Well - organized, results oriented individual with proven ability to implement standards, procedures & processes that results in operational excellence and improved business satisfaction. Solid management skills, capable of leading & motivating individuals to maximize levels of productivity while forming cohesive team environments. A keen strategist, planner and implementer with expertise in devising strategies aimed at enhancing overall organizational growth, sustained profitability of operations and improved business performance. Exceptional communicator, focused on building strong customer relationships.

A strategic planner with expertise in swiftly ramping up IT Infrastructure / Virtualization Projects / Business Intelligence Programs on multiple platforms. Demonstrated abilities in leading and guiding project teams to deliver projects to clients within specified schedule and budget. An effective communicator with honed people management, analytical, problem-solving skills.

Key skills entail:

• IT Infrastructure Management
• Program Management
• Business Intelligence Architecture
• Strategic Planning & Execution
• Virtualization Technology Architecture & Integration
• Budgeting / Cost Control

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CONFIDENTIALNew York, New York

Leader in Information Technology

IT Lead NYC

Recruited to work closely with senior executives to conceptualize, globalize and redesign the existing Technologies and lead ambitious IT Teams working in UNIX, Windows, and client/server technology environments..

• Interfaced with Senior Executives to create a Virtualization & Enterprise Storage Design and Implementation plan.
• Architect VMware ESX, ESXi, within vSphere 4 and 5 environments with VirtualCenter management, LabManager, Consolidated Backup, DRS, HA, DPM, vMotion and VMware Data Recovery, VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM). Experience with VMware View desktop virtualization (VDI).
• Responsible for the team providing hands on support to BI delivery teams for Solution, Technical and Data Architectures including platform selection and data modeling.
• Managed a lean team providing systems, network, end-user and technical support to supporting Engineering, Marketing, Sales and Administration.
• Introduced new technologies and professionalized department, including processes to track problem resolution and manage software licensing and installation; promoted training and development of staff.
• Responsible for data center design, office space networking, access control; HVAC, electrical and networking installation contractors.
• Successfully developed a plan for Virtualization & consolidation (Storage/Server/application software) to reduce the data center carbon foot print giving savings on real estate, power and cooling costs. Consolidation and Virtualization allowed for rapid systems and application deployments, High system/application uptimes for public facing web sites for consumer data collection, reduced time to market and lowered the total cost of ownership (TCO).
• Initiated Desktop virtualization (VDI) proof of concept to deliver common consistent user experience to users.
• Conducted meetings and prepared reports and analysis on system requirements of the clients. Designed framework models and protocols.
• Implemented systems/configuration management automation, planned and executed moves to new facilities.
• Principal individual contributions included enhancing data storage, disaster recovery capabilities, and security.
• Was an integral part of the team that worked on the Integration of the IT component during the CONFIDENTIAL acquisition of Telelogic.
• Enhanced existing and established new customer relationships, partnering with customers to identify and prioritize needs that improve product quality and IT efficiencies.
• Providing guidance and mentoring for several of the Team members and helping them attain their personal and professional career development goals.
• Managed and was responsible for the CONFIDENTIAL\'s New Jersey datacenter

Confidential New Rochelle, NY

Leading Global Volunteer Organization.

Senior Manager for IT & Telecom

Recruited to upgrade and replace obsolete technologies at this world-class volunteer organization with more than 2000 external users (every year) worldwide and 200 internal users in 15 locations. Hire, train, develop and lead a 4-person technical team based offsite in India. Scope of position is expansive and includes departmental direction and full design, implementation, support, training, administration, and management authority. Spearheaded transition from outdated organization-wide and departmental technologies to highly functional streamlined and cost-effective client server technologies that have dramatically improved efficiency, decreased expenses, and optimized data integrity and safety.

• Implemented system to fill up multiple forms online giving the user a friendly and easy to use interface, at the same time saving the organization $100,000 a year.
• Reduced labor costs by 25% by restructuring teams, converting contractor positions to employee status and renegotiating contractor rates.
• Negotiated Telecom Expenditures, cutting costs up to 25% through volume discounts from same vendor or by obtaining competitive bids.
• Responsible for administering salesforce.com CRM, updating the architecture to better meet the needs, creating new and more accurate reporting system and also creating multiple dashboards displaying up to date and accurate information.

Confidential Philadelphia, PA

Globally recognized academic and research institute.

Senior Analyst Programmer

Manage all phases of web and desktop application development projects for a wide range of clients requiring interactive, transactional applications. Assess client needs and develop specifications; plan and implement projects from initial conceptual design through coding, final delivery and client approval. Evaluate test and maintain servers.

• Manage multiple simultaneous projects, successfully meeting all timeframes. Drove 4 technically complex, large-scale projects from conceptual stages to delivery in less than 8 months. Responsible for Installing and Maintaining Windows 2003 and 2K servers
• Developed a web-based app for the parking dept. using MS-SQL server as the back end and C#.NET for the front end. The web-based parking application system created cost savings of $50,000/year for the parking dept.
• Collaborated in planning & deployment of Eportfolio app which caters to more than 40000 users at multiple sites.
• Key member of team that developed the Drexel University Physicians website
• Initiated and implemented the Web-based system for Online Appointments Management. This system created more than $100,000 in cost savings for the Medical College Hospital.