Nira C.

Minniefield

Washington, DC Metro
Crofton, MD 21114

ms.minniefield@gmail.com 202-230-2420

Product Management - Enterprise Program Integration Portfolio Management

SUMMARY
Experienced leader offering more than ten years of success leading all phases of diverse technology projects. Business strategist; plan and manage multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains. Excellent communicator; leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams. Expert in high-impact project management methodologies. Able to manage large project teams and known for highquality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets.

Project Management Agile Development Security Development Cloud and Virtualization Acquisition/Merger Systems Mobile Development

IT Project Lifecycle Requirements Analysis ROI Analysis Costing & Budgeting Project Scheduling Testing/QA/Rollout/Support

Value-Added Leadership Cross-Functional Supervision Team Building & Mentoring Client Relations & Presentations Business & IT Planning Vendor Management

CORE COMPETENCIES
Leading infrastructure strategies across multiple geographic locations for disaster recovery High availability, virtualization, cloud, data center, build outs, vendor management Leading teams through critical incidents with cluster, DR, VOIP, DNS and VMWare ESX host failover scenarios Developing and managing relationships with governance, transition, and performance vendors to deliver hardware, software and services measured through metrics, SLAs and QBRs.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Systems Engineering: Led design and multinational rollout of robust, scalable and secure electronic enterprise messaging and access management systems for clients including Allegis Group Corporate Services, SRA International, US Army National Guard. Results: Completed projects up to two months ahead of schedule, as much as $1.2M under budget and to universal client acclaim. Custom Software Developments: Managed all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for dozens of custom solutions. Results: Delivered industry-leading software that generated clients millions of dollars, shortened processes from weeks to days, captured increasing market share and generated up to $16M in annual revenues within year one of launch. Database Developments: Guided teams in the development of relational database management systems (RDBMS) for clients including US Chamber of Commerce, NBI Companies and Babbage Net Schools. Results: Improved the consistency, recoverability and accessibility of data. System Integrations/Migrations: Project-managed large-scale initiatives involving the transition of programs to new platforms and the merger of disparate systems from acquired client companies. Results: Achieved seamless migrations and integrations that were transparent to client customers, accomplished with no unscheduled downtime and delivered by as much as $250K under budget. Enterprise Implementations: Directed global rollouts of new software and systems for clients including UNISYS Corp, Arcelor Mittal Steel, SRA International and Allegis Group. Results: Ensured defect-free releases through careful planning, testing and QA efforts.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Director Technology Management, Crocus Creative (2013 Present) Technology, design and advisory services for startups and their founders. IT Program Manager, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (2012 2013) Full strategic planning and management responsibility for the $2 million (in CY2012) IT Program of the $200 million membership related Chamber operations. Work directly with US Chamber CFO to implement and monitor IT budgets; report accurately on progress made and challenges encountered. Develop and implement PMO standards for workflow including documentation, timelines, client communication, resource allocation, and the successful ushering of projects through all service lines (Processing, Hosting, and Consulting) Key Projects: External DNS Migration and Hosting Cloud-Based Shared Storage Assessment and Viability Microsoft Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 Migration Disaster Recovery High Availability (Microsoft Exchange 2010) VOIP and Collaboration Implementation (Avaya and Sharepoint 2010) Proof of Concept VMWare VDI Solution

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
IT Strategic Analyst Enterprise Infrastructure Engineer Lead Project Management Infrastructure Engineer Lead Project Manager Director of Operations, IT Active Military Service Defense/Cyber Security NBI Companies, Inc. Allegis Group Arcelor Mittal UNISYS Corp. SRA International Air University, Maxwell AFB United States Air Force 2011 - 2012 2007 - 2011 2007 2005 2007 2005 - 2006 2002 - 2005 1997 - 2001

HONORS AND AWARDS

United States Air Force, Airman of the Year 1999 United States Air Force, Airman of the Quarter 1999 Perot Systems Government Services, Contractor of the Year 2003 American Society of Military Comptrollers, Contractor of the Year 2003 Allegis Group, On-The-Spot Award, 2009

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

University of Maryland University College Information Systems Management, Global Commerce and Technology Policy, 2009 - 2013 Bachelor of Science program, degree expected 5/15 Troy State University credit towards a Bachelor of Science degree Computer Sciences - Information Technology Management, 2003 2004, Activities and Societies: Honor Society United States Air Force credit towards a Bachelor of Science degree Computer and Information Systems (Secure/Unsecure), 1997 - 2001 Active Duty Military Service Specialized Information Systems Management Training (Top Secret/SCI) (1997) United States Air Force