Stephen Compas Resume 786-859-1724 SUMMARY Almost 20 years of consistent project management experience, mostly dealing with technology based projects. For the past few years project management services have been provided to several different organizations that are developing, building, and selling affordable housing in Miami. Most significant abilities are Project Management, Problem Solving, and Communication. Noteworthy communication abilities include Presentations, Reporting, Educating, and Mentoring. EXPERIENCE Self-Employed June 1995 to Present Self-employed Project Manager and Consultant. The following list summarizes projects managed during that time: Adanac Development and Construction Services, Inc., Miami, Florida Construction Project Manager for several small to medium commercial and residential construction projects ($100K to $1M). Neighborhood Housing Services of South Florida, Miami, Florida Technical Project Manager for selection, implementation, and training of SaaS solution to manage and track construction projects (compliance requirement) for $89.1M HUD grant as part of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). Construction Project Manager for HUD funded residential rehab (31 units, $2.9M) and residential new construction (27 units, $4.8M DuPuis Pointe Subdivision). Adamo Community Solutions, Inc., Miami, Florida Project Manager for creation of Virtual Office Environments for Broker/Owner Real Estate Clients Redundant infrastructure to support Internet, Voice-Over-IP with Virtual PBX, Virtual File Services, Virtual E-mail and Fax Services, with Remote Access for all functions. Project Manager for Server Consolidation and Remote Desktop Projects. Project Manager for Asset Liquidation for Greater Miami Neighborhoods, a Non-Profit CDC. Olin Corporation, Waterbury, Connecticut Project Manager for distributed client/server based organization. Planned and implemented operating system upgrades on distributed systems. Developed and tested contingency and disaster recovery plans for network infrastructure, Windows servers, and distributed systems. Designed layout for new distributed technology center.
Resume (Page 2) 786-859-1724 Olin Corporation, Waterbury, Connecticut (continued) Developed and implemented relocation plan for all local systems and network resources in detail, including cable diagrams, power and environmental requirements, and contingency plans. Served as interim IT Manager for consolidation of four regional IT locations. Conducted analysis of staffing requirements and made recommendations for staffing adjustments. Responded to internal audit report and developed detail action plans to correct technical deficiencies relating to local systems, networks, facilities and security. Olin Corporation, Bryan, Ohio Project Manager for system migration from distributed system to mainframe system. Olin Corporation, East Alton, Illinois Project Manager for H/R conversion from PC-based H/R system to Peoplesoft HRMS. Project Manager for data migrations from legacy systems to new corporate data warehouse. Cardinal Brands, a division of Adams Business Forms, Topeka, Kansas Project Manager and Technical Consultant for system migration and relocation. Developed plan to relocate data center operations from Missouri to Kansas. Installed new distributed system to replace existing system and developed migration and test plans. Created documentation to train new data center personnel on systems operations. Reviewed network design changes replacing all proprietary network components with standard open resources. Implemented system and data migration tasks as planned. First Bank, St. Louis, Missouri Project Manager for design and relocation of data center and 400+ employees from six different facilities into a new headquarters facility including 25,000 square feet of data center and network infrastructure space. Developed department level space requirements and inventories. Working with architect and engineers and using AutoCad, developed department level space planning models. Developed department level relocation plans. Developed detail system migration and test plan integrated with changes and adjustments to contingency and D/R plans. Coordinated network and application relocation plans. Hands-on technical team leader for relocation of data center.
Resume (Page 3) 786-859-1724 First Bank, St. Louis, Missouri Project Manager for Data Center Y2K preparations. Validated documentation of systems, applications, and internal and external resources required in data center operations. Developed certification and test plans for all identified resources. Conducted application and system certification tests. Coordinated testing and documented test results for all other data center resource plans. On-site coordinator for December 31, 1999 plan implementation. Project Manager for roll-out of distributed NT network. Installed local NT application and data servers in 140+ branch locations. Replaced over 2,000 dumb devices with intelligent NT workstations. Upgraded or replaced all ATM s in the bank s network. Created seven regional training centers to support implementation of new hardware and software platforms. Served as interim Vice-President of Information Technology. Major Projects included: Replacement of analog, TDM modem based network with digital, IP routed open network. Created 24/7 support organization with multi-level call escalation capabilities. Supported development of NT based distributed branch application software and developed pilot test plans. Supported relocation of 200+ employees to new consolidated loan operations center. Created and enforced first systems and networks policies. Created network and telecommunications redundancy site. Casino Queen East St. Louis, Illinois Project Manager and Technical Consultant for enhancements and replacements to systems and procedures to support redundancy and connectivity, and to improve system and network performance. Flow International Seattle, Washington Technical Consultant to resolve high availability, connectivity, and performance issues. Manheim Auto Auctions Atlanta, Georgia Project Manager performing multi-user system hardware and O/S upgrades and migrations for local auto auctions. Nestle USA St. Louis, Missouri Project Manager for IBM mainframe to IBM distributed system conversion. Implemented multi-protocol routed network. Responsible for relocation of systems to new regional data center. Created performance and capacity models to analyze workload shift from mainframe to distributed system.
Resume (Page 4) 786-859-1724 Invacare (formerly Everst & Jennings) St. Louis, Missouri Project Manager for corporate headquarters relocation (200+ employees and work areas) and data/network center relocation. StorageTek St. Louis, Missouri February 1994 to June 1995 Senior Regional Technical Sales Engineer Responsibilities included development and review of all technical sales documentation, product education and competitive market analysis, and internal and external presentations for the central region for the distributed systems division. Provided direct technical sales consulting for two branch locations working with six account managers selling hardware, software, and services. Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc. - St. Louis, Missouri April 1993 to February 1994 Technical Services Manager Served as technical liaison for the Imaging Group in the Cardiology Division. Responsibilities included supporting both distributed and client server systems, coordination of system operations schedules, application testing and certification, and writing and testing of disaster recovery plans for all related locations. Managed the End User Computing staff, which was responsible for acquisition and maintenance of all client systems. Served as project manager for the Divisional Headquarters relocation in the fall of 1993. American Trading and Production Corp. St. Louis, Missouri February 1989 to April 1993 Manager of Technology Services Responsibilities included management of all aspects of the data center and operations staff, telecommunications network, end user computing staff, total support for all hardware and O/S platforms, and technical support of the systems and programming staff. Established corporate technology budgets to support strategic implementation of technology-based solutions into manufacturing, distribution, sales and accounting functions. Self-Employed - St. Louis, Missouri May 1982 to February 1989 Contract Systems Developer Worked as contract technology services provider, doing both project management and contract systems development for a variety of companies. Projects ranged in scope from short-term programming assignments to long term technology deployment including mainframe client-server database applications, shop floor data collection systems, on-line interstate bank transaction processing, and hotel front desk and back office systems.
Resume (Page 5) 786-859-1724 Various May 1974 to May 1982 Held a variety of systems and programming positions for multiple organizations while developing and enhancing technical and analytical skills. EDUCATION Southeast Missouri State University May 1978 B.S.B.A., Majors in Accounting and Computer Science Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals (ICCP) May 1985 Certificate in Data Processing (CDP)