Project Manager Management

Robert N. Hadaway

**** ******** **** ● Chapel Hill, Tennessee 37034 ● 801-***-****

*************@*****.*** http://www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-hadaway/23/5ab/517

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGER with more than 19 years industry leadership experience managing multinational IT organizations including offshore and outsourced resources. Expert in Mainframe and Client/Server IT environment solutioning, as well as business operations, able to achieve financial and strategic objectives in multibillion dollar enterprise environments. A proponent and implementer of industry standard best practice methodologies, able to motivate diverse groups of technology professionals to complete large and complex projects on-time and under budget.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Professional Leadership Vendor Relations Sarbanes Oxley

Program Management Contract Negotiations Identity Systems

Regulatory Standard Compliance ISO Project Management Solutions Strategic Operational Vision

SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Reduced competitive analysis time from 28 days of manual labor to 8 hours of automated processing

Managed 90 day migration of support services application accounting for 80% of Nissan’s revenue generation

Directed upgrade of 14M lines of COBOL code, reducing 40 man year job to 3 year job with cost savings of $3.5M

Saved Nissan more than $15 million in potential fines and lost revenue, and saved company from stock devaluation

Developed 5 major processes for managing infrastructure vendor engagement at Nissan reducing project overruns by more than $1M annually

Produced, directed and edited Delta Airlines film which increased share price $5 in 1 day and was used for IT recruitment

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MANAGER, IS Nov 2005 - Present

Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN

As C-level project & support initiative interface, develop distributed systems strategy for short/long term implementation, while managing vendor solution engineering for distributed systems, and distributed systems infrastructure delivery to application teams for system deployment

• Manage the deployment of all distributed systems for Nissan Americas in Canada, United States, Mexico, and Brazil.

• Managed consolidation of environment from 1700 plus servers to 700 servers. 80% of environment virtualized on HP blades

• Manage the deployment of refreshed distributed environment while migrating to new network core. Coordinated vendors and application resources to minimize outage periods and business impact.

• Manage storage environments utilized for both structured and unstructured data. Managed critical research to develop storage strategies and components to be implemented based on long term storage requirements

• Manage strategic portfolio for enterprise application development and $12 million project portfolio, delivering multiple applications on-time and under budget to avoid potential federal government fines of $1 million / month

• Maintain regulatory compliance requirements, developing policy & procedures to meet SOX/JSOX compliance based on IT controls, ultimately delivering 135 required JSOX compliance solutions in 10 months based on external audit findings

• Provide program management leadership for transitioning vendors for both application and infrastructure support

• Managed team delivering $5.5M pricing application to Nissan Pricing Management group, reducing competitive analysis time from 28 days to 8 hours, and allowing the company to realize pricing change benefits in real time

• Managed 90-day application support services migration from IBM to Satyam, Inc. involving Mainframe and distributed environment support, ultimately saving $100M+ and boasting no reported incidents during final hand-off

• Managed expert team of 22 direct reports and 4 team leads supporting day to day Vehicle Operation division operations

• Directed Hosted Systems vendor support migration from IBM to HP, a 2-year program that was reduced to 22 weeks for reduced budget overruns and savings of more than $80 million

• Migrated 500+ servers and 174 applications from IBM to HP facility, providing enhanced support and guaranteed delivery of services for improved capabilities and additional 20% cost savings

CEO Oct 2004 – Nov 2005

Identity Systems, Inc., American Fork, UT

• Directed IS Security company operations providing leading technology value-added service solutions to diverse client base

• Created and executed organizational strategic vision

• Managed and negotiated vendor relations and contracts, including providers of biometric product production

• Oversaw and enforced state, local and federal regulatory compliance

PRESIDENT/CEO Jan 2003 – Nov 2005

BII Solutions, Inc., Riverton, UT

• Provided integrated customer support IT solutions for large information technology vendors

• Created and executed organizational and strategic vision

• Managed contract negotiations and execution

PROGRAM MANAGER Aug 2000 – Jan 2003

NextPage, Inc., Lehi, UT

• Oversaw multiple programs and project portfolios using a balanced scorecard

• Used peer to peer technology to design and deliver award-winning website for LexusNexus legal, providing legal works and case studies for mid-sized law firms on a subscription and non-subscription basis

• Managed professional services that created and delivered a custom CRM tool to NetApp Inc., providing full access to all documents relevant to supporting Network Appliance customers

• Created application using XML tagging and indexing in a peer to peer network with Word, Excel, email, CAD drawings, etc.

• Met and exceeded financial and strategic portfolio objectives

• Implemented comprehensive SDLC to reduce costs, identify & resolve inefficiencies, and expand growth opportunities

• Applied risk management techniques that limited adverse outcomes and provided enhanced capabilities

SENIOR SYSTEM ENGINEER Aug 1999 – Aug 2000

ENMAX, Inc., Ogden, UT

• Managed high-value IS projects, including analysis and review of US Marine Corps primary Decision Support System (DSS)

• Implemented SDLC for reduced costs, improved scheduling, and application/system quality objective achievement

• Demonstrated extensive understanding of ISO’s standard Project Management Body of Knowledge

PROJECT MANAGER Jun 1996 – Aug 1999

Delta Technologies, Inc., Atlanta, GA

• Managed on-time and under budget $13 million real time manage by exception application system project for Delta Airlines Airport Operations Department

• Became airline operation subject matter expert in less than 6 months in order to lead Flight Status Monitor deployment project, which was successfully completed in less than 6 months

• Reduced costs by $200,000 - $300,000 per year by reversing late departure lost revenue

• Designed and architected gate Customer Information Display System, providing real-time flight information and improved customer experience

• Produced, directed, edited, and performed voice over for a film depicting technology advances at Delta Airlines, ultimately used in a Wall Street presentation and effecting an increase of $5+ / share in one day

EDUCATION

University of Phoenix - Phoenix, Arizona

Doctoral Candidate – Management Information Systems Management and Technology 2012

Master of Science – Management Information Systems Management 2006

Clayton State University - Morrow, Georgia

B.B.A. – Computer Information Systems 1995

LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT ROLES 1986 - 2003

Peachtree Associates ● Gainor Medical ● Print Time, Co. ● U.S. Navy ● William Woods University ● Brigham Young University

US Navy, Honorably Discharged

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