Tools / Methods

● PMBOK ● SCRUM ● ITIL ● ITSM ● Oracle Project ● MS Project ● Clarity ● Primavera ● Service Now ●

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cisco, Contractor ● 1/2013 – Current

Infrastructure Project Manager

I project manage efforts that help media organizations create and monetize a new generation of multiscreen media services.

Manage a project load of five to ten concurrent projects

Following Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid methodologies

PMBOK, SCRUM, Event Chain

SOW preparation

From short range efforts with project budgets under $100k to

Long range efforts with project budgets in excess of $3 million

Risk Management

Resource scheduling

Issue Management

Change Control

PM Client Application Dev iOS, Android, PC, MAC

PM Infrastructure deployments, Maintenance and Build outs (Network, FW, Servers, LB, Storage, DB)

Accomplishments:

Managed project efforts resulting in fully redundant QA environment

Managed the deployment of multiscreen media services across TV, Set Top, PC, MAC, IOS, and Android devices

Project Managed Technical Discovery Efforts

Cox TV Apps

TV Connect

Contour
PM Tools:
Oracle Project
Primavera
Clarity
MS Project

Critical Mention, New York, New York ● 1/2/2012 – 12/28/2012

VP of Infrastructure

Responsible for Critical Mentions’ overall IT infrastructure with respect to both operations and engineering

Responsible for gathering business requirements, converting them to technical requirements and ensuring test plans are designed to validate success criteria

● Capture select TV & Radio channels (210 US DMAs, Canada, UK & Latin America)

● Software as a Service (SaaS) Media Research / Media Syndication

● Capture Over 1500 TV & Radio channels from approximately 200 points of presence in 4 countries

Reports:

(20+ Direct) System Architect, Unix System Administrators, Broadcast Engineers, Application Support Technicians

(100+) Contract support technicians

Accomplishments:
Regained stability from the constraints of rapid growth

Scaled to meet technical demands (Staff, Office Space, Bandwidth, Storage, Power & Cooling)

Points of Presence build outs in Washington DC, Honolulu, Poland and Mexico City

CBS CORPORATION, New York, New York ● 10/1997 - 09/2011

Director IT Services; Infrastructure PM - CBS Interactive Music (01/2009 - 09/2011)

Project managed launching online radio streaming Web platform attracting 40+ million unique monthly users

● Conduct business analysis of working prototype ● Develop remediation requirements for high concurrent scaling ● Recruit Technical Resources ● PM App Dev. and infrastructure efforts ● Develop processes and work flow

● Relationship owner; technical vendors and contractors ● PMBOK, SCRUM, Hybrid

Reports:

(6 Direct) Systems Architects, Development DBAs, Scrum Master, Technical Writer

(70 Indirect) CBS Radio developer team leaders, CBS Corp IT Engineer, Contracted Technical Vendors

Accomplishments:
Project managed and directed re-building of IT infrastructure that now powers AOL, Yahoo! and CBS gaining exclusive partnership agreements.

Maintained contracted 99.99% up time and consistently passed partner service audits.

Project managed data center builds in Los Angeles, New York City and Chicago.

Client Integration Project Manager (01/2007 - 01/2009)

Technical advisor to TV/Radio General Managers, Chief Engineers and their IT Staff

● Risk Analysis ● Policy Review ● PM Local IT and DR policy development ● SOX

Reports:

(3 Direct) Service Delivery Manager, Server/Desktop Technical Engineer, Compliance Technical Engineer

Accomplishments:

Assisted TV/Radio Stations in identifying Risks, Controls, and validation methods for IT services (application, data or processes) in scope for SOX

Supervised Compliance Technical Engineer in validating SOX controls for in scope Corporate IT services and Data Centers

Reduced IT internal audit flags by 30% via mentoring, obtaining first time IT pass for many remote businesses.

Standardized network routers, firewall and switching to common models and configurations, reducing reported incidents by 20%. (Hands-on)

Deployed ITIL fundamentals training program across two coasts

Station IT Support Project Manager (11/2005 - 01/2007)

Project management of the technology aspects of acquisitions and divestitures of television and radio stations

● Business Analysis of technical terms and conditions of 15+ transition agreements ● PMBOK

Accomplishments:

• Project managed the technical aspects of transition agreements related to media acquisitions or divestitures.

Network Engineer (01/2002 - 11/2005)

Deploy and maintain intranet routing architectures to ensure secure connectivity to the enterprise network for remote business units, news and sports remote trucks, major sports areas and East/West coast data centers.

● Conduct business analysis for LAN/WAN technical refresh ● Develop wire plant requirements for new LA Data Center ● Configure and maintain switches, routers, IDF and other premises devices ● serve as rotational on-call NOC escalation support member ● Subject Matter Expert (Desktop, Server, Network, and Broadcast IT)

Accomplishments:

• Connected Course Wave Division MUX prism with-in LA complexes connected to dark fiber terminating in a new data center

• Coordinated / coached the install of new circuits and routers in major US market Sport Complexes for event coverage

• Played key role in coordination and scoping of station Vendor DMZ, News Room DMZ, and automation isolated networks.

IS Project Manager (10/1997 - 01/2002)

Technical advisor to Paramount Stations Group’s Executive Staff

● Business analysis for connecting independent TV stations ● Staffed, and Managed remote IT administrators ● IT Policy, Process, and Work flow designer ● Hands-on (Senior Technical Member) ● Water Fall Methodologies

Reports:

(20 Direct) Remote IT Administrators

Accomplishments:

Established WAN links between Paramount Pictures and 19 owned and operated UPN TV stations

Deployed Columbine JDS VMS traffic systems at TV stations

Coached and Mentored TV station IT staff across 19 states

Migrated station environment from common network to CBS/Viacom's enterprise network.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

B.S., Information Technology W/Honors - Concentration in Information Security, Mt. Sierra College - Monrovia, Ca.

Certifications

COMP TIA A+ ● COMP TIA Network+ ● Certified Novell Administrator (CNA) 3.X ● Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) 3.X ● Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) 4 ● Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and ITIL Foundations

PRESENTATION

CBS Corporate Infrastructure and Security
Town Hall Speaker for Radio and TV Technical Awareness

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Broadcast Project Managers
Streaming Media Professionals

Last Resume Update October 29, 2014
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