Central Penn College - English
System Administration
Strategic Planning
Agile Project Management
Leadership & Management
Contract Negotiation
Project Management
UNIX/Solaris/LiNUX
Lean Tools & Processes
Waterfall Project Management
Six Sigma
IT Infrastructure
Business Intelligence
Mentoring
Organizational Behavior
Six Sigma Lean/DFSS
Training - Course Creation & Instruction
Requirements Analysis
Program Management
Miller
David
Miller
The Hershey Company
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE
TE Connectivity
Senior Team Member and Project Manager for business intelligence software
processes
and procedure management functions at $13.5B global leader in passive electronic components. Oversee internal and customer-facing processes
procedures
report creation
and strategic development to support business intelligence (BI) operations
data warehousing
infrastructures
web server administration
and solution development and deployment. Currently member of team involved in planning and managing company-wide upgrades of Cognos infrastructure and application. Actively involved in employee selection and mentoring.\n\nMajor Contributions:\n•\tLed projects to identify and resolve BI reporting issues related to enterprise Oracle upgrade.\n•\tOrganized and conducted training on reporting studios within Cognos for east coast locations.\n•\tConducted capacity planning for Cognos infrastructure.\n•\tEstablished and wrote standards for Cognos portal and BI workflow processes.
TE Connectivity
TE Connectivity
Harrisburg
PA
Provided IT systems administration for company’s North American engineering divisions. Maintained and supported all infrastructure
products
processes
and requirements. Carried out workstation
server
and application administration in UNIX
Linux
and Windows environments. Performed installations
maintenance
shell scripting
and disaster recovery contingency planning. Oversaw systems security and conducted IT audits. Managed software licenses and vendor relations.\n\nMajor Contributions:\n•\tServed as Head Administrator and Project Manager for evaluation
testing
QA
and development of all software utilized by several thousand engineers.\n•\tPlanned and led installation of software for GM
Honda
Ford
and other customers. \n•\tMember of steering committee to introduce Redhat Linux into engineering environment.\n•\tProject managed creation of automated process to certify Linux servers to audit standards.\n•\tCreated and instructed technical courses for employees and management.\n•\tDirected formulation of disaster recovery documents and procedures.\n•\tMember of senior administration team committee that evaluated
tested
and recommended infrastructure hardware and communication products.
IT Enterprise Infrastructure Administration
Harrisburg
PA
Senior Team Member involved in development and implementation of overall departmental communications program
management of departmental offerings and internal processes
lean program initiatives/implementations/training
program and portfolio management (Microsoft Project Online)
financial planning and analysis
audit policy oversight
college recruiting and on-boarding
company-wide planning for cross-organizational tools.\n\nMajor Contributions:\n•\tPMI Waterfall & Agile Scrum Project Management Trainer\n•\tLean & Organizational Behavior Trainer\n•\tEnterprise Project
Program and Portfolio Management\n•\tLean Tools Subject Matter Expert Program\n•\tHigh Availability & Disaster Recovery Program\n•\tChange Management & SOX Auditing Program\n•\tCollege Recruitment & On-boarding Steering\n•\tCommunications & Policies/Procedures Steering
Global IT PMO Program Manager
TE Connectivity
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Area
Key liaison between information systems and business (operational) groups for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Responsible for establishing and improving IT project/program/portfolio processes
Lean adoption
change management
and effective communication channels with key agencies such as the PA Dept. of Education
PA Governor's Office
PA Office of General Counsel
PA Office of Inspector General
PA Office of General Services
PA Office of Administration
and many more.\n\nEstablishes and maintains relationships with internal and external stakeholders to align technology solutions with business strategies.\n\nParticipates in meetings between business areas and IT staff to negotiate commitments from the initial request to final implementation. Advises on options
risks
costs versus benefits and the impact on services
processes or other IT priorities.\n\nCommunicates with business areas and IT staff to ensure awareness of project progress
risks and results. Identifies and mitigates potential problems or conflicts with the delivery of services. Provides strategic consultation.\n\nEnsures the business need is addressed by the technical solution and that end users are satisfied.\n\nCollaborates with team members to facilitate the project intake and validation process and to provide reporting data and metrics related to the business value realization process. Assists with program and project management activities as directed.\n\nAdvises senior management and leadership teams on technical issues
trends and potential risks regarding IT strategies and service processes.\n\nParticipates in change management initiatives involved with the enterprise. Ensures frequent communication with stakeholders regarding the impact of the change
advocates the change and mitigates resistance to the change.\n\nParticipates in business planning and strategy meetings. Researches and evaluates emerging technology to provide recommendations that may enhance business processes.
IT Business Relationship Manager
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Hershey
PA
Enterprise-Level Project Lead - PMO Development and Improvement - Change Management - Lean Processes - Agile Scrum Proliferation and Training - Business Relationship Management
Enterprise Project Lead
The Hershey Company
Instruct undergraduate courses for private college serving Central Pennsylvania region. Classes include Business Principles
Information Technology
Business Management
Ethics
and Leadership.\n\nMajor Contributions:\nRecently selected to instruct graduate courses in business and information systems.\nInvolved in course
instructional material
and product delivery planning
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE
2016 Global Scrum Conference - ScrumAlliance
Yearly Global Scrum Conference - Held in Orlando
FL
Yearly Global Scrum Conference - Held in San Diego
CA
2017 Global Scrum Conference - ScrumAlliance
Yearly Global Scrum Conference - Held in Phoenix
AZ
2015 Global Scrum Confererence - ScrumAlliance
Bachelor of Arts
Psychology and Philosophy
Applied Computer Science
Bachelor of Science
Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
Drexel University
Chemical Engineering - Humanities
Aveta Business Institute
Six Sigma Lean/DFSS Green Belt
Blockchain Council
Certified Blockchain Expert
Certified Business Relationship Management Professional
Business Relationship Management Institute (BRM Institute)
CKF - Certified Kaizen Facilitator
Management and Strategy Institute
Project Management Institute
PMP - Project Management Professional
Scrum Alliance
CSPO - Certified Scrum Product Owner
CSM - Certified Scrum Master
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