SUMMARY:

• Managed Hundreds of IT Installations
• BS - Administration & Business - Louisiana Tech
• Certified PMI PMP #1720566
• PMBOK 5.5 and OSHA 30 certified
• Working on PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
• Studying for CTS
• 15 years Project Management
• 18 years Business Leader | IT, Audiovisual and Financial industries
• Founded and managed IT/Audiovisual Solutions VAR Business - Built to 15 FTEs over 12 years
• Managed Cisco VoIP/UC design/deploy projects
• Managed Tangram Videoconferencing projects
• Twenty-years Global Enterprise Account Management to Fortune 500 | IT and Audiovisual Solutions
• SDLC: AGILE and PMBOK 6 Waterfall
• Embedded Vendor at Broadcom (7 years), Taco Bell (3 years), Motorola (2-years) and 3M Healthcare (2-years)
• Other Major Clients: Sony Trans Com3M Dental, UCI Medical Center, Sechrist, Welch-Allyn, Baxter Healthcare, Las Vegas VA Hospital Hyundai Capital Americas, GD&C, Honda North America, and IBM
• Led team to develop Telematics solutions for entertainment and mobile office
• Leadership | Performance and Staffing Development; Directly Managed Technical and Non-Technical Teams
• Financial | P&L Valuation and Analysis, Strategic Planning and EVM Analysis
• Tools: Microsoft Project, JIRA, Confluence, Exchange, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Word, Remedy, NetSuite and ConnectWise

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managing Development of IoT solutions for Healthcare and Manufacturing. Focus is on Assisted Living and Memory Care and integrating to devices for patient care. On Premise, SaaS, and Hybrid. Using combination of SDLC, Waterfall and Agile methodologies as this project includes software, firmware, and hardware integration.
• Managing IT/Telephony, Construction and Audiovisual projects while launching and building company based upon Internet of Things, IT, SaaS, VoIP and Audiovisual for the Assisted Living and Healthcare Industries. Requirement Analysis, Project Delivery, Procurement, Risk Management and Business Directives.
• Used Confluence and JIRA to manage the Application Development part of the solution and Microsoft Project Management to manage Waterfall portion.
• Managed Construction project for Howard’s. Upgrade to office and Landscaping.

Senior IT Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for IT: IT Infrastructure, Audiovisual, Smart City, Smart Trash Cans and Poles, Smart Parking Structures, IoT, Fiber and Conduit runs, DAS, CBRS and overall planning and coordination of 93-acre $4-billion project in Orange County, California. Vendor Management, Risk Management and Process Improvement.
• Worked with construction group to establish timelines for project.
• Managing multiple projects simultaneously in San Jose, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, San Diego, Carlsbad, and Las Vegas using PMBOK Waterfall methodologies. Projects include Hospital, commercial and military industries
• Project sizes ranged from $1,500 to $2.8 million
• Largest project was VA Hospital in Las Vegas, NV and it included infrastructure cabling, IT subnet with two Cisco 6500 switches and 54 small Cisco switches networked to two virtualized servers that were used for Video on Demand, VoIP, and Internet access and Custom software that was integrated to the Barco terminal on an articulated mount. The solution provided Hospital interface, patient, entertainment, and Internet access from a customized bedside interface software. The solution also included an auditorium with production capability controlled by a Crestron interface. It also included Digital signage throughout the hospital and a production room to share surgeries remotely.
• Sold and managed IT projects such as VoIP system evaluation for Honda Center (evaluated top 5 solutions)

Program, and Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed Projects, Business, Sales, Engineering, Partners, and Vendors while building IT Solutions Company. Built company from start-up to 15 employees and 20+ contractors providing solutions to Enterprise and SMB.
• Managed projects for Merger & Acquisitions where our client purchased other companies and we assisted with getting technology homogenized. Active Interest Media comes to mind as they were a magazine company that was growing from acquisition. We assisted them with IT, Audiovisual and Telephones ongoing for several years.
• Performed planning, management, and completion of projects for a variety of clients and business units within Fortune 500 corporations. DELL servers, desktops, laptops, and switches were part of the projects. Tier-1 embedded vendor partner at Broadcom for 5+ years. Directly managed technical and non-technical project teams for over 10 years.
• Direct responsibility for all aspects of business and projects: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring, Closing, and providing ongoing operational support after project completion for Fortune 500 clients. Largest project included Deployment of Structured Cabling, Telephony, IT and Audiovisual/Videoconferencing technologies for 187 conference rooms and 13 new reception areas (Irvine, CA and San Diego, CA). Managed projects from inception through installation and for Cisco VoIP, 3COM/HP VoIP and TEO VoIP solutions.
• Built and maintained business relationships. Provided logistical coordination of National and International projects effectively communicating project expectations, updates, and potential risks to team members, IT leadership, and stakeholders while providing appropriate resolution and recommendations. Plans included Change Management and . Normal strategy for deployments includes involving everyone that is affected by the rollout and having them assist with feature identification, prioritization, and rollout plans.
• Successfully managed procurement and deployment of multimillion-dollar, IT, VoIP, and Audiovisual projects. Managed hundreds of IT Infrastructure, Audiovisual, Security, and Application Development and Telephony projects for Fortune 500 clients providing cross-functional communications to multiple departments regarding progress.
• Developed detailed project plans for projects and managed delivery of projects to timeline and cost budgets
• Established policies, processes and procedures for Administration, Sales, Services & Customer Relations
• Managed Service team while developing and maintaining direct relationships with customers, vendors, and industry partners and while developing and managing the company utilizing tools such as ConnectWise, Remedy and SharePoint to maintain documentation and manage support tickets and Knowledge base.
• Developed and Managed Deployment of IT Managed Services solutions
• Worked with Hyundai Capital Americas, Broadcom (Enterprise Audiovisual solutions and support), Gibson Dunn & Crutcher (IT Hardware and Deployment), DreamWorks (Audiovisual solutions), Honda North America (Report Generation), Pacific Life (Hardware), Green Dot Corp ( Corporate technology move solution, IT contractors and dispatch), Qualcomm (Desktop imaging and deployment), 3M Dental (onsite support, desktop imaging and programmer), 3M Healthcare (onsite desktop support), B/S/H Home Appliances (Hardware and Audiovisual solutions), Fluor (hardware), H&S Ventures (hardware, IT, VoIP and Audiovisual solutions), Anaheim Ducks (Audiovisual, IT and Surveillance for The Rinks/Ducks), IBM Services, ID Analytics (IT infrastructure), Kofax (audiovisual upgrades), QLogic (hardware), City of Hope (Help Desk), CA Department of Motor Vehicles (hardware), Welch-Allyn (desktop support), Ameriquest (Laptop imaging) and ValleyCrest (desktop and laptop imaging and Videoconferencing solutions - Tandberg) and California DMV (hardware rollout). Desktop support projects required Change Management as did the software rollouts.