Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
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Microsoft and VMWare certifications over many years
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Aiman Chatle

Summary

Accomplished IT Senior Manager with a proven track record at BlueCross BlueShield of Michigan, enhancing operational efficiency and cybersecurity through innovative technology initiatives and effective team leadership. Skilled in IT governance and fostering teamwork, I've significantly improved incident response times and aligned IT strategies with corporate goals, demonstrating a commitment to continuous improvement and excellence in communication.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

IT Senior Manager

BlueCross BlueShield of Michigan
03.2022 - Current


  • Coordinated cross-functional teams in the development and launch of new technology initiatives, fostering collaboration across departments.
  • Established an efficient incident response protocol that dramatically reduced time-to-resolution for critical IT issues relating to access management.
  • Collaborated with executive leadership to align departmental goals with overall strategic objectives, maximizing ROI on technology investments.
  • Championed innovation within the organization by staying current on emerging technologies and identifying potential applications for automation
  • Fostered a culture of continuous improvement by regularly reviewing and refining internal processes, resulting in ongoing operational enhancements.

IT Manager

Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Michigan
10.2014 - 03.2022
  • Managed team of 16 FTE's and contractors.
  • Responsible for building out our new identity and access management program.
  • Defined critical requirements for engineering to upgrade to IBM ISIM, code name BlueAccess.
  • Responsible for manual provisioning of over 100 applications enterpriser wide servicing 8000 users.


Team Leader II

BlueCross BlueShield of Michigan
09.2012 - 10.2014

Team lead over Client Server Operations Windows team consisting of five FTE direct reports. Conducted performance reviews, assigned individual goals, projects, and tasks aligned with departmental and corporate goals. Established a cross functional process improvement initiative to ensure team members are trained and guided by documentation for all supported technologies. Created System Alert templates for team members and coordinated outage responses. Provided updates and root cause analysis directly to management and executive leadership.

  • Empowered team members by delegating responsibilities according to individual strengths and areas of expertise.
  • Worked with peer teams to improve upon the existing server, turnover processes, and life cycle activity.
  • Experienced in writing, detailed FTE requisitions and conducting interviews for job openings with an excellent track record of hiring talent to Blue Cross that brings the right marriage of deep technical skill with essential soft skills.
  • Experienced with departmental, audits, and auditors. Have performed software license renewals and played a vendor management role for Citrix, Blackberry, Microsoft, Zix, Trend, VMware and more. Experience working with procurement, involved in budgeting for hardware spare parts inventory.

Senior Systems Administrator

Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI
12.2004 - 09.2012
  • Reduced security incidents with proactive monitoring and timely patching of systems.
  • Implemented rigorous system monitoring, enabling rapid identification of potential issues before they escalated into problems.
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams on complex projects, ensuring successful completion within deadlines and budget constraints.
  • Developed comprehensive backup strategies to ensure data protection during disaster recovery scenarios.
  • Improved overall system performance by optimizing hardware and software configurations.
  • Provided technical leadership, mentoring junior team members in best practices for systems administration tasks.

Education

Master of Science - Information Resource Management

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI
05-2007

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
06-1994

Skills

  • IT governance
  • User training
  • Disaster recovery
  • Information security
  • Cybersecurity expertise
  • Technical troubleshooting
  • Documentation and reporting
  • Operating system management
  • Change management
  • Virtualization
  • Technical leadership
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Reliability
  • Excellent communication

Microsoft and VMWare certifications over many years

Achieved MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) with focus on Exchange email delivery engineer. Also achieved VMWare certifications. Both certifications are aged out now.

Timeline

IT Senior Manager

BlueCross BlueShield of Michigan
03.2022 - Current

IT Manager

Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Michigan
10.2014 - 03.2022

Team Leader II

BlueCross BlueShield of Michigan
09.2012 - 10.2014

Senior Systems Administrator

Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI
12.2004 - 09.2012

Master of Science - Information Resource Management

Central Michigan University

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

Carleton University
Aiman Chatle