Orange, California, United States
Head of Projects and Innovations. Seasoned Strategy and Transformation Executive Leader w/background in multi-cloud technology in Healthcare, Banking, Financial, Entertainment, E-commerce, Insurance, Aerospace, Retail, Mfr., Distribution, Utilities, Automotive, Oil & Gas. Manage the relationship, account’s project portfolios & performing the following functions: •Managed enterprise global IT programs/ projects and customer expectations throughout project lifecycle of assigned projects. Projects include PMO, global, enterprise multi-cloud, infrastructure, applications, security, help desk, messaging, servers, mobility, networks and more. • Participated with executive leaders to establish strategic & tactical plans of technologies •Made final decisions on administrative or Ops matters, & ensured operations' effective achievement of objectives •Directed and controlled the activities of a broad functional area through several lower-level managers w/in the company; had overall control of planning, staffing, budgeting, managing expense priorities, and recommending and implementing changes to methods •Planned and managed large-scale multi-projects of extreme complexity globally with multiple vendors, divisions and teams. •Oversee Projects, Programs, Portfolios: Infrastructures, Apps, Data Centers, MultiCloud (AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle; IaSS, PaSS, SaSS),Security (Vendor Risk Mgmt, CMMC, Data privacy, GRC, Tech Risks, EIAM, PAM, et al), Hospital/clinc Constructions, 5G Wireless. •Specialties: Data Centers - Globally MultiCloud-Terraform, Ansible, Docker, DataBricks, Enterprise CyberSecurity, CMMC, Data Privacy • EIAM • GDPR • CCPA • Salesforce •O365 •Cloud Eng• InfoTech• Project Portfolio Mgmt• Black Belt Lean Six Sigma(BBLSS)• InfoSec• Oracle • Enterprise Risks Mgmt.• Business Continuity• Disaster Recovery• Corporate Mgmt• Marketing• Contracts• Negotiations• Procurement • IT strategy, IT Security, IT GRC-Governance, Risks & Compliance• Business liaison• 1-5 yrs. business plans• Budget planning & modeling• Demand mgmt.• Defining business needs• Resources• Team development •Infrastructure• IT architecture• Enterprise Business Apps (Acctg., ERP, CRM, CMS, MDM, SCM, EIAM) & Clinical applications (Oracle Health, Cerner,Epic, Allscripts, Lawson, McKesson, Meditech, RTLS, Biomed -Anesthesia, Careware, Steris, Surginet, Pyxis, Pharmnet, PaxCam, 724 DTV, Dragon, Dyndoc, mPagers, I view, Orders, PowerPlans, Abbott, IBUS, MicroMDI, Myla, PathNet, Service Now,)• Systems integrations & Migrations• Vendor Mgmt.• Mobile Device Mgmt• Diplomatic Client Services.
Chapman University EMBA Cohort 30 Budgeting & Cost Management Team Management Stakeholder Management IT Governance Change Management Innovation Sr Project/Program Manager: Project, Program, Portfolio Management Agile Methodologies Scrum Master Project Planning Risk Management Stakeholder Management Team Leadership Project Delivery Security - IT/Cyber Security: Cybersecurity Information IT Risk Management Compliance Security Governance Threat Management Incident Response Security Auditing Penetration Testing IT Auditor/ASAT Auditor: IT Audit Internal Audit Compliance Audit Risk Assessment Control Frameworks Audit Management IT Governance SOX Compliance Audit Reporting ISO 9001: Quality Management Quality Assurance Process Improvement Compliance Quality Control Continuous Improvement Lean Six Sigma Black Belt: Process Improvement Operational Excellence Continuous Improvement DMAIC Root Cause Analysis Statistical Analysis ERP Implementations: SAP SAP S/4HANA QAD Oracle ERP SAGE ERP NetSuite ERP Implementation Enterprise Resource Planning Finance and International Business: Finance International Business Global Trade Financial Management Accounting Financial Analysis Budgeting Forecasting Financial Planning Business and Marketing: Business Strategy Marketing Digital Marketing E-commerce Online Business Distribution Master Distribution Supply Chain Management Digital Transformation: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Blockchain Digital Transformation Innovation Technology Adoption Business Process Re-engineering Digital Strategy Emerging Technologies Healthcare Technology: EMR (Electronic Medical Records) EHR (Electronic Health Records) Healthcare Technology Healthcare IT Med Informatics EIAManagement: Sailpoint Delinea CyberArk Identity Governance Access Management Privileged Access Management ID Security Data and Analytics: Data Analytics Data Engineering Databricks Data Visualization Business Intelligence Data-driven Decision Making
My global experience are focused on program delivery excellence in security, risk mgmt., strategic alignment, strategic partnership, enterprise deployments, operational success and overall performance mgmt. 15+ yrs. strategic leadership of Construction, Security, IT & PMO activities. Provide leadership and guidance to IT, PMO, security, construction, & vendors teams Led and delivered solid results w/ global teams in programs, portfolios, change & risk mgmt., security/audit, merger & acquisition, multi-cloud integration, & healthcare construction. Seasoned leader recognized in security, data privacy, grc, pmo, lean six sigma & IT technologies. Highlights: · Led Service Delivery, Vendor and Technical Relationship Management. · Led build & manage large corporations globally - Security, Clouds, On Premise Data Centers, Bus. Continuity, DR, Infrastructures, Applications (Open source, Windows, and MAC) · Disney: Recipient of the coveted Mickey Mouse award for minimizing IBM IT Services cost by $3 million dollars. · SmartGeeks: Led PMO managing multiple initiatives in various healthcare, entertainment, banks, finance, automotive, aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, hospitality, and retail · Corps: Years of experience in multi-industries managing business, IT and relationships · Sony: Led rebuild of SONY global movie distribution, enterprise infrastructure and applications in 40 countries. Dish: Creation of 1st 5G wireless cloud environment of AWS; Nationwide partnership with ATT, Verizon, T Mobile I thrive in leadership skills in security, program mgmt. (PMP/Lean Six Sigma - Black Belt), & technology delivery (Bus. Cont./DR, data privacy, audit, risks assessment, cloud deployment, tech roadmaps, vendor mgmt, cost benefit analysis, IT system ops, bus. process improvement, budgets, forecasting & reporting, contracts, negotiations & bus. case anal, assets,, strategic bus. planning, SDLC, consolidations & integrations & outsourcing. WWW.SMARTGEEKS.NET
ERP, EMR/EHR, Data Privacy, Security, CMMC 1-3, GDPR, ISO 27000, CCPA, CFM-NIST, SOC 1-2, SOC, HIPAA, PII, PCI-DSS, FINRA Work closely w/ sponsors, execs, client & internal teams to determine the scope & plan implementation solution. Develop project & resource plans that support the planned implementation of Infra, apps & security. Support the development of joint program plans to ensure successful adoption of the solutions. Manage successful execution of project (Scope, Schedule, Resources, Costs, Quality, Risks & Communication Plans); monitoring & reports progress & facilitating change mgmt.; Proactively ID & manage project risks & issues; facilitate coordination amongst teams; Ensure project compliant w/infosec policies, compliance, risks & laws. GRC-Strong experience with compliance, risk & controls. Lead targeted consultative and advisory engagements on design and operational effectiveness of control management practices, including timely planning, execution, and reporting for complex areas and/or business divisions. GRC-Review & challenge the nature, timing, and extent of self-assurance activities planned and conducted by the first line of defense (1LOD) business groups and CT COE, including the completeness, accuracy, adequacy, and appropriateness of the control information and ratings captured in the centralized control inventory and Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) GRC-Provide timely reviews and feedback on work performed by Internal Controls Consultants, including ensuring work is produced and documented in alignment with ICMP quality and content reqs or other reqs and ready for review by testing managers/staff Cloud: AWS, AZURE, Google, Oracle Project Portfolio Management Infrastructures - Cloud, Wireless Networks, Data Centers, Storage, Endpoint (Servers, Workstations, Tablets, Laptop Mobile Telco Applications Constructions - Hospital, Clinics and M & A Industries: Financials Healthcare Entertainment Insurance Retails Manufacturer Automotive
•Accountable for IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) and responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of all third-party and internally managed IT infrastructure used to support business processes and services across the enterprise. •Deliver operational and service management processes to ensure that quality, efficiency, and agility goals are achieved. •Develop a meaningful and collaborative partnership with all aspects of our business to ensure continued alignment and ensure that the barriers that have traditionally divided IT from the business do not develop. • Deliver a solid, reliable, and highly available technology foundation supporting the continued scientific innovation taking place in the company by ensuring the implementation of effective policies, procedures, discipline, processes, and protocols. •Sets the mission and vision of the I&O function to foster a business-oriented culture and mindset driven by continual service improvement techniques. •Responsible for the management and oversight of IT Operations, including our cloud-focused infrastructure, applications, server configuration, security and maintenance, and network. •Lead the development of an I&O sourcing strategy and provide oversight for strategic vendor and partner relationship management. •Ensure the efficient leverage and performance management of Managed Services Providers (MSPs). •Lead the implementation of key IT initiatives for a maturing company. Partnership w/ Chief Info Officer, Chief Ops Office & CISO. Implement improvements of IT data centers, network, apps, security & compliance, SOC2, GxP, GDPR, & CCPA/CPRA. •Healthcare-Worked w/ CISO, infosec for security & monitoring program for hospitals, clinics and MOB. Managed all primary biomed medical devices, surgical specialties, surgical robotics programs, Threats - Consumer products, Product modelling, Cloud Security environments, security threat modelling & monitoring, Cloud security & monitoring. Company Security Posture.
Build and coordinate all aspects of a program, including: detailed project plans, resource allocations, risks/issues remediation, status reporting, budget management & primary “go to” person. Maintain technical end-to-end understanding of the solution being built, its upstream & downstream dependencies and impacts, and proliferate the awareness and critical changes needed to support the initiative. Be seen as a subject matter leader, and can cover for any other role in the meeting: Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, QA, etc. Leader with a firm knowledge of business goals, and find creative solutions for engineering problems yielding the fastest time to market. Coordinate multiple concurrent programs, varying in size/scope/complexity, spanning across several different teams and organizations. Build material(s) that can be consumed at various levels of the organization – from executive-level presentations, to finite-level materials to be consumed by project/program teams. Proactively identify risks in all assigned areas; work with teams and management to mitigate these risks before they become issues. Actively engage and influence people at all levels: from front-line team members to VPs, SVPs, and C-level executives, connecting continuously to partners throughout the organization. Understand and bring visibility to technical challenges & optimally articulate and navigate through options that deliver the best customer experience. Be steadfast in the pursuit of delivery excellence; ensure ALL project team members have clear line of sight on the goals, expectations, and success criteria, and are setting the table to ensure success. Very organized with outstanding attention to detail; understands the what, why, when, how and who to drive better solutions. Self-starter with extensive program management experience on large scale initiatives; background in business process management and PMO-Best practices knowledgeable of cloud-based software development.
• Spearheaded the development and implementation of strategic initiatives for global clients, resulting in a revenue increase of 20% within the first year. • Led cross-functional teams in delivering complex technology solutions, ensuring seamless integration and achieving a 95% client satisfaction rate. • Advised senior executives on business transformation strategies, leveraging data analytics to identify key growth opportunities and optimize operational efficiencies. • Managed large-scale projects from inception to completion, overseeing budget allocation, resource allocation, and risk mitigation, resulting in on-time and within-budget delivery for 15+ projects. • Infosec/Cybersecurity: Secure Development Processes including threat modeling security requirements test automation vulnerability management etc. • Infosec/Cybersecurity Perform architecture reviews as part of product security process • Infosec/Cybersecurity Contribute to threat modeling and security risk assessments and Contributes to security requirements/use cases development • Influencing product features and roadmaps • Infosec/Cybersecurity Manage and implement security in assigned products. Develop/contribute success criteria for security product/solution testing. • Infosec/Cybersecurity Technical lead and guidance for product teams • Infosec/Cybersecurity: Support in security compliance/regulatory documentation • Infosec/Cybersecurity: Lead vulnerability/incident assessment in alignment with security vision • Understanding technical issues, project tracking and project challenges
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