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Senior Program Manager Information Technology

Mergers ~ Acquisitions ~ Divestitures ~ Consulting ~ Best Practices

IT Infrastructure Planning ~ Process Improvements ~ Team Leadership ~ Budget Management

         Exceptional IT project/program management experience with the ability to identify needs, create project plans and budgets, devise schedules, allocate resources, and facilitate delivery within timeline, scope, and budget parameters.

         Expertise in planning and implementing enterprise IT programs, M&A integrations, and workplace initiatives by leading cross-functional and culturally diverse teams in meeting demanding deadlines within fast-paced and high-growth environments.

         Adept at P&L management, fostering operational excellence, and steering innovative technology deployments to substantially boost productivity and bottom-line performance.

         Excel at interfacing with key stakeholders to propel forward-moving efforts, mitigate risks, and optimize change management.

         Proficient throughout complete IT acquisition life cycle encompassing planning, staffing, budget administration, resource management, site disposition, infrastructure, team governance, and integration execution.

         Extremely well-versed in workflow optimization and standardizing procedures and best practices to eliminate unproductive processes.

         Highly accomplished in defining and instituting operational strategies to support organizational growth and capitalize on emerging technologies.

Symantec Corp., Mountain View, CA, 2013 to 2016

Sr. IT Program Manager

         Spearheaded eight acquisitions and divestitures including NitroDesk (email security and application management for mobile/Android devices), BlackFin Security (security simulation & training), and Narus (Big Data analytics for cybersecurity).

         Revamped M&A strategies and team structure during corporate reorganizations while holding P&L accountability for $25M portfolio of IT projects.

         Controlled IT M&A resource fund and PMO budget, calculated integration budget estimates, and served as interface to IMO (Integration Management Office).

         Assembled and led steering committee comprised of Symantec and NitroDesk personnel to carry out integration within defined budget and well ahead of schedule.

         Methodically devised network assessment process and requirements for SaaS-based acquisition.

         Mapped out repeatable process (recognized as best-in-class) to migrate Narus source code and related IP to Symantec Data Center according to GSO and DOD protocols.

         Led six-person team through requirements gathering and process development to accurately reconcile IT M&A transactions across all finance books.

         Oversaw domain registration/migration process, creation of divestiture templates, and design of WBS-like model for M&A SharePoint access.

         Masterminded repeatable E2E acquisition source code migration solution which successfully expedited time-to-capability by 30%.

         Handpicked to lead Cloud Integration & API Management Platform vendor assessment, negotiation, proof of concept, and implementation of prototype subscription-based SaaS use cases; completed two weeks before required timeline.

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Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA 2000 to 2013

Sr. IT Program Manager 2008 2013

         Championed six IT acquisition integrations (BNI Video, NDS Group, newScale, Starent Networks, Tandberg, Tidal Software) and first Cisco divestiture.

         Applied strong leadership talents toward managing, coordinating, motivating, and supervising more than 100 M&A team members.

         Standardized methodology which optimized key processes and accelerated acquisitions by 12 weeks.

         Fine-tuned physical and logical risk assessment practice for information security to expedite remediation (from report submittal stage) by 30 days.

         Established construction assessment due diligence procedure to enhance efficiency of global IT space and infrastructure build timelines.

         Rescued languishing Tandberg project by instituting process which was identified as a Cisco best practice and leveraged for subsequent transactions.

         Accelerated site move and lab migration for newScale to save $1.2M in real estate expenses and result in lab migration effort recognized as a Cisco best practice.

         Benchmarked Cisco IT divesture playbook for Fibercore program which garnered flawless results and resulted in recognition as a Cisco best practice.

Workplace Manager, Finance 2006 2008

         Aligned, mobilized, and supervised 85 personnel in retrofitting, building, and repairing offices, labs, and data center facilities on San Jose HQ campus.

         Commanded $23M rolling budget including cash flow forecasting, annual planning, monthly outlooks, variance analysis, and global and national SP contracts.

         Negotiated lease and built out 80K sq. ft. facility featuring auditorium, warehouse, two mini caf s, 22 video conference rooms, and campus shuttle service.

         Constructed 5K sq. ft. NOC to support five new HQ buildings one month ahead of schedule.

         Built out 250K sq. ft. mail distribution center for Cisco s San Jose HQ campus, and captured $18K in cost savings by reducing travel distance between old distribution center and adjacent campus buildings.

Sr. IT Project Manager 2000 2006

         Orchestrated workplace resources site moves and acquisitions involving cutting-edge IT technologies (network, voice, wireless, print, video) across more than 60 locations nationwide.

         Upgraded networks to drastically elevate performance and served as delivery PM for Voice Services.

         Planned and implemented Cisco s Next Generation Wireless LAN Infrastructure in 500+ global Cisco locations.

         Implemented industry s first integrated network access, email, calendaring, and contact list solution on employee smartphones nationwide.

         Led team of 40+ in seamless deployment of Cisco s industry-leading IP-based telephony throughout internal locations in U.S., Canada, and Latin America.

         Directed Cisco s initial deployment of its VoIP solution to field sales offices in U.S., Canada, and Latin America.

Master s Certification in Program Management, Stanford Center for Professional Development, Palo Alto, CA

Master s Certification in Project Management, Georgetown University School of Business, San Jose, CA

Associate Specialized, Electronics, Institute for Business and Technology, Santa Clara, CA

Conexion Professional Development, Cisco

PMI - Silicon Valley

ICON / Indians Connecting People (Cisco)

Habitat for Humanity - San Francisco Bay Area