Neil Pennell
Details
Infor
Chief Information Security Officer & Senior VP
Responsible for global infrastructure
* Global Helpdesk
* Laptops
* Compute
* Cloud
* Storage
* Backup
* Telecommunications
* Network
* Datacenter Operations
* Infrastructure Architecture
2017 : 2022
Infor
Vice President Information Technology
Built 6 regional datacenters as active-active pairs that allowed the consolidation of 48 datacenter into them.
* I took over this project with significant quality issues in deliverables, uncontrolled burn rate, and missed timelines
* Restructured the team
* Worked with vendors to align costs appropriately
Drove design and implementation of 104 services representing Service Management, System Management, and Security Management for the Future Mode of Operations of 6 global datacenters and 548 server rooms across 83 countries.
* I took over this project when the vendor declared they would have at least a 24-month schedule slip.
* Created a team of ABB and Vendor personnel to create a plan that would contain the schedule slippage to 2 months.
* Drove settlement of failure to deliver and recovery plan
2015 : 2017
ABB
Vice President, IS
Responsible for overseeing Architecture and Technology across
* IS
* Development Support
* Managed Services
* Customer Support
2011 : 2015
ABB’s Enterprise Software Product Group
VP Architecture and Technology for Customer Services
Manage :
* Global Internal IT
* Managed Services Architecture Team
* Global Data Center Operations
* Patching and Porting of Ellipse
* Pre-Sales and Training Support
* Build and Internal Tools
2010 : 2011
Mincom
VP Managed Services, Technology and CIO
Skills
Agile Methodologies, AIX, Architecture, Business Intelligence, Business Management, Change Management, Cloud Computing, Data Center, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Software, ERP, Go-to-market Strategy, High Availability, Infrastructure, Integration, ITIL, IT Management, IT Operations, IT Service Management, IT Strategy, Managed Services, Management, Outsourcing, Pre-sales, Product Management, Professional Services, Program Management, Requirements Analysis, SaaS, SDLC, Security, Servers, Service Delivery, SOA, Software Development, Software Project Management, Solaris, Solution Architecture, Solution Selling, Start-ups, Storage, System Architecture, Systems Management, Team Building, Unix, Vendor Management, Virtualization, VMware, Websphere
About
Strong experience in recovery of failed projects and critical situations.
Effective at driving change.
Specialties: Failed project recovery
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