Christopher Cancilla
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Project Management
Grantham University
2017 : 2019
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Secondary Education and Teaching
Arizona State University
2009 : 2015
Arizona Department of Revenue
Information Security Project Manager
• Serves at the Sustainment Automation Support Management Officer (SASMO) and Logistics Information Systems (LIS) Officer for an Expeditionary Sustainment Command.
• Provides recommendations on LIS systems uses and benefits; ensures executions of hardware and software upgrades and provides overall LIS mission support to the Command, subordinate units, and supported units.
• Creates Information Assurance (IA) policy and provides technical oversight, and training to the SASMO section consisting of 6 enterprise level systems subject matter experts.
Highlights :
• Consistently ranked in the top 5% of officers in command.
• Oversees the sustainment and logistics systems supporting a network of over 8,000 people.
• Currently the only lieutenant in US Army qualified to perform this role which is typically only allowed for Captain ranks and above.
• Acts as liaison between teams for higher-level planning for multi-faceted project coordination.
2018 :
US Army
Cyberspace Information Systems Manager
• Leveraged agile and waterfall project management principles to manage daily operations in a strict military setting.
• Participated in all elements of project management lifecycle from requirements gathering through project closure.
Highlights :
• Consistently ranked in the top 10% of officers in command.
• Planned and executed annual technology exercise spanning 6 states and oversaw 180 people.
• Planned and requested funding to support the logistical requirements through railhead and commercial trucking and used network monitoring tools to monitor signal assets for the duration of the mission.
2015 : 2018
US Army
Project Manager / Operations Officer
▪ Led a communications section accountable for the installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of electronic communication used by the US Army, including computer, satellite, radio, and high-frequency systems.
▪ Adapted the communication mission from the high-paced 82nd Airborne Division environment with deployments to Iraq to the communication needs of a US Army Reserve Engineering Company in Scottsdale, AZ.
▪ Supported a company of 110 soldiers during a 15-month deployment, which included network troubleshooting, the training of Operators and the management of communications equipment valued at close $7M.
2005 : 2015
US Army
Signal Support Systems Specialist
• Oversees two IT Infrastructure projects with a combined budget of over $11 million.
• Responsible for the project cadence to include daily/weekly stand ups for the various involved teams, weekly reporting and bi-weekly leadership check-ins.
• Moved the projects from research phase into implementation over a short period of time allowing the project to effectively set milestones.
• Received initial financial approval from the CFO for efforts involving an entire Data Center Refresh and the efforts associated with migrating all data center activities to the cloud to allow for future scalability
• Performed all areas of project oversight to include project planning, financial planning, budget management, and time tracking.
2022 : 2023
Discount Tire
IT Infrastructure Project Manager
Skills
Active Directory, Active DoD Secret Clearance, Agile & Waterfall Methodologies, Agile Methodologies, Agile Project Management, Budget Management, CA Spectrum, Citrix, Configuration Management, Continuous Process Improvement, Contract Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Customer Service, Development of SOPs, Google Suite, Hyper-V, IT Management, IT Service Management, Large Scale System Integration, Leadership, Linux, Lotus Notes, MAC OS, Management, McAfee Antivirus, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Network Engineering, Oracle Applications, Oracle CRM, Parallels, PeopleSoft, Procedure Development, Project Management, Service Delivery, Smartsheet, Social Media, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solarwinds, Strategic Planning, Team Management, Technical Leadership, TeraTerm, Training, Training & Development, Troubleshooting, VMware, Windows 7, Windows Server, Zendesk, HTML, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Hardware, Facebook
About
Accomplished IT Program Manager with an active TOP SECRET/SCI Security Clearance. 15 years of experience in the IT industry and over 5 years of experience managing multi-million-dollar projects in both public and private sectors.
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