Robert G Simmons Jr.
ADDRESS: 3224 63rd St, Unit E, Lubbock, Texas 79413-5745
Mobile: + (1) 713 302 3062
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PROGRAM DIRECTOR
A highly versatile and accomplished Information Technology Executive with extensive experience in operations and project management. Proven history of establishing and directing technology programs. Extensive expertise in project planning, corporate infrastructure implementation, and business operations. Superior skills in budget management, contract negotiations, introducing technology support programs, and P&L management. Proactive initiator of successful strategies ensuring effective operational excellence and improved work ethic, culture, and performance with ability to effectively liaise with clients, vendors, technical teams and management. Technically astute visionary thinker, an inspirational leader and outstanding team player, who through a collaborative approach creates robust strategies to translate vision into achievements. Demonstrates strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills with a passion for work well done, together with quality and ability to build productive partnerships, coupled with excellent communication skills.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Project Lifecycle Development ▪ Planning and Implementation ▪ Stakeholder Management ▪ Enterprise Architecture ▪ Disaster Recovery ▪ Security Troubleshooting ▪ System Design ▪ Systems Security Management ▪ Technical Support ▪ IT Service Management ▪ Business Continuity ▪ Requirement Management ▪ Vendor Management ▪ Contract Administration ▪ Change Management ▪ Multiple Team Supervision ▪ Data Migration ▪ Start-Up Projects ▪ Quality Assurance and User Acceptance ▪ Planning and Execution
KEY SKILLS
§ IT Strategy Alignment and Project Management: Ensuring rollouts and delivering challenging projects through clear planning and direction. Excellent overall vision of IT project management. Focusing on developing strategic objectives while managing turnkey projects. Ability to define project scope, goals and deliverables that support organizational goals and objectives as well as developing full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
§ Business Process Improvement and Business Development: Possessing exceptional analytical and methodological skills as well as in-depth industry knowledge in evaluating market conditions to deliver organizational goals while meeting top and bottom-line objectives.
§ Business and Functional Analysis: Successful in negotiating SLAs with customers, formulating action plans, building self-sustaining teams, and improving productivity. Outstanding track record in negotiating major multi-million dollar contracts, managing large IT budgets, as well as identifying and realizing significant cost savings.
§ Leadership and Multidisciplinary Skills: Visionary leader with logical and creative approach to problem solving and presentation of specialist information to non-experts in an understandable form.
§ Senior Management Liaison and Communication: Fluent in English with outstanding skills in delivering consistent, clear, inclusive, and fact-based communication. Proven ability to interact effectively while reporting to senior management and liaising with senior customer executives.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ACROSS CAREER SPAN
§ Successfully fulfilled several contracts with the US Army with a total budget of USD 5.7 million.
§ Effectively fulfilled contract with GDIT and US Army Corps of Engineers with a budget of USD 3.7 million.
§ Successfully fulfilled contract with Solar Turbines, Inc. with a budget of USD 1.7 million.
CAREER HISTORY
Site Lead / Senior Systems Engineer / Feb 2009 – Jan 2010General Dynamics Information Technology
§ Effectively managed operations as system administrator and oversaw a help desk of 25 employees at two locations in Afghanistan.
§ Successfully managed an inventory of $ 5,500,000 including servers, routers, desktops, and laptops as well as satellite equipment safety.
§ Implemented requisite policies and procedures and ensured continued success of the unit as well as maintained zero accident record.
Senior Manager, Government Contracts and Field Operations – CENTCOMs AOR / Feb 2008 – Feb 2009GFS Supply & Services Company W.L.L.
§ Effectively administered a budget of $ 28 million.
§ Efficiently managed a staff of 100 employees at three locations in Kuwait and five locations in Iraq.
§ Successfully managed field operations for GFS and safety for GFA in all of CENTCOMs area of operations.
§ Handled business development activities for GFS in all of CENTCOMs area of operations.
§ Oversaw procurement of all supplies and contracts for GFS in all of CENTCOMs projects.
§ Worked with the Department of Defense and Iraqi government officials to help Iraq achieve independence.
§ Awarded a number of contracts despite heavy competition.
§ Developed a comprehensive plan to reorganize field operations unit and ensured its viability in the company.
§ Worked on two projects wherein generated a profit of more than $3.2 million.
Project Manager Assigned to Solar Turbine, Inc. / Jan 2002 – Jan 2008Z-Con Technical Services, Inc.
§ Effectively managed roll out of an OHSAS 18001:1999 certified Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment (QHSE) Management System in the domestic (American) regions.
§ Completed workplace hazard as well as task risk assessments.
§ Designed and produced intranet ready forms in Excel and Word when worked as the technical editor of the management system manual.
§ Developed and maintained four wireless networks for remote offices.
§ Designed document retrieval system for use throughout Solar Turbines Field Service’s units.
§ Invited to help roll out the above to other departments of the company.
§ Certified as a company QHSE auditor.
Director of Telecommunications / Sep 2000 – Jan 2002DXP Enterprises, Inc.
§ Managed hardware and network helpdesk for more than 500 users and oversaw work of three technical support personnel, a system’s administrator, and a network administrator.
§ Effectively designed, implemented, installed, documented, and maintained LAN/WAN/WLAN for approximately 50 remote sites, 20 NT, and three UNIX servers.
§ Provided project management support for rollout of hardware for new accounting system. Moved to a Citrix environment.
§ Successfully managed a budget of $1,800,000 and administered telecommunications infrastructure for the enterprise.
§ Successfully negotiated a $ 4,20,000 reduction in data line costs.
§ Effectively migrated three companies from their old LAN/WAN/WLAN accounting systems to a LAN/WAN out of central office in Houston, Texas.
§ Successfully moved remote corporate headquarters of a subsidiary within two days recording no lost hours on systems, or network.
EARLIER CAREER
Senior Technical Analyst / May 1998 – Aug 2000DXP Enterprises, Inc.
Information Systems Manager / Jul 1996 – Dec 1997
Perfection Roofing Materials, Inc.
Executive Director of Operations / Mar 1995 – Jun 1996
Texas Home Protection Services, Inc.
Office Manager / Oct 1993 – Mar 1995
Sat-Tel Services, Inc.
Business Manager / May 1993 – Sep 1993
Texas Department of Human Services (TDHS)
Independent Contractor / Oct 1991 – Apr 1993
The Temporary Connection, Talent Tree
Various Positions / Sep 1966 – Aug 1991
United States Air Force
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Master of Arts, Management / Jan 1983 – May 1984Webster University, St Louis, Missouri
Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, Accounting / Jul 1970 – May 1973
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
§ Det Norske Veritas (DNV) recommended Domestic Southern Region for OHSAS certification June 2003
§ All Southern Region - District Offices passed external audit in December 2002
§ Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: 29th August, 1948 / Nationality: AmericanMarital Status: Single / Driving License: USA Driving License
References available on request
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