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Experience
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2007-Present:
Chevron Corporation [Through Contract to TEKSystems]
Sr.
Project Manager; Sr. Business Systems Analyst
• IT Reliability System
Design • Project Management (PMI & CPDEP)• Performance
& Capacity Management •
2009
– Present: Chevron: Working with Chevron Information Technology Company
(CITC) as a Deployment Consultant to deploy the Global Information Link
(GIL3) desktop systems to 104,000 users world wide. Billed as the largest
single IT infrastructure project in Chevron history, the GIL3 project spans
120 countries, 140 unique processes, 1200 communications documents, a
project team numbering in the hundreds with a total 24 month budget over $300
million USD.
2007
- 2008: Chevron: Working
with Downstream strategic business units (SBU), Chevron’s Information
Technology Company (CITC) and the other Chevron Operating Companies to
design, develop and deploy a state-of-the-art IT Reliability & Capacity
Management system.
- Reported
to the General Manager of Downstream Global Shared Services and the
CIO of Downstream IT.
- Gathered
system requirements, developed all plans & work processes;
- Led
the overall design & development of an end user experience
monitoring network using BMC TMART™ transaction monitors;
Windows™ 2003 RDBMS and SharePoint™ graphic dashboard.
- Managed
all aspects of project planning, execution, communication and business
case management using Chevrons Project Management process (CPDEP),
- Developed
global deployment model, requirements and schedules.
2003
– 2007: Lighthouse Information Services, Inc. Houston, TX. [Formally Psyclone Systems]
President,
Executive Consultant
• IT Consulting • Business Development • Network Engineering •
Integration • Capacity Management • Project Management •
ITSM/ITIL Implementations •
Clients
Include:
Swisscom,
Geneva, Switzerland &, Dulles, VA. - Network Engineering Consultant.
Consulting
wireless Managed Services provider to achieve technical fulfillment
supremacy in high-end markets.
- Provided
Business Development for US markets;
- Developed
Hospitality Industry solutions engineering for WiFi 802.11a/b/g;
- Development
of WiFi security management guidelines;
- Performed
WiFi Infrastructure implementation and project management.
- Supported
Network capacity management, COS & Load Balancing
TATIS, S.A., Geneva, Switzerland,
Post-MBO
organizational review and technical architecture analysis.
- Recommended
new management strategies and functional enhancements;
- Developed
an SOA operations architecture approach;
- Created
ITIL process guides for change and configuration management as well as
problem and incident management.
- Consulted
on existing contracts for reseller, development outsourcing and
product intellectual property protection.
- Designed
a bespoke development template approach to product marketing.
- Developed
the presentation given to the World Customs Organization (WCO) members
in Istanbul, Turkey, 2005.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), FEMA, Washington, DC.
Acting
in dual roles as web services developer and a project management
consultant;
- Developed
the Program Management Office (PMO) web portal for the FEMA Office of
the CIO.
- The
portal included training, case studies, PMP methodologies, and PMBOK
tools and templates for effective project management and
collaboration.
- The
project included Flash, XHTML, CSS navigation, Javascripts, CGI and
federal 508 complaint accessibility.
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), eMerge2 Project, Washington, DC.
The
consolidation of DHS’ 22 agencies into one back-office (financial)
system is the eMerge2 directive.
- Consulted
on connecting Zachman Enterprise Architecture framework methodology to
practice;
- Developed
integration scenarios to test architecture applicability to issue
avoidance;
- Integrated
conceptual architecture into implementation planning artifacts;
- Produced
a COTS solutions target model analysis on consolidation issues.
1995-2003 – Bennett Group Inc (BGI); BGI
Professional Services, Inc., Houston, TX
CEO,
Executive Consultant
• IT Consulting •
Consolidation Planning • IT mergers • Integration •
Capacity Management • Project Management • IT center
Management • Operations Architecture • Program Management
• Software Design & Development
Clients
Included:
SMA,
Humble, TX:
Commercial software Design, development and marketing contract (3 years):
- The
sole author of an NT Server to Z/OS Sysplex event automation agent
that involved writing 10,000 lines of IBM ALC code for the mainframe,
TCP/IP internal communication driver development, Visual Basic
applications, 370HLA, C++, Web development, HMTL, XML and SQL Server
[OBDC] development.
- Additionally
- configured, installed and supported the IBM mainframe development
lab for the this project (MP3000, Z/OS, LPAR(3); CICS and DB2).
Zurich Insurance, Schaumburg Ill: Consolidated logical
images of Business Process Management (BPM) software and consolidated
physical data center facilities in Toronto, Canada and New York, NY to Zurich headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois.
- Lead
team of 4 subject matter experts (SME)
- Developed
and executed consolidation plans;
- Developed
and executed transition plans and training plans
Internal
Revenue Service, Wash DC: Under Contract to IBM Global Services - Provided
architecture and planning services for consolidation of ten regional
centers into two. Project budget approx $250million USD.
- Plans
included systems upgrades, BPM process consolidations and year 2000
compliance initiatives for IBM and Unisys mainframes,
- Developed
business process management (BPM) services and integration plans.
State
of South Carolina, Charlotte – Under Contract to Hitachi Professional Services
– Provide serves to support SC consolidation of 11 separate IT
processing centers into one state processing center.
- Provided
the systems analysis (hardware, software, network & facilities);
- Developed
transition methodology and plan;
- Assisted
with IT organization plan;
- Developed
various consolidation scenarios and ROI and CBA for each scenario.
State
Farm Insurance, Bloomington, Ill. Under contract to IBM Global
Services - Consolidated 28 regional data centers into three newly built
"Geoplex" centers in Atlanta, Dallas and Phoenix. Project
budget approx $200million USD.
- Designed
the three Geoplex operational environments including, hardware,
software systems and procedures;
- Developed
a logical technical model of the target environments including
transition plans.
- Developed
intra-system and intra-enterprise integration plans.
El
Paso
Energy, Houston, TX For
three years my company took over the day-to-day operations of the El Paso
Energy data center in Houston.
- Designed
the operations management and performance engineering profile;
- Successfully
executed a mainframe exit/sunset strategy to client/server
architecture;
- Managed
and supported the ITIL disciplines for the mainframe
environment.
Prudential
Insurance, Roseland, NJ - Over a three year period my company provided several
Business Process reviews and process consolidations. This included a
two year long operations production control modernization project.
- Provided
both the analysis and resources to improve system process constructs,
business process management, workload scheduling and workload
automation (Saved Prudential over $10million USD).
- Provided
management and planning consultations for the consolidation of the
Prudential northern region data canter in to the main campus in Roseland, NJ .
- Provided
merger analysis of the operational IT infrastructure of Prudential
Securities subsidiary in New York with the Prudential Service Company
in NJ.
U.S. Department of Justice – Provided expert witness
testimony and consultation on an IT industry merger review before the
department. NDA restricted.
1993-1995 - KPMG Peat Marwick, Lexington, MA [now BearingPoint],
Executive
Consultant; Manager
• IT Consulting •
Consolidation planning • IT mergers • implementation and
transition planning & execution • project management
• operations architecture • business process workflow
analysis
Clients
Included:
Hertz
Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK - Personally produced a detailed process
analysis, benchmark study and best practices workflow proposal that saved
Hertz and ISSC (outsourcer) $10million USD over three years.
Southern
Pacific Transportation, San Francisco, CA – Benchmark of IT operational
infrastructure uncovering processes and practice restructuring that would
save the institution the cost of buying new mainframes.
HiLo / Giant Markets, Raleigh, NC – Data
collection and ROI projections on consolidation of four acquired market IT
organizations. Developed the target operations architecture, hardware
and software systems infrastructure; and implementation and transition
plans.
Ingram
Micro, Los Angeles, CA – Studies the consolidation of the IT organization in
Ingram’s four separate lines of business into the California IT data
center. Provided detail on hardware, software and organizational
architecture. A complete benchmark of operations processes provided
information on additional cost avoidance and improved operation policy.
Citizens
Bank, Columbus. OH – Studied the proposed consolidation of Citizens Ins. in Michigan and State Mutual Insurance in Mass. Provided target scenarios and CBA
projections; operational workload studies and integration plans.
Kiser
Permanente, Pasadena, CA - Studies the consolidation of the IT organization in
northern & southern California. Provided detail on hardware,
software and organizational architecture. A complete benchmark of
operations processes provided information on additional cost avoidance and
improved operation policy.
Bennett Software Inc (BSI), Houston, TX; Goal Systems
(Legent) Software, Houston, TX
Vice
President of Development
• Software Engineering
• Software Development • SDLC Management • Product
Management • Business Development • Software Sales &
Marketing •
Bennett
Software was acquired by Goal Systems in 1988 which was in turn acquired by
Legent Corporation in 1990 the Computer Associates. Lead the JOBTRAC
development effort; developed the sales support profile; and trained
product and sales managers in seven countries in Europe and the Pacific Rim.
- Provided
commercial market analysis support;
- Developed
product Sales Support training;
- Provided
Technical Integration Support;
- Performed
business development and;
- Provided
management of Houston Development Facility.
Prior
to the buyout by Goal:
- Solely
responsible for the design, development and support of the product;
- Developed
business plans and market analysis;
- Built
a sales and marketing department;
- Built
a Client Support Department;
- Developed
product service and ITIL based support systems;
- Product
Customers included many fortune 500 clients.
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