PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

IT Project Portfolio with 15 years experience in leading & delivering Enterprise IT projects. Experienced in PMO establishment, committed to professionalism, highly organized, able to see the big picture while paying attention to small details, and excellent communication skills. I am currently consulting for a variety of IT endeavors and seek full-time employment. I enjoy a good challenge and pursue many interests in my spare time, including camping, theater, international travel, boating, and fishing. Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Managerial Skills:

• Excellent in Project management methodologies, planning, scheduling methods, and tools
• Expert in leading Enterprise software solution projects and services.
• Excellent in managing, mentoring, and coaching team members
• Strong documentation and reporting skills
• Gatekeeper of project schedule, risk management, issue log and budget forecast
• Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and problem solving skills
• Strong understanding of SDLC, ERP modules and Business Analysis practices
• Good knowledge of Lean Six Sigma
• Capable of establishing a strong positive client/team working environment

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,Fort Lauderdale, FL
Sr. Technical & Clinical Project Portfolio Manager 02/11 – Present

• Responsible for managing a series of projects to lead and deliver successful project such as Exchange 2010 migration, 2008 Print Cluster and Archive Solution (EMC) for today litigation requirements.

• Manage migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 project from beginning to the end for 5500+ users. Experience managing PC migrations projects, utilizing processes and tools in a large, standardized LAN environment and an understanding of Active Directory.
• Responsible for interface with senior managers, internal customers and support resources.
• Developing project plan, pilot, application testing, pilot and rollout phases.
• Implement an automate application distribution method for all application packaging.
• Implement customized Group Policy to meet current and future state.
• Establishing tentative planning and revising it according the management approval.
• Managing diverse project resources in a highly matrix environment, with an eye for teamwork and leadership. In addition, ability to level set expectations and drive for success.
• Assist technical teams (Call Center, Desktop Engineering, etc) on providing tool tips, quick reference guides and knowledge transfer.
• Assess and advise on improving process and methodologies of current and future state.
• Lead a sub project for the deployment of CPOE devices from beginning to the end for 800+ physicians.
• Work with the CMIO and physicians on defining the technical requirement for CPOE GO LIVE.
• Lead the Implementation a biometric technology for physicians to use across the district.

• Focused on the remediation activities required to replace 125+ application servers across the district within, which included the provisioning of new servers (physical and virtual) and the decommissioning of the old servers.
• Designed dashboards and metrics using Daptiv software in order to provide progress report to PMO and stakeholders
• Lead the design and GO Live of the new SharePoint Internal and Customer portal to get familiar with the PMO and the benefit it provides to the organization.

Confidential,
Sr. Project Manager / Consultant

• Lead the Implementation of a Core system for a Nonprofit Child Care Organization (6) to manage, track and reporting structure for State Requirement using latest technology. 06/09 – 6/10
• Monitor and control projects, manage issues, dependencies, risk, time lines and budgets.
• Lead and influence the planning and implementation of SharePoint platform implementation for project.
• Lead the implementation and designing services for Insurance Agency site (8) on the transformation of their infrastructure and applications. 06/10 – 2/11

Confidential,Doral, Miami
Sr. Project Portfolio Manager - US and Latin America 04/08-5/09

• Responsible for managing an annual budget of $5 million and 30+ cross-functional team members.
• Developed a comprehensive IT strategy roadmap with key business leaders and acquired $4.5 million for a 3-year project to align business strategy with competitive IT capabilities.
• Transitioned the Application Development Team into Offshore Development Services, resulting in an annual savings of $2 million and 33% increase in productivity.
• Implemented Post Harvest Online Inventory using JDE (ERP) and PDA Level 3 Process Methodologies and Iterative Development Methodologies, which resulted in 15% cost avoidance and 25% reduction in project management overhead cost.
• Designed and deployed new business processes for analytics to measure profitability, efficiency, productivity, and increased cash flow, which contributed to a 10% increase in sales.
• Led and executed the office and warehouse relocation project. Directed the redesign of the office/cubicle floor plan, computer room, electrical wiring, voice, fiber optics backbones, and data runs.
• Led the design, architecture, planning, and execution of the transition from Dole Data Shared Services in Costa Rica to Colombia. Renegotiated all service-level agreements, defined effective outsourcing relationships, and ran full applications cycle testing and cutover.
• Established SLA and transformation using TerraMark Business Continuity for AS/400 Services, EDI, and Global Crossing for LAN/WAN/Internet services.
• Helped team establish and implement new IT policies and security measures to ensure consistent operations and safeguard information resources.
• Managed 8 team members performing Sarbanes-Oxley compliancy internal audit controls, procedures, testing, and reporting based on the COBIT process framework.
• Led the migration from Hyperion to Cognos Controller for financial reporting. In addition, it included history, schema and accounting structures.

Confidential,Long Island, NY
Project Manager / Sr. Consultant 06/07-4/08

• Collaborated with fellow Senior Consultant to re-engineer business and manufacturing processes to achieve systemized controls that ensured sustainability and 99% on-time delivery.
• Employed Lean Six Sigma and Quality techniques to perform value stream mapping that improved workflow and advanced product quality 69%, productivity 26%, and lowered unit costs over 21%.
• Applied Lean Sigma Six to the supply chain and finance, creative, and category departments. Fine-tuned SAP MM module to reflect new Lean Sigma business processes.

Confidential,Salt Lake City, Utah
Zasah Project Manager / Sr. Consultant Services - US and Latin America 05/06-6/07

• Spearheaded a migration team to implement the ERP (MXP) System from initial planning to final installation for global operations.
• Led the implementation of BI framework and statutory reporting requirements.
• Led the initiative on gap analysis, setup, redesign, business process reengineering, development, data cleanup, data mapping, data upload, and test strategy prior to deployment.
• Additional support provided to the North America Region, including Business Critical Applications (BCA), as well as other inter-regional remediation activities involving Europe/ Middle East/Africa and Asia Pacific Regions.
• Performed security evaluation appraisals and recommendations regarding the improvement of IT controls and business processes.
• Implemented the American Express and Concur T&E System Management.

Confidential,Orlando Florida
Project Portfolio Manager / Consultant 05/05-5/06

• Managed and developed Affiliated Computer Services’ largest accounts and provided business development support.
• Worked with ACS’ account executives and Disney IT management to write and finalize scope of work (SOW).
• Participated in the successful transition of Disney IT Orlando to ACS.
• Lead the Implementation of Disney Enterprise Microsoft ZTI/ZTP.
• Lead the Implemented Disney Enterprise Two Factor Authentication for Remote and encrypted security.
• Worked with KPMG to coordinate the Sarbanes-Oxley 404 change management, service level agreements, disaster recovery, and contingency planning efforts.
• Facilitated the tech team’s deployment of the Disney Enterprise MS Office 2003 and SMS upgrade across all Business Units.

Confidential,Irving, Texas
Zasah Sr. Consultant Services, Infrastructure and Applications US and Latin America 2/04-5/05

• Lead and collaborated with IT teams in Brazil, Chile, and Argentina to deploy Oracle’s Applications (Version 11) software solution to Latin American business units within a year.
• Managed Oracle Application DBAs and functional support team.
• Led a governance architecture committee that provided guidance and support for design of national and international network infrastructure rollout.
• Lowered cost of ownership more than 25% by standardizing desktops, laptops, and adopting security policies.
• Helped redesign and implement a $30 million MPLS standardization project across North America, Europe and Latin America.
• Lead the upgrade migration and the GO Live on Lawson across the various business units and airport sites.
• Oversaw the design, installation, and administration of LAN/WAN systems using NT, Novell, UNIX, Cisco, and TCP/IP for an integrated network.

Confidential,Miami Beach, Florida
Director of IT and PMO- Latin America, Spain, and Portugal 3/99-2/04

• Headed infrastructure services (internal and outsourced labor), projects, and systems.
• Oversaw strategy on servers, mainframes, storage, desktop, and data/voice infrastructure, PBX’s capacity.
• Helped migrate the payroll system to PeopleSoft for the HR department.
• Managed the implementation of JDE, Sales, and Royalties system across various divisions.
• Oversaw a $20 million AS/400 consolidation project for Latin America/Europe, comprised of identifying business requirements, infrastructure readiness, design and development, user acceptance testing, pilot, and cutover.
• Led the implementation of an E-Commerce framework for music and artist content.

Confidential,New York, NY
Director of Information Technology Y2K - US and Latin America 4/93-3/99

• Directed over $5 million worth of Y2K projects and oversaw 5 managers and 35 contract professionals.
• Project managed Y2K issues for desktops, servers, LAN/WAN, and telephone system.
• Designed, purchased, and installed new servers, routers, and PBX Y2K compliant equipment.
• Completed the testing and approval process of all applications and infrastructure for the Y2K rollover ahead of schedule.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Operating Systems: Linux, NT, Novell Netware, Microsoft Windows Server, CentOS, AS.400, VMware
UNIX Applications: Oracle Financials, Oracle Integrator
Email/Calendar:Exchange (architecture design and user history migration), Lotus Notes, GroupWise, Blackberry
Databases: Oracle, MS SQL, Access, TOAD, and Apache Web Server
Applications: Lawson, Kronos, Eproject, Sales system, BI, Sales Force, Royalties, PeopleSoft, JDE, CRM, ERP, SAP, Cognos BI, Cognos Controller, HR, SAP MM, MXP, Intranet, Extranet, DB2, DMS, E-Commerce, Daptiv, SharePoint
Security: Firewall/VPN/Intrusion Checkpoint, Spam filters, Detection, Websense, WinRunner
Hardware: Network switches, routers, servers, workstations, tape drives, SAN, NAS, IPSec for VoIP
Languages: Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

Bachelor Degree

• Electronic Engineering
• Leadership Development
• Team Building Development
• Green Belt Lean Six Sigma
• PMP Certification