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Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidateCandidate's Name
Lantana, Texas Street Address
EMAIL AVAILABLE PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLELINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLESummary of Qualifications:Project manager for upgrades: AIX, zVM, RHEL, MQ, vSphere, EDz/DGS, Akamai Cloudtest, Windows, voice mail, and VPNHardware upgrades: Gateway, Cisco ASA, MainframesSAN storage migration from Hitachi to IBM Windows, AIX, Solaris, RHEL, VMWareProof of Concepts and RFSImproved hardware and software contract terms, conditions, and pricing by working with Procurement, Vendor and Asset Management teams on RFP, RFI, SLA, SOW, and proposal reviews.Sole management of 7-year IBM contract to ensure on time implementation and lowest cost that included software licensing, hardware, maintenance, professional services cloud, disaster recovery and servicesContract negotiations and coordination with legal and procurement collaborating with Master Software Licensing agreements, Service Level Agreements, NDAs, Amendments / Addendums, Professional Services Agreements, SOWs, RFPs. MSA, CSA, and Vendor Service Agreements.Bill of Material (BOM) for each hardware change with cost matrix for each billable component and maintained current record of BOM for each processorPromote optimum performance, capacity, reliability and data integrity across all accounts and data centersClient and data center migrations and consolidation locally and globallyAcquisition of new business (clients) with merging with other clients or stand alone based of client requirements for RFPMicrosoft products EXCEL, Word, Power Point, ProjectChange Management Present changes, scheduling, approvals, and closureServiceNow Asset Management, Configuration Management, Change ManagementAreas of Expertise:Strategic planning Asset management Forecasting and Budgeting Project ManagementConfiguration management Procurement Vendor Management Management Performance Capacity Planning and Modeling Team leadership Client and Account Interface Analytical Skills Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Migrations and ConsolidationsSoftware and Hardware Upgrades Change ManagementProfessional Experience:Senior Project ManagerT M FloydBlue Cross Blue Shield South Carolina (Client)12/2021 to 7/2023Managed projects for OS upgrades which included AIX, Windows, RHEL, Solaris, and other upgrades were zVM, MQ, vSphere, Akamai Cloudtest and EDz/DGS. Led hardware upgrades for Gateway, Cisco ASA, and SAN storage. Coordinated with clients to upgrade voice mail system for 7,000 users and VPN security changes. Supervised Proof of Concepts and RFS for Medicare projects. Managed SAN storage migration from Hitachi to IBM. Coordinate Change management with all Line of Businesses for approvals and monitor results. ServiceNow for Medicare ChangesSenior System Engineer / Senior ManagerDXC Technologies/Computer Science Corporation06/1997 to 06/2019DXC Technologies is a merger between Computer Science Corporation (CSC) and HPE. Formulated new procedures and strategies after merger. Promoted to leadership role in Global Strategic Planning Management Group accountable for maintaining key global business systems. Partner with senior leadership to guide short- and long-range technology planning. Plan, coordinate, and executer hardware and software upgrades. Serve as vital resource for Fixed Assets and Accounting for accuracy of mainframe assets. Cultivate and maintain relationships with IT vendors. Point of contact for hardware procurement and cost accuracy globally. Coordinate change management for all clients (globally and local) and monitor results.Selected Projects:Managed the on-time, on-budget completion of company-wide upgrade and refreshes to mainframes across 10 countries and 65 mainframesVendor management to SLAsProject coordinator for global procurement and implementation based on life cycle of hardware and client requirements interfaced with account/client, vendors, data center personnel, software, network, applications 15 yearsReduced Corporate run rate for mainframe processing yearly at 10-15%Sole management of 7-year IBM mainframe deal from conception thru execution negotiated terms, pricing matrix across all countries, new procurement procedures, time schedules for each country, weekly status meetingsCoordinated the migration and consolidation of client and date centers globally for existing clients and new business clientsMigration of large insurance company (25,000 MIPS) from Los Angeles to ChicagoFacilitated migration for large client (11,000 MIPS) from Zurich to LondonSole source for new business proposals for mainframe options and costSuccessful renewal of clients based on lower cost options and consolidation 95% success rate.ServiceNow for Asset Management and Configuration ManagementVice President / DirectorMorgan Stanley Dean Witter01/1987 to 06/1997Provide technical support as part of outsourcer and then as part of end-user outsourced, performed system performance and capacity planning to meet Dean Witter service requirements, reduced Dean Witter outsourcing cost through application tuning. Designed disaster recovery onsite as well as remote recovery.Selected Projects:Yearly reduction of 10% ($1M) in application cost with application tuning and resources reductionSuccessful disaster recovery testing at DR site and implementation of changes to reduce problemsDesigned hardware configurations to recover from outages internally and executed successfully.Education:Stephen F Austin State UniversityMathematicsAccrued 100 college hoursScrum Master Certificate in progress December 2023Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certificate December 2023Scrum Fundamentals Certificate in progress December 2023Skills:Accountancy Budgeting Business Systems Analysis Capacity Planning Computer Hardware Consolidations Customer Relations Disaster Recovery Planning Fixed Assets IBM Mainframe |
