Project Manager Management
Resume:
David Harrison
vgs9r5@r.postjobfree.com
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Accomplished IT professional with progressive accountabilities directing IT departments and major programs
IT service framework advocate addressing and exceedeing industry regulatory compliance requirements
Proven leadership, judgment and decisiveness in simplifying complex, chaotic and maturing services
Collaborative business focus adapting IT service portfolio to meet changing patterns of business
Experienced in operations, security, compliance and application services for diverse set of organizations
SKILLS
Proven superior judgment and decisiveness capacity IT budgeting, staffing, and performance management
Crisp, lean, effective, decisive executive presentations Implementing IT PMO, Program Project (PMI)
Unique qualitative / quantitative blend - top 5% GMAT COBIT, ISO, ITIL, GXP Process Frameworks
Leadership, mentorship, motivational, influential…… Assessing PCI, HIPAA, SOX, FDA Compliance
Development of collaborative customer relationships IT Audit Preparation, Self Assessment, Facilitation
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Kaiser Permanente - KPIT SOX Program Executive Director 2006 – 2009
Directed $40M 3-year IT SOX Program addressing control risks in the entity controls and 4 IT domains: Security, Operations, Change Management, Development
• Remediated 2735 published control risks servicing 300 applications meeting annual program compliance goals
• Rationalized IT key risk control matrix (61 to 23) saving $4.5M in annual audit work, $675K internal staff time
• Developed SOX Program communication plan providing status to stakeholders, executives, auditors
• Presented status updates to COO, CFO, CIO, CCO, Auditors, Kaiser SOX and Audit Committees
• Championed policy to assign named business ownership/accountability for all financial applications
• Delivered process owner training to strengthen SOX adoption, sustainment and audit preparation
Silicon Valley Bank - Director, IT Infrastructure and Operations 2004-2005
Directed IT Network and Operations Teams with accountabilities for over 300 Production Applications
• Director for the IT Infrastructure and Operation teams with annual budget of $10M and 40 staff
• Accountable for the IT effort and program resources for corporate Business Continuity initiative
• Successfully executed DR tests and the implementation of backup data center for BCP effort
• Co-developed IT PMO with other IT Directors streamlining IT program and project delivery
• Developed and revised complete set of service support and delivery policies and procedures based on ITIL V2
• Migrated critical legacy systems off unsupported Windows NT to address regulatory corrective actions
• Reduced ongoing IT operating costs $250k by virtualizing production and staging server environments
Align Technology – Senior Director, IT 2003 – 2004
Directed IT Application, Operations, Security and Compliance Services
• Accountable for annual budget of 6M with 27 staff and outsourced helpdesk for US, international sites
• Directed successful implementation of JDE ERP system for HR, Accounting, Manufacturing functions
• Integrated Datasweep Manufacturing Execution System (MES) concurrent with JDE ERP upgrade
• Installed comprehensive application staging environment to reduce manufacturing disruption risk
• Collaborated with all business units analyzing IT resource demand prioritizing annual program budget
• Met IT compliance goals for Year 1 SOX initiative resulting in no material findings
• Reduced annual operating budget $1.1M annually renegotiating outsourced services contract
Élan Pharmaceuticals – Sr Director, Global Infrastructure & Operations 1996 - 2003
Various Progressive Roles with accountabilities for IT Applications, Infrastructure, Operations, Acquisition Integration and Compliance Services
• Collaborated with business to develop application and operations validation capability
• Directed the integration of systems, infrastructure, staff and IT processes for 6 corporate acquisitions
• Steering member in the creation of Elan Program Office
• Directed the transformation of processes to comply with and be externally certified ISO 9001:2000
• Program managed the unified telephony program migrating corporation from 13 diverse systems to 1
• Program managed the consolidation of all messaging and global directory services to MS Exchange
• Architected and implemented Elan’s worldwide resilient WAN
• Constructed and validated 3 data centers including San Diego Tier III specification for 99.982% uptime
• Member of Élan’s Corporate Management Leadership Team and Élan’s IT Leadership Council
Measurex Corporation - Network Manager
Managed IT Networking, Security, Operations, Messaging and Helpdesk Services
E & J Gallo Winery - PC Coordinator/Project Manager
Created and managed new Personal Computer department developing corporate-wide Procurement, Installation, Training, and Helpdesk Policies and Services
California State College, Stanislaus - Adjunct Professor of Management Information Systems
Developed course objectives and associated curriculum for three personal computer based class electives for students seeking a Business Administration Degree
• Introduction to the Computer
• Decision Support Systems & Business Telecom
• Computer Networking
CONSULTING ROLES
Credence Corporation – SOX Program Director 2005 – 2006
Program Director brought in to accelerate at-risk SOX-program across 5 international sites and 2 US sites
• Accelerated internal assessment, remediation, adoption and testing in preparation for annual audit.
• Justified increased engagement with Protiviti Risk Consulting to have 16-hour day resources for EU, US, ASIA
• Facilitated communication between company senior leadership, internal (Protiviti) and external (E&Y) audit teams
• Established global IT policies and procedures bringing uniformity across 7 IT service units
• Met program objective remediating over 400+ IT key controls and avoiding previously projected material weakness
• Developed year 2 strategy reducing operating budget 60% by internalizing audit staff reducing external resources
EDUCATION
MBA – Santa Clara University – Master of Business Administration 1995
BA – California State University, Stanislaus – Management Information Systems 1982
MEMBERSHIPS
PMI – Project Management Institute, SF Chapter
ISACA – Information Systems Audit and Control Association (1666745), SF Chapter
ITSMF – Information Technology Service Management Forum, SF Local Interest Group
CERTIFICATIONS
ITIL V3 – IT Service Library Certificate -Candidate 886911
CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor - Pending Exam Results 08/12/10
PMP – Project Management Professional – Exam planned for late August 2010
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