Highlights of Qualifications

• Accomplished program and project manager with 10+ years of progressive responsibility in IT software development, infrastructure and business process analysis, including NERC CIP compliance full project lifecycle
• Global and distributed team management including Taiwan, China, France, India, U.K., Canada
• Full project lifecycle, software development lifecycle SDLC, proposals and contracts, risk mitigation, budgets, resource allocation. Keen attention to customer needs.
• Skilled negotiator with demonstrated customer focus and proven ability to build relationships

Professional Experience

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX 2009 – Present
Program and Project Manager, Senior Electrical Engineer – PMO – NERC CIP Compliance - Transmission

• Managed $250,000 pilot implementation of a Cisco-based access control and security system and infrastructure at a head end and remote showcase substation. Managed full project lifecycle including planning, design, installation, commissioning, documentation and training. Core contributor on rollout and integration of Active Directory for centralized account management.
• Managed design of $2 million SONET OC3 Network with microwave backhaul, system protection and control for the Texas Public Utility Commission Competitive Renewable Energy Zones CREZ project.
• Managed and coordinated local contractors and remote IT support from India to balance scarce resources.
• Managed full project lifecycle for physical security and access control system using SONET network for multiple distributed sites across west and north central Texas with a backhaul microwave network. Capital project of $4 million.
• Assessed and evaluated new products for security and access control for broadband networks with features including encryption, authentication proxies, LDAP integration and Active Directory authentication, account management, event logging, alarms. Key contributor to Syslog Interoperability Standards development.
• Performed security system audits and ensured auditable compliance to NERC-CIP standards as well as conformance to security industry Best Practices.

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX 2009
Project Management Consultant and Subject Matter Expert
Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, PA

• PMI designated Project Management Subject Matter Expert. Invited participant in PMP Examination Development Workshop to re-work and update the PMP certification examination.
• Invited Author, “A Step-by-Step Guide to a Successful Transition,” PMI Today August 2009, S4, published by the Project Management Institute.

Confidential, Dallas, TX 2006 – 2009
Project Manager - PMO

• Managed multiple, large, concurrent full lifecycle capital projects ranging from $500,000 to $10 million in a PMO for high purity chemicals manufacturing plant installations and upgrades.
• Managed and coordinated efforts of widely distributed teams for mechanical, civil, structural and electrical engineering, and Quality Assurance throughout USA, Canada and Europe.

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX 2003 – 2006
Consulting Senior Program and Project Manager - PMO
Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

• Evaluated business processes and conducted studies for implementing PLM solutions from Siemens, Dassault Systémes and SAP. Recommended improvements to business processes and established key performance indicators.
• Analyzed business requirements and developed plans to integrate ERP, HR, CRM, inventory control, inventory management, warehouse, Supply Chain management systems including BaaN running on Oracle 11i, to improve asset management and control throughout several concurrent product development lifecycles.

Confidential, Keller, TX 2000 – 2003
DSL Engineering Program Manager

• Drove DSL Program, managed internal designers, electrical engineers and distributed offshore Chinese and Taiwanese manufacturing teams to design, develop, test and release DSL products into production on time and within budget.
• Managed engineering and manufacturing teams in Taiwan and China to deliver new filter to win back Bell Canada account.

• Managed application development, infrastructure and hardware upgrade projects and functional tests using Best Practices for Y2K remediation, completing Y2K activities two months early.
• Standardized web application development tools and procedures to deliver institution internet web site and intranet portals.
• Oversaw software development projects to interface medical Practice Plan with insurance providers.

• Developed and implemented policies and methodologies for disaster recovery including hot site operation.
• Developed strategic vision and policies for compliance with State mandated Managed Care Information Services.

Confidential, Dallas, TX
Pre / Post Sales Support Systems Engineer

• Managed territory with P&L responsibility including planning and installation of IBM midrange systems for wholesale distribution customers. Achieved 100% customer satisfaction for 5 years.
• Trained customers on Inventory Management, Inventory Control, Payroll, General Ledger, Purchasing, Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables, Billing, and set up of GL Charts of Accounts.
• IBM designated Distribution Industry Specialist.

Certifications, Licenses, Affiliations and Education

Project Management Professional PMP certification
Project Management Institute PMI member
State of Texas Licensed Professional Engineer PE
Master of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY

Technology Experience

Applications and Software: Active Directory and LDAP, APL, AS400 Utilities, AutoCAD, BaaN, BANNER, CICS, Cisco Physical Access Manager, CMAS, CMS, Citrix, DB400, DMAS, ERP, Help Systems ROBOT ALERT CONSOLE NETWORK, Inventory Control, Inventory Management, JCL, JESS2, MATLAB with SimuLink, Maximo Asset Management, Medical Records, Medical Imaging, MS Access, MS Office Suite Excel PowerPoint Word Visio, MS Project, MS SQL Server, Oracle, Oracle Developer Discoverer Forms Reports, Oracle SQL Developer, PL SQL, Siemens Dassault Systémes SAP PLM, Pro/ENGINEER, ProjectWise, RACF, REXX, SharePoint, SunGard Advanced Recovery, Supply Chain, TCP/IP
Hardware: AS400, Cisco Servers Routers Switches Gateways, Data General AViiON CLARiiON, DEC VAX Clusters, EMC RAID-5, HP 9000, IBM 3084, IBM 4381, IBM Enterprise System 9000, IBM RISC 6000, IBM Series 1, IBM System 36, IBM System 370, IBM System 38, Sun Solaris 3500, Rolm Switch, Sun Solaris 3500
Operating Systems: AIX, CPF, DGUX, HPUX, Linux, MVS, OS 400, Red Hat Linux, Solaris, SSP, UNIX, VM, VSE
Internet: 128-bit SSL, Apache, Dreamweaver, HTML, Java Script, Macromedia Flash, McAfee Security, Norton Security and Utilities, XML