T’s acquisition of DIRECTV

• Ai integration business analysis of project _inancial reporting w/ Atlassian JIRA Align & new AGILE delivery processes improving predictability and scalability

• Finance lead business analyst on DIRECTV’s implementation of ASANA & JIRA as a PPM intake tool aligning project intake for separate development factories (Video engineering & IT)

• Agile SAFe & Six Sigma Change Champion

DIRECTV AT&T - IT & Video Engineering PMO Governance El Segundo, CA 2009 - 2025

Sr. Manager of PMO (Program Management Organization) lead intake & _inancial governance for IT Development & Video Engineering groups. Facilitate stakeholder project reviews, prioritize staging based on _inancial value KPI’s. Conduct weekly technical feasibility, business case and _inancial analysis with development teams, sponsors & stakeholders. Deploy automated tools & AI- enabled analytics to synchronize solution de_inition, development, and delivery / resource capacity plan using DMAIC and Agile frameworks. Highlights include:

- Led project _inancial system migration 2015 post-AT&T acquisition of DIRECTV and 2024 TPG acquisition of DIRECTV

- Aligned project labor cost tracking requirements w/ SAFe Agile delivery framework (JIRA & JIRA Align)

- Automated project labor time entry & cost tracking, integrating time entry w/ labor goods receipt accrual & staging / capacity planning

- Finance business analyst lead on new PPM tool launch (ASANA) with Ai enabled JIRA Align & PowerBI integration

- Generative Ai enablement trainer

- Developed Generative Ai basic training (GPTs, Use cases, Risk, Ethics, Security, Guardrails, Prompt framework)

- Use case review Ai Code Assist using GitHub CoPilot Kube DX to measure Ai generated code quality

- Use case review Ai Automation w/ Slack & Salesforce Flow, Slack Work_low & Slack Bots to reduce users search time

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Genera2on IX Technologies Inc. - VP Technology Program Management Westwood, CA 2000 - 2009

VP of IT consulting and managed services firm, providing IT consulting to multiple clients across diverse industries, including technology, entertainment, financial, and manufacturing. Oversaw systems integration, sales & marketing, and large-scale project execution, managing a multidisciplinary team of engineers, developers, and program managers, vendor relations. Key achievements include:

- Executed $50M data center implementation for internet video broadcasting facility.

- Served as Interim CIO for RealD during IPO, deploying scalable systems to support global expansion

- Launched PJTV.com for 2008 RNC live broadcast

- Designed and implemented a redundant petabyte-scale video production SAN

- Executed M&A technology consolidations, including SEC compliance and IT security initiatives

- Vendor Relationship Manager (Microsoft, Salesforce, Apple, HP, DELL, Symantec) Silicon Beach Technology - IT PorOolio Manager

Marina Del Rey, CA 2009 - 2015

Founding partner for IT managed services consultancy specializing in outsourced IT support & project management / digital transformation for SMBs.

- Lead project manager for United Food Group data center design build

- Technology lead for $50M Science & Math building construction project (Hannon Ardolf / Loyola)

- Program manager for data center build for largest BMW dealership in US (Shelley Automotive)

- Project lead for enterprise video post-production facility design build (Pajamas Media) RealD 3D Cinema Technology - Interim VP of Corporate IT Beverly Hills, CA 2009

Served as interim VP of IT during RealD’s IPO, led technology consolidation and global system integration for acquired business units (Colorlink). Member of executive leadership team that oversaw compliance, scalability, and strategic alignment. Key responsibilities included:

- Deployed new ERP/MRP/accounting systems across global operations

- Merged IT systems, including MS Active Directory and VOIP systems

- Led pre IPO SOX compliance & revamped IT budgeting and planning

- IT lead w/ private equity stakeholders to develop operating plan & align IT strategy w/ investment goals Core Competencies

- AI Enablement Digital Transformation

- Agile (SAFe, Scrum)

- Six Sigma DMAIC SIPOC

- Portfolio, Program Management

- IT Strategy and Cultural Change Leadership

- Regulatory Compliance (GAAP, SOX, SEC)

- Mergers and Acquisitions IT integration

Educa2on and Cer2fica2ons

- University of Massachusetts Business

- UCLA Music

- Six Sigma

- Agile SAFe

- American Management Association

- MCSE and CCNA Certi_ication

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