Experience

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  Northern Trust Corporation

  • Infrastructure Project Manager

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  Northern Trust

  • Chicago, Illinois, United States

  • Infrastructure Project Manager

    • Feb 2024 - Present
    • Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Senior Infrastructure Project Manager supporting Northern Trust TIPMO

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  SDI Presence

  • United States
  • Information Technology & Services
  • 300 - 400 Employee

  • Program Manager

    • Sep 2022 - Mar 2024

  • Program Manager

    • Sep 2022 - Sep 2022

  • Senior Infrastructure Project Manager

    • Jul 2020 - Sep 2022

    Senior Infrastructure Project Manager in City of Chicago

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  Pinnacle Group, Inc.

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Senior Project Manager

    • Aug 2019 - Jul 2020
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Senior Infrastructure Project Manager currently supporting United Airlines.

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  IBM

  • Project Manager with IBM Corporation

    • Apr 1998 - Aug 2019

    Recruited by IBM to coordinate and execute networking infrastructure projects throughout the Americas and Canada, directing clients, facility managers, technical engineers, project coordinators, subcontractors, and vendors. These projects encompass office moves, migrations and expansions.I’ve established best practices and tools that have been adopted for use by other project managers within IBM.I have conducted Sprint to Verizon transitions for over 60 offices, replacing data and voice circuits and saving the company $3MM over 3 years. I have slashed 40% from office monthly operating costs by implementing 4G as a replacement backup circuit for 15 small to mid-sized offices.I have coordinated over 100 data center moves and relocations with virtually 100% accuracy of planned schedule and budget.I have organized and led IT teams in the successful migration of more than 60 on-premise servers to a cloud based virtual environment.I have led the technology integration effort following the client’s acquisition of the Staubach Company, involving 22 offices and nearly 1200 employees over a 6 month period. I have developed and standardized processes, tools, and best practices that have been adopted by other project managers throughout the organization improving project management and reporting efficiencies by 70%.I have managed large-scale initiatives include the oversight of the Audio/Visual distribution of JLL’s Town Hall meetings to an audience of 60,000 employees in over 100 offices nationwideFrom 1998 to 2002, I worked with vendors on internal projects to renovate digital advertising, desktops, servers and POS devices, as well as facilities infrastructure to enable high speed networking. In that role, I negotiated all agreements with vendors relating to hardware procurement.

  • Project Manager

    • Apr 1998 - Feb 2002

    From 1998 to 2002, oversaw a network of vendors responsible for renovating digitaladvertising, desktops, servers and POS devices, as well as facilities infrastructure to enable high speed networking.

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  JLL

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Project Manager

    • May 2007 - May 2019
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Responsible for multiple projects of various sizes with a focus on corporate office IT infrastructure in the United States and Canada.

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  Cook County Government

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Project Manager

    • Mar 2002 - Apr 2007
    • Greater Chicago Area

    For five years, led a $3M project and 35 team members focused on product testing and implementation of a Mobile Response initiative designed to improve police response time and lower crime throughout Chicago.

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  Farrington Data Systems

  • Schaumburg, IL

  • Systems Engineer

    • Apr 1996 - Apr 1998
    • Schaumburg, IL

    Integration of mobile, wireless thin client solutions for healthcare providers and other real-time, data dependent businesses.