Project Management Manager
Resume:
KIRK J. MARKULY
Edwardsville, Illinois 62025
*********@*****.***
Linkedin.com/in/kirk-markuly
IT INFRASTRUCTURE & PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Highly accomplished IT Professional with extensive experience in systems/network design and management, full lifecycle project management, disaster recovery, and solution deployment in diverse corporate environments. Adept at leveraging emerging technologies to streamline business processes in alignment with corporate objectives.
Expert team leader and communicator; able to mentor and direct teams from requirements gathering, to writing technical specifications, to solution design and documentation. Thrive in dynamically changing environments requiring focused decision making.
Core Skills
Project Management
Change Management
Cloud Infrastructure Design
IT Security
Agile Methodologies
Procedure Development
Network Design/Management
Vendor Management
Quality Assurance
Kanban\Jira Management
Technical Support\Writing
Team Leadership
Strategic Planning
Technology Evaluation\Deployment
IT Architecture
Process Improvement
System Design\Analysis
Highlighted Projects
Co-Loc Data Centers. $50m+ – four primary datacenters & numerous satellites reduced into two primary datacenters. Received monetary award for excellence in project management work.
HCI – Hyper-Convergence Cloud Infrastructure (NetApps) Migration. $10m per Data Center.
VMWare Cloud solutions – new core digital service infrastructure design.
Storage Frame “Live Data” Migrations. $.5m to $.75M. Twelve migrations between the two Co-Loc DCs.
ECS – Elastic Cloud Migrations. $1.5m+ per migration.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Magnit at CIGNA
Project Manager/Consultant (June 2023 – September 2024)
Application migrations to supported MicroSoft & RHEL operating systems projects. VMWare refresh projects. Disaster recovery software upgrade projects.
Management of all migration activities – change management, server tracking & reporting, logistic planning creation, migration communications & change window management.
Track and report all activities using SharePoint trackers and Agile (Jira)
W2K12 Elimination Project for corporate applications – June last year, completion this year.
W2K16 Elimination Project for corporate applications & databases – commencing this year.
RHEL7 Elimination Project for corporate applications & databases – commencing this year.
Zerto DR software upgrade project.
PostgresSQL & MongoDB VMWare hardware refresh project.
APEX SYSTEMS at OPTUM – UNITED HEALTHCARE
Project Manager/Consultant (Jan. 2022 – Mar. 2023)
Cloud migration – moving from a Cisco Cloud (UCI) to corporate Cloud (ODI).
Management of all migration activities – change management, server tracking & reporting, logistic planning creation, migration communications & change window management.
Track and report all activities using Rally (Agile Central) .
Migration tools:
Replication and vMotion via HCX interconnect.
L2 Bridge migration.
Management of ‘outlier server’ migration communications with application/server owners.
BEACON HILL at CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
Project Manager/Consultant (Mar. 2021 – Jun. 2021)
Manage multiple data center infrastructure projects at multiple sites.
Coordinate all new server builds in Cherwell change management system.
Track and report all activities using MS Project within Clarity PPM system.
CIGNA/EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC., St. Louis, Mo (Jan. 2007 – Jan. 2021)
Project\Change Manager (Dec. 2018 – Jan. 8th, 2021)
Managed all change (project and infrastructure) activities for Data Protection, Server Operations (Linux\Unix), Server Solutions (VMWare & HCI) and Storage Engineering groups. Coordination of all change requests in ServiceNow; resource identification, tracking, approval and senior management reporting.
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Managed all infrastructure changes for four IT departments using ServiceNow.
Hosted daily meetings for management outlining weekly change activities.
Layout\Design of automated request forms for several departments using ServiceNow.
Management of projects, using Jira & Kanban boards to help bring departmental work to fruition.
Project Manager (Jan. 2007 – Dec. 2018)
Managed all SAN projects for the Enterprise SAN group (Unix/Wintel) and Data Protection numbering over 10M annually. Coordinate all changes requests in iService/Remedy and ServiceNow (Change management system), and track, report and establish resources for all departmental projects.
Managed and reported all SAN activities and metrics (Storage amounts\platforms) to senior management.
Project management of all storage installations at new corporate collocation data centers.
Successfully coordinated/managed ten (10) “live” data storage frames migrations to new data centers. This was all the “live” storage frame relocations within the company to date.
Responsible for managing and installing all hardware upgrades, projects totaling $10M+.
Developed unified tracking to organize and prioritize all change requests for department.
Responsible for amalgamating SAN teams from recent acquisition of Medco Health Solutions.
Worked with HP (SAN management company) to ensure success of SAN configurations.
FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES CO. (was May Department Stores), St. Louis, Missouri 1997-2006
IT Manager (Feb. 2001-Jan. 2007)
Managed four IT departments: Security, Corporate Server Support, Imaging Center, and computer output to laser disk (COLD), (15 to 17 direct reports) in design, planning, implementation, and support of technology projects. Managed and maintained ~1000 Windows, VMware, Linux, and UNIX systems servers as well as enterprise Citrix MetaFrame environment and corporate storage area networks. Administered DNS and DHCP structure, as well as fiber network communications with open systems (Intel and RS6000), EMC SAN and IBM virtual tape library. Managed corporate Internet/Intranet server farm. Coordinated open system backup processes and initiated growth forecasts and performance metrics.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems
Bachelor of Science in Administrative Services
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
CERTIFICATIONS\ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Certified Novell Administrator
Chancellor’s Certification in Microcomputers, University of Missouri at Saint Louis
VMware’s “Virtual Infrastructure” ESX Server2 & Virtual Center
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Boot Camp – Two different week long Courses.
Project Management Coursework (Masters) at Boston University (Online) PMI Certified
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
VMware Users Group, St. Louis Chapter
TSM Users Group, St. Louis Chapter
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