Technical Resume of Timothy Powers: Infrastructure Management

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TIMOTHY POWERS

High Volume IT Infrastructure and Application Management Infrastructure Project Manager - Data Center Operations - IT Director

- Technology Architecture & Integration - Global IT Delivery & Project Management - Budgeting & Cost Control Ve ndor Ma na ge me nt a nd contra ct ne gotia tion - Infrastructure Virtualization - T e a m Bui lding a nd Le a de rship

Leading Edge Software Development Electronic Commerce Strategy Infrastructure Project Management Disaster Recovery Planning & Execution ITIL v3 Framework Business System Integration

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
11/2009 - Present Manager, Virtualization Quality Assurance 11/2005 - 04/2009 Director of Infrastructure and Applications Full operational responsibility for IT planning, implementation and support nationwide as an integral component of the business plan. Engineered turnaround of ITs performance and service levels. Transformed IT into a strategic business partner. Managed and delivered large scale projects on time and within budget. Responsible for budgeting design and support of all technology.

Lead the technology forklift of an acquired company (CHI Research) to the latest technology. Later managed the office and infrastructure expansion encompassing two additional locations. Managed a detailed IT budget of 2.5 mil and cut costs to align with business needs and forecasted growth. Replaced high priced commercial applications with low cost open source alternatives. Renegotiated all current vendor contracts to achieve best possible pricing and flexible terms to match the business needs. Consolidated all physical servers to VMWare Infrastructure virtual machines with shared storage across EMC Clariion, Dell, and OpenFiler SANs saving over $11,000/mo in current and future hardware leases and reducing the time for new server procurement from three weeks to twenty minutes.

08/2004 11/2005

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Network Manager Technical lead for the Chicago market and provided technical mentorship to colleagues. Simultaneously developed the implementation plan for the companys acquisition of CHI Research (soon to become The Patent Board/ipIQ) while also engaged as a lead consultant for Conagra Foods and their SAP implementation.

EXPERIAN , Costa Mesa, CA / Schaumburg, IL 02/2004 08/2004 Consultant - Project Manager for Client Engagements Managed the relationship with several business groups for technical projects. Planned, coordinated, and managed a portfolio of technical projects within the assigned business groups. Responsible for leading all aspects of projects from start to finish including project team definition, resource allocation decisions with Managers of impacted departments, stakeholder interfaces, project planning, functional documentation, full project execution, tracking, reporting, rollout, interface with other business departments, and formalized project closure. Successfully recovered a colleagues failing fixed-bid project and timeline saving $35,000/mo. Because of the turnaround, the client reengaged Experian for a second project. Mentored junior Project Managers and lead training sessions

04/2003 02/2004 Consultant Senior IT Change Manager Managed the ITIL Change Management Life Cycle in an IT Infrastructure environment. Delivered Service Deliverables to the various global business units at a high level of professional services incorporating responsibility, accountability, integrity and quality assurance at all times. Architected a data warehouse to address the business need for a centralized change management and problem resolution reporting system across multiple organizations. Created a .NET front end administration system to provide an enterprise-class proactive alerting system to protect the production infrastructure environment from unforeseen risks. Rebuilt support scripts, quality assurance procedures, change management processes, and reporting standards resulting in improved efficiency and reduced human error with automated procedures. As a result of the automation, the time required to complete change management reports was reduced from one full day to two hours allowing more frequent and personalized updates to roll out.

04/2002 01/2003 Consultant - Senior Business Systems Analyst

Spearheaded the development of the Category Business Planner (CBP) client usage portal. Identified the business need, developed the application according to the requirements (by self), and integrated the application into the Vignette intranet

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portal. Served as one of the teams primary Oracle DBAs responsible for optimizing Oracles performance and troubleshooting CBP metrics based on Computer Associates Strategy. 04/2000 08/2001 Project Manager / Infrastructure Architect

Flat Iron Arts Building: Project management, infrastructure design, budgeting, engineering and operations of live audio/video
streaming solution utilizing various commercial and custom developed techniques.

Motorola: Consulted with Motorola development team, reviewed existing internal efforts, documented gaps, and prepared a revised
project plan with a revolving innovation cycle including conception, architect-scope, architect design, engineering, and operations. Worked as a liaison and coach between each corresponding department. Modeled the business process to illustrate the current systems and their informational content and propose and managed new process. These efforts allowed the client to reduce redundant efforts, improve communications, and complete the project early and under budget.

Ingersoll Rand: Participated as the lead Infrastructure Architect during the completion of architect/scope and migrated the teams
architect/design efforts. Developed a detailed assessment of the internal technologies and transactions in conjunction with the clients relevant partners. Designed the unique infrastructure to allow extensive customization within Siebel allowing an open architecture, access to a content management system, and scalability beyond the products initial intent.

Johnson Wax Professional: Consulted as an Infrastructure and Applications with multiple business units in order to provide a
complete eCRM, ERP, and eBusiness infrastructure strategy. System design involved interfacing with Lawson, J.D. Edwards and Siebel.

02/2000 04/2000 Consultant - eBusiness Infrastructure Worked as a mediator and project manager between the application development and network operations to provide the highest caliber of scalability and performance with the current hardware/software investment. Forecasted future trends and procured the necessary hardware to meet forecasted requirements. Developed a comprehensive disaster recovery plans for all technical components, staff relocation, and alternative sale processes.

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Coordinated performance testing workshops and testing routines with detailed test cases and regressive test scripts Provided a detailed analysis and operations guide for the best practices based on the limited resources available.

10/1997 04/2000 Manager, Network Operations Center Managed multiple roles during the firms early conception including SQL DBA, network infrastructure, application development, department management, and data center management. Relocated data center from cross country resulting in annual savings in .5 million in personnel, network access charges and reduction of redundant applications/licenses. Lead the initial development team with the creation of the backend administration and customer facing web site. Built the call center operations with implementation of core CRM applications and custom IVR programming within the PBX for call routing. Evaluated and approved purchases for all data center equipment. Responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day IT operations including help-desk management.

10/1993 10/1997 Internet Director Management of overall IT and Internet marketing synergies including MIS, Help Desk, Network Operations, application development, Internet customer service / credit / order processing, and internal IT training for the companys dotcom business. Coordinated and conducted training for corporate IT applications and internal system routines. Scope of training activities for 680 employees and seven locations. Served as the lead project manager for database migration. Directed MIS staff, network operations, and external vendors through migration plan. Proactively identified and resolved potential and existing problems. Revolutionized sales strategy to bring online sales. Spearheaded the online sales initiative, collaborating with sales, marketing, MIT, purchasing, customer service, financing, and accounting departments.

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Developed the ELEK-TEK.COM business unit using a combination of cutting edge technologies. Considered by many industry experts to be on the "Edge of The Web" according to the the April 1997 Consumer Electronics magazine. (http://www.timothypowers.com/consumer-electronics.pdf) Managed the development and operations of the web design and hosting for 15 independent web sites. Responsibilities included staff management, strategic business and marketing planning, training, budgeting, and project management of concurrent initiatives between departments.

10/1988 08/1990 Change Management Administrator Managed interdepartmental database and document management synergies.

TRAINING, CERTIFICATIONS, AND EDUCATION

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