Gregory S. Cearley

110 Canon Gate Drive § Cary, NC 27518 § 919-303-7066 § greg@cearley.org

PMP Project Manager

IT professional with demonstrated success working with highly effective teams in the delivery of corporate computing solutions, infrastructure, applications, and technical service and support operations. Demonstrated success identifying best practices and evaluating and recommending process, procedural, and technical enhancements to corporate stakeholders. Core competencies include:

§ Disaster Recovery § Systems & Infrastructure Development	§ Enterprise Data Center Build-out § Facilitating Bill of Materials creation
§ Hosting Operations (Incl. Co-Location)	§ Team Leadership & Development
§ Product / Service Development & Rollout	§ Budget & Resource Management
§ SDLC – Waterfall Development	§ Software Development

Education & Training

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Old Dominion University – Norfolk, VA

Professional Development

PMP Certification

Management Courses

Technical Proficiencies

Windows OS’s § Microsoft Office § Microsoft Project / MS Project Office § PYTHON

Professional Experience

Parexel – NC Jun 2021 to Mar 2022

Program Manager

Corporate Program Manager leading the analysis and implementation of Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions. Managed group of critical apps from identification to DR Test completion and acceptance. Responsible for financials including budget requests, managing finances (timesheets, CAPEX/OPEX, accruals, etc.).

Created master project plan, conducted daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly meetings with staff, teams, and ITLT executives (Sr VP, Directors, etc.).

· Managed DR projects for 12 applications/services under DR Program.

· Presented program health, budget, and schedule status updates weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and quarterly.

SuperGlass – NC Oct 2017 to Dec 2020

Owner / Project Manager

Responsible for projects supporting wired and wireless network installations and migrations. Managed the web hosting infrastructure and build out of product listings. Worked with vendors to ensure complete functionality of the services.

· Managed wired and wireless network upgrade and relocation projects. Handled cross-functional projects in a mixed environment.

· Acted as IT PMO. Handled associated role and responsibilities.

NTT DATA – NC (Remote) May 2016 to Oct 2017

Senior Infrastructure Project Manager

Handled international projects supporting network and voice installations and migrations / divestitures from existing corporate networks. Handled complete projects in Cyberjaya, Malaysia and Quezon City, Philippines. Managed the installation and activation of international WAN circuits; ordering datacenter equipment and ran build-out of network and voice services. Successfully assumed in-flight projects for part of Dell Services IT. Handled synchronization between multiple global organizations. Worked with technical staff to ensure common understanding of the goals and drive to identify risks and overcome issues.

· Managed Cyberjaya, Malaysia project for data and voice network systems’ networks using Cisco equipment. Implemented British Telecom (BT) and Verizon WAN and LAN circuits.

· Managed Quezon City, Philippines data and voice network systems’ network project. Implemented Verizon and British Telecom WAN and LAN circuits.

· Managed three Noida, India data (wired and wireless systems) network build and relocation projects. Handled cross-functional projects in a multi-cultural environment.

· Acted as part of global restructured PMO. Took ownership of associated role and responsibilities.

VACO – Durham, NC Oct 2015 to Mar 2016

Senior IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Managed infrastructure projects supporting upgrades and modernization of DCRI data center. Assumed in-flight projects for core customer: Network Support Group (NSG). Handled synchronization between multiple matrixed organizations. Worked with technical staff to ensure common understanding of the goals and drive to identify risks and overcome issues.

· Managed project for Server Hardening – Implementing software firewalls on all DCRI-owned physical and virtual servers on LAN and WAN services.

· Led project for RHEL 5-to-7 Upgrade – Upgrading ~300+ Linux servers running RHEL 5 to run RHEL 7, jumping over RHEL 6 unless mandated by hardware or software constraints.

· Worked on DNS Cleanup – Creating a new DNS infrastructure using leading-edge hardware and software to move a cleaned and analyzed original DNS implementation.

· Handled GIT proof of concept – Goal is to implement a new software development code repository.

Martin Marietta – Raleigh, NC Dec 2014 to Aug 2015

Senior Project Manager

Drove infrastructure projects supporting data center consolidation and migration. Initiated projects within matrixed organizations.

· Worked on virtualization of servers and databases from physical to VM servers.

· Worked closely to facilitate communications with team members including the senior management and appropriate IT teams.

MetLife – Research Triangle Park, NC Sept 2013 to Jul 2014

Senior Project Manager

Responsible for infrastructure projects supporting business unit clients and IT services. Performed work on start-up projects writing charters, communications plans, and project plans.

· Worked on intrusion detection start up including documentation for charter, scope, and high-level project plans.

· Worked closely to facilitate communications with team members including the business representatives and the appropriate IT teams.

Cisco – Research Triangle Park, NC Nov 2011 to Aug 2012

Project Manager

Directed multiple projects in an infrastructure data center co-location environment supporting corporate clients and IT services build-outs. Managed projects of hundreds of servers, storage and underlying network and database services in dozens of datacenters for a worldwide user community.

· Delivered both Linux-based and Windows server-based web, database, and application hosting services, leading multiple teams in the build, testing, and delivery of solutions given extremely aggressive timelines.

· Worked closely with the corporate customer project managers and system administrators to completely define the work to be accomplished and detailed requirements documented.

· Managed a group of system administrators, engineers, support staff, and architects in the creation, approval, and delivery of finished data center environments.

· Worked with all levels of the organization (staff to VP) to ensure all were working toward the successful execution of each thread, and that all were aware of the associated statuses. Sent regular written communications to update the organization on the status of each track.

AT&T – Morrisville, NC Oct 2010 to Oct 2011

Project Manager

Managed multiple tracks of an infrastructure project for client corporation supporting 500 co-located servers in two datacenters and a worldwide user community.

· Delivered a Linux-based WebSphere web hosting service, leading a team in the build, testing, and delivery of sub-set solution given extremely aggressive timeline.

· Handled management of operational and performance testing for multiple tracks. Followed through to ensure any modifications or changes had either been approved and implemented or rejected and the requester notified of the reason for approval or rejection.

· Managed a group of engineers, support staff, and architects in the creation, approval, and publication of operational procedures and capacity management deliverables.

Matrix – Morrisville, NC Mar 2010 to July 2010

Project Manager

Directed software and hardware infrastructure projects for client corporation supporting 170 co-located servers throughout the US.

· Delivered a Unix-based Apache web hosting service, leading a team in the design, procurement, build, and delivery of solution on time and within budget.

· Upgraded 116 servers from version 6.0 to version 6.2 of an application system, which required the conversion of the underlying Oracle software from 9.x to 10.x.

· Handled change management for all projects including prioritization of requests and ensuring requests were acknowledged in a timely manner. Followed through to ensure the changes had either been approved and implemented or rejected and the requester notified of the reason for approval or rejection.

· Improved the process workflow for project management by eliminating unnecessary steps, and adding new ones where applicable and prudent.

· Worked with all levels of the organization (staff to VP) to ensure all were working toward the successful execution of each project, and that all were aware of the associated statuses.

GlaxoSmithKline – Research Triangle Park, NC Dec 1995 to May 2009

Manager, Projects

Managed team responsible for web hosting software (SDLC / iQMS) and co-located hardware infrastructure projects supporting 110,000 employees throughout the US and abroad.

· Delivered a Unix-based JBoss web hosting group of 16-server platform, leading a team in the design, procurement, build, and delivery of solution on time and within the allocated budget.

· Worked closely with international groups to ensure new projects and services were in place on time and within budget, operated as planned, and integrated seamlessly into larger program of work with 140 servers.

· Saved $10 million in employee productivity gains by introducing Internet / Intranet caching, which sped up Internet access for in-country users.

· Delivered IT services such as global web farms and secure FTP services.

· Delivered iQMS documents where required.

· Manage the Design, Implementation, Testing, Deployment and Transition to Support phases.

· Manage any necessary infrastructure upgrades in conjunction with Project.