Profile
Project Manager PMP experienced in planning scheduling and reporting on infrastructure IT and T&T projects in a collaborative environment within IT, Telco and Oil & Gas.
Professional Experience
August 2015 to present
Project Manager
AT&T Bratislava SK
WIFI anchor solution for Shell account
Design and deploy an improved guest wifi access solution and manage to decommission +400 WAN assets among 200 locations marked as obsolete as a cost saving initiative within Shell
September 2015 to February 2016
Project Manager
AT&T Bratislava SK
Cloud orchestration and Provisioning for Shell account
Provision hosting space (2×5 rack cages & power) to accommodate cloud services related HW at AT&T and 3rd party data centers. Secure the network integration of newly installed HW on a very tide schedule
March 2015 to September 2015
Project Manager
AT&T Bratislava SK
Riverbed network optimization for Shell account
Design, test and deploy Riverbed service (data traffic optimization) at HP datacenter in APAC region to support +1500 end users data backup
February 2014 to February 2015
Project Manager
AT&T Bratislava SK
TPA connect for Shell account
Third Party Access connectivity to Shell network based on an AVPN solution designed tested as a pilot and delivered as a new service request to 3rd parties in business with the client.
November 2013 to July 2013
Project Manager
IBM GSDC Brno Czech Rep.
Knowledge Transfer Project for Sandvik and IBM Transition
HR project with the objective to transfer the IT service knowledge provided by Sandvik (Swedish enterprise) to either Sandvik transferred employees to IBM or back to Sandvik retained employees. Identify the backfill position within IBM organization and ensure that a proper knowledge transfer is taking place between the identified resources in agreement with the functional managers across organization.
June 2012 to October 2012
Project Manager
IBM GSDC Brno Czech Rep
Technicolor Transition & Transformation project
Work streams transfer from IBM CZ to IBM IN related to Technicolor client . Identify the requirements for the services to be transferred: Wintel /Citrix , ESX VMWare, SAP, Command Center , SDM (service delivery manager) and group / prioritize the services in project waves .
Preparation of the required configurations needed for the infrastructure tools to meet the service requirements
Identification of the technical requirements necessary to ensure access for IBM India and Technicolor to the tools
Knowledge Transfer by provision of education package, including education documentation for the tools implemented, and “train the trainers” to the toolset
Confirm the status of program deliverables including delivery assessment, validation and approval;
Ensure that any change to the BAU (business as usual) support model as a result of the implementation is communicated to the appropriate parties.
Establishment of the Steady State for the services transferred
IBM GSDC Brno Czech Rep
September 2011 to May 2012
Project Manager
Excuse Cause Project for Astra Zeneca client
Within the Service Delivery process, identify the SLA failures and sorts out failures valid for an excuse from not paying penalties. Document the Service Level Agreement failures by performing qualitative and quantitative risk analysis. Attend regular meetings with the client to review and consider the validity of the excuse causes. Credit assessment against the SLA failures and liaising with finance and legal department to confirm that credit is assured.
December 2010 to October 2011
Project Manager
IBM GSDC Brno Czech Rep.
CEP reconciliation project for Astra Zeneca client
IT hardware asset management project , chartered to perform the asset inventory of +13000 devices (mostly servers) owned by the client, across IBM datacenters worldwide. Attend regular meetings with +30 stakeholders to consolidate various data reports, correct data where applicable and request updates to the baseline.
February 2010 to July 2010
Project Manager
IBM GSDC Brno Czech Rep
IT infrastructure upgrade for Astra Zeneca client
Infrastructure upgrade project, part of Service Improvement Program with the scope to upgrade client backup infrastructure to accommodate +200 new servers. Procurement management of 7 new tape libraries, LTO5 tape architecture and 5 new TSM servers across UK, France and Singapore.
Involving change control system, UNIX, TSM, Legato, SAN storage and networking resources, directly managed or indirectly coordinated via the functional groups.
October 2009 to July 2010
Project Manager
IBM GSDC Brno Czech Rep.
Citrix environment access for Carlsberg client
IT infrastructure upgrade project chartered to grant access to Accenture users (joint venture with Carlsberg) primarily to the Citrix environment hosted by IBM on its datacenters in Denmark for Carlsberg client.
August 2007 to September 2009
Project Manager
IBM GSDC Brno Czech Rep
IT Infrastructure & Telecom projects
Manage scope, effort / cost, schedule and quality while continuously identify and mitigate underlying risks / issues related to +11 IT infrastructure and network related projects part of the Service Improvement Program across sites across DK , SE , NO , CH , BG
New sites opening , closing or moving making all necessary arrangements to have the IT hardware decommissioned and shipped to the nearest HW warehouse , discontinue the network connections as per client request . Citrix farm upgrade to 64bits and virtualize as many physical servers as per technical solution. Conduct procurement process and validate the solution without service disruption.
Data migration using Global and Metro Copy in a mixed IBM, HP, Cisco environment. SAN infrastructure upgrades according to the benchmark analysis , deploy new FC switches to sustain the growth of network bandwidth demand
Maintaining the Project Management system to control the project and all of its documentation through PCB, RPM (Rational Portfolio Manager ) or Microsoft Project
Procurement management and CAPEX
October 2007 to October 2009
Project Leader
IBM Czech Rep
Application deployment for ZFS client
Project requirements gathering as an input to the SOW (statement of work) and SLA (service level agreement) documentation. Maintain a farm of 221 file servers located on customer location worldwide used to deploy client specific documentation used on daily basis
Systems registry data base, new site opening / closing coordinator, decommissioning services where required. Change management board member.
SAN storage administrator (Brocade Certified Fabric Professional on 10 Gb)
SAN storage troubleshooting (level 2-3) in a very large shared IT infrastructure environment based in DE, SE , US and UK
October 2005 to October 2006
IT Network security consultant
Sigma Systemi
The work entailed many business improvements, in an accounting and IT service company based in Bari, Italy . Developed strong technical foundation as a windows and network administrator, bringing new features and functionalities by implementing Fortinet firewall solution and Exchange server upgrade. Upgrading call center ticketing system and the backup solution.
May 2001 to July 2005
Windows Systems Administrator
Bin Sulaeyem group of companies
Windows systems administration and team leader in a large group of companies based in United Arab Emirates (Jebel Ali free zone and Sharjah), managing a dynamic team skilled in un-attended OS installation and applications to suit the particular user profile including user smart card authentication
Key Skills
Stage-gates project management approach coped with PMP best practice, MS Project 2013, MS Office suite, Share Point 2013, Lotus Notes, SAN Storage, Networking, ESX virtualization.
Education And Certifications
October 1982 to June 1986
Navy Army High School, Braila, Romania
Main Course Of Study: Military
July 2013
Project Management Institute
Project Manager Professional PMP® (nr.1647105)
PM related course description (employer provided) Date of completion
Applied Project Management in a Customer Environment 6/4/2008
Communications Planning 2/25/2009
Contracting for Project Managers 4/25/2008
Creating and Managing Project Schedules in RPM 4/28/2008
Creating and Tailoring Project Management Systems 4/23/2008
Financial Management for Project Managers 4/28/2008
Getting Started Managing Projects in RPM 4/23/2008
Leadership in a Project Team Environment 6/4/2008
Managing Scope Exceptions in IBM’s RPM 5/1/2008
Project Management Fundamentals 3/7/2008
Project Management Orientation 4/25/2008
Rational PM Project Control Book Training 10/7/2010
IT Infrastructure Library , ITIL v.2 8/2008
Technical Related Course Description
BCFP – Brocade Certified Fabric Professional 2008
MCSE – Microsoft Certified System Engineer 2005
CCNA- Cisco Certified Network Associate 2004
D6SEE0DE- SAN Storage Network Area Environment 2007
SNM72F- SAN installation 2007
SN710 – Planning and Implementing SAN 2007
D6SPD0DE – SAN problem Determination 2007
Language
Romanian
English
Hobbies
Hobbies:
Art Design
Outdoor sports
Biking
Jogging
