It Project Management

STEPHEN VINCENT MARQUEZ, MBA

650-***-**** Los Angeles, CA

*******.*.*******@**.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-v-marquez

IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT LEADER

Specialist driving technological progress, leading high-performance teams, and streamlining key business processes.

Dynamic, results-driven IT Project and Program Management Leader with 20+ years of experience developing transformational IT programs, policies, and protocols. Proven track record innovating next-generation computing in fast-paced, customer-centered environments, ensuring successful solutions to optimize customer resources. Expert in Agile (e.g., Waterfall and others) and SCRUM methodologies, establishing and promoting enterprise standards, practices, tools, and high-value systems. Recognized for managing complex technical programs, achieving cost reduction goals, and streamlining processes resulting in high-performance team growth, increased accuracy, and reduced response times. Adept, passionate problem-solver leveraging cutting-edge technology to enhance collaboration, productivity, quality control, profitability, and customer satisfaction with the know-how to run an IT business division successfully.

NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

-Founding team member that managed the development of an application growing it from a $20M program to a $2.2B initiative.

-Built and delivered numerous custom workflows to meet or exceed business activities, producing at least 30% to 50% more efficient processes to make working easier for our customer and end-user base resulting in the company getting future business.

-Championed a strategic enterprise cloud transformation project to Microsoft 365 with Entra (Azure AD) that resulted in a modern streamlined collaboration platform delivering a high-security need-to-know system enabling file retention policies, archiving, and more efficient file structures significantly shortening file retrieval processes by 20%.

-Enabled the growth of a hosting environment from 25 websites to over 450 web-based applications within 2 years by implementing world-class standards, resulting in multi-$Millions in savings and delivering more accessible solutions for cross-team collaboration and improved productivity.

-Developed and implemented web-based applications for the Department of Defense with strict data sensitivity and optimized delivery methods to service men and women, contributing to thousands of saved lives in the field.

-Engineered high-security application and infrastructure architectures that enabled access to multiple databases and communication tools providing for robust data sharing using Active Directory KERBEROS single-sign-on technology across all platforms and reduced waste and redundancy while also improving data mining efficiencies and significantly improving cross-team collaboration.

IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS

•IT Strategy & Lifecycle Planning

•Strategic Analysis, Planning & Implementation

•Program Roadmap Development & Training

•IT Security, Continuity Communication

•Cybersecurity & Compliance

•Cross-Functional Team Leadership

•Program & Project Management

•Articulate Executive Communication

•Budget Forecasting and Analysis

•Team Development & Leadership

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Brandes Associates, Inc., Point Mugu Naval Base 2022 – 2024

Software Tools Navy MPS Software Tool

Led technology recommendations, budgeting, and IT management. Retrofitted Access databases into SharePoint for enhanced, more efficient data sharing. Managed strategic migration to Office365, Azure Active Directory, and OneDrive technology collaboration. Improved security practices for both the Navy and multiple departments within the Integrated Product Teams.

Program managed the engineering and sustained user interface for Navy fighter aircraft using C#, Visual Studio, .NET, MS SQL, SHTML, and ASP.NET requiring Secret DoD Clearance and meticulous attention to detail.

Comprehensive data migration to a Navy-centric SharePoint365 hub, enhanced data accessibility and management that took advantage of centralized data efficiencies and firmed up coding practices to deliver a sleeker, simplified, high-quality web experience with improved data mining and discovery efficiencies that changed the culture for data extraction.

Executed the transition from costly outdated stand-alone physical solutions to a centralized, easily scalable, secure Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform that improved user experience and customer satisfaction.

Prioritized data compliance and cybersecurity for an enhanced security “need-to-know” model increasing data management efficiency by 30%.

Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, CA 1997 – 2022

Computer System Analyst, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Electronic Management System Lead (2011 – 2022)

Managed web administration, source code maintenance, and system upgrades for classified document sharing. Oversaw the development and installation of JIRA/GitLab, AWS, Slack, Active Directory, and Tableau. Used and configured SAP as well.

Directed robust configuration program, designed roadmaps, and Statements of Work (SOW) during transitions from PTC Windchill, SharePoint, and OneDrive mission-critical system preparation that led to increased performance, greater accessibility, and high-quality experiences that grew future business opportunities.

Successfully upgraded legacy applications to Windows 10 and above, supporting SharePoint 2016 and 2019 initiatives, developed Gantt Chart with baselines, milestones, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that provided a secure and robust IT ecosystem.

Resolved complex data cross-communication issues between multiple applications across both classified and unclassified networks for more efficient and consistent end user data experiences, reduced end user time and improved data standardization.

Developed applications using JQL, SQL, HTML, CSS, Restful APIs, Java, and JavaScript to accomplish what Atlassian could not do out of the box (custom workflow API’s using GIT and GitLab, and Bitbucket).

Computer System Analyst Staff, Sensing & Exploration Systems West Coast Operations Lead (2010 – 2011)

Liaised cross-functionally, providing program management technical solutions and support to NASA/AIMS, Air Force, and joint partners. Selected for Key role in high-profile programs such as Defense Meteorological Satellite Programs (DMSP) and International Space Station (ISS). Served as the primary program contact for all IT related needs.

Led the development of a SharePoint website for Space Systems West Coast Operations, improving site usability with AJAX and JQuery Technologies converting data from an archaic structure to a modernized and higher performing structure, increasing data retention and overall improved reliability by greater than 50%.

Directed program planning, design, and development of backup infrastructure for vital flight simulation software system used for satellites to view and track weather conditions for American farming companies and other purposes.

Contributed to national defense efforts for launching weather satellites into space with leading-edge technology.

Computer System Analyst Senior / Information Design Strategist (2005 – 2010)

Strategized and delivered business and technical solutions presented to senior management (CEO/CFO) that drove a maximum return on investment through astute IT budget management.

•Spearheaded Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and program resources for critical flight simulation backup software systems and delivered IT related software for National Defense efforts for International Space Station (ISS).

Product Manager (2004 – 2005) Computer Systems Analyst (2000 – 2004)

Systems Software Development Analyst (1997 – 2000)

Optimized internal database used by over 100K employees by migrating to a shared environment, resulting in savings of over $2M.

EDUCATION

Master’s Degree, Information Systems/eCommerce, Regis University, Denver, CO

Bachelor’s Degree, Operations Management, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Bachelor’s Degree, Business Information Systems (BIS), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

CERTIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

IT Service Management Foundation Certification v4 Council for Service Management Education

TeamSite 6 Systems Administration Windows Series Certification Interwoven

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Administration Certification AmeriTeach

Marketing Manager Certification Oracle University

Big-IP v4.5 Certification F5 Network, Inc.

VP of Communications, Lockheed Martin Leadership Association, 2015 – 2021

PMP Bootcamp Certification, 2024

PMI Member, 2024

OTHER TECHNICAL SKILLS

Program Management Systems: Scrum, Agile, Agile Processes, Lean & Waterfall Six Sigma Methods, PMO & PMP Process Development

Operating Systems: IBM/MVS, IBM/VM, Macintosh OS X, Sun/Solaris UNIX, Windows Workstations/NT Terminal Servers, Windows Server 2025

Software/Databases/Other: Adobe Photoshop, Atlassian, Box, Captivate, Confluence, CS3, SharePoint InfoPath workflows, DNS, Dreamweaver, Jira, Live Meeting, Microsoft Office Suite 365, MS Teams, MS Access, MS Project, NetMeeting, Oracle (Siebel) Front & Back Office, Oracle 19c, PC Anywhere, PL/SQL, Putty, Explorer, SharePoint Designer, SiteMinder, Slack, Visio, Zoom, Microsoft Access, Agile Methodologies, Windchill 13, SharePoint 2025

Hardware: EMC2, HP/Compaq ProLient Enterprise Server, IBM Systems, NAS, SAN, Sun Systems E450

Programming Languages: Agile Processes, ASP, CSS, Cascading Style Sheets, COBOL/COBOL II, CSS, DB2, HTML, Java, J2EE, JavaScript, JCL, jQuery, Pascal, Perl, Python, Visual Basic (VB)

Web: Apache, IIS, Nettracker, ASP.NET

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