RegretShield Consultants, LLC.

Managing Director

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★ Fulfills a critical role orchestrating complex projects and programs focusing on IT infrastructure, with a focus on meeting the needs of clients in the Oil & Gas industry. Maintains accountability for risk management, project financial performance, and the oversight of vendors. 

★ Oversees $40MM in projects each year, with a reputation for assuming control over stalled and underperforming projects, restoring forward progress and achieving milestones and deliverables on-time and within or under budget. 

★ Led multiple Data Platform and Azure Tenant standups.  Enterprise Data Warehouse and Data Pipeline builds, HL7 to FHIR implementations, as well as Power BI engagements.  Experience in deploying Databricks, ARM Templates, and Terraform while lvergaing Azure DevOps.

★ Projects include data center build-out and relocation, equipment relocation, new office construction and IT integration, and the implementation of WAN technologies. 

★ Led a trading facility build-out for an Oil & Gas client in Houston, overcoming construction delays and bringing the project to close at 18% under budget. Defined and documented IT&S requirements spanning Trader Voice Turret Systems, Voice Recording Platforms, LAN, WLAN, and WAN. Implemented redundant solutions to sustain 99.999% uptime. 

★ Executed a global network asset refresh for an Oil & Gas company, navigating the project into the Execution Phase and managing schedules involving production units across multiple continents.

Senior Director - Independent Consulting

Currently delivering AI/ML solutions in Azure via Azure ML designer and Studio.

Overseeing development of ML models and migration to Azure for a Global Company.

Facilitate the development of ML models that will support strategic activities for the next 2-3 years. 
Interact with model developers to ensure progress is made in alignment with targets.
Develop overall project roadmap
Conduct exploratory data analysis (EDA). 
Utilize bagging and booster classsifiers (Random Forest, Adaboost, Gradient Boost, XGBoost)
Hyperparameter Tuning (GridSearchCV)
Utilization of Structured and Unstructured Data

Migration of models from Python and R into Azure ML designer and SDK.
Utilize Azure DevOps (ADO)
Conversion of data to information that can be leveraged to progress business initiatives, profitability and strategic objectives.

Senior Director Consulting Services

BlueSky IT Partners

• Create the overall strategy for Project acquisition and delivery, inclusive of internal procedures and  structure to manage large projects. 
• Provide project guidance to our consultants.
• Producing project status reporting and timelines 
• Develop and manage project management methodology to ensure successful delivery of all projects. 
• Understand telecom, cloud solution and providers value proposition.   
• Serve as QA/QC function for all proejcts.
• Accurately estimate, plan, and coordinate internal resources required for project execution. 
• Provide effective project communications with all stakeholders. 
• Champion team-working and knowledge sharing. 
• Serve as Project Executive for the implementation of Cloud Migrations (Azure/AWS), SD-WAN, UCaas/ CCass, Data Center, IaaS, wireless optimization and TEM, Microsoft Suite, and other cloud services 
• Provide expert problem management support to issues and ensure root-cause analysis is conducted along with corrective action for the future benefit 
• Set expectation for completion dates and milestones in the project

VP of Project Management and Professional Services

Farm Credit Bank of Texas

Managing critical infrastructure projects for Farm Credit Bank of Texas and 14 associations.

Senior Project Management Consultant

Emergent IT Solutions

★  Fulfills a critical role orchestrating complex projects and programs focusing on IT infrastructure, with a focus on meeting the needs of clients in the Oil & Gas industry.  Maintains accountability for risk management, project financial performance, and the oversight of vendors. 

★  Oversees $40MM in projects each year, with a reputation for assuming control over stalled and underperforming projects, restoring forward progress and achieving milestones and deliverables on-time and within or under budget. 

★  Facilitates business development, leveraging strong client relationship management skills and broad expertise in IT infrastructure; gains insight into customer requirements and challenges, leading to the development of project strategies aligned with the unique needs of each account. 

★  Projects include data center build-out and relocation, equipment relocation, new office construction and IT integration, and the implementation of WAN technologies. 

★ Led a trading facility build-out for an Oil & Gas client in Houston, overcoming construction delays and bringing the project to close at 18% under budget.  Defined and documented IT&S requirements spanning Trader Voice Turret Systems, Voice Recording Platforms, LAN, WLAN, and WAN.  Implemented redundant solutions to sustain 99.999% uptime. 

★ Executed a global network asset refresh for an Oil & Gas company, navigating the project into the Execution Phase and managing schedules involving production units across multiple continents. 

★ Directed the buildout of a trade floor for 150 users at an Energy and Metals company, designing and installing LAN,WAN, WLAN, Web Filtering, and VOIP solutions, as well as a Trader Voice Turret System.  

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ABOUT EMERGENTPMG 
Emergent PMG is a progressive, dynamic project management company that has consultants offering subject matter expertise in a broad array of disciplines.

Managing Partner

★ Led projects to integrate the service delivery of IT infrastructure services to meet the needs of the business, working with local suppliers while overseeing all risk management and compliance responsibilities. 


★ Focused efforts on supporting the company’s operations in the Mad Dog Oil Field in the Gulf of Mexico.  Gained insight and understanding of service requirements and business priorities. 


★ Worked with the Hull & Mooring and Topsides Teams for Mad Dog Phase 2 to facilitate the planning, scheduling, and delivery of enabling infrastructure. 


★ Examined and translated business requirements into technical specifications to guide infrastructure design and implementation for Phase 2. 


★ Recognized for serving as the single point of escalation for all IT service incidents and issues for all engineering, procurement, and construction personnel in the Gulf of Mexico. 


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ABOUT BRITISH PETROLEUM 


BP is an oil and petrochemicals company. The Company explores for and produces oil and natural gas, refines, markets, and supplies petroleum products, generates solar energy, and manufactures and markets chemicals.

GOM GPO IT&S Sr. Project Manager on Mad Dog Phase 2

BG Group

★ Maintained accountability for delivering IT infrastructure for the company’s headquarters in Houston, including LAN, WLAN, WAN, Telepresence, Tandberg, Audiovisual, Physical Security, DHCP, and DNS Servers. 


★ Administered the IT infrastructure budget, developed RFPs, and negotiated outsourcing agreements with subcontractors and vendors. 


★ Led end-to-end project management, including scope development, requirements gathering, staffing, scheduling, and risk management. 


★ Tracked progress towards key milestones and deliverables to ensure the achievement of deadlines and budget targets. 


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ABOUT BG GROUP 


BG Group Limited operates as an integrated natural gas company. The Company explores develops, produces, liquefies, and markets hydrocarbons with a focus on natural gas.

Infrastructure Delivery Project Manager

Description: 


★ Hired to design and delivery Trader Voice Turret Systems and Voice Recording solutions for use by local and offsite users, directing vendor performance, test planning and execution, and scheduling. 


★ Examined all changes and project streams to identify critical path issues and dependencies. 


★ Led PMO governance, including all facets of change management and release management. 


★ During the course of each project, providing weekly status reports to key stakeholders, as well as performance analysis measuring progress against deadlines and budgets. 


★ Delivered a 90% reduction in defects per million, greater than 40% improvement in overall equipment efficiency, a 24% increase in first time quality, a 50% improvement in on time delivery and a 10% reduction in scrap. 


★ In June 2010, served as the Project Manager for the MC252 Crisis Response Headquarters, setting up a site within a two week period to support the Deepwater Horizon crisis in the Gulf of Mexico.  Demobilized existing infrastructure, implemented two physically separate networks, enabled WAN connectivity for the crisis center, and handed the site over to operations. 


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ABOUT BRITISH PETROLEUM 


BP is an oil and petrochemicals company. The Company explores for and produces oil and natural gas, refines, markets, and supplies petroleum products, generates solar energy, and manufactures and markets chemicals.

Technical Program Manager (Network) - Helios Plaza Trade Floor

Delivered all IT infrastructure for BP on a new Business Continuity Site build out.

Network Discipline Project Manager

VALUE PROPOSITION ► I deliver solid results in IT infrastructure, with extensive experience leading projects and programs to design and implement solutions aligned with the needs of businesses in multiple industries, including Oil & Gas. 


► My success is driven by my ability to build strategies that improve productivity while meeting operating and fiscal targets. 


SUMMARY 


► Engaging IT Infrastructure Consultant and Subject Matter Expert possessing a winning blend of business and technical expertise, skill in project and program management, and practical experience building and leading teams of employees, consultants, and vendors.  


► Skilled in achieving project milestones and deliverables on-time and within budget, leveraging skills in change management, communications, team building, risk management, and budgeting.  

LEADERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS 
★  Supports $40M in projects annually, with the unique ability to restore momentum to stalled initiatives and achieve complete client satisfaction. 


★  Work includes the development of IT infrastructure for new offices as well as data centers. 


★  Engages with clients to develop an understanding of specific business requirements, influencing the design of infrastructure and Cloud solutions involving Azure, AWS, GCP, AI/ML, Security and Data Analytics. 

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