John Soares

About John Soares

Highly skilled and accomplished IT Project Manager with experience in all aspects of Information Technology including Data Center Design and Planning, Logistics, Operations, Network and infrastructure management; providing best in class service to customers across the organization; designing and implementing standards and policies for the organization and the data center spaces; forging solid relationships with strategic partners; building consensus across multiple organizational levels.

Experience

1. Senior Information Technology Program Manager - Infrastructure Services

   FM

   Oct 2023 — Present · Johnston, RI, US

   Managed critical global infrastructure, security, and software technology projects on time and under budget. Known for servant leadership and the ability to manage multiple large-scale initiatives simultaneously. Adept at overseeing all phases of project delivery, from planning and execution to stakeholder alignment. Frequently collaborated with and presented to senior leadership, providing clear updates and driving strategic decisions.Drove a 2.5 year intense It Infrastructure modernization program performing an in-depth analysis of the current IT landscape and designed a workable solution to remediate the current end of life infrastructure including Windows Operating Systems and Windows SQL Server resulting in a projected cost savings per month. Led an offshore project team of 5 application engineers and 2 database engineers to implement the plan for the remediation of 1100 plus end of life servers, mitigating the risk to the environment of end of the vendor support and security remediation. Successfully integrated the contingent workforce into operational and security standards by implementing a solution requiring stringent access management by analyzing and updating Active Directory groups, firewall rules tailored to CW network traffic and refining network segmentation reducing unauthorized access to internal systems and data. Managed the implementation of the new Dell PowerFlex virtualization environment, overseeing the installation of all the infrastructure and driving the migrations of applicable applications and environments allowing for a more balanced environment and allowing for older systems to be retired reducing overall costs for support. Facilitated comprehensive evaluations of multiple technology solutions, utilizing evaluation matrix analysis to ensure optimal selections, managed vendor relationships and worked closely with the project teams to facilitate the procurement process.

Education

• New England Institute of Technology

  IT Management

  2004 — 2005

Skills

• Disaster Recovery
• Infrastructure
• IT Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Information Technology
• Sdlc
• Vendor Management
• Business Analysis
• Program Management
• IT Operations
• Management
• Visio
• Project Planning
• Process Improvement
• Project Portfolio Management
• Project Management
• IT Strategy
• Business Process
• Data Center