• Experienced Project Manager leading global wide teams in the banking and automotive industries delivering a variety of software and infrastructure projects using a variety of Project Management methodologies.
• Delivered multiple projects using VMWare to consolidate servers and create the Bank of America Internal Cloud
• More than seven years of Senior Level IT Management experience with two large public agencies with responsibility for managing all IT and telecommunications systems, analyzing agency operating needs, designing and developing systems, obtaining top level management project acceptance, preparing all project management documentation and managing projects from inception to closure.
• Solid skills in writing specifications evaluating bidder's proposals, and selecting vendors with overall responsibilities for managing the procurement process from RFP to contract closure.

• Adept and experienced with preparing both operational and planning documents.
• Strong technical background in systems architecture, Wireless LAN WAN SSL VPN Authentication, Remote access, ESX virtual servers Expert level competency with Microsoft Operating Systems with MCP, MCSE and Network certifications.

• In-depth knowledge and experience with agile and standard project management practices including project plan development, CPM analysis, budget preparation, cost management, time management, risk management and mitigation, integration management, resource leveling, earned value, technical estimate validation, status reporting and overall project objective achievement. Especially skilled at project oversight, validation and verification.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, excellent at maintaining positive client relationships and successfully negotiating with vendors and customers. Extensive experience making presentations to management, Boards of Supervisors and project team members.

• Direct supervisory experience over project teams of technicians, application developers and network engineers. Extensive experience with hiring, motivating and evaluating performance of technical and project teams.

• Project Manager for successful 1 million VoIP project that completely restructured and upgraded the entire department infrastructure cabling, switches, routers, WAN access etc. replacing PBX system for Main Office and 13 remote offices. Managed project from cradle to grave prepared project initiation documentation, negotiated credit financing, acquired approval from Board of Supervisors, wrote RFP for vendor selection, evaluated vendor responses, and selected vendor. Following selection, managed implementation team of two internal and three contractor support engineers, prepared detailed project plans scope, cost, time, risk, communications etc. created schedules, budgets and resource utilization plans with Microsoft Project.
• Responsible for preparation of a multiagency RFP for an 8 million dollar 911 call center project. Worked with personnel in other participating agencies throughout the RFP process. Wrote the Sheriff's Department section of the RFP. After responses were received, participated in evaluation of responses and was key team member in vendor selection. Project Manager Sheriff's Department implementation with full county wide responsibility for software modifications and redesigns. The project was delivered on time and within budget and the Stanislaus County 911 call center is fully operational and serving the community.
• Delivered a 1.5 million dollar project to upgrade data center infrastructure including replacement racks, patch panels, and redesigned cable management. Worked with County procurement personnel and prepared RFP. Selected vendor through evaluation process and was responsible for Project Management activities including initiating, planning, executing and closing the project. Delivered the project on time and within budget.
• Skilled Project Manager with long history of successfully leading global wide teams in the banking Bank of America and auto industries Ford Motor and General Motors delivering a variety of software and infrastructure projects with both standalone and virtual servers. Very experienced with Data Center consolidations.
• Financial systems Infrastructure Project Manager delivering project solutions for Ford Motor Company including Oracle 11g upgrade, Teradata, Web Single Sign On and Powerdesigner Modeling tools. Virtualized and consolidated General Motors Corporation Financial Offices migrating the offices to new AD forest and retiring existing forest. Lead project manager for the GM Data Center Transformation program migrating data center assets from HP facilities on a global wide area to new Data Centers in Warren and Milford Michigan.
• Project Manager for Genesis10 providing overall project management leadership for projects involving the virtualization of servers to create an internal cloud for the Bank of America. Projects include OS remediation, new builds, ESX upgrades and application upgrade and installs.

These projects also involved transition of legacy systems and integration of dissimilar infrastructure technologies resulting from acquisitions or mergers. Employed Agile methods on several projects.

Professional Experience

Confidential

Sr. Project Manager

Technical Project Manager for General Dynamics. Currently in the early stages of Business Case Development and project proposal for a Robotics system upgrade and software redesign. Completed problem documentation, cost benefit analysis and current situation description. Nearing completion of work with several lines of business to develop solution options. Presentation of options and final management adoption of solution will be presented by the end of December. This is a short term contract scheduled to end in May 2015,

Confidential

Sr. Project Manager

Consulting Technical Project Manager for Bank of America networking infrastructure projects. Responsible for all areas of Six Sigma Methodology Project Management activities including identifying customer requirements, formulating technical solutions, developing project plans and budgets. Managed implementation activities including building technical teams preparing budget reports, reporting status to senior management, and execution of technical solutions. Project include complete migration of 200 person line of business to new data facility and execution of plan to provide redundancy for critical application servers

Project Management Consultant

Project Manager for a number of high visibility projects building infrastructure and virtualizing servers for the Bank of America. Successfully delivered several projects that were already behind schedule and over budget when assigned. Accomplished this through effective communications, overhauling project planning documentation and quickly establishing professional and productive relationships with team members worldwide. Projects include ESX upgrades, OS remediation, new builds both dedicated and virtual severs and application upgrade or installation as well as integration of Countrywide and Merrill Lynch data systems into the Bank of America infrastructure.

Information Technology Manager

Managed projects for a large and secure law enforcement computer and telecommunications operating environment with an overall annual operating budget of 80 million and an annual IT operating budget approaching 2 million. Project Manager for a number of high dollar projects covering a wide variety of IT disciplines including Voice and Video over IP, web-based database applications, secure computer networks, mobile device computing, helpdesk implementation, Computer Aided Dispatch, desktop support, Blackberry Server installation and maintenance, SAN acquisition and implementation and other major infrastructure upgrades. Responsible for preparing both project and operating budgets as well as monitoring budget execution. Managed teams of Sheriff's Department personnel, other agency personnel and contractor engineers.