Spark Therapeutics, Inc.

Saas/AWS Hybrid Solutions
GxP solutions, vendor management, SSO connectivity.

IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Merck

★ Created and disseminated Global communications to impacted stakeholders.
★ Maintained metrics and dashboards for the team, client, and executive updates.
★ Organized and analyzed inventory in the creation of a schedule and resource planning
★ Dashboard and follow-up for Critical Application Testing for the new environment.  Response rate 99%
★ Communication with internal groups as well as global remote site contacts
★ Tracked and reported on project deliverables

IT Project Manager | AD Upgrade

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

★ Vendor Management and Client communication related to datacenter migrations to remediate audit findings.
★ Compiled costs associated with lift and shift vs cloud (VMC, AWS, GSP) efforts. 
★ Organization and verification of data center applications and assets
★ Presentations to clients and senior management regarding timeline, costs, and planning.

Sr. IT Project Manager | Data Center Consolidation

Ascena Retail Group, Inc.

DC Consolidation
✔ Successfully executed a multi-phase migration and consolidation project involving Storage, Networks, and Data.
✔ $1MM annual savings to the corporation.
 * Coordinated with in-house and off-shore resources.
 * Tracked disposition, and decommissioning of 300 virtual and physical servers.

Tower Restack 
✔ Facilitated IT aspects of $40MM construction project resulting in $200MM savings.
✔ Worked with internal and external resources in Networking, Infrastructure and Client Technologies.
✔ Tracked IT-related spend against $4MM budget.
* Ensured alignment with key construction milestones and requirements.
* Worked with Studio and Local IT SMEs to design and implement studio-specific technology.
* Collaborate with Saas vendors and internal resources to stand-up studio management systems.
 
eCommerce Firewall Infrastructure Upgrade
✔ Engaged internal teams, application owners, and third-party vendors to upgrade the eComm environment for holiday seasonal traffic increase.

Automation Platform Conversion
    * Completed 25% in a phased approach of the migration of 3,000 jobs to a new platform.

IT Project Manager | Restack | Data Center Consolidation | eComm | Automation

Global Brands Group (A member of the Fung Group)

Project Management primarily around infrastructure related to moves and upgrades
    Coordinate internal resources around effort and timeline.
✔ Managed the procurement and deployment of high-end client hardware.
        * Budget $800,000
        * Project potential savings to the company of over $1MM annually.
✔ On-time dismantling of infrastructure and secure transfer of data for foreign office.
✔ Coordinating infrastructure components and timeline for large partnershop rollout.

Senior IT Project Manager | 3D Rendering | Office Consolidation

Tiffany & Co.

★Focused on migration of eCommerce infrastructure (generating  $500mm/yr.)
✔  Migration completed on time and with ZERO downtime.
✔  Achieved $1mm/yr. in cost savings by eliminating CoLocation expenses. 
*  Project Management of multiple integrated work streams 
★Detailed analysis of current state in preparation for data center consolidation effort.
*  Inventory
*  Vendor Management
* Network Infrastructure
* Virtual and Physical Servers
Extensive use of ServiceNow for Project Tracking, Reporting, Change Management and Resource Management.

IT Project Manager | eCommerce Migration | Data Center Consolidation

Sanofi

★ IT Project Manager for Major North American Data Center Consolidation Program
   ✔ Migrated over 500TB of data from multiple satellite locations to centralized data centers
   ✔ Achieved over $2MM in Cost Avoidance through consolidation and decommissioning of legacy platforms. 
   -   Process Mapping for Data Migration flow
   -   Creating Dynamic Cross-Departmental teams to accomplish migrations
✔ Implementation of Varonis Data Governance Platform
   - Analysis of Legacy Data
   - Identify Risks, Exposure, and potential Cost Avoidance in the disposal of Stale Data (GxP, HIPPA, SOX)

-   Successful and timely implementation of Solaris Zones Platforms for Unix Consolidation Effort
-   Presentations to Senior Management, Client groups, and Governance committees

Senior IT Project Manager | Data Center and Storage Consolidation

Opera Solutions

★ Operational Support for Client facing Big Data Analytics Projects
    ✔ (2) Successful Alpha Launches
    - Implementation of Bugzilla for external Bug Reporting and Tracking
★ Project Management for Upgrading Phone System using Cisco UCS for North American locations
   - Communication Sessions for Clients
   - Rollout of new equipment
   - On-going support and troubleshooting for both deskside and backend support.
★ Disaster Recovery related to service impacts from Hurricane Sandy.
   - Working with vendors for connectivity in affected locations. 
★ MPLS rollout coordination between vendor and local resources.
★ Equipment recycling initiative
     - Safe and secure disposal of computers, cellphones, VOIP equipment, networking equipment
     ✔ Zero cost effort for company
*  Service Delivery:
     - Secure Integration of external consultants
     - Support of software development teams for client facing systems.
     - Ongoing support and monitoring of critical client systems in accordance with SLAs
*  Managed Desktop Support Personnel in multiple locations
     - Interviewing, Hiring, Performance Management
*  Process Improvement
✔      Mapped end to end procurement process to streamline communication and identify bottlenecks.
* Vendor Management  
* Change Management
* Corporate Communications: Presentation on IT initiatives and Information Security to Shanghai office.

IT Operations Manager | Big Data | Service Delivery | UCS Upgrade

Novartis (MSP via API Systems)

★ Managing Support Personnel, Engineers, and Architects for the Global Citrix Environment 
✔ Day to Day Operational support for ~5,000 offshore consulting resources thru the Virtual Desktops.  
✔ Creation and dissemination of an Operations Dashboard for communication to senior management.
★ Service Delivery Manager for client operations coordinating with various internal groups.
★ High-Level Business Impact Assessment for Virtual Environment.
* Disaster Recovery Planning for multi-site environment.
* Capacity Planning related to legacy environment and Demand Planning.

IT Operations | Service Delivery Manager | Off-Shore Remote Access

MSP via OPTiMO Information Technologies

★ Cloud Solutions
  - Initial business plan and feasibility study.
  - Business Plan and Budget Development
★ Operations Manager supporting USPS.COM 
 -  Managed team responsible for application monitoring
 -  Change Management - monitored change tickets throughout the process.
-   Capacity Planning - Data Analysis of databases vs. historical trends
★ Project Management
 -  Managed partner connect project from office to government client
 -  Hardware procurement
 -  Mapping existing systems and infrastructure.

IT Operations Manager | IT Project Management for USPS.COM

★ Information Technology Leader possessing extensive experience within the full IT systems lifecycle.
★ Management of teams and projects for Fortune 100 organizations and smaller companies.
★ Demonstrated expertise in systems design and risk analysis.
★ Able to leverage a broad and deep IT knowledge base to design, implement and support n-Tier systems in mission-critical, highly regulated environments.
★ Background includes both in-house IT management and consulting experience.
★ Has security clearance.

Security Clearance | ITIL | Six Sigma

Specialties: IT Operations | IT Project Manager | Team Leader | Infrastructure | Service Delivery | Data Governance | Process Improvement | Systems Architect | Vendor Management | Information Security | GxP | SDLC | HIPAA | PII

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