Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Affiliations
Certification
Information Systems Consulting
Timeline
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Kevin H. Duncan

Kevin H. Duncan

Senior Project & ITSM Manager
Christiansburg,VA

Summary

Dedicated and focused IT Project Management Specialist with over 24 years of experience excelling at prioritizing, completing multiple tasks simultaneously and following through to achieve project goals. Flexible, detail- oriented and adaptive team player with expertise in equipment operation, staff training and development, customer service and process improvements. A dependable and diplomatic self-starter seeking to leverage background into a management of information technology role.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
4
4
Certification

Work History

Senior Project & ITSM Manager

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VIRGINIA
01.2020 - Current

• Work with university departments, organizations, and technology contractors to define program and project objectives, scope, responsibilities, and resource requirements.
• Champion continuous improvement for IT Service Management (ITSM) processes, systems, service delivery, change, incident, and problem management
• Conduct strategic evaluation of business processes resulting in identification of select services and the critical assets of each define the core functions of the department.
• Create and maintain all project documentation and reports.

Project Manager

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
03.2017 - Current
  • Secured continuous project scope alignment with business objectives and made modifications to enhance effectiveness toward the intended result.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to draft project schedules and plans.
  • Facilitated business operations by generating project status reports for corrective action.
  • Updated and managed project databases using ServiceNow and MS Projects.
  • Monitored team progress and enforced deadlines.
  • Delivered status reports to stakeholders for budgeting and planning purposes.
  • Defined project deliverables and monitored status of tasks.
  • Directed development of project scope, including estimates, budgets and schedules.

Information Technology Officer

University of the West Indies
Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
09.1999 - 03.2017
  • Developed and managed budgets for IT projects.
  • Developed Information systems risks mitigation plans
  • Developed Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans and ensured their continued relevance.
  • Managed projects including conducting feasibility studies, systems analysis and design as well as developing systems delivery plans for information systems of varying degrees of complexity.
  • Developed detailed system and other functional specifications and user documentation.
  • Developed and monitored ICT service level agreements (SLAs) and contract administration.
  • Developed information systems security policies to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability of data.
  • Conducted gap analysis and systems evaluations for organizational ICT needs.
  • Identified training requirements for supervised staff and developed appropriate training programs.
  • Developed resource management plans based on forecasted demands.
  • Provided systems administration and maintenance for information systems deployed to production environment
  • Advised senior management on the use of ICT to achieve strategic business objectives and process improvement.
  • Implementation team member for information systems deployed to support the strategic and operational plans of the business.
  • Prepared management reports, system requirements and information strategy documents as per standards and schedule.
  • Supervised junior staff, consultants and contractors.

Part-Time Lecturer

University of the West Indies
Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
09.2002 - 03.2017
  • Lecturer for Computer Applications (Microsoft Excel & Access) Course.
  • Lecturer for E-Commerce Course.
  • Lecturer Information Systems Security (Graduate Level)
  • Internal Examiner for MSc. Computer-based Management Information Systems final information systems project.

Education

Ph.D. - Information Systems

University of the West Indies
Kingston, Jamaica
2016

Master of Science - Computer-Based Management Information Systems

University of the West Indies
Kingston, Jamaica
2002

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of the West Indies
Kinston, Jamaica
1998

Skills

  • Project management
  • Performance improvements
  • Process improvement
  • Vendor sourcing
  • Risk management
  • Systems implementation
  • Software lifecycles
  • Dashboard creation
  • Reporting and documentation
  • Vendor contracts and relationships
  • Risk mitigation

Accomplishments

  • Management of a project to transition from localized Certificate Authority to a cloud-based Certificate Authority
  • Contributed to the development of a National Cyber Security Strategy for the Government of Jamaica (Cyber Security Strategy team member)
  • Establishment of a results-based monitoring and evaluation system for the management of the psychosocial intervention control and facilities management for the Ministry of Health, Social and Community Development and Gender Affairs, St Kitts and Nevis
  • MIS upgrade for the Ministry of Health, Social and Community Development and Gender Affairs, St Kitts and Nevis
  • Design of system architecture for Management Information Systems to support Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) initiatives in four African countries
  • Managed a project to implement a 504-endpoint ICT infrastructure (voice and data), redundant electrical power supply, Audio-Visual Systems for a complex of 9 buildings
  • Developed the information systems strategy and managed project to design and implement a robust, scalable and secure IP-based physical security incident management (PSIM) system to assist with mitigation and forensic efforts related to security breaches at the University of the West Indies

Affiliations

  • 2019 Subject Matter Expert: Item writing for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) computerized adaptive test offered by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2)
  • 2014 Paper: “A Secure Knowledge Resource Management Theory for IT/IS Outsourcing: The Service Provider Perspective.” Published in the International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals
  • 2008 Paper: “Information Security Policy Development for Caribbean Financial Institutions” presented at the 2008 International Conference on Information Resources Management, Ontario, Canada. Published in the Association for Information Systems Electronic Library (AISeL)
  • 2006 Paper: “A Framework for incorporating Security Requirements in Systems Development” presented at the 2006 Caribbean Conference on Information Systems, Kingston, Jamaica
  • 2006 Presentation: “The Benefits and Risks of e-Banking to end-users” presented at the City of Kingston Credit Union Annual Public Forum, Kingston, Jamaica.

Certification

  • 2017 - Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • 2015 - Present PMI-Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • 2014 - Present Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundations
  • 2012 - Present Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Information Systems Consulting

  • Consultancy Services for the design of a Technical Vocational Education and Training Management Information System (TVET-MIS) in four South African Development Community (SADC) beneficiary countries covered by UNESCO’s TVET Strategy namely: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Botswana, Malawi and Zambia.
    Information Technology Expert
    - Conducted SWOT and Needs Analyses for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) aspects.
    - Developed the information system architecture and designed the relational database management system for each country’s TVET-MIS
     
  • Consultancy Services for the Establishment of an Institutional Framework for the Management of the Rehabilitation Center in the Ministry of Health, Social and Community Development and Gender Affairs, Government of St. Kitts & Nevis:
    Information Systems Consultant
    - Developed a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&Emp;E) framework for the psychosocial intervention control and facilities management, in an effort to measure efficacy of the rehabilitation process of youth offenders and assist with the overall objectives of the Ministry.
    - Developed a monitoring and evaluation framework for the budgetary monitoring and control processes throughout the life of the project, in accordance with the Government of St Kitts & Nevis’ financial regulations and procedures.
     
  • Consultancy Services for the Establishment of an Institutional Framework for the Management of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Rehabilitation Centres for Juveniles:        
    Information Systems Consultant
    - Designed an appropriate system to collect and analyze the data required to track and manage youth offenders in eight (8) Eastern Caribbean Countries.
    - Developed a monitoring and evaluation framework to track system efficacy.
     
  • Consultancy Services for the implementation of a Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCiM) System for Digicel Ja. Ltd. tier III Data Center facility:
    Information Systems Consultant
    - Implemented a Rackwise DCiM solution to provide business analysis, asset management, capacity planning, fault impact analysis, power management and real-time monitoring.
     
  • Consultancy Services for the Upgrade of the Management Information System in
    the Ministry of Health, Social and Community Development and Gender Affairs, Government of St. Kitts & Nevis:
    Information Systems Consultant
    - Designed an appropriate system to collect and analyze the data required to track and manage the progress of at-risk youth in St Kitts & Nevis.
    - Made appropriate modifications to the existing database to capture the required information.
    - Developed appropriate information assurance strategy.

Timeline

Senior Project & ITSM Manager

Virginia Tech
01.2020 - Current

Project Manager

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
03.2017 - Current

Part-Time Lecturer

University of the West Indies
09.2002 - 03.2017

Information Technology Officer

University of the West Indies
09.1999 - 03.2017

Ph.D. - Information Systems

University of the West Indies

Master of Science - Computer-Based Management Information Systems

University of the West Indies

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of the West Indies
Kevin H. DuncanSenior Project & ITSM Manager