Manager Project
Resume:
Melvin Perez
Coral Springs Fl. 33065
**********@***.***
Disaster/Business Continuity Manager
Summary
A hands-on Project Manager with success in Data Center and network migrations, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Change Management, Emergency Response Planning, Risk Management, Pandemic planning, Facilities coordinator and Data Center Management. Strengths include crisis management, issue resolution and an ability to secure maximum results from teams.
Certificates/Training
Disaster Recovery Institute /Associate Business Continuity Professional (ABCP) Certified. Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Visio, Access and PowerPoint, Operating Systems: Open Windows, UNIX, I-Series AS400, Z-Series Mainframe and Alpha VMS systems, Training: VAX/VMS Advance System Management, VAX/VMS System Management, VAX/VMS Utilities & Commands, VAX/VMS Operator, Hardware & System Digital Command Language (DCL),
Achievements:
Created industry approved Business Resiliency Plans and Business Impact Analysis across nine global banking divisions. Developed procedures to ensure the organization can respond to a disaster so that critical business functions can be resumed within a defined time frame. These procedures were successfully tested during recovery from multiple live crisis events without loss of revenue. Planned and coordinated approximately four major simulation exercises each year involving all critical business units, applications, external vendors and corporate clients. Maintained regulatory and internal compliance through annual testing. All annual Interagency White Paper audits have passed each year without issue. Successfully planned and executed JPMorgan’s participation in the annual SIFMA street wide disaster recovery exercise for the last 6 years. Under my supervision and coordination the Fixed Income Division had a 100% success rate. Successfully migrated 30 Investment Bank clients from the internal Bank networks to AT&T cloud networks. This included the following network protocols: Telnet, MQ Series, FTP and IP.
Professional Experience:
Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (Consultant for JPMorgan Marketing Services)
201 North Market Street Wilmington DE, 19801
Business Resiliency Manager 2/2012 to Present
Coordinated awareness programs in Business Resiliency for Management & staff.
Met with Senior Management and Staff in different areas of the Bank to develop and implement their Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Business Resiliency Plans (BRP).
Required to enter new applications into Seal database and conduct yearly Seal application re-certification.
Managed multiple DR projects which included coordinating the testing of recovery support and business resumption procedures.
Coordinated all Resiliency testing with Technology groups including Data Center Operations, Systems programming, Systems Management and Communications. Reviewed all Technology test scripts and plans confirming that they complied with business requirements.
Developed and implemented Disaster Recovery Plans.
Documented maintenance and status reporting to Sr. Management.
Develop Test chronology, timelines and responsibilities.
Ensure recovery procedures are effective for the restoration of key resources and for the resumption of critical business process document and publish test reports/results and implement Post Mortem recommendations as required.
Infocrossing, A Wipro Company
2 Christie Heights Street, Leonia, NJ, 5/2011-11/2011
Disaster/Business Continuity Manager
Plan and execute disaster recovery testing for assigned BC/DR remote and internal clients.
Developed and implemented Disaster Recovery Plans
Build Emergency Response Planning for Infocrossing Data Center and Business facilities,
Build Emergency Response Planning training documentation
Coordinate and facilitate – test planning meetings Technical Teams, Account Management and Customers.
Document and distribute meeting notes and deliverables.
Develop Test chronology, timelines and responsibilities.
Coordinate/Validate test configurations with SunGard, IBM and in-house drills.
Attend Vendor pre-test meetings.
Focal point during test execution, Run Command Center and Log and escalate issues this include Status reporting.
Ensure recovery procedures are effective for the restoration of key resources and for the resumption of critical business process document and publish test reports/results and implement Post Mortem recommendations as required.
Support maintenance of recovery plans for established client base.
Developed and implemented Business Impact Analysis (BIA),
Business Resiliency Analyst Manager (AVP) 2/1993-11/2009
Business Continuity Coordinator and Risk &Control for 9 global business groups. Achievements included a successful migration of 30 Investment Bank clients, managed Broker Dealer Automated Systems, tested resiliency plans and developed and implemented all Business Continuity plans for the Broker Dealer Service department.
Developed and implemented Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Wallet Cards and Call Tree testing, reviewed and updated Pandemic plans.
Coordinated awareness programs in Business Resiliency for business Management & staff.
Managed multiple DR projects which included entering change management records and coordinating the testing of recovery support and business resumption procedures.
Coordinated all Broker Dealer Resiliency testing with Technology groups including Data Center Operations, Systems programming, Systems Management and Communications. Reviewed all Technology test scripts and plans confirming that they complied with business requirements.
Regularly interacted with senior management to evaluate any major planned technical or business changes that could adversely affect the business in a disruption as well as disaster.
Documented maintenance and status reporting to Sr. management, internal audit and Federal Reserve Board, Supported a multi-billion dollar securities clearance department as the “go to” person for management, control prioritization and coordination between Broker Dealer and applications programmers,
Responsible for running quarterly reports to review user account access activity. Deleted accounts on the systems as required by Bank compliance.
Audited throughout the year the 9 global groups to assure they maintained their Risk control procedures.
Establish several Business continuity facilities over the years for the Broker Dealer Clearance Dept., this included out of state sites.
Data Center Manager 4/1987 - 2/1993
Work with systems and planning groups to define and implement operations procedures designed to improve and standardize Data Center Operations.
Migrated data centers for two global banks, Manufacturers Hanover Trust and Chemical Bank.
Managed two Mid-Range data centers and 15 direct reports.
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