Description
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY: Senior Program Manager with experience in business and IT Security management in a variety of business environments. Expert in determining solutions to overall Business Goals/Objectives by identifying difficult technical problems, while coordinating with Upper Management Teams to define, develop Scope, Schedule, Cost, Risks and Issues within Project and Security Requirements. Skill set includes the implementation of Business and IT Security solutions that encompasses installation and maintenance of computer software/hardware, training personnel and providing customer support at individual and network levels. Recognized as highly motivated, highly organized, innovative, and goal oriented by his peers with focus on improved business performance or meeting Security objectives. Able to trouble shoot, and resolve problems by recognizing previous lessons learned, identify key areas for improvement, and build rapport with team members as well as customers. Utilizes PMI PMBOK, Agile, ITUP, Prism Project Management Methodologies to successfully initiate Projects, gain stake holder approval, prioritize Project objectives, define Project participants, develop Project Charter, develop and optimize WorkPlan, analyze Resource constraints, track and manage Project status while applying actual Project costs, manage Project schedule and cost variances, perform Project Change Management Controls, conduct Issue Management, report Project status to stake holders, and Perform Project Close-Out activities. Proven to be reliable, honest, and trustworthy displaying integrity with excellent written/verbal communication skills while conducting multiple tasks in a high energy environment. Adapts quickly to new Project environment to work independently on Project initiatives, and meet Project or Security Certification deadlines. Displays technical aptitude through the ability to learn new Security Controls, and then disseminate information of a technical nature to stakeholders. Managed the evaluation develop a WAN Infrastructure to support the 36 relocated Application Test Environments from the Home Office to new facilities near Forest Park, St. Louis. - Held customer user workshops to identify fully defined Project requirements used to gauge successful delivery of Project goals/objectives, and verified they were met at Project completion. - Documented entire Network Engineering segment of Move Project to ensure Project effort consistency, and enhance ability to replicate future success. These accomplished in full adherence to Level 3 Capability Maturity Management. Project status continually updated on authored Project Web page. - Made hardware recommendations of ATT OC12 hardware, and Cisco based Network solution. - Coordinated activities of Network Design Engineers to develop Network Engineering solution to support relocation of Disaster Recovery facilities from Creve Coeur to Missouri Research Park in recommendation and implementation of a Dark Fiber Optical solution to enable high capacity data transmission to/from Missouri Research Park location and AGE Home