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EnergyEast Experience Summary

Directed a shared services IT organization, supporting six electric and gas distribution operating companies serving 3 million customers across four states. Established a Project Management Office with budget, schedule and performance accountability for two major IT Service Management initiatives, including ITIL v3 Security integration.  

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  • Directed an enterprise wide technology infrastructure and desktop services upgrade, resulting in an annual save over $1M. The following major sub projects under PMO management were accomplished over an 18 month period:
    • ­Application remediation and packaging using Admin Studio for over 1400 desktop applications to successfully execute on Windows XP
    • RFP generation and selection of Dell to replace current HP legacy inventories utilizing a four year leasing refresh schedule
    • Implementation, configuration and production deployment of Active Directory to replace legacy file management systems
    • Implementation, configuration and production deployment of Altiris to provide remote control, software distribution, patch management, asset management and software license reconciliation
    • Development of a single desktop and laptop image utilizing WinPE, Symantec Ghost and Scripting to build a self configuring, layered deployment stack consisting of the OS - Windows XP, Policy - Active Directory, Security - McAfee, Management - Altiris, Productivity - Office 2003 and Applications - depending on location and roles
    • Implementation, configuration and production deployment of Exchange and Outlook replacing four legacy email systems
    • Re-IP of over 1500 Windows and Unix servers, storage devises and printers
    • Implementation of secure VPN and Citrix solutions for Remote Access
    • Deployment of over 6000 desktops and laptops across 100+ locations, in four states
    • Consolidation of over 800 network printers and replacement by Xerox Multi Function Devices       

  • Sponsored and executed an ITIL v3 initiative to integrate Incident Management, Asset Request Management and Security Identity Management. Established a PMO and over a 12 month period:
    • Redesigned existing Incident, Request and Security Identity Management processes and created solution blueprints
    • Trained 40 IT personnel who certified at the ITIL Foundations level
    • Sourced two new enterprise level tool sets:
      • Infra - Incident Management Suite
      • Courion - Identity Management Suite
    • Integrated Incident Management, Identity Management and Asset Management (Altiris) systems. Data sources included Active Directory, SAP and PBX's.
    • Designed and implemented new role based templates supporting fully automated, SOX compliant security access provisioning without approvals, reducing security provisioning for major systems from days and weeks to minutes
    • Implemented a self service ‘Smart Form' that provided one stop shopping for end user Incident Management, hardware and software request fulfillment and Rolls Based Security Access Management utilizing a shopping cart format.
    • Trained 6000 clients on the new processes and technology
    • Designed and implemented new performance metrics and KPI's
    • Drove hard cost savings over $368K per annum