Nicholas Hersh CP CNE MCSE PMP

Monroe, CT 06468
e-mail:ndhpmp@gmail.com
Phone 203-296-0986

An innovative and creative PMP certified Senior Project/Program Manager with 18 years experience applying
technology to business process as a systems engineer and process owner. Experience working closely with Clients and
C-Level stakeholders to strategize and deliver standardized EPMO services including strategic project planning, risk
assessment, and project prioritization & selection. Tactical project execution includes client discovery sessions,
project and program financial cost & benefit tracking, risk & resource planning and management. Successful history
leading project and program management across multiple industries and organizations which include: military,
government, construction, retail, manufacturing, hospitality, legal, real estate, insurance, private industry and
corporate.


Work History
Innovative Projects LLC. July 2014 to Current
Senior Project / Program manager
Develop business case and proposals for property acquisition and development
Develop project plan, licensing requirements, cost and resource estimates and financial planning
Coordinate volunteer support for senior housing and transportation

Stanley Black & Decker, New Britain, CT Sept 2008 to Nov 2013
Senior project / program / portfolio manager - Office of the CIO Enterprise Program Management Office
Plan and execute major strategic projects implementing software and business process
Coordinate Project Management training program mentoring over 40 project managers attaining PMP
certification
Establish PM mentoring program for global PM community to advance PM Practice
Drive standard PM practice to elevate organization PM maturity (OPM3) from level 1 to level 3
Project server 2010 customization to support strategic project planning and tactical project execution
Develop strong relationship with business leaders and key stakeholders to scale PM practice to
organizational needs
Standardize EPMO On-line toolset and system IT architecture/capacity planning to support enterprise
project management based MS Project Server 2007/2010, MS Portfolio Server 2007, SharePoint 2007/2010

Vega Consulting assignment First Data Government Solutions April 2007 May 2008
PMO Manager/Trainer - State of Connecticut Department of Labor Wethersfield, CT
Establish CT Department of Labor Project Management Office
Re-engineering existing business processes reducing required number from 120 down to 41
Train and lead PMO Staff of one manager and eight project managers in completion of modernization
project phase 1
Provide complete system upgrade recommendation as deliverable of first phase of modernization

TCA Consulting Group Glastonbury, CT assignment - Phoenix Insurance Hartford, CT June 2006 Oct 2006
Senior PMO Project Manager - Phoenix Insurance Hartford, CT
Consolidate business requirements, define architecture requirements and complete business case analysis
Establish test phase plans and production rollout schedules, training requirements and adoption
Analyze and establish validity of labor and schedule cost for strategic initiative with go/no go decision

Artech Information Systems - assignment IBM Southbury, CT Oct 2005 June 2006
Project Manager / Transition Manager IBM Americas Service Delivery (Walt Disney NA)
Establish Threat Assessment and Communication Process for Disney North America Server environment
Develop work relationship with Disney security and North America Business Entities including theme parks,
cruise lines, media communication in addition to IBM server, support, legal and contract teams
Establish process to automate provision of configuration data to Virtual Server Administration teams to
support remediation process
Complete review and approval of stakeholder, sponsor and support teams for both Disney and IBM

AEGON Information Technology April 2003 July 2005
Senior Project Manager
Automate patch deployment for 10,000 desktop to reduce remediation time from 3 weeks to 3 hours
Nicholas Hersh CP CNE MCSE PMP
Monroe, CT 06468
e-mail:ndhpmp@gmail.com
Phone 203-296-0986
Establish standard software deployment and patch deployment based on MS System Management Server
Manage Network backbone upgrade from NT to Active Directory for New York division
Leverage System Management Server to provide asset tracking and reporting

Diversified Investment Advisors, AEGON Subsidiary April 2001 April 2003
Project Manager / Senior System Analyst
Lead coordination for strategic projects with NY division incorporating ITIL and Microsoft best practices
Complete IT Architecture development and capacity planning for system implementations
Redesign and consolidate Server room, upgrade facilities and system software/hardware
Upgrade hardware for Exchange, infrastructure, communication and financial systems

Bank of America Commercial Finance April 1999 December 2000
Project Manager / Senior Technical Analyst
Execute office relocation and consolidation on east and west coasts
Establish IT architecture, capacity planning, and facility planning and management for remote offices
Automate virus package distribution for division reducing delivery time and threat window to 15 minutes
Establish stable NT mobile platform to support national sales and finance teams across division

EDUCATION
Bachelors of Science - Suffield University, Twin Falls, ID
Associates Degree - Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY.

CERTIFICATION
PMP Certification / Project Management Institute (PMI), member in good standing
MCSE NT 4.0 Certified in NT 4.0 Servers, Workstation, Server Enterprise, TCP/IP, and Proxy Server
CNE 5, CNA 4 Intra NetWare 4.1, CNE 3 NetWare 3
CP Certificate in Paralegal Studies - Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT.
CPP C

COURSES
Organizational Change Management Seminar World, Chicago, IL
Next Generation PMO Seminar World, New Orleans, LA,
Strategic Project Management Office course Seminar World Scottsdale AZ,
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) CBT Online
Microsoft Management Summit 2005 attendee, Las Vegas, NV
PMP Project Management course (PEMBOK 2000)
Organizational Effectiveness for Senior Technical leaders, Steuber Group, Danbury CT
Windows 2000 Active Directory, ProTech Monroeville, PA
Investment Fundamentals, Diversified Investment Advisors, NY
Cisco Router Configuration, Learning Tree NY, NY
Cisco Advanced Router Configuration, Learning Tree NY, NY
Windows 2000 Desktop Administration, Learning Tree Rockville, MD
HP Desktop Administration 5.0, Hewlett Packard, Alt, GA
HP Desktop Administration, Hewlett Packard 4.3 LA, CA
Novell Zen Works, Next Age Wilton, CT
Certified Novell 3.12, Lanop Milford, CT
Micro Computer Course, Systems Professional Inc. Milford, CT