Experience

AAA Washington

• United States
• Consumer Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Project Manager

  • May 2014 - Present

  Manage a variety of IT projects. Handle IT portfolio management. Manage a variety of IT projects. Handle IT portfolio management.



Network Computing Architects, Inc. (NCA)

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  Manager delivery of projects for clients. Manager delivery of projects for clients.



PATH

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Infrastructure Project Manager

  • Oct 2013 - Jan 2014

  Migrate on-prem Exchange to Microsoft O365. Migrate on-prem Exchange to Microsoft O365.



AAA Washington

• United States
• Consumer Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Contract Project Manager

  • May 2013 - Oct 2013

  - Network Upgrade - Disaster Recovery set-up and conduct first test recovery. - Network Upgrade - Disaster Recovery set-up and conduct first test recovery.



PATH

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Infrastructure Project Manager

  • Oct 2012 - Feb 2013

  Managed three concurrent infrastructure projects. Managed internal resources and outside consultants. • On-premise Exchange upgrade – 2007 to 2010. 1500 users. Two month duration. • SharePoint Migration from MOSS 2007 on-premise to SharePoint Online (O365). 100 sites. Metalogix tool. • Office Communicator/Live Meeting upgrade to Lync Online (O365). 1500 users. Managed three concurrent infrastructure projects. Managed internal resources and outside consultants. • On-premise Exchange upgrade – 2007 to 2010. 1500 users. Two month duration. • SharePoint Migration from MOSS 2007 on-premise to SharePoint Online (O365). 100 sites. Metalogix tool. • Office Communicator/Live Meeting upgrade to Lync Online (O365). 1500 users.



Network Computing Architects, Inc. (NCA)

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • May 2011 - Feb 2012

  Administered professional services scheduling, billing, and delivery (14 consultants). Managed organizational contract risk. Managed client projects. Two direct reports. Responsible for all aspects of planning and delivering professional services contracts to customers, manage resources. Accomplishments: • Standardized contract proposals to clients. • Improved efficiency of sales process. • Standardized customer deliverables; improved customer satisfaction with deliverables. Administered professional services scheduling, billing, and delivery (14 consultants). Managed organizational contract risk. Managed client projects. Two direct reports. Responsible for all aspects of planning and delivering professional services contracts to customers, manage resources. Accomplishments: • Standardized contract proposals to clients. • Improved efficiency of sales process. • Standardized customer deliverables; improved customer satisfaction with deliverables.



Merck

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Solution Manager

  • Mar 2009 - Feb 2010

  Managed closing Merck’s bioanalytical operation at Seattle office. • Relocated Merck assets (data, expertise, processes) to other Merck facilities. • Managed IT asset divestitures (hardware, software, data, and intellectual property) to acquiring companies. • Transitioned IT assets & data (including 1000 node Linux cluster) to non-profit bionetworks company. • Shut-down Merck Seattle IT operations: met eDiscovery requirements; destroyed data; disposed of data center and desktop hardware.



T-Mobile

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jul 2008 - Feb 2009



Covance

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • 2006 - 2008

  Managed multiple projects in a staff augmentation role. Bioanalytical Lab – Arizona. Budget: $600k; staff hours: 3,300. • Built and deployed IT infrastructure and regulated applications for new server-less bioanalytical lab to provide exclusive services to Fortune 100 client. o Infrastructure: routers/switches/VoIP Telephony, circuits, WAN compression, data cabling, identity management, and desktops. o Implemented regulated applications: complied with 21 CFR Part 11. New Scientific Lab – Singapore. Budget: $400k; staff hours: 600. • Built and deployed IT infrastructure and applications for food nutritional lab on accelerated schedule. • Negotiated with sister companies to share existing infrastructure – PBX, file servers, etc. Integrated users and new systems into existing operations. Web Application Development and Deployment. Budget: $550k; staff hours: 5,000; team size: 40. • Built and deployed in-house developed web-application to manage clinical research unit’s phase I drug trial human subjects. Application deployed internationally to over 20 sites. Replaced four legacy applications. • Platform: J2EE, Oracle 10g dB, Business Objects XI, Crystal Reports. Business Case: Enterprise Desktop & Server Upgrades. Budget: $8M • Established strategy, budget, and business case to upgrade IT infrastructure for Covance division’s offices (international). • Scope: upgrade 3000 desktops to Windows XP; standardize Office version and define licensing strategy; upgrade 100 servers to Windows 2003; upgrade 850 applications (mix of client/server, enterprise, and instrument specific).



TeamSoft

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • 2006 - 2008



Interactive Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd

• Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • 2005 - 2005



Inacom

• Consultant, Project Managment Practice Lead

  • 2002 - 2004

  Managed various projects in staff augmentation and contracted roles. Budgets to $10M. Technologies implemented: • Hewlett Packard: Storage Area Networks • Cisco: VoIP, network infrastructure, wireless network • Microsoft: Project Enterprise Consulting projects: • Process Improvement • Data Center Life/Capacity Analysis for national insurance company. Delivered Training: • Develop and implement blended eLearning solution to train State of Wisconsin project managers. • Design & deliver training 'Project Estimating' course for University of Wisconsin. • Project Management Fundamentals. • Microsoft Project.



University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Aug 1998 - May 2001

  Taught three credit graduate-level course on all aspects of project management theory and practice. Taught three credit graduate-level course on all aspects of project management theory and practice.



Berbee

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Group Manager

  • 2000 - 2001



Berbee Information Networks

• Implementation Manager

  • 2000 - 2001

  Managed e-commerce client implementations and support for hosted data center. Direct reports. Responsibilities included: developing standard processes for client implementations, automated client communications, productivity measurements and benchmarks, security, and cost model. Managed e-commerce client implementations and support for hosted data center. Direct reports. Responsibilities included: developing standard processes for client implementations, automated client communications, productivity measurements and benchmarks, security, and cost model.



TDS®

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Project Manager

  • 1996 - 2000

  Managed large, cross-functional IT projects. • Data Center: Design, Construct, and Relocate existing data center. Built 18,000 sq. ft. data center. Move completed with zero downtime. Budget: $5.5M, Duration: 18 months, Team size: 90 internal/external staff. • Printing & Mailing Center Build & Move. Design and build 14,000 sq. ft. facility for bill printing and mailing operations. Completed move of equipment and operations without impact to 24x7 production schedule. • Project Approval Policies & Processes. Design and implement standard corporate-wide processes for project approvals, capital spending allocation, and prioritization. Establish quantitative periodic review process. • Y2K. Managed final phase of Y2K testing, preparations, and monitoring.



CUNA & Affiliates

• Project Group Manager

  • 1987 - 1996