Frederic Smith
Bronx,NY
Summary
Accomplished Program Manager with years of experience delivering cybersecurity and technology implementation projects. Well-versed in spearheading new initiatives to support functional operations and project completion. In-depth understanding of financial management, budgeting, procurement, risk mitigation and tracking, status reporting, and stakeholder communication.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Manager
Depository Trust Clearing Corporation
03.2014 - Current
- Managed a $10MM+ cybersecurity project portfolio comprising of Network Infrastructure, Application Security, Insider Risk, Metrics and Reporting, and Risk Assessment projects, ensuring alignment with the company's strategic objectives.
- Developed, tracked, and reported on portfolio budgets to ensure fiscal responsibility.
- Generated roadmaps, project plans, and program documentation for effective project execution.
- Tracked and reported program/project status to stakeholders to maintain transparency.
- Oversaw program/project change control to ensure that any changes to scope, budget, and schedule were properly documented and approved by the appropriate stakeholders.
- Facilitated monthly portfolio review meetings with stakeholders to assess progress and challenges.
- Attended Executive Steering Committee meetings to provide portfolio updates and request escalations.
Senior Project/Program Manager
Citigroup
New York, USA
03.2008 - 12.2013
- Managed a portfolio of infrastructure and application projects across the Wealth Management business.
- Coordinated technology teams for seamless execution during the Citigroup and Morgan Stanley joint venture.
- Managed the implementation of solutions enabling secure communication between Citigroup and Morgan Stanley.
- Played a lead management role in projects to separate the Smith Barney business from Citigroup's infrastructure.
- Project Manager of a 6,000-user VDI farm utilizing Citrix and VMware technologies.
- Coordinated the transition of users from Citi's physical desktops to newly established virtual environments.
- Established storage infrastructure to support data migration between firms.
Program Manager/Project Manager
JP Morgan Chase
Newport, USA
06.2007 - 02.2008
- Directed projects aimed at reducing storage usage by at least 20% for Investment Management business.
- Managed program budget to ensure financial objectives were met.
- Oversaw day-to-day operations of project teams, enhancing productivity and collaboration.
- Prepared monthly program status reports for management to monitor progress effectively.
- Served as liaison between Investment Management business and Global Technology Infrastructure.
- Reviewed monthly statements from Global Technology to verify accurate reflection of storage savings.
Technology Project Manager
JP Morgan Chase
New York, USA
03.2001 - 02.2007
- Managed initiatives related to JP Morgan and Chase merger as part of project management team.
- Oversaw integration of legacy Chase applications into JP Morgan desktop build.
- Coordinated re-stacking of JP Morgan users into Chase buildings for improved operational efficiency.
- Managed the migration of all Private Banking users to new storage infrastructure.
- Coordinated the rollout of new Windows XP desktop to approximately 4,000 Private Banking users.
Network Administrator / Project Lead
Pfizer
New York, USA
02.1998 - 03.2001
- A member of a five person team who provided network support for the Finance Department and members of the executive team.
- This support included the administration of both Novell Netware and Microsoft domains.
- Creation and management of user accounts, application groups and data volumes.
- Team Lead of the Token Ring to Ethernet desktop conversion.
- Team Lead for the Windows 3.1 to Windows NT desktop conversion.
- New York, NY
Desktop Support Administrator
JPMorgan
New York, USA
03.1993 - 02.1998
- A member of the Desktop Support team supporting the Finance Department users in downtown Manhattan.
- Visiting users to resolve issues reported by users related to their desktop.
- Member of Windows NT workstation roll-out project team.
- Built, Configured and maintained testing lab PCs for Application Developers.
- New York, N.Y.
Education
BS - Computer Information systems
DOMINICAN COLLEGE OF BLAUVELT
Blauvelt, NY01.1991
Microsoft Certified Professional -
01.1997
Novell NetWare Certification Courses -
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
New York, NYSkills
- Program management
- Budget tracking
- Risk management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Portfolio management
- Change control processes
- Program coordination
- Agile methodologies
- Effective communication
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Program Manager
Depository Trust Clearing Corporation
03.2014 - Current
Senior Project/Program Manager
Citigroup
03.2008 - 12.2013
Program Manager/Project Manager
JP Morgan Chase
06.2007 - 02.2008
Technology Project Manager
JP Morgan Chase
03.2001 - 02.2007
Network Administrator / Project Lead
Pfizer
02.1998 - 03.2001
Desktop Support Administrator
JPMorgan
03.1993 - 02.1998
BS - Computer Information systems
DOMINICAN COLLEGE OF BLAUVELT
Microsoft Certified Professional -
Novell NetWare Certification Courses -
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY