AVEEK DATTA
TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER
OBJECTIVE: To lead teams in successful technology implementations which improve business productivity and support the organization’s primary mission.
Experienced and trained project and people manager in many situations, including:
· Application development, deployment and maintenance
· Technical support, system administration, helpdesk management and operation
· Healthcare information technology including electronic patient records
· Recent government and military experience
Technical system administration and system management
· All major operating systems, including Windows, Linux/AIX/Unix and standard services such as Web, FTP, SSH, LDAP, Database, Email, DNS, etc
· HTML, CGI, Javascript, Perl, PHP, MySQL
· IBM WebSphere Portal, Lotus Connections, Lotus Quickr
· Speed typist and proficient in all major office productivity applications
WORK AND EDUCATION SUMMARY
June 1998 – Current: IBM Global Services, Armonk, NY
· Consultant working for multiple internal and external clients across the US
· Specific examples are documented on the next page Career Highlights
March 2002: George Washington University, Washington, DC
· Master’s Certificate in Project Management
Dec 1997: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
· Bachelor’s of Computer Science with Minor in Industrial Management
OTHER INFORMATION
· US Citizen with active secret security clearance
· Located in the Pittsburgh, PA metro area (no relocation)
· Experienced road warrior and willing to travel up to 100%.
· http://hire.aveek.datta.net (hire-aveek@datta.net)
· http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/aveek/datta
AVEEK DATTA Career Highlights
As an infrastructure lead for a career development program for the government:
· Quickly achieved expertise in complex software packages and installed and configured software per project specifications
· Researched complex system integration issues and provided recommendations to upper management for resolution, including pros and cons for each decision
As a collaboration system administrator for a large school district:
· Implemented a web based solution to provide forums, social bookmarking, blogging for thousands of teachers in a large school district (Lotus Quickplace & Connections)
· Supported extensive customizations of off the shelf software to meet client needs
· Installed, documented and supported the development, integration, user acceptance and production environments for WebSphere Portal
As a technical manager for PC deployment for a large health care company:
· Created and developed a standard deployment work flow and data model
· Managed and maintained a link between customer’s legacy asset tracking system and deployment tracking system for quality assurance
· Designed, programmed and put into production a web-based deployment tracking system for over 6000 PCs at hundreds of locations using PHP and MySQL
As a site lead / technical lead for electronic patient record deployment for the government:
· Was only individual on 200+ person team certified to act in all of the following roles:
o Implementation Support: Provided direct support to clinicians at their offices.
o Instructor: Taught groups of students from various roles in a classroom.
o Technical Lead: Installed software / PCs and troubleshot system issues.
o Site Lead: Managed 20+ members assigned to a site in all of the above roles.
· Despite system technical failures, completed training of over two hundred users and deployed software on schedule, while other locations stopped deployment.
As project manager for video implementation and maintenance for a large school district:
· Compressed a project planned for one year into five months, with no change in scope
· Recovered from severe delays in subcontractor work products and materials
· Managed development of a customized digital asset management (DAM) system, storing and making video content available for all teachers in district on demand
· Aligned technology with the school district’s mission of educating children
As project manager for application development/maintenance for a large chemical company:
· Identified support and design considerations for approximately a hundred poorly documented web applications due to company organizational change
· Directly responsible for extension of initial three-month contract to over a year’s length.